Lara Dallman-Weiss ’11, an alumnus and Olympic sailor for Team USA, will be this year’s commencement speaker.
“Eckerd meant so much to me,” said Weiss on a phone call with Triton Publications. Coming from snowy Minnesota to sail for the Tritons almost 20 years ago, she said it was an honor to be invited to speak.
Dallman-Weiss’ relationship with sailing runs deep. She started at six years old, learning from her father in White Bear Lake in Minnesota. At Eckerd, she led the Tritons to the Inter-Collegiate Sailing Association National Championship three years in a row. She also majored in wellness counseling and nutritional education, with a minor in Spanish…