United States Merchant Marine Academy

Jonathan Wright was a letterwinner with the Kings Point sailing squad. As a senior, he was named to the AII-America Sailing Team and received the Everett Morris Memorial Trophy as the “Collegiate Sailor of the Year.'' Wright also won the Mid-Atlantic Intercollegiate Sailing Association Singlehanded Championship and was a member of the winning Atlantic Coast Championship team.

Wright has kept his hands in the sport after graduation, taking part in five America's Cup campaigns, three of which went on to victory. ln 1988, he was named Yachting Magazine's Crewman of the Year.