Which States and Schools Are Part of the SAISA Conference?

SAISA covers six states: Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Alabama. It is the South Atlantic Conference of the Intercollegiate Sailing Association (ICSA), the governing authority for college sailing competition across the United States and Canada. If your school is located in one of those six states and you want to compete in college sailing, SAISA is the conference you would look to — and the official site offers resources specifically for prospective schools.

What SAISA Is

SAISA stands for the South Atlantic Intercollegiate Sailing Association. It operates as one of the regional conferences under ICSA, which oversees sailing competition at colleges and universities throughout the U.S. and Canada. In other words, ICSA sets the broader competitive framework, and SAISA runs that competition within its assigned region.

The conference describes itself as focused on "innovation in college sailing" and positions its website as a hub for conference information and resources aimed at four groups:

• Sailors
• Coaches
• Prospective sailors
• Prospective schools

That last category matters if you are at an institution that does not yet have a sailing program but is exploring the idea.

Which States Are Included

The conference's geographic footprint is the southeastern United States. The six states are:

If your school falls outside these six states, it would belong to a different ICSA conference rather than SAISA.

Which Schools Can Participate

The site does not publish a full member-school list on the page summarized here, so the reliable way to confirm whether a specific school competes in SAISA is to check current results and conference information directly. Two practical routes:

1. Check event results. SAISA points to the ICSA TechScore website for the latest results from events across the conference. The teams that appear in SAISA event results are the participating schools.
2. Use the prospective-school resources. SAISA provides resources for prospective schools, which signals that schools without an existing program can inquire about joining rather than being permanently excluded.

If you are a student or administrator at a school in one of the six states and there is no active team, the prospective-school pathway is the relevant starting point.

Where to Find Scores and Weekly Recognition

• Scores and results: The ICSA TechScore website hosts the latest results from events throughout the South Atlantic conference.
• Sailors of the Week: SAISA publishes Sailors of the Week announcements, linked from its homepage.
• Updates: The conference maintains a presence on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

Quick Answers

Is my school in SAISA? Only if it is in Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Tennessee, or Alabama.

Can a school without a sailing team join? SAISA provides resources for prospective schools, so the conference is open to inquiries from institutions exploring participation.

Who governs SAISA? ICSA — the Intercollegiate Sailing Association — is the governing authority for college sailing in the U.S. and Canada, and SAISA is its South Atlantic Conference.