2014-15 Sailing Roster

Tyler Macdonald

  • Event Skipper
  • Height 5-10
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Newport Beach, Calif.
  • Highschool Corona del Mar

Biography

2012-13: Skippered all 18 Division B races at the Gill Coed Championships, leading the team to a 10th place finish…Helped RWU to a seventh-overall finish at the APS Team Race Championships…At Skipper, helped RWU a third-place finish at the Fowle Trophy…Skippered 12 Division B races at the College Sailing Eastern Semifinals, helping RWU to a seventh-place finish…Helped the team to a 3rd overall finish at the Staake Trophy Team Race…Fourth place at 2013 49er North Americans in Miami…19th overall at 29er Worlds out of 219 boats…Tenth place at 2013 Kiel Week out of 100 boats…Fourth place at 49er national championships.

2011-12: Back up skipper at the Gill Coed National Championships, finishing 2nd overall…Skipper at the APS Team Race Championships, finishing fifth overall…17th at the 29er World Championships…Sixth place at Kiel Week out of 110 boats…Tenth place at CORK 49er.

High School: A 2011 graduate of Corona del Mar High School…Spent four years and earned four letters on the school’s sailing team…An international sailor, placed 22nd at the 29er World Championships in Argentina… Finished fourth at the 29er German Nationals in Germany, fifth at the 29er European Championships in Switzerland, and 11th at the 29er South American Championship in Argentina (1st junior)…Received the Newport Mesa Unified School District Letter of Recognition.

Personal: Plans to major in Business.

Historical Player Information

  • 2011-12Freshman

    Skipper
    5'10"
  • 2012-13Sophomore

    Skipper
    5'10"
  • 2013-14Junior

    Skipper
    5'10"
  • 2014-15Senior

    Skipper
    5'10"