2014-15 Recruiting by Naval Academy Athletic Association

Patrick Prada, Wrestling

At the Naval Academy, beating Army is important. Plebes yell “Beat Army!” in Bancroft Hall, “Beat Army!” is on every weight in the Naval Academy weight rooms, and alums and fans alike yell “Beat Army!” at the end of Blue & Gold, the Naval Academy’s alma mater. The annual showdown between the two rivals in each sport is deemed the Star Game with the players from the winning team receiving a Star for their lettersweaters. For those sports that face Army multiple times in a season, the Star Game is designated prior to the start of the year.

Mark Vetere, Track & Field

Navy is 38-3-2 against the Black Knights over the last 43 years in the overall series and is 16-1-1 over the last 18 years and 30-4-2 over the last 36 years in the Star series. Navy is 983-757-40 (.560) all-time against Army in all sports.

2013-14 STAR GAME HIGHLIGHTS Women’s Cross Country

Annie-Norah Beveridge ran Navy past Army, 24-31. Beveridge, for the second consecutive Star Meet, crossed the tape first with a mark of 20:31.52. Kelley Robinson (20:35.54) and Christina Blair (20:41.76) finished third and fourth to help lead Navy in the victory to round out the top-four competitors. With Navy’s third consecutive Star Meet win, the Mids extend their all-time record over the Black Knights to 17-11.

Madeline Zell, Women’s Indoor Track & Field

Men’s Soccer

Defenseman Joseph Greenspan’s sixth goal of the year couldn’t have come at a better time as he knocked in a pass from Dave Arnold in the 106th minute to give Navy a 1-0 victory over Army and the N-Star in soccer for the fourth time in the last five years. The game was played in front of a terrific crowd of 7,416 at a chilly PPL Park in Chester, Pa. The approximate 50 Mids that made the trip from Annapolis stormed the field and swarmed Greenspan at mid-field as the Mids celebrated their 12th straight win, the nation’s longest winning streak.

Men’s & Women’s Swimming & Diving

The Navy swimming and diving teams extended the two longest winning streaks in Army-Navy history by sweeping the Black Knights before an overflow crowd in Lejeune Hall. The Navy women’s team recorded a 216-84 win over Army, while the Navy men posted a 196-104 victory over the Black Knights. Navy’s women’s team has now defeated its counterpart in each of the last 25 seasons, which is the longest winning streak by any team in any sport in Army-Navy history. Meanwhile, the Navy men’s team moved into second place for the longest winning streak with its 23rd consecutive win. Navy’s two teams combined to win 27 of the 32 events, place first and second in 10 events and first, second and third in four events. Additionally, Navy broke 19 meet records, four Lejeune Hall records -- one of which was held by Michael Phelps -- and five Patriot League records.

Conn Men’s

Football

All Keenan Reynolds wanted was to beat Army. The nimble-footed quarterback got his wish, dashing through the snow and a weary defense all the way into the NCAA record book. Reynolds ran for 136 yards and scored three touchdowns to lead the Midshipmen to a 34-7 victory, their 12th straight in the series. Reynolds scored on runs of 47 yards, 11 yards and 1 yard. The sophomore has 29 rushing touchdowns, breaking the single-season mark for a quarterback previously held by Ricky Dobbs (Navy, 2009) and Collin Klein (Kansas State, 2011), both of whom had 27. His third score with 46 seconds left in a lopsided game - gave him 176 points for the season, breaking the school record of 174 set by Bill Ingram in 1917. Navy won the Commander-In-Chief’s Trophy for the second consecutive season and ninth time in 11 years.

Worth Smith, Men’s Basketball

Men’s Indoor Track & Field

For the third straight year, the Navy men’s track & field team took care of Army in the annual Star Meet, 100-81, at the Wesley A. Brown Field House. The Mids’ 100-81 victory was the fourth largest margin in the series. As a team, Navy accumulated 20 IC4A-qualifying performances, 10 individual victories, two Army-Navy individual event records and one Wesley A. Brown Field House record. Of the 10 Navy event victories, the Mids went a perfect six-for-six in the field. Navy saw 10 different individuals record first-place finishes. Navy’s Mark Vetere shined the brightest, breaking the Wesley A. Brown Field House record with a first-place finish in the pole vault with a mark of 5.23 meters. The old field house record was 5.20 meters set by North Carolina’s Parker Smith on Jan. 29, 2011.

Women’s Indoor Track & Field

Keenan Reynolds, Football

The Navy women’s track & field team took down Army for the ninth-straight year, 104-77, at the Wesley A. Brown Field House. The Mids improved their all-time series record over Army to 15-12-1. Navy put on an all-around team performance, finishing first in 12 of the 17 total events. The Mids won five of six field events and seven of the 11 events on the track. Navy fed off of the energy that Madeline Zell gave off during the entire meet. Before the competition began, Zell sang the national anthem that seemed to give Navy and the entire field house an indescribable spark. She followed up with a first-place finish in the 800m (2:16.80). Zell capped off the meet with an exciting finish in the 4x800m relay. After Army and Navy’s first three legs, Army held a substantial lead heading into the final leg. Elizabeth Moton had the lead for the Black Knights in the final lap until the last 100m. As soon as Moton began the last bank of the race, Zell came up with a burst of speed and ran passed Moton to win the final event for Navy.

Men’s Gymnastics

The Navy gymnastics team put together its best performance of the season at Macdonough Hall versus Army. With the annual star on the line, the Mids avenged their 2013 defeat with an impressive 422.3-420.1 victory over the Black Knights. The Mids beat Army on the strength of a 5.45-point victory in the pommel horse. Sophomore Connor Westrick led the way with a 15.0 score and the event win, though he was closely followed by a trio of teammates to give Navy a sweep of the top four positions.

Wrestling

Jordan Sartor-Francis, Outdoor Track & Field

nor Westrick, s Gymnastics

The Navy wrestling team won eight of the 10 bouts, including the first and last three of the night, to secure a 29-6 victory over arch rival Army in the annual Star Match. The Midshipmen have won 14 consecutive matches against the Black Knights, including seven in a row in Annapolis, while also boasting a 48-5-5 advantage in the series. The Mids built an early 11-0 lead after taking victories in the first three matches of the evening that featured some noteworthy performances. Navy took an unlikely 6-0 lead after junior 141-pound Patrick Prada scored a takedown with just one second remaining in his match. Prada, who replaced an injured Joe Locksmith in the lineup, came into the bout having seen action in just four matches over the course of the season.

Men’s Basketball

The Navy men’s basketball team won the N-Star with a convincing 79-57 victory over Army at Christl Arena. Junior forward Worth Smith’s game-high 23 points and eight rebounds paced three Midshipmen in double figures. Navy stretched out a four-point halftime lead by outscoring the hosts 42-24 in the second half while shooting 63 percent (17-of-27). Smith was 7-of-10 in the second half with 17 points. Sophomore guard Kendall Knorr tallied 17 points, a career-best eight assists, five rebounds and two steals. Junior forward Brandon Venturini had 12 points, a career-best eight assists, three rebounds and three steals.

Men’s Outdoor Track & Field

Annie-Norah Beveridge, Women’s Cross Country

Joseph Greenspan, Men’s Soccer

Navy men’s track used an impressive all-around team performance to defeat Army, 124-79, in the annual Outdoor Star Meet at Shea Stadium. With the win, Navy ties the all-time series, 44-44, with Army. Navy recorded 16 first-place finishes and 16 IC4A-qualifying performances. Overall, the Mids finished 1-2 in eight different events. In the field events, sophomore Jay Stell led the Mids with an Army-Navy Meet and school record in the javelin. Stell recorded a mark of 232-0 (70.72m) in the event. On the track, sophomore Jordan Sartor-Francis paced Navy with first-place finishes in the 100m (10.68) and 200m dash (21.32).

Now in its third decade as an all-sport conference combining academic and athletic excellence, the Patriot League sponsors championships in 24 men and women’s sports. Initially started as an NCAA Division I-AA football conference in 1986, the Patriot League became an all-sport conference in 1990 and includes American, Army, Boston University, Bucknell, Colgate, Holy Cross, Lafayette, Lehigh, Loyola and Navy as full members, and Fordham, Georgetown, MIT and Richmond as associate members. These institutions are among the oldest and most prestigious in the nation and their alumni have and continue to play leadership roles in shaping our country. Since 1998, the Patriot League has ranked first each year among all Division I conferences awarding athletic aid in the NCAA Graduation Rate Report. The League also had more than 93 percent of its teams score above the national APR average in the most recent data, and 92 Patriot League teams earned NCAA Academic Performance Program Public Recognition Awards after posting academic progress rate scores in the top 10 percent of all squads in their respective sports. The Patriot League’s mission is simple: to provide successful competitive athletic experiences while maintaining high academic standards, and to prepare its student-athletes to be leaders in society. During the 2013-14 academic year, Patriot League student-athletes and teams have accomplished the following: I The Patriot League ranked second among all conferences in multi-year APR rating, and led all leagues in men’s basketball APR. I 81 Patriot League teams recorded perfect graduation success rates and 92 earned NCAA Public Recognition Awards for ranking in the top 10 percent of their sport in APR. I More than 93 percent of Patriot League teams scored above the national average in APR. I Patriot League teams won NCAA Tournament games in seven different sports, with American winning twice to advance to the Round of 16 in volleyball. I League squads also won NCAA first-round or regional contests in football (Fordham), men’s soccer (Navy), women’s soccer (Boston University), women’s lacrosse (Loyola), softball (Boston University) and baseball (Bucknell). I Navy won the overall Patriot League Presidents’ Cup for the second time in three years, while Army took first place on the men’s side and Boston University claimed the women’s title in its inaugural season. I Fifteen student-athletes earned Capital One/CoSIDA Academic All-America recognition, including first-team accolades for Fordham’s Brett Biestek (Football), Bucknell’s Joe Meyer (Men’s Soccer) and Navy’s Elizabeth Hoerner (Women’s Soccer). I Thirty-five student-athletes received Capital One/CoSIDA Academic All-District recognition. I There were 2,450 student-athletes on the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll in 2013-14, including 128 with a semester GPA of at least 4.0. I American women’s basketball standout Alexis Dobbs, Navy women’s soccer star Elizabeth Hoerner and women’s rowing student-athlete Katherine Ashton each earned NCAA Postgraduate Scholarships. Dobbs and Hoerner were later named the Patriot League’s nominees for the NCAA Woman of the Year Award. I Fordham football and Loyola men and women’s lacrosse each finished in the top 10 of national polls, while Navy men’s soccer and American volleyball and field hockey each placed in the top 25 of their sport’s final national rankings. I Navy’s Jay Stell placed third in the javelin at the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships, matching the best-ever finish for a Patriot League male and earning first-team All-America honors. I Navy’s Tom Duvall placed seventh in the 500 freestyle at the NCAA Men’s Swimming Championship to earn All-America honors, and was one of four Patriot Leaguers to compete in an individual event at either the NCAA Men or Women’s Championship.

Stephen Cooksey was named the Men’s Track & Field Coach of the Year for both the indoor and outdoor season.

Elizabeth Hoerner was the Patriot League Goalkeeper of the Year as well as the women’s soccer Student-Athlete of the Year.

NAVY’S 2013-14 PATRIOT LEAGUE HONORS

Anthony Parenti was tabbed as the Patriot League Pitcher of the Year.

Team Titles (9) Men’s Soccer [2], regular season & tournament Men’s Cross Country Women’s Soccer, regular season Women’s Basketball, regular season Men’s Swimming & Diving Women’s Swimming & Diving Men’s Track & Field [2], indoor & outdoor Coach of the Year (7) Dave Brandt, Men’s Soccer Al Cantello, Men’s Cross Country Stefanie Pemper, Women’s Basketball Bill Roberts, Men’s Swimming Rich MacDonald, Diving Stephen Cooksey [2], Men’s Indoor/Outdoor Track & Field ATHLETE of the Year (10) Jame Dubyoski, Men’s Soccer (offensive player) Joseph Greenspan, Men’s Soccer (defensive player) Elizabeth Hoerner, Women’s Soccer (goalkeeper) Jade Seabrook, Women’s Soccer (defensive player) Morgan Dankanich, Women’s Soccer (offensive player) Tom Duvall, Men’s Swimming Wil Mayo, Men’s Diving Alix Membreno, Women’s Basketball (defensive player) Kash Manzelli, Baseball (player) Anthony Parenti, Baseball (pitcher)

Alix Membreno earned Patriot League Defensive Player of the Year honors

Rookie of the Year (1) Joseph Lane, Men’s Swimming Scholar-Athlete of the Year (3) Elizabeth Hoerner, Women’s Soccer Ellen Bradford, Women’s Swimming Chris House, Men’s Golf Tournament Most Valuable Player (2) Guy Skord, Men’s Soccer

The Navy men’s soccer team claimed Patriot League titles in the regular season as well as the postseason tournament.

Navy’s athletic program earned its second Patriot League Presidents’ Cup title in three years during the 2013-14 season. The Mids garnered their first league award for overall excellence during the 2011-12 campaign before placing second by just one-half of a point –– the closest margin in league history –– in the 2012-13 season. Points for the Presidents’ Cup are awarded based upon a combination of an institution’s regular-season and tournament finishes in each sport. The Mids have now placed either first or second in the overall standings in each of the last eight years. These showings are in spite of Navy ranking in the lower half of the league for the number of league sports it offers. Navy’s teams combined to win six league titles –– men’s cross country, men’s soccer, men’s swimming & diving, women’s swimming & diving, men’s indoor track & field, men’s outdoor track & field –– and three additional league regular season titles –– men’s soccer, women’s soccer, women’s basketball –– to accrue 148 points and edge league-newcomer Boston University (seven championships) in the 2013-14 standings by 3.25 points. In addition to its overall victory, Navy also placed second in both the respective men’s and women’s team standings. Navy’s men’s teams have placed either first or second in its tabulation seven times in the last 11 years, while the Navy women’s teams have finished in either first or second place in its scoring in five of the last six seasons. Navy has led all schools with a combined 22 league titles won over the last three seasons. The Mids amassed nine team crowns during the 2011-12 season –– the most won by a school since the 1996-97 season –– and tallied seven championships in the 2012-13 year before claiming six titles during the 2013-14 season. Those 22 crowns earned by Navy are more than double the total won by the program with the next highest total (10, Bucknell) and account for nearly one-third of the 71 championships awarded by the league over the last three seasons. Navy’s Recent Finishes in Overall Presidents’ Cup Standings

2013-14 FIRST 2012-13 Second 2011-12 First 2010-11 Second 2009-10 Second 2008-09 Second 2007-08 Second 2006-07 Second 2005-06 Fourth 2004-05 Fourth 2003-04 Fifth

Navy’s Top Finishes in Women’s Presidents’ Cup Standings

Men’s Soccer

Men’s Swimming & Diving

2013-14 Second 2012-13 First 2011-12 First 2009-10 Second 2008-09 Second

Navy’s Top Finishes in Men’s Presidents’ Cup Standings

2013-14 Second 2011-12 Second 2010-11 Second 2007-08 First 2006-07 Second 2004-05 Second 2003-04 First (Tied) Women’s Basketball

Men’s Cross Country

Women’s Swimming & Diving

Men’s Track & Field

Women’s Soccer

Baseball

9 DePaul (56-43) in 2011, No. 5 Maryland (59-44) in 2012 and No. 7 Kentucky (61-41) in 2013. The Mids have lost their three games by an average of 16.0 points, while the remainder of the league has lost their games by an average of 34.9 points. I Navy held the halftime lead in its game against Kentucky, making the Mids the first league team to hold the lead at the break of an NCAA Tournament game in over 20 years. I Won the Patriot League regular season title outright in 2014 for the first time in school history. Previously shared the regular season crown three times (1998, 2011, 2013). I Has advanced to the championship game of the Patriot League Tournament five times (1998, ‘99, 2011, ‘12, ‘13). I Stefanie Pemper has been tabbed as the Patriot League Coach of the Year in both 2011 and 2014. She has guided the Mids over her six seasons to an overall record of 116-75, a Patriot League record of 60-28 and a league tournament mark of 12-3. I Navy has tied a school record with having posted a winning record in each of the last six seasons. Additionally, Navy has tallied a winning Patriot League record in each of the last six seasons after having done so a total of four times in its first 17 seasons in the league. I The Mids are the lone team to have won at least one Patriot League tournament game in each of the last six years. I The first jersey in Navy women’s basketball history was retired in 2014 in honor of Becky Dowling. Her No. 32 hangs in Alumni Hall to honor the 1998 graduate who amassed nearly 1,500 points and over 900 rebounds despite missing one-third of her sophomore season with an injury. She would go on to become the first female pilot to graduate from the Navy’s TOPGUN school.

I Has won six Patriot League titles and has made nine NCAA Tournament appearances.

I Has totaled 1,808 victories in its 118-year program history (.590 all-time winning percentage).

I Has won 30-plus games in five of the last nine seasons. I Has won 256 games over the last nine years, the highest total over any nine-year span in program history.

I Has won 249 games in Patriot League play since joining the league in 1993.

I Six Midshipmen have been recognized as All-Americans,

including two-time All-American Mitch Harris (‘08) (2006-07).

I Navy players have earned the Patriot League Pitcher-of- the-

Year award seven times and Patriot League Player-of-the-Year award five times, while coaches have earned Patriot League Coach-of-the-Year distinction on six occasions. 2014 marked the third time (1998 and 1995) that Midshipmen took home both top player and pitcher accolades as Kash Manzelli (’14) and Anthony Parenti (’15) earned the honors, respectively. I Five Midshipmen have been honored as CoSIDA Academic All-Americans in program history, with Bob Dishman (‘85) (1984-85) and Mike Leeney (‘86) (1985-86) both earning the distinction twice in their careers. I Former Heisman Trophy winners Joe Bellino (‘61) and Roger Staubach (‘65) served as the team captain of the baseball squad in 1961 and 1965, respectively. I The Midshipmen own an all-time advantage of 110-107 against Army.

Men’s Basketball

I 11 NCAA Tournaments, including two appearances in the Elite Eight (1954 and 1986).

Men’s Cross Country

I 13 All-America selections, including 2008 honoree Greg Sprink

I Has advanced to the NCAA Championship as a team 10 times

(’08). I Eight Patriot League regular-season and tournament championships. I 11 All-Patriot League first-team performers. I 20 Patriot League All-Rookie Team honors in its 23 years in the league, nine of which have been over the last 10 years. I David Robinson (’87) earned consensus National Player of the Year honors in 1987 and was that year’s NBA No. 1 Draft pick. Robinson was part of the 2009 Basketball Hall of Fame class. I Navy has spent 23 weeks ranked among the Associated Press Top 25 teams.

in program history - all of which have come with head coach Al Cantello at the helm. I In the 10 trips to the national championship, the Midshipmen have finished among the top-10 teams in the country twice (the 1985 and ‘92 squads both finished seventh). I Finished among the top-five teams at the NCAA regional championship 13 times - with the most recent occurrence coming in 2011 (fifth place). I Won five of the last six Patriot League titles 2008, ’09, ’10, ’11, ‘13. I Holds a 46-29-1 all-time advantage over Army in Star Meet competitions, including a 34-10-1 record during the Al Cantello era. I John Lawlor (‘67), Ron Harris (‘87), Greg Keller (‘93) and Jon Clemens (‘97) all have earned All-America status on the cross country trails with Navy. I Ron Harris was a 1996 Olympian for the United States and also competed at the U.S. Olympic Trials in 1988 and ‘92. I Aaron Lanzel (‘03) (2004), Erik Schmidt (‘04) (2004) and John Mentzer (‘98) (2008) all competed at the U.S. Olympic Trials.

Women’s Basketball

I Has made post-season appearances in each of the last four

years. The Mids played in the 2011, 2012 and 2013 NCAA Tournaments before competing in the 2014 WNIT. I Played the three closest NCAA Tournament games by a Patriot League team over the last two-plus decades with losses to No.

I The USNA Cross Country Course served as the host to the 1989 NCAA Championship (the Midshipmen placed 21st).

Women’s Cross Country

I Won three of the last six Patriot League Championships (2008, ‘11 and ‘12).

I Has boasted six undefeated seasons in the last eight years in

dual-scored races for an all-time mark of 161-26 (.861 winning percentage). I Is 99-12 in all-time dual-scored meets in Annapolis (a .892 winning percentage). I Owns a 17-11 all-time advantage over Army in the annual Star Meet competitions. Navy has defeated Army in six of the last eight duals. I Head coach Karen Boyle, a four-time Patriot League Coach of the Year, has guided the Midshipmen for 27 of the program’s 31 years and has accumulated a 138-21 mark over her career (.868 winning percentage). I In 2012, Annie-Norah Beveridge became the seventh Mid to compete at the NCAA Division I Championship. Kerry O’Neill (‘93), Jackie Hayes (‘99), Rebecca Cline (‘98), Melissa Foon (‘01) and Jess Palacio (‘12) all previously represented Navy as individual competitors at the NCAA Division I Championship. I Amy Watson (‘10) became the first Navy runner in school history to boast the fastest overall time at the Patriot League Championship to earn league runner-of-the-year kudos in 2008. I All of its scoring-five runners finished among the top-nine competitors at the 2008 Patriot League Championship to produce the lowest team score since the league expanded to eight teams.

Football

I Won the 1926 National Championship. I Has had two Heisman Trophy winners (Joe Bellino in 1960 and Roger Staubach in 1963).

I Has appeared in 19 bowl games, including a school-record

eight-straight seasons from 2003-10. Navy has appeared in a bowl game in 10 of the last 11 years. I Has won 14 Commander-in-Chief’s Trophies, including nine of the last 11. I Has totaled 668 all-time victories in 133 years of playing football. I Has earned six NCAA rushing titles, including an NCAA record four-straight seasons from 2005-08. I Players have received 34 First-Team All-America accolades. I Has placed 24 former players or coaches into the College Football Hall of Fame. I Has won a series record 12-straight games over Army.

Men’s Golf

I Six-time Patriot League champions. I 11 NCAA Tournament appearances, six since 1998, including the spring of 2012.

I Head coach Pat Owen has received Patriot League Coach of the Year honors eight times, including in the spring of 2012.

I Head coach Pat Owen was recognized by the Maryland

General Assembly after being selected as the 2009 Labron Harris Sr. Award winner presented by The PGA of America and the Golf Coaches Association of America. I Seven Patriot League individual title winners, including 2013 champion Chris House. I 2004 recipient of the Byron Nelson Award, Billy Hurley (‘04) represented the United States in August of 2005 as a member of the Walker Cup. Hurley earned his tour card for the 2014 PGA Tour and qualified for his first major, the U.S. Open, where he tied for 48th.

Women’s Golf

I Is Navy’s newest sport, having completed just its second season in 2014.

I Renata Bucher became the first Navy women’s golfer to

earn All-Patriot League honors when she was named to the second team after finishing in a tie for seventh at the 2014 championship. I Bucher also became the first Navy women’s golfer to be named to the Patriot League All-Academic Team in 2014. I Head coach Nadia Ste-Marie recorded 19 top-10 finishes as a golfer on the professional circuit and was inducted into the Florida State Athletics Hall of Fame in 2008.

Gymnastics

I Has claimed the ECAC/EIGL Championship 13 times in program history.

I Advanced as a team to the NCAA Championship Qualifying

Meet in 2009 for the first time since the event was created one decade prior. I Has had at least one Mid qualify to compete at the NCAA Championship between 2009 and 2013. I Claimed the USAG Collegiate Division Championship crown three times in just over a decade - 1998, 2000 and ‘08. I Won the All-Academy Championship in both the 2008 and ‘09 seasons. I Andrew Faulk (‘12) was named ECAC Gymnast of the Year and won titles in four events at the 2012 league championship, including the all-around, pommel horse, parallel bars and high bar. I Head coach Sho Fukushima was named the ECAC Coach of the Year in 2009 and National Association of Collegiate Gymnastics Coaches (NACGC) Coach of the Year in 1998, 2000 and ‘05.

I Assistant coach Craig Holt has been named the USAG

Collegiate Division Assistant Coach of the Year in 2006 and ‘08, as well as the ECAC Assistant Coach of the Year in 2007 and ‘11. I Joshua Steves (’15) became the third gymnast in program history to earn CoSIDA Academic All-Academic honors as he was named to the second team in the men’s at-large sports category in the spring of 2014. Steves joins Sean Blackman (’07) and Pete Lombard (’98) as honorees from gymnastics. I Faulk, Eric Swanson (‘73) and Peter DiTullio (‘83) were all voted as finalists for the Nissen-Emery Award, which is presented to the nation’s top senior collegiate gymnast.

national tournament faster than the three years it took the Navy women. I Jasmine DePompeo (‘13) became the first Midshipman to earn IWLCA All-America honors when she was named to the third team in 2013 after leading the country with 127 points. I DePompeo and Kathy Young (‘13) earned CoSIDA Academic All-America honors in 2013.

Rifle

I 20-consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances from 19922011.

I 26 NCAA Championship appearances, the fourth-most in NCAA history.

Men’s Lacrosse

I 26 NCAA Tournament appearances, tied as the sixth most in Div. I lacrosse.

I Appearances in six (2004, ‘05, ‘06, ‘07, ‘08, and ‘09) of the last nine NCAA Tournaments.

I 17 National Championships. I Two NCAA Championship appearances, including in 2004. I 14 National Hall of Fame Members, including 2011 inductee John Lawlor.

I 23 National Award winners, including two-time Kelly Award winner Mickey Jarboe.

I Three former Team USA members. I 430 All-Americans, including 2014 Honorable Mention selection Pat Kiernan.

I Four recipients of the Morris Touchstone Memorial Award

presented to the national coach of the year. I At least a share of five Patriot League Regular-Season titles (2004, ‘05, ‘06, ‘07, and 08) and five Patriot League Tournament crowns (2004, ‘05, ‘06, ‘07, and ‘09) since joining the league in 2004.

Women’s Lacrosse

I Navy has won four of the last five Patriot League

Championships and has advanced to four of the last five NCAA Tournaments (2010-13). I Navy owns a 109-27 (.801) all-time record in seven seasons of varsity play. I After earning the No. 8 seed in the 2013 NCAA Tournament, Navy recorded its first tournament win by defeating Monmouth, 12-6, at home in the first round. I Won a Patriot League-record 19 games in 2013, including a school-record 13 in a row. I Only Northwestern and Maryland have won more games than Navy has in the past six years. I Navy has competed in the Patriot League Tournament in each of its first seven years of play, including a trip to the league title game in five of the last six seasons. I Only two Division I lacrosse programs have qualified for the

I School-record 17 dual wins in 2008-09. I Placed second at the NCAA Tournament in 1990 and

1999 and has recorded five top-four finishes at the NCAA Tournament. I Two individual smallbore NCAA champions in Josh Albright (‘08) (2007) and Joe Johnson (‘96) (1996). I 117 All-America honors since 1936, including 36 in 15 years under head coach Bill Kelley. I 15-straight MAC Championships. I 144-27 dual-meet record in 15 years under head coach Bill Kelley.

Heavyweight Rowing

I Navy rowers have comprised the eight-man boats that

represented the U.S. at three Olympic games (1920, Gold; 1952, Gold; 1960, fifth place). I Over 30 Navy oarsmen have represented the United States in international competition. I Will Race (‘12) became the fifth member of the heavyweight rowing team to be awarded the men’s Coaches’ Calvert Award, which recognizes a graduating varsity letterwinner who displayed leadership, consistent effort, loyalty and dedication to the sport and who has taken their abilities beyond the expectations of the coach, peers and themselves. I Has won the Jim Ten Eyck Trophy (most team points) at the Intercollegiate Rowing Association National Championship 11 times. I Won the varsity race at the IRA National Championship on 13 occasions. I Has claimed the Rowe Cup (most team points) at the Eastern Association of Rowing Colleges Championship six times. I Varsity crew has won the Eastern Sprints Championship five times.

Lightweight Rowing

I The dinghy and women’s team have each won six national

Association of Rowing Colleges Championship in 2006 and ‘07. I Winners of the varsity race at the Eastern Sprints Championship in 1962 and 2004. I Won the varsity race at the Intercollegiate Rowing Association National Championship in â€˜04 on its way to advancing to the semifinal round at the Royal Henley Regatta in London, England. I Michael Kerrigan (‘10) and Edward King (‘11) were the latest lightweight rowers to participate in international competition, as they both represented U.S. Rowing at the 2010 U-23 World Rowing Championship.

I The team racing and sloop teams have won six titles, as

championships.

I Won the Jope Cup (most team points) at the Eastern

well, and Navy has been the singlehanded champion seven different times. I Has won the Fowle Trophy (given to the best overall collegiate team performance) 10 times, more than any other school in the nation. I The Navy intercollegiate sailing team has 241 available boats in its fleet.

Offshore Sailing

I 15 Kennedy Cup titles, including the 2012 race I 17 McMillan Cup victories, including four in a row from 200407 and the 2012 event

Women’s Rowing

I Won its second Patriot League Championship in 2013, earning the program’s first bid to the NCAA Championship. I Has tallied 13 boat titles in the 10 years of the Patriot League Championship, including at least one title in each of the last five seasons. I Won its first Eastern Association of Women’s Rowing Colleges (EAWRC) Sprints title in program history in 2014 with gold medal efforts in five of the six races that it entered. I Varsity eight placed a program-best 11th at the 2006 Head of the Charles Regatta, while the varsity four took registered its highest finish at the event - ninth - in 2010. I Since 2001, rowers have totaled 38 National Scholar-Athlete awards and 17 All-Mid-Atlantic Region accolades from the Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association. I Shaunnah Wark (‘05), Madeline Boe (‘06) and Kerry Hannon (‘09), and Jacquieline Penichet (‘13) have all been recognized as the Patriot League Women’s Rowing Scholar-Athlete of the Year. I Fiona McFarland (‘08) became the first Mid who competed exclusively for the women’s rowing team to earn the Vice Adm. Lawrence Sword, presented annually to the member of the graduating class who has personally excelled in athletics during their career in 2008. I Karin Hughes (‘91) won a silver medal at the 1999 Pan American Games.

I Navy offshore sailing won both the Kennedy Cup and McMillan Cup in 2012 for the first time since 2007.

I Seven major Ocean Race victories I Offshore sailing team utilizes 88 boats, including Invictus, Zaraffa, Allegiance and Dreadnought.

Men’s Soccer

I 1964 NCAA National Champion I Four-time ISFA or NSCAA National Champion (1932, ‘43, ‘44 and ‘45).

I 11 NCAA Tournament appearances, including a second round appearance in 2013.

I 2013 Patriot League Regular Season and Tournament Champion.

I Navy finished the 2013 season ranked No. 25 in the NSCAA Poll.

I 56 All-Patriot League selections. I 58 NSCAA All-Americans and nine Intercollegiate Soccer Football Association First-Team All-Americans.

I Joseph Greenspan was named to the NSCAA All-America Third Team in 2013.

I Evan Barnes (‘08) was the recipient of the 2007 Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award, the inaugural winner of the award.

I Six Capital One Academic All-Americans over the last four

years (Alex Foskett and Sam Miller in 2010; Sam Miller and Eric Wootten in 2011; Eric Wootten in 2012; Zach Davis in 2013).

Intercollegiate Sailing

I 133 overall collegiate All-Americans, including six AllAmericans in 2014.

I Third-place overall finish at the 2014 ICSA Women’s National

Women’s Soccer

Championship. I Fifth-place finish overall at the 2014 ICSA Team Racing National Championship. I Four collegiate Sailor of the Year award winners. I Eight members of the College Sailing Hall of Fame.

I Won the Patriot League Tournament title and advanced to NCAA Tournament three times (2003, ‘06, ‘07).

I 16 Patriot League Tournament appearances in 20 years of

conference membership and 11 appearances in the Patriot

League Championship game.

I Has produced one NSCAA All-American, nine Academic All-

Americans and five Patriot League Female Scholar-Athletes of the Year. I Became first women’s team at the Academy to earn an NCAA Tournament berth and the first Service Academy to play in the NCAA Women’s Soccer Tournament in 2003. I Won a school-record 21 games and advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament for the first time in school history in 2006. I After attaining a Navy and league-best national ranking of No. 11 during the season, ended the 2006 season ranked No. 17 by Soccer America. I Lizzie Barnes (‘09) and Nicole Aunapu (‘99) are two of the four Naval Academy student-athletes to twice earn First-Team Academic All-America honors. I Beth Reed (‘10) was named the 2010 CoSIDA Women’s Soccer Academic All-American of the Year. She is first Naval Academy student-athlete to receive the award for his/her respective sport. I Jade Seabrook (‘15) earned NSCAA All-America Third-Team honors and Elizabeth Hoerner (‘14) was named to the NSCAA Academic All-America First Team in back-to-back seasons (2012-13). I Hoerner became the fourth women’s soccer player in the 25year history of the Coaches’ Calvert Award to be recognized and the first since Traci Willemse in 2011. The award recognizes a graduating varsity letterwinner who displayed leadership, consistent effort, loyalty and dedication to the sport and who has taken their abilities beyond the expectations of the coach, peers and themselves.

Sprint Football

I Has won the Collegiate Sprint Football League (CSFL)

Championship 35 times in the program’s 68-year history (28 times outright), the most among any school in league history. I Has won 341 games in program history (an .829 all-time winning percentage). I Has posted 27 undefeated seasons. I Owns an 81-7 (.920) overall record, including a 55-6 (.902) mark in CSFL play, over the last 13 seasons. I Holds a 40-33-1 all-time advantage over Army in the all-time series. I Has totaled 315 All-CSFL honors over the last 13 years, with a Navy player being selected as the league’s MVP seven times during this span. I Quarterback Chris Marsh (‘07) was named to the All-USA College Academic First Team in 2006-07.

Squash

I 52 All-Americans, including 2010 selection Nils Mattsson who

is the second player under Craig Dawson’s direction to garner All-America honors. I Two College Squash Association Hall of Fame members. I Recipient of the College Squash Association Coaches Award seven times (teams honoring their peers for their sportsmanship). I Host of the 2007-08 College Squash Association Men’s and Women’s Individual National Championship which drew a championship record 2,329 fans. I 20-win seasons seven times under head coach Craig Dawson, including a school-record 27-8 mark in 2008-09. I Tucker George twice represented the United States in international competition - 2006 World Collegiate Squash Championship and the 2007 Under-23 Can-Am Challenge. I A 1973 graduate of the Naval Academy, Craig Dawson became the program’s winningest head coach in 2012 and has amassed a 290-118 record.

Men’s Swimming & Diving

I Has won the Patriot League title in each of its 11 years of

competing at the championship, winning a league-best 154 event titles at the league meet during this time (the most in the league by well over 100 titles). I Navy swimming & diving athletes have earned 167 All-Patriot League accolades since joining the league. I At least one swimmer or diver has qualified for the NCAA Championship six times over the last 11 seasons. I A pair of relay teams earned Honorable Mention All-America accolades at the 2004 NCAA Championship. I Adam Meyer (‘10) became the first Navy swimmer in nearly 40 years to earn a pair All-America honors when he garnered Honorable Mention All-America accolades in both 2009 and 2010. I Tom Duvall (‘16) placed seventh in the championship final of the 500 at the 2014 NCAA Championship to garner All-America accolades. I Qualified 13 swimmers and two divers for the 2012 U.S. Olympic Trials I Holds a 47-29 advantage in the series with Army and has defeated the Black Knights in 23-consecutive seasons (the second-longest winning streak in any sport in the Army-Navy series). I Diver Nate Smith (‘96) totaled 11 All-America certificates during his four-year career and was selected as a First-Team Academic All-American by CoSIDA as a senior. I Noah White (‘04) was named as the 2004 Patriot League Swimmer of the Year, the ‘04 league scholar-athlete of the year for his sport and competed at the 2004 U.S. Olympic Trials.

Women’s Swimming & Diving

I Has won three-straight Patriot League titles to increase its

overall tally to a league-best 13 team crowns won. The Mids have also placed second at the meet six times in their 23 seasons of competing at the meet. I Team members have combined to win 91 event titles at the Patriot League Championship over the past 10 years, the most in the league during this span. I Navy swimmers have been named as the Patriot League Swimmer of the Year 16 times, while divers have been tabbed as the diver of the year at six championship meets. I Qualified three swimmers for the 2012 U.S. Olympic Trials. I Laura Gorinski (‘13) was selected as the Patriot League Scholar-Athlete of the Year for her sport in 2011, ‘12 and ‘13, was named as the league’s swimmer of the year in both 2012 and ‘13 while earning Second-Team Academic All-America honors and an NCAA Post Graduate Scholar as a senior. I Swimmers Thuy-Mi Dinh (‘10) and Tara Chapmon (‘10) qualified for the NCAA Championship in both 2009 and 2010, with Dinh also competing at the 2008 event. Dinh, the first swimmer in league history to advance to a trio of NCAA Championship Meets, became the second swimmer to win the Coaches’ Calvert Award, while Chapmon, the first swimmer in league history to be tabbed as the Patriot League Swimmer of the Year three times in a career, became the sixth swimmer (and first in 14 years) to earn the Vice Adm. Lawrence Sword for Women I Kelly Zahalka (‘09) became the first student-athlete in Navy and Patriot League history to garner a trio of Academic AllAmerica honors (third team in 2007, first team in ‘08 and ‘09). I Stacia Johnson (‘92) won the 1991 NCAA Division II title on the three-meter springboard. I Holds a 29-4 advantage in the Army-Navy series and has defeated the Black Knights 25 straight times. It is the longest winning streak by any team in the Army-Navy series.

Scholar-Athlete of the Year and be named as the Valedictorian of the Class of 2011. I Navy players have been selected as the Patriot League Freshman of the Year four times in the 11 years of the award. I Joe Hunt (‘42) won the NCAA Championship in singles in 1941 and the U.S. Open title in ‘43. I Navy holds a 57-35 advantage in the all-time series with Army. The Mids won 22-consecutive matches against the Black Knights from 1970-91, which stood as the record for the longest winning streak in any sport in series history for two decades (currently is the third longest streak). I Nate Nelms (‘09) earned first-team all-league honors in each of his four seasons.

Women’s Tennis

I Owns a 101-30 (.763) all-time record in five seasons of varsity play.

I The Mids are 18-3 (.857) all-time in Patriot League Regular Season matches.

I Navy has won at least 20 dual matches in each of the last four seasons.

I Won a school-record 25 matches in 2013 and had a 17-match winning streak.

I Reached the Patriot League Tournament Championship in three straight seasons (2011-13)

I Head coach Keith Puryear was named the 2011 Patriot League Coach of the Year.

I Has had 15 All-Patriot League performers in its five-year

history, including four-time first-team selection and 2013 Patriot League Player of the Year, Emani Decquir. I Puryear won his 500th career match as a college head coach in January 2013 and he won his 100th match at Navy in April 2014.

Men’s Tennis

Men’s Track and Field

‘08, ‘09, ‘10 and ‘12. The Mids have reached the championship match of the Patriot League Tournament seven times in the last eight seasons. I Previously won a trio of Colonial Athletic Association titles between 1984-87. I Has made NCAA Tournament appearances in 1999, 2007, ‘08, ‘09, ‘10 and ‘12. I Mitchell Koch (‘00) was named as the Patriot League Player of the Year in 1997 and ‘99, was selected as a First-Team Academic All-American in 2000 and earned an at-large invitation to the 2000 NCAA Championship in singles. I Nick Birger (‘11) broke the league record for career doubles wins with 73. He went on to be tabbed as a First-Team Academic All-American from CoSIDA, receive an NCAA PostGraduate Scholarship, be selected as the Patriot League Male

NCAA titles – William Kash (‘47), 440-yd. dash, 1945; John VanVelzer (‘47), 100-yd. dash, 1945; Leo Williams (‘83), indoor high jump, 1981 & ‘82; outdoor high jump, 1981. I The men’s track and field program has produced four United States Olympians – Joe Patterson (‘36), 400 Hurdles [4th place], 1936; James Dare (‘68), steeplechase [Alt.], 1972; Ted Bregar (‘73), hammer throw [Alt.], 1972; Leo Williams (‘83), high jump [Alt.], 1984. I 28 athletes have earned a total of 47 All-America honors, most recently Jay Stell (‘16) in the javelin in 2014. I Eight-time Patriot League Champions (Indoor: 2004, ‘05, ‘08, ‘11, ‘13, ‘14; Outdoor: 2008, ‘14). I For the second time in program history and first since 2008, Navy completed the season sweep of the Patriot League

I Has won nine Patriot League titles, including crowns in 2007,

I 1945 NCAA Champions. I Three Navy athletes have claimed a total of five individual

indoor and outdoor championship title and defeated Army in both the indoor and outdoor meets in the 2013-14 season. I Head coach Stephen Cooksey is a eight-time Patriot League Coach of the Year recipient and earned USTFCCCA MidAtlantic Region Coach of the Year honors for the ‘08 indoor season. I 12 individuals have earned a total of 21 All-America honors during Cooksey’s tenure, with an additional nine individuals earning Academic All-America honors, including Mark Van Orden (‘10), a two-time honoree and 2010 First-Team Academic All-American. I Duncavage became the 28th member of the men’s track & field team to win the NAAA Sword for Men in the 123-year history of the award and the first field athlete to win the award since the great high jumper Leo Williams in 1983. The sword is presented to that man of the graduating class who is considered by the Association’s Athletic Council to have personally excelled in men’s athletics during his years of varsity competition.

I Navy posted a winning record (9-7) in league matches in 2013, the first winning record by the Mids since 2007.

I The 13 wins in all by the Mids in 2013 were the most for a Navy team since 2008.

I Erin Fortner (‘14) became the fourth Mid and the first in 15

Women’s Track & Field

I Has registered a 301-26 combined dual-scored meet record (.920) over the last 16 years.

I Has won 113 of its last 117 indoor dual meets and 61 of its

last 64 dual-scored outdoor meets dating back to the 2004-05 season. I Won three Patriot League Indoor titles and two Patriot League Outdoor titles. I Head coach Carla Criste has been named the Patriot League Coach of the Year five times. I Brigid Byrne (‘13) is a two-time CoSIDA Academic AllAmerican who earned first-team honors in 2013. I Jess Palacio (‘12) became Navy’s first Indoor All-American (mile run) in 2012. I Kim McGreevey was Navy’s first Outdoor All-American, competing in the 3,000m run at the 1995 NCAA Championship. I 10 Navy track and field athletes have been awarded the Vice Admiral Lawrence Sword For Women, which is presented to the woman of the graduating class by the Association’s Athletic Council to have personally excelled in women’s athletics during her years of varsity competition.

Volleyball

I Larry Bock, the winningest coach in NCAA volleyball history

(1382-337-4) became the head coach of the Mids in the spring of 2011. I The Mids set a league record for the biggest one-season victory total improvement in 2012 with its league record of 7-7. That placed Navy fifth in the league standings, the highest placement for the team since 2007.

years to garner multiple first-team all-league honors with her two nods in 2012 and 2013. She ended her career ranked seventh at Navy with 1,015 career kills. I A trio of Mids recorded over 1,000 kills and digs during their respective careers, most recently Jessie Sims (‘09) who established a new school record for digs with 1,424. I Alex Cassel (‘15) became the third Mid in school history and the first since 2005 to lead the league in hitting percentage with her mark of .323 in 2012. I The Class of 2008 ended their careers with a record of 74-49, the most wins and highest winning percentage recorded by any class during the program’s Division I era. I Rachel Dougherty (‘08) knocked down a school-record 500 kills during her senior season to be named First-Team AllPatriot League, while also garnering Patriot League ScholarAthlete of the Year and Second-Team Academic All-America accolades. I Aimee’ Burns (‘08) became the sixth volleyball player to be selected as the recipient of the Calvert Award, which recognizes a graduating varsity letterwinner who displayed leadership, consistent effort, loyalty and dedication to the sport and who has taken their abilities beyond the expectations of the coach, peers and themselves.

Water Polo

I 14 NCAA Tournament appearances, the sixth-most in NCAA history.

I Won three-straight Eastern title from 2006-08 and five since

2000. Navy is the first team to win three-straight Eastern titles two different times. I Recorded a third-place finish at the 2007 NCAA Tournament, its best finish ever. I Won a school-record 30 games in 2007, and enjoyed a schoolrecord 19-game winning streak. I Has won at least 19 contests in each of its first 32 seasons of competition. I 34 All-American honors since 1984. I 54 All-Eastern Division accolades since 1982. I 11 Eastern Championship MVPs. I 14 CWPA Southern Division Championships. I Nine CWPA Eastern Division Championships. I Former head coach Mike Schofield retired in September of 2013 as the winningest coach in any sport in Navy history with 631 wins, becoming the first Navy coach to reach 600 wins at the school.

Wrestling

I 66 NCAA Tournament appearances. I Back-to-back top-20 finishes (2006-07 and 2007-08) at the

NCAA Tournament for the first time since 1981-82, 1982-83.

I Three individual National Champions. I 61 All-Americans, including Bryce Saddoris (‘11) who

garnered All-America honors at the 2009 and 2011 NCAA Championships. I 21 Olympians, including Lloyd Keaser who was a silver medalist at the 1976 Olympics held in Montreal. Keaser became the first African-American to win a gold medal when he did so at the 1973 World Championships in freestyle. I 89 EIWA Individual Champions, including Mathew Miller, who won the 174-pound crown in 2014. I 13 EIWA Team titles. I Scott Steele (‘10) placed third at the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials and served as the second alternate at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China. I 2011 Naval Academy Sword for Men recipient Bryce Saddoris became the school’s all-time wins record holder by producing a 147-40 record during his four-year career.

The Naval Academy Athletic Association has assembled one of the best coaching staffs in America. The 2013-14 season was another successfulone for Navy athletics, both on the field of competition and in the classroom. Navy varsity athletic teams sported a .642 winning percentage, won 12 conference titles and earned the Patriot League Presidents’ Cup crown for the second time in three years. Those team successes went along with Mids garnering 16 All-America awards, six CoSIDA Academic AllAmericans laurels and 16 conference athletes-of-the-year honors. Additionally, Navy’s coaches received 11 conference coach-of the-year accolades. The Mids also tied for 10th in the country in graduation rates (90 percent) for athletic departments that play FBS football.

Baseball Paul Kostacopoulos 10th Season Office Phone: 410-293-5571 E-Mail: kostacop@usna.edu

I In nine seasons as head coach of the

Navy baseball team, has become the program’s third-winningest head coach with 256 victories in Annapolis. I Led Navy to its fourth consecutive Patriot League Tournament appearance in 2014 after finishing fourth in the regular season. I In 2011, guided Navy to its ninth NCAA Tournament appearance after the Mids captured both the Patriot League regular season and tournament crowns. I Prior to the Naval Academy, served as the head coach at both Providence and Maine where he led each school to a pair of NCAA Tournament berths.

Garden following the 2009 season. For his efforts, he was named the 2009 Big Ten Coach of the Year.

Basketball - Women’s Stefanie Pemper Seventh Season Office Phone: 410-293-5591 E-Mail: pemper@usna.edu

I Has led Navy to the postseason

in each of the last four years. This includes three NCAA Tournament appearances (2011, ‘12, ‘13) and one WNIT berth (2014). I Navy has shared a pair of Patriot League regular season titles (2011, 2013) and won the outright regular season crown for the first time in school history (2014) under her guidance. I Was selected as the Patriot League Coach of the Year in both 2011 and 2014. I Navy has posted a winning record, both overall and within the league, in each of her six seasons. I Has guided the Mids over her six seasons to an overall record of 116-75, a Patriot League record of 60-28 and a league tournament mark of 12-3, while her overall head coaching record (16 seasons) is 351-123.

Basketball - Men’s Ed DeChellis

Fourth Season Office Phone: 410-293-2627 E-Mail: dechelli@usna.edu

I Won nine games during his third

season and increased Navy’s win total for the second straight year. I Has won 20 games during his tenure at Navy and has 239 wins in his 18 years as a collegiate head coach. I Led Navy to a 79-57 win at Army to capture the N-Star and Alumni Trophy during the 2013-14 season. I Has completely rebuilt two previous teams, East Tennessee State and Penn State, and taken them to the NCAA Tournament. I Led Penn State to a 27-11 record, the most wins in school history, and a NIT National Championship in Madison Square

Stefanie Pemper – 2013-14 Patriot League Women’s Basketball Coach of the Year

NCAA Championship in two of the past three seasons.

I Has posted a career record of 136-21 in her 27 seasons at the helm of the Navy women’s cross country program.

I Also led Navy to three-consecutive undefeated seasons

and four straight top-five finishes at the NCAA Division II Championship prior to becoming a Division I program in 1991.

Diving Rich MacDonald

Second Season Office Phone: 410-293-2970 E-Mail: rmacdona@usna.edu

I Was tabbed as the Patriot League

Cross Country - Men’s Al Cantello

Coach of the Year in his inaugural 2013-14 season. I His nine divers scored points in 17 of their 18 events at the 2014 Patriot League Championship and combined for 12 berths in the championship finals on the four boards. I Wil Mayo won both springboard events at last year’s league meet, while he, D.J. Principato and Ben Freedman qualified for the NCAA Zone ‘A’ Championship. I Prior to arriving at Navy in the summer of 2013, coached a pair of All-Americans as the head coach at Virginia.

I Enters his 52nd season as at the Naval

Football Ken Niumatalolo

Al Cantello – 2013 Patriot League Men’s Cross Country Coach of the Year

47th Season Office Phone: 410-293-5574 E-Mail: cantello@usna.edu

Academy and 47th as head coach of the cross country team. I Has guided the Mids to five Patriot League titles in six years. I Named Patriot League Coach of the Year five times in the last six seasons (2008-11, ’13). I As the cross country head coach, has posted a career record of 242-70-1, including a 35-10-1 mark against Army. I Held a dual coaching role from 1981-88 as he guided the Navy’s men’s indoor and outdoor track squads in addition to the cross country team. As head track coach, Cantello led the Mids to a 67-9-1 dual meet record.

Cross Country - Women’s Karen Boyle 28th Season Office Phone: 410-293-5579 E-Mail: boyle@usna.edu

Seventh Season Office Phone: 410-293-2241 E-Mail: gareis@usna.edu

I Has posted a career-record of 49-30,

which is the third-most wins by a head coach in school history. Needs seven wins to become the all-time winningest coach in school history. I His 49 wins are the most in school history by a coach in his first six years. I Has led Navy to five bowl games and four Commander-InChief’s Trophies in his first six years. I Joins Eddie Erdelatz and Wayne Hardin as the only Navy coaches to beat Notre Dame in consecutive seasons. I Was selected to the inaugural class of the Polynesian Football Hall of Fame.

I A four-time conference coach of the

year, has guided Navy to four Patriot League titles in the last seven seasons. I Navy has had a runner compete at the

Golf - Men’s Pat Owen

Gymnastics Sho Fukushima

I An eight-time Patriot League Coach of

I A tenured professor in Physical

25th Season Office Phone: 410-293-9745 E-Mail: powen@usna.edu

24th Season Office Phone: 410-293-5552 E-Mail: sho@usna.edu

the Year, he has guided the program to six Patriot League Championship titles, including the 2012 crown. I Navy has made 11 trips to the NCAA Championship, including six under his watch. I Helped develop All-American and 2004 Byron Nelson Award Winner Billy Hurley. Hurley earned his tour card for the 2014 PGA Tour and qualified for his first major, the U.S. Open, where he tied for 48th. I Was the recipient of the 2009 winner of the Labron Harris Sr. Award, presented by E-Z-GO in cooperation with The PGA of America and the Golf Coaches Association of America. The Harris Award is presented to the college or high school coach and PGA Professional whose support of the game through teaching, coaching and involvement in the community has helped ensure the continued growth of the game and who represents the finest qualities the game has to offer.

Education, has guided the Navy gymnastics program for the past 23 seasons. I Has led Navy to five wins in its last six meetings with Army. I Has been named Coach of the Year by the National Association of Collegiate Gymnastics Coaches (NACGC) and was once named Men’s Team Coach of the Year by USA Gymnastics. I In 2012, Andrew Faulk was the recipient of the Thompson Trophy Cup, which is presented to that midshipman, male or female, who has done the most during the year to promote athletics at the Naval Academy. Faulk was also one of six finalists for the Nissen-Emery Award, which is presented to the nation’s top senior gymnast.

Lacrosse - Men’s Rick Sowell

Golf - Women’s Nadia Ste-Marie

Fourth Season Office Phone: 410-293-8779 E-Mail: sowell@usna.edu

Third Season Office Phone: 410-293-9747 E-Mail: stemarie@usna.edu

I Was named Navy’s eighth head

I Will welcome her first fully recruited

class to Navy for the 2014-15 season.

I Took over Navy’s club program in the

middle of the 2012-13 season as the program made an immediate transition to the Division I level. I Lowered Navy’s team average by seven strokes from 2013 to 2014 and had her first All-Patriot League honoree in 2014. I Had an outstanding collegiate career at both Hawai’i and Florida State, where she was named a first-team All-American and was inducted into the Florida State Athletics Hall of Fame in 2008. I Competed in the 1988, 1996, 1997 and 1998 U.S. Women’s Open, while recording 19 top-10 professional finishes including titles at the du Maurier Ltd. Series in London in 1993 and at the 2006 LPGA TC&P North East Sectional Championship.

men’s lacrosse coach in 2012 after successfully reviving programs at Stony Brook, St. John’s and Dartmouth. He guided the Mids to a 6-6 record in 2012 that featured an 8-2 win over sixth-ranked Johns Hopkins in what marked the program’s largest margin of victory in the series since 1965. I In 2014, helped guide the Mids back to the Patriot League Tournament for the first time since 2010. I Compiled a 47-26 (.644) record in five seasons at Stony Brook and was named the America East Coach of the Year in 2010 and ‘11 as he guided the Seawolves to back-to-back America East regular-season titles (2010- 11). In 2010, led Stony Brook to the program’s first America East regular-season title and a school-record 13 wins. I Was the head coach at Dartmouth from 1999-2003, taking the team from last place in the Ivy League to first. In his final season, his squad posted an 11-3 record and won the Ivy League with a 5-1 record. It was Dartmouth’s first Ivy League title since 1965 and just the third Ivy League title in school history. I Served as an assistant coach for the gold-medal winning Team USA at the 2010 World Championships in England.

Lacrosse - Women’s Cindy Timchal Eighth Season Office Phone: 410-293-8746 E-Mail: timchal@usna.edu

I Has led Navy to four Patriot League

titles and four NCAA Tournament appearances in the last five seasons. I Navy earned the No. 8 seed for the 2013 NCAA Tournament and advanced to the second round. I In 2012, became the first college lacrosse coach to win 400 career games and is the sport’s all-time wins leader (445-115). I Led Maryland to eight NCAA titles, including seven in a row from 1995-2001. I Was inducted into the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame in 2012.

Navy to a ninth-place finish as a team at the IRA National Championships, which was Mids’ best finish since 2005. I As senior associate head coach since 2008, guided the heavyweight freshman to nearly 60 wins; the Mids’ first freshman crew has placed in the top six in each of the last two seasons at the Eastern Sprints and took ninth at the 2012 IRA National Championships. I Prior to leading the heavyweight freshman crews, was the head coach of the lightweight team from 2002-08 where during his seven years as head coach, the varsity boat posted a combined 12-2 in its races for the Callow Cup (Penn) and Haines Trophy (Harvard). I In 2004, he led the lightweight team to an undefeated season, capped by the program’s first IRA title in 42 years.

Rowing - Lightweight Shawn Bagnall Second Season Office Phone: 410-293-2418 E-Mail: bagnall@usna.edu

Rifle Bill Kelley

16th Season Office Phone: 410-293-4339 E-Mail: bkelley@usna.edu

I Enters his second season as head

coach of the lightweight rowing team.

I In his first season with Navy, helped

I He owns a sterling 144-27 record in his

15 seasons at Navy. I Has led Navy to the NCAA Championships in 12 of his 15 years as head coach. His teams finished second in air rifle in 2004, 2008 and 2009. I As a member of the Mid-Atlantic Rifle Conference, Navy won the championship every year in which he was been the coach, winning both disciplines in 11 of the 13 years. I Spearheaded Navy’s move into the nation’s premier rifle league, the Great American Rifle Conference (GARC) for the 2014 season. Five of the eight NCAA Championship qualifying teams competed in the GARC during the regular season. I Seventeen different athletes have earned All-America honors under his guidance. Three of them (Lisa Kunzelman, Chris Schneider and Sarah Bergman) were named All-American all four years. In Navy rifle history, just five shooters have accomplished that.

lead the program back to the IRA National Championships. For the first time since 2011, both the varsity eight and varsity four boats qualified for the competition. Navy finished seventh overall in the nation as a team. I Previously served as an assistant coach at Syracuse. Under his tutelage, several Syracuse freshmen rowers advanced to the first or second varsity boats. In 2012, the varsity crew included two members of Bagnall’s freshman boat from the previous year; the duo helped the Orange take fifth at the IRA National Championship. I Has significant experience and success on the international level, as he most recently helped the women’s 8+ boat to consecutive gold medals at the 2012 and ‘13 U-23 World Championships

Rowing - Women’s Mike Hughes

18th Season Office Phone: 410-293-2416 E-Mail: mhughes@usna.edu

Rowing - Heavyweight Rob Friedrich Third Season Office Phone: 410-293-3658 E-Mail: friedric@usna.edu

I Is in his 18th season as head coach of

the women’s rowing team and his 24th overall at the Naval Academy. I In guiding Navy to its second Patriot League title in 2013, the Mids earned the program’s first bid to the NCAA Division I Rowing Championship.

I Enters his third season as heavyweight

head coach and director of rowing after serving at the Naval Academy since 2001-02. I In his first year as head coach, led

Sailing - Offshore Jahn Tihansky

I Has led the Mids to 13 individual boat titles at the Patriot

League Championship, including having at least one boat win a conference title in each of the last five seasons. I Prior to becoming the head coach of the women’s team, Hughes served as the varsity lightweight coach for three years followed by another three-year stint as the assistant heavyweight coach.

10th Season Office Phone: 410-293-5608 E-Mail: tihansky@usna.edu

I Led the Navy offshore sailing team to

the 2012 Kennedy Cup, Intercollegiate Sailing’s Big Boat National Championship, the program’s third title in six years. Also guided the team to the McMillan Cup title, the first time since 2007 that Navy won both events. I Was named the 2012 USNA Foundation Fall Coach of the Year. I After serving as the meet director for the U.S. Offshore Sailing Championship and running a flawless event, he was named U.S. Sailing’s National Sailor of the Week in October 2011. I During the summer of 2007, helped his crew to the Lightning World Championships in Athens, Greece.

Sailing - Intercollegiate Ian Burman Seventh Season Office Phone: 410-293-5617 E-Mail: burman@usna.edu

I The Navy women’s IC Sailing team

placed third at the 2014 National Championship, its highest finish in more than 10 years. I Has led Navy to four ICSA Coed National top-10 finishes in his six years, including a seventhplace showing following the 2011 season. His team was ninth in the 2013 Championship. I Guided the squad to the 2011 ICSA Sloop National Championship for the first time in 15 years. I During his six years as head coach, Navy has received 18 national recognitions, including in 2014 when six Mids earned All-America honors.

Soccer - Men’s Dave Brandt

Sixth Season Office Phone: 410-293-3153 E-Mail: brandt@usna.edu

I Led Navy to the NCAA Second

Round in 2013 after winning the Patriot League Regular Season and Tournament Championships. I Navy finished the 2013 season ranked No. 25 in the NSCAA Poll after winning a school-record 16 games (16-4-2, 9-0-0). I Is the all-time winningest coach at the Division I level with a career winning percentage of .807 (291-59-28). I Was named the NSCAA Mid-Atlantic Region Coach of the Year and the Patriot League Coach of the Year in 2013. I Won six NCAA Division III titles at Messiah, the second most won by a coach in NCAA history. During his last five years at Messiah, his squads won four national titles (2004, 2005, 2006, 2008). I Has been named the NSCAA National Coach of the Year four times, the second most all-time behind legendary Indiana coach Jerry Yeagley.

Dave Brandt – 2013 Patriot League Men’s Soccer Coach of the Year

Soccer - Women’s Carin Gabarra

while in 2006-07 he orchestrated a 10th-place finish at the College Squash Association Team Championship, Navy’s best finish during his tenure. I Helped Tucker George (‘08) and Nils Mattsson (‘10) hone their skills as Navy’s first two All-Americans since 1994. I Became Navy’s all-time winningest coach on Dec. 1, 2012, and boasts a 290-118 record.

22nd Season Office Phone: 410-293-5562 E-Mail: gabarra@usna.edu

I Is the only head coach in the program’s history.

I Has led Navy to three Patriot League

Tournament titles and three NCAA Tournaments. I With a career record of 278-129-34, ranks among the top-25 active coaches in the nation for career victories and has led Navy to 19 consecutive winning seasons. I One of the best players in the history of women’s soccer, is both a World Cup and Olympic champion. I Is also a member of the National Soccer Hall of Fame and the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame.

Sprint Football Kavan Lake

Third Season Office Phone: 410-293-5559 E-Mail: lake@usna.edu

I Named the 29th head coach in Navy

Swimming - Men’s Bill Roberts

12th Season Office Phone: 410-293-3012 E-Mail: robertsw@usna.edu

I Has guided Navy to the Patriot League title in each of his 11 seasons.

I The Mids have amassed 138 event

titles during this time, which is more than 100 more than the school with the next-highest number has. I His swimmers have earned All-America honors in four of his 11 seasons, including Tom Duvall who placed seventh in the 500 free at the 2014 NCAA Championship. I The six-time Patriot League Coach of the Year also has led Navy to a 121-41 record as head coach. I Navy also has won five ECAC titles over the last six seasons.

sprint football history in 2012.

I Has led Navy to identical 6-1 records

over his first two seasons as head coach. I Has had 56 players earn all-league honors during his stint in charge of the program. 29 athletes were honored in 2013 after 27 earned accolades in 2012. I Played football at Florida State for two seasons and graduated from FSU in 2001. I Earned a Master of Science degree in Manpower Systems Analysis from the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, Calif.

Squash Craig Dawson

15th Season Office Phone: 410-293-2240 E-Mail: cdawson@usna.edu

I The Midshipmen have flourished under

his direction, claiming at least 15 wins in each of his 14 seasons. I While the program has eclipsed the 20-win marker nine times in its 66-year history, he has led Navy to 20-plus wins seven times including five of the last six seasons. I In 2008-09 guided the Midshipmen to a school-record 27 wins,

Bill Roberts – 2014 Patriot League Men’s Swimming Coach of the Year

Swimming - Women’s John Morrison

at Navy and he holds an overall record of 544-333.

I In 2013, led Navy to a school-record 25 wins and the team

11th Season Office Phone: 410-293-3081 E-Mail: morrison@usna.edu

I Navy has won each of the last three

Patriot League titles, as well as won four crowns in the last six years and five championships in the last eight years under him. I His swimmers have won 86 league individual event titles, which are the most in the league (by 34) during his time on The Yard. I A Navy swimmer has advanced to the NCAA Championship four times since 2008. I The four-time Patriot League Coach of the Year has guided the Mids to a regular season record of 93-25. I Navy also has won ECAC titles in 2012 and 2014.

Tennis - Men’s Chris Garner

ended the season ranked 10th in the ITA / Mid-Atlantic Regional Rankings. I Has built the Navy program from scratch, guiding the team to the Patriot League finals three times and the team has won at least 20 dual matches in each of the last four seasons. I Was named the 2012 Wilson / ITA Atlantic Region Coach of the Year after guiding Navy to a 20-3 record which featured an 11-0 and 19-1 start. The Midshipmen were on the cusp of the national rankings following their 11-0 start. I Voted as the 2011 Patriot League Coach of the Year, the 13th time in his career he has won conference coach-of-the-year honors.

Track & Field - Men’s Stephen Cooksey 27th Season Office Phone: 410-293-5568 E-Mail: cooksey@usna.edu

I Has accrued over 300 dual meet victories while at Navy.

First Season Office Phone: tba E-Mail: cgarner@usna.edu

I Has guided 13 athletes to a total of 21 All-America honors.

I Has led Navy to 14 league titles and

owns a 32-20 record against Army in Star Meets.

I Enters his first season at Navy after

having led Amherst to NCAA (DIII) Championships in 2011 and 2014. I The Lord Jeffs also played in the title match in 2009 and 2010, placed third at the 2013 championship and reached the quarterfinal round at the 2012 edition of the event. I Individually, his players won the 2012 NCAA doubles title and the 2014 NCAA singles crown. I His Amherst teams posted an overall seven-year record of 199-43 (82.2%), including a 134-16 record (89.3%) over the last four years. I A standout player in his own right, he earned All-America honors at Georgia before embarking on a professional career that saw him attain an ATP ranking of No. 120 and reach the quarterfinal round of the 1993 Australian Open.

I Was an All-America high jumper during his undergraduate career at Indiana State.

Tennis - Women’s Keith Puryear

Seventh Season Office Phone: 410-293-8709 E-Mail: puryear@usna.edu

I Needed just five seasons of

intercollegiate play to win his 100th match at Navy in 2014. I Owns a 101-30 record during his time

Stephen Cooksey – 2014 Patriot League Men’s Track & Field Coach of the Year

Track & Field - Women’s Carla Criste

Water Polo - Men’s Mladen Stanicic

I Her teams have defeated Army in

I Entering his first full season as head

24th Season Office Phone: 410-293-5580 E-Mail: criste@usna.edu

Second Season Office Phone: 410-293-3152 E-Mail: stanicic@usna.edu

11-straight indoor Star meets and own a combined indoor-outdoor 16-2 record against the Black Knights over the past nine years. I Has produced two Division I All-Americans while at Navy and has led the Mids to over 300 dual-scored victories. I Navy has won a combined five Patriot League titles under her guidance. I Individually, she has earned five league coach-of-the-year accolades in her career. I Navy has placed either first or second in 10 of the past 11 Patriot League championship meets (combined indoor and outdoor).

Volleyball Larry Bock

Fourth Season Office Phone: 410-293-8724 E-Mail: bock@usna.edu

coach after being elevated to the position on Dec. 20, 2013. I Selected as the 2013 CWPA Southern Division Coach of the Year after guiding the Mids to an 11-6 record following his appointment as the team’s interim head coach on Sept. 26. I Navy won its 14th all-time CWPA Southern Championship after coming in as the fifth-seed and winning four games in three days, including victories over the numbers one, two and four seeds. I The Mids finished third overall at the 2013 CWPA Championship, falling by a narrow 9-8 margin in the semifinals to Princeton. I Prior to 2013, served as an assistant coach under Mike Schofield for eight seasons. As an assistant in 1998 and again from 2005-12, aided four Navy squads earn NCAA Tournament bids and 14 Mids earn All-America status.

Wrestling Joel Sharratt

I The winningest coach in NCAA

volleyball history, he has led his men’s and women’s teams to a 1,382-337-4 (80.3%) record in his 43 seasons as a head coach. This includes an NCAA women’s record of 1,282-246 (83.9%). I Arrived on The Yard after having led Juniata’s women’s team to at least 30 wins in his final 31 seasons at the school, including 40-win seasons on 10 different occasions. I The Eagles competed in each of the 30 NCAA Division III Tournaments played during his tenure, appeared in eight NCAA title matches and won national crowns in 2004 and ‘06. I Led Navy to the biggest one-season improvement in league wins (+6 wins) in Patriot League history in 2012. I In 2013, guided Navy to its first winning league record in six seasons and to the program’s first back-to-back seasons with at least a .500 record since the 2004-05 seasons.

First Season Office Phone: 410-293-8961 E-Mail: sharratt@usna.edu

I Hired as Navy’s head coach in April

2014 after serving as the head coach at Air Force for the last eight seasons. I In 2008, was named the Western Wrestling Conference Coach of the Year after leading Air Force to a second-place finish at the NCAA West Regional, matching the program’s best showing at the tournament (also finishing second in 2003). I In 2012-13, four Falcons qualified for the NCAA Championship under his watch, including Kyle VonOhlen who became just the third four-time NCAA qualifier in program history. I In 2013-14, led the Falcons to an 11-6-3 record and a thirdplace finish at the NCAA West Regional. Senior 133-pound Greg Rinker captured the individual title, while Josh Martinez (125) and freshman Natrelle Demison (149) finished as the runner-up at their respective weight class. I Was a three-time All-American at the University of Iowa, earning three trips to the NCAA Finals, winning the championship in 1994. Additionally, he was a two-time member of the U.S. National Team, earning the bronze medal at both the 1996 Olympic Trials and 1997 Pan American Championships.

Navy is dedicated to providing its student-athletes top-notch game day and practice atmospheres in every sport. Navy annually ranks among the league leaders in attendance in nearly every sport, and has hosted numerous Patriot League and NCAA Championship events over the last several years. Recently, many of the facilities have undergone extensive renovations, showing Navy’s commitment, dedication and passion to providing the very best for its athletes. In recent years, Navy has played host to the NCAA Men’s Lacrosse Quarterfinals, the NCAA Women’s Lacrosse Final Four, the College Squash Association Individual Championship, the CWPA Eastern Water Polo Championship, the EIWA Wrestling Championship, the NCAA Zone Diving Championship, the ECAC Swimming Championship, the Women’s Intercollegiate Sailing National Championship, the ECAC and the USAG Collegiate Gymnastics Championship and a college football bowl game, the Military Bowl Presented by Northrop Grumman and an annual open practice by the NFL’s Baltimore Ravens. In additon, Navy has also played host to Patriot League championships in the following sports: women’s basketball, men’s soccer, women’s soccer, baseball, men’s and women’s tennis, men’s and women’s indoor and outdoor track and field, men’s and women’s lacrosse, men’s and women’s cross country, men’s golf and men’s and women’s swimming and diving. Navy’s facilities have also undergone major renovations and construction improvements, from the building of the $52 million Wesley A. Brown Field House to a $56 million overhaul of NavyMarine Corps Memorial Stadium that gives the Midshipmen a dominant home-field football presence and made the facility the finest in college lacrosse. Other major facilitiy improvements include the building of the $18.5 million Brigade Sports Complex, the $18 million Hubbard Hall Rowing facility renovation, a $10 million renovation to the Lejeune Hall pool that included new tile throughout both the 50 meter pool and dive well, a replacement of the dive towers and the addition of video boards, a $5 million renovation of Rip Miller Field (removed crown, installed vertical drainage, replaced bleacher and press box), the $1.8 million Willis Bilderback-Dinty Moore Navy Lacrosse Hall of Fame and a $1.5 million renovation of the Halsey Field House squash facility and Dyer Tennis Center. Other facility improvements have included the Ricketts Hall training room expansion, a new press box at the Glenn Warner Soccer Facility, new hammer throw venues for track & field, installation of FieldTurf in Halsey Field House, new wrestling locker rooms as well as major renovations to the Terwilliger Brothers Field at Max Bishop Stadium where the Mids play baseball and a $5.1 million renovation and expansion of the Halsey Field House multipurpose basketball facility.

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Home of Navy football, menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s and womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lacrosse, and sprint football. Originally constructed for the 1959 season at a cost of $3 million, the stadium underwent a $56 million renovation beginning in 2002. Since 2002, the stadium has added two video scoreboards, chair back seating, additional concession stands, end zone seating, and luxury suites in the south end zone and on the east sidelines. Recent renovations include the addition of four luxury boxes and a television booth on the upper level of the east side stands in 2010, a new monoblade monofilament turf system installed in 2011, and high-definition video boards and enclosed recruiting reception areas in the south end sone in 2013. Seats 34,000 fans. Future plans include increasing capacity to 40,000, new club seating on the upper east side of the stadium and a new locker room facility. Located in central Annapolis off Rowe Blvd.

u Glenn Warner Soccer Facility

I Home of Navy men’s and women’s soccer. I Dedicated on Nov. 9, 2001. I The $4.5 million, 16,300-square foot facility houses coaches offices, locker rooms, medical training room, laundry and equipment rooms. I Features a 120-by-75 yard bermuda grass playing surface and seats 2,500 fans. I Within the facility is the Anders Hall of Honor, which includes 13 trophy cases that depict Navy’s storied soccer history. I Located on the Academy grounds.

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Indoor home of Navy tennis, featuring six courts. Part of the $18.5 million Thornton D. and Elizabeth S. Hooper Brigade Sports Complex. Located across the Severn River from the Academy and adjacent to the Naval Academy Golf Club.

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One of two outdoor tennis complexes used by Navy tennis. Part of the $18.5 million Thornton D. and Elizabeth S. Hooper Brigade Sports Complex. Features six outdoor courts.

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One of two outdoor tennis complexes used by Navy tennis. Features the Dyer Tennis Clubhouse, dedicated in November 2000. The clubhouse features coaches offices, locker rooms, a lounge and a viewing deck overlooking the courts. Consists of six courts adjacent to Dahlgren Hall. Six additional outdoor courts are located next to 8th Wing of Bancroft Hall. Located on the Academy grounds.

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Home of Navy swimming & diving and water polo. Originally opened in 1982 at a cost of $13.5 million. A $1 million renovation in 2009 featured a new diving tower. A nearly-$11 million renovation project in 2012 included new tile in the pool and on the deck, a new scoreboard, and new starting blocks. The aquatic facility seats 1,000 spectators. Lejeune Hall is also home to the Navy wrestling practice room. Located just inside Gate 1 on the Academy grounds.

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Home of Navy men’s and women’s basketball, and secondary home to Navy wrestling. Constructed at a cost of $30 million and dedicated October 1991. Playing court at Alumni Hall dedicated to Dave Smalley, who was associated with the Academy as a player, coach, professor and administrator for more than 50 years. Facility features two exterior, landscaped memorial plazas donated by the classes of 1942, ‘58 and ‘59. Located on the Academy grounds.

t U.S. Naval Academy Golf Club I Home of Navy golf and cross country. I 18-hole private course operated by the Naval Academy Golf Association. I 6,611-yard par 71 course. I Located across the Severn River from the Naval Academy grounds.

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q Terwilliger Brothers Field at Max Bishop Stadium

I Home of Navy baseball. I Renovated prior to the 2007 season. I Chair-back seating for 1,500 spectators. I Features a FieldTurf playing surface. I Brick archways surround the stadium. I Enclosed batting facility down left field line. I Stadium facility features press box, coaches office, locker room, and equipment room including on-site laundry facilities. I Located just outside Gate 8 of the Naval Academy.

Home of Navy gymnastics. Three-year, $8.5 million renovation resulted in one the premier gymnastics facilities in the country. Located on the Academy grounds.

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Home of Navy sailing. Houses administrative and coaching offices, team classroom and locker rooms, and equipment repair and storage facilities. Adjacent to the Crown Center is Santee Basin, the mooring area for the Academyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 250-plus sail training fleet. The center is also home to the Intercollegiate Yacht Racing Association Hall of Fame. Located on the Academy grounds adjacent to Wesley A. Brown Field House.

p Bancroft Hall and Halsey Field House Squash Courts I Home of Navy squash. I Halsey Field House features six international courts, as does Bancroft Hall, giving Navy a 12-court squash complex. I Current renovation project will add a new doubles court to Halsey Field House. I Halsey Field House is located just inside Gate 1 of the Naval Academy, and Bancroft Hall is centrally located on the Academy grounds.

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p Bancroft Hall Rifle Range I Home of Navy rifle. I Features 32 total points â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 16 dedicated to each smallbore and air rifle. I Megalink electronic targets throughout were installed in 2008. I Bancroft Hall is centrally located on the Academy grounds.

u Wesley A. Brown Field House

I Home of Navy indoor track & field, volleyball and wrestling. I Features a MONDO track surface with hydraulically controlled banked curves. I Also features a 76,000-square-foot retractable Magic Carpet Astroturf system, giving the Navy outdoor teams an indoor practice facility on inclement days. I The 140,000-square-foot facility includes weight training and sports medicine facilities, eight locker rooms, and equipment storage facilities. I Seating for over 750 spectators during volleyball matches and wrestling duals. I Located along the Severn River on the Academy grounds.

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I Home of Navy rowing. I Originally constructed in 1930. I An $18 million renovation was completed in 2011 which included a state-of-the-art tank facility that accommodates 16- 20 oarsmen. I New expanded floating docks enable the launching of up to eight boats at a time. I Located on Dorsey Creek just inside Gate 8 on the Academy grounds.

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I Home of Navy outdoor track & field. I Features an all-weather eight-lane MONDO track, a Daktronics scoreboard, and lights for evening competition. I Field area boasts six shot put circles, a discus-throwing circle and a javelin area in the middle of the track, four triple/long jump pits, and a â&#x20AC;&#x153;Dâ&#x20AC;? zone that permits two high jump areas to be used concurrently. I Located on the Academy grounds.

u The Annapolis State House

The Naval Academy is located in historic Annapolis, the capital of the State of Maryland. Annapolis was founded in 1640 as Anne Arundel Town and later became the first peacetime capital city of the United States of America in 1783. Annapolis, named to honor Queen Anne of England, was granted a royal charter as a city in 1708. Annapolis can also lay claim to having been a capital of the United States. From November 1783 to August 1784, the Continental Congress met in the State House. It was here that they accepted George Washington’s resignation as commander-in-chief and ratified the Treaty of Paris, which ended the Revolutionary War. The colonial heritage of Annapolis is still evident as the city boasts more buildings from the 1700s than any other city in the country. The heart of downtown Annapolis has also been designated a National Historic District. Many fine examples of colonial architecture, including the State House, Hammond-Harwood House, Chase-Lloyd House and the William Paca House and Gardens, are open to visitors. In August, 2009, Annapolis was named a Top Ten finalist for the International Award for Livable Communities, a competition focused on creating livable communities through sound environmental practices. Annapolis is located on the western shore of the Chesapeake Bay, the largest estuary in the United States. The Chesapeake provides natural environs, sightseeing, sailing, fishing and more, helping Annapolis become the sailing capital of the America’s. The water-lover will also revel in the fact that Maryland has nearly 4,000 miles of shoreline – more than any other state. Within 30 minutes of Annapolis lies both Washington, D.C., and Baltimore, providing entertainment and sightseeing opportunities for residents and tourists alike.

is the oldest in continuous legislative use in the country. It was here where General George Washington resigned his commission in the Continental Army, and where the Treaty of Paris ending the Revolutionary War was ratified.

q Over 80 million pounds of blue crab are harvested yearly in Maryland. The Maryland crab harvest makes up more than 50 percent of the annual U.S. catch.

O Additional photography credit to www.VisitAnnapolis.org, www.VisitMaryland.org, and www.Baltimore.org.

y The State of Maryland voted in 1788 to cede

land to form the District of Columbia, which soon became our nation’s capital. Washington, D.C., is located 30 minutes west of Annapolis.

t During the War of 1812, Francis Scott Key witnessed the bombardment of Fort McHenry in Baltimore and was inspired to pen the words to a poem entitled “The Star-Spangled Banner,” which eventually became the national anthem.

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home of the Preakness Stakes, is located in Baltimore. The horse industry contributes $1.5 billion annually to the state’s economy. There are over 20,000 horse farms located in Maryland.

u Baltimore’s Inner Harbor is just 30

minutes from Annapolis. The City of Baltimore features Harborplace, the Maryland Science Center, the National Aquarium, B&O Railroad Museum, American Visionary Art Museum, and homes for both the MLB’s Baltimore Orioles and the NFL’s Baltimore Ravens.

As the undergraduate college of the Naval service, the Naval Academy prepares young men and women to become professional officers and leaders in the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps. Naval Academy students are midshipmen on active duty in the U.S. Navy. They attend the academy for four years, graduating with bachelor of science degrees and commissions as ensigns in the Navy or second lieutenants in the Marine Corps. Naval Academy graduates serve at least five years as Navy or Marine Corps officers. Founded in 1845 by Secretary of the Navy George Bancroft, the Academy started as the Naval School on 10 acres of old Fort Severn in Annapolis with an original class of 55. In 1850 the Naval School became the United States Naval Academy. A new curriculum went into effect requiring midshipmen to study at the Academy for four years and to train aboard ships each summer. Congress authorized the Naval Academy to begin awarding bachelor of science degrees in 1933. Today, the Academy offers 25 major fields of study, a wide variety of elective courses and advanced study and research opportunities.

USNA Mission Statement

“To develop midshipmen morally, mentally and physically and to imbue them with the highest ideals of duty, honor and loyalty in order to graduate leaders who are dedicated to a career of naval service and have potential for future development in mind and character, to assume the highest responsibilities of command, citizenship and government.”

Vice Admiral Ted Carter, USN Superintendent

Captain Bill Byrne, USN Commandant of Midshipmen

USNA Quick Facts

Location......................................................... Annapolis, Md. Founded........................................................................ 1845 Superintendent......................... Vice Adm. Ted Carter, USN Commandant of Midshipmen............. Capt. Bill Byrne, USN Enrollment.................................................................... 4,400

Class of 2018 Facts

Class Size............................. 1,191 (889 men, 302 women) Applicants.................... 17,618 (13,687 men, 3,931 women) HS Participation, Student Body Leader........................ 69% HS Participation, National Honor Society..................... 66% HS Participation, Varsity Athlete.................................... 90% HS Participation, Varsity Team Captain....................... 69% HS Participation, Community Service........................... 90%

Navy Assignments

Graduates of the Naval Academy entering the Navy do so as ensigns and have the following service options: • Aviation – pilot, flight officer • Restricted Line and Staff Corps – civil engineering, information warfare, cryptology, intelligence, maintenance, medicine, meteorology/oceanography, supply • Special Operations – explosive ordnance disposal, explosive ordinance management, mine countermeasures, operational diving and salvage • Navy SEALs • Surface Warfare – conventional, nuclear powered • Submarines – nuclear powered

Marine Corps Assignments

Graduates enter the Marine Corps with a rank of second lieutenant. Those officers have the following service options: • Aviation – air command and control, anti-air warfare, aviation maintenance, aviation supply, pilot, flight officer • Ground – armor, artillery, communications (information systems), engineering, financial management, infantry, logistics, military police

From the first athletic competition played on the gridiron in 1879 to Navy’s recent triumphs, several events, people, rivalries and personalities have shaped the entire Naval Academy athletic program. Below is a look at just some of the history and traditions that make Navy one of the most storied programs in all of collegiate athletics.

Anchors Aweigh

“Anchors Aweigh” was written by Lt. Charles Zimmermann, Musical Director of the Naval Academy in 1906, with the lyrics provided by Alfred H. Miles of the Class of 1906, as a fight song for the 1907 graduating class instead of the usual class march Zimmermann had composed for previous classes. The song made its debut at the 1906 Army-Navy game, and when the Midshipmen won the game, the song became traditional at this game. It gained national exposure in the 1920s and 1930s when it was heard on the radio and was in a number of popular movies. In 1997 a one-hour documentary on the history of Navy football, titled “Anchors Aweigh for Honor and Glory”, was produced by NFL Films. The film was deemed a success by both critics and fans alike. Here are the words:

p The Blue Angels perform an air show

along the Severn River on the northern bank of the Academy each spring during Commissioning Week.

Stand Navy down the field, Sails set to the sky, We’ll never change our course, So Army you steer shy. Roll up the score, Navy, Anchors Aweigh, Sail Navy down the field, And sink the Army, Sink the Army Grey

Bill the Goat

The first recorded use of a goat mascot for Navy athletic teams was in 1893 when an animal named El Cid (The Chief) was turned over to the Brigade by young officers of the USS New York. El Cid helped Navy to a 6-4 triumph over Army that year. Two cats, a dog, and a carrier pigeon have also enjoyed brief reigns as the Navy mascot, but goats have served without interruption since 1904. Bill XXXIII and XXXIV are the current mascots. They are taken care of by 15 goathandlers made up of five midshipmen from the first, second and third classes. The goathandlers undergo rigorous training prior to handling Bill on the field.

Blue & Gold

This song was written in 1923 by Cmdr. Roy DeS. Horn, USN (Ret.) with music composed by J.W. Crosley. Following every home athletic competition, the team faces its fans with their hands on their heart and sings the following: Now, colleges from sea to sea May sing of colors true; But who has better right than we To hoist a symbol hue? For sailors brave in battle fair, Since fighting days of old, Have proved the sailor’s right to wear The Navy Blue and Gold

Enterprise Bell

From the bridge of the famed World War II aircraft carrier, it has been a part of the Naval Academy tradition since 1950. The late Admiral Harry W. Hill, then Superintendent, was instrumental in bringing the “E” Bell to Annapolis. It rings during special ceremonies when Navy scores a majority of victories over Army in any one of the three sports seasons. The bell also rings during Commissioning Week for those teams that beat Army and have not participated in a previous bell-ringing during the academic year. The bell is stationed in front of Bancroft Hall.

I Believe That We Will Win

“I Believe That We Will Win” is one of the most popular sports chants in the country, and while often replicated, the chant can trace its roots back to the Naval Academy. In 1998 at the Naval Academy Preparatory School, Jay Rodriguez was tasked to come up with a cheer for his platoon. He began by chanting the word “I” and then asked his classmates to chant it back. He then said “I Believe” and again asked them to chant it back. This continued until the full phrase of “I Believe That We Will Win” was completed and it was then repeated multiple times in unison while everyone jumped up and down. The chant made its sporting event debut at the Army Prep vs. Navy Prep men’s basketball game in Newport, R.I. that year. The following year, Rodriguez was a plebe at the Naval Academy and he taught the chant to classmate Corey Strong, a member of the cheerleading team. During Navy’s 19-9 win over Army at the 1999 Army-Navy football game in Philadelphia, Strong led the Brigade of Midshipmen, over 4,000 strong, to a stirring rendition that helped the chant reach a new level of prominence. Midshipmen have since been performing the chant at football games and other sporting events in the closing minutes of games in which a Navy victory is imminent.

t The plebe class performs the “Herndon Monument Climb” each spring during Commissioning Week. Upon reaching the top of the monument, a white plebe “dixie cup” hat is replaced with an upperclassman’s cover, symbolizing the the end of the class’ first year at the Academy.

Midshipman

The word midshipman first appeared in English in the 17th century in the form of the word midshipman to designate those men who were stationed “amidships,” i.e. in the waist or middle portion of the vessel, while on duty. By 1687, however, the second ‘s’ had been dropped to give the current form of the word. Midshipmen were originally boys, sometimes as young as seven or eight, who were apprenticed to sea captains to learn the sailor’s trade. In the early days of the American Navy, midshipmen trained aboard ship until they were eventually commissioned as ensigns. With the founding of the Naval Academy in 1845, it became possible, as it still is, for a midshipman to enter the Navy directly from civilian life. The name of students at the Naval Academy changed several times between 1870 and 1902, when Congress restored the original title of Midshipman, and it has remained unchanged since.

Tecumseh

The familiar Native American figurehead facing Bancroft Hall and Tecumseh Court has been an Annapolis resident since 1866. Originally, the figurehead of the USS Delaware was meant to portray Tamanend, the great chief of the Delawares. It developed that Tamanend was a lover of peace and did not strike the fancy of the Brigade. Looking for another name, Midshipmen referred to the figurehead as Powhatan and King Philip before finally settling on Tecumseh, the fierce Shawnee chieftain who lived from 1768-1813. The original wooden statue was replaced after some 50 years in the open weather by a durable bronze replica, presented by the Class of 1891. It is considered a goodluck “mascot” for the midshipmen, who in times past would throw pennies at it and offer left-handed salutes whenever they wanted a ‘favor’, such as a sports win over West Point, or spiritual help for examinations. These days it receives a fresh coat of war paint and is often decorated in various themes during football weeks and other special occasions such as Commissioning Week.

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the Blue & Gold following its win over Army to claim the season’s N-Star. Bottom right: The football team sang an emotional rendition of Blue & Gold following its victory over Army in 2013, it’s 12th straight win in the series.

First-Rate Faculty and Staff

The Naval Academy’s philosophy of education stresses attention to individual students by highly qualified faculty members who are strongly committed to teaching. Classes are small, with an average size of fewer than 18 students and a student-faculty ratio of 8:1. All courses at the Naval Academy are taught and graded by faculty members, not by graduate assistants. Our 600-member faculty is an integrated group of officers and civilians in nearly equal numbers. Officers bring fresh ideas and experiences from operational units and staffs of the Navy and Marine Corps. The academy’s civilian faculty members give continuity to the educational program and form a core of professional scholarship and teaching experience. Working together closely, these military and civilian faculty members form one of the strongest and most dedicated teaching faculties of any college or university in the United States.

Majors

Students at the Naval Academy can select one of 25 different majors grouped into six different divisions: Division of Engineering and Weapons, Division of Mathematics and Science, Division of Humanities and Social Sciences, Division of Professional Development, Division of Leadership Education and Development, and the Division of Character Development and Training. In addition to graduating with a Bachelor’s of Science, students can attain a minor in one of seven different languages: French, German, Spanish, Russian, Japanese, Arabic and Chinese. Students who excel at the Naval Academy have many opportunities to challenge and advance themselves through several special programs -- Trident Scholars, Honors Programs, and Voluntary Graduate Education Program (VGEP).

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Graduation Success Rate

For the ninth year in a row, the United States Naval Academy ranks among nation’s leaders for graduating NCAA student-athletes on the Division I level. Navy graduated 100 percent of its studentathletes in five of the 21 NCAA sports reported on and averaged an overall rate of 90 percent for student-athletes in all sports which tied for the 10th-highest mark nationally among Football Bowl Subdivision schools. Additionally, 22 of Navy’s 25 NCAA sponsored varsity sports programs rank above the national average in their respective sport in the NCAA Academic Progress Report.

Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award

Ricky Dobbs (‘11) was named the 2010 Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award winner for the Football Bowl Subdivision, becoming the second Navy student-athlete to win the award. The Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award was started in 2001 by Dick Enberg in response to the growing trend of men’s basketball players leaving school early for the NBA. The award honors the attributes of senior student-athletes in four areas: classroom, community, character and competition. Navy has produced six first-team honorees in their respective sports over the last six years, highlighted by Dobbs’ award in 2010 and 2008 grad Evan Barnes, who was men’s soccer’s inaugural award winner in 2007.

p Keegan Wetzel (‘13) was named a First-Team Academic All-American by the Collegiate Sports Information Directors of America.

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Additionally, women’s basketball player Kate Hobbs (‘07), women’s soccer’s Lizzie Barnes (‘08), men’s lacrosse’s Andy Tormey (‘09) and football’s John Dowd (‘12) each were named to the Lowe’s Senior All-America First Team.

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was a Two-Time FirstTeam Academic AllAmerican and is the first football player in school history to achieve that feat.

Scholarship Winners

In addition to furthering their education at schools across the country, students at the Naval Academy annually are in competition for several prestigious scholarships. Since Navy’s first Rhodes Scholar, E. Van Meter (‘28), a total of 48 Naval Academy graduates have received the Rhodes Scholarship, including 2013 graduate Katie Whitcombe, a member of the women’s track and field team, and 2005 graduate Trevor Thompson, a former baseball player. Also, 27 grads have won George C. Marshall Scholarships and a trio of recent graduates earned Bowman Scholarships to the Naval Postgraduate School. Lightweight rower Chris Medford (‘11), heavyweight rower Mike Shea (‘11) and rifle standout Kenan Wang (‘11) were each honored as Bowman Scholars. Standout swimmer Kelly Zahalka (‘09) was a recipient of both the Harry S. Truman and Gen. George C. Marshall Scholarships, which paved the way for her to study for two years in the United Kingdom. Katie Davidson (‘13) of the women’s swimming team and Ronald Allen (‘13) of the sprint football team won Marshall Scholarships in 2013. Former women’s track and cross country runner Kayla Sax (‘10) became just the ninth student from the Naval Academy to be awarded a Gates Cambridge Scholarship, which has enabled her to contribute to research focused on alternative energy sources at the University of Cambridge. Eric Washkewicz (‘13) became the second student-athlete from the Navy lightweight rowing team to be selected for a Gates Cambridge Scholarship, joining Tom Paul (‘12). Washkewicz is the 11th student from the Naval Academy to earn the scholarship. Elizabeth Hoerner (‘14) of the women’s soccer team was awarded an NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship during the 201314 academic year. Hoerner joins the four members of the Class of 2013 that were honored: Laura Gorinski (‘13) of the women’s swimming team, Chris Galvin (‘13) of the men’s track & field/cross country team, Brigid Byrne (‘13) of the women’s track & field/cross country team and Jasmine DePompeo (‘13) of the women’s lacrosse team. Football’s John Dowd (‘12), men’s tennis player Nick Birger (‘11), women’s soccer’s Beth Reed (‘10) and track’s Mark Van Orden (‘10) are also recent winners.

Ricky Dobbs (‘11) was named we’s Senior CLASS Award e Football Bowl Subdivision.

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p Ellen Bradford (‘16) of the women’s swimming team earned CoSIDA Academic All-America honors in 2013-14.

Academic All-Americans

Naval Academy student-athletes have totaled 101 CoSIDA Academic All-America certificates over the years, with 68 of those awards coming since the start of the 19992000 academic year. Navy earned six CoSIDA Academic All-America certificates during the 2013-14 season as Elizabeth Hoerner (‘14) of the women’s soccer team, Zach Davis (‘14) of the men’s soccer team, Ellen Bradford (‘16) of the women’s swimming and diving team, Joshua Steves (‘15) of the gymnastics team and Brett Bogaard (‘14) and Thomas Buffone (‘15) of the men’s track and field program were recognized.

Patriot League Scholar-Athletes

p Joshua Steves (‘15) of the men’s gymnastics team was a CoSIDA Academic All-American in 2013-14.

Navy had three Patriot League Scholar-Athletes of the Year in 2013-14, with two winners earning the honor for the second straight season. Chris House (‘14) of the men’s golf team and Elizabeth Hoerner (‘14) of the women’s soccer team won the top scholar-athlete award for the second year in a row. Ellen Bradford (‘16) of the women’s swimming and diving team became the fourth consecutive Mid from that sport to be named the scholar-athlete of the year.

The men and women of the United States Naval Academy have committed themselves to the service of our nation. During their four years in Annapolis, the Midshipmen demonstrate their willingness to give by taking part in several community service events. From outreach opportunities such as autograph sessions following athletic events, to working with underprivileged youths, the student-athletes at Navy give back to the area they call home during their college years. The following are a few examples of community service opportunities performed by Navy athletics during the 2013-14 academic year.

Baseball The Navy baseball team organized a group of players to participate in the Fifth Annual

Ripley Race. Held at the Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium, the race served to honor Col. John Ripley, a 1962 graduate of the United States Naval Academy, and as a benefit to raise funds for the Injured Marine Semper Fi Fund.

Men’s Basketball The Mids held a free postgame clinic to all kids grades K through 7th in Alumni Hall.

Players worked with participants on their basketball skills and talked to them about what it is like to be a college basketball player. The team also helped out at a winter basketball clinic at Naval Support Activity Annapolis. Team members participated with local youth in the program, teaching the fundamentals of the game. During the month of April the team hosted its annual clinic for area youth from Navy’s Morale, Welfare and Recreation Center at the Halsey Field House at the U.S. Naval Academy. The team spent time with about 20 kids, going through drills and covering the basic fundamentals of the game of basketball. Also in April, five players and a coach volunteered for an organization called The Covenant House. They traveled to the D.C. area and worked at the Rights of Passage, which is an apartment complex for homeless teenagers and young adults. It helps them transition to a place where they can live and find a job/education. The team painted the apartments, moved furniture into the complex and cleaned the living areas.

Women’s Basketball The Mids continued their “Score for Schools” program as team members visited 10 area

schools over the course of last season. The Naval Academy student-athletes talked to the youth about the importance of education, held a question and answer session, posed for pictures and signed autographs. The team also helped out at a winter basketball clinic on Saturday mornings at Naval Support Activity Annapolis. Each Saturday, three or four team members would participate with local youth in the program. The Mids also volunteered at the Knights of Columbus District Free Throw Championship in Bowie.

Football The team held a special free clinic for kids during sping ball.

Members of the team visited the Cook Children’s Hospital in Fort Worth, Texas during the week of the Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl. Players played games and read books to the kids. Many of the team members helped with the Special Olympics on the Naval Academy grounds. More than 30 Navy football players gave back to the community by appearing at the Outer Annapolis Recreation and Sports Football Camp. The players gave individual instruction to the campers on football fundamentals and handed out and signed Navy football posters.

Men’s Lacrosse The men’s lacrosse team joined forces with Friends of Jaclyn and formally

adopted an 11-year old with terminal brain cancer. He joined the team on the sideline and in the locker room throughout the season. Members of the team also took part in assisting with the annual Special Olympics held on the Academy grounds, as well as the Travis Manion Foudation 9/11 Heroes Run and the Annapolis Area Ghost and Goblins Tour.

Women’s Lacrosse The women’s lacrosse team volunteered at the Kellie Thompson Shiley 1st

Annual 5K and Family Fun Run.

Men’s Soccer The men’s soccer team, with the help of the Anne Arundel Recreation and

Parks, held the “Second Annual Kickball Challenge,” for kids with physical or mental handicaps.

Women’s Soccer The women’s soccer team participated in several community service events

this season. Head coach Carin Gabarra and members of the women’s soccer team participated in the American Red Cross’ “Holiday Mail for Heroes” program in December. The event was organized through the Athletes for Hope organization, of which Gabarra is a member. The team traveled to the Annapolis Boys & Girls Club where it assisted area youth in writing and decorating over 50 holiday cards to mail to active-duty servicemen and women stationed around the world. The team also participated in MLK Day through Athletes for Hope and the Boys and Girls Club in Annapolis and adopted a team member with Team IMPACT.

Sprint Football Team captain Brendan West and teammates helped spearhead the Special

Olympics events at the Naval Academy.

Squash The squash team invited members of the Baltimore Squash Wise program

to the Naval Academy to promote the value of classroom and physical education. Student-athletes from Navy and the Baltimore-based program interacted in a two-hour practice event where the youth learned how the Navy squash team runs its practices on a daily basis, while the two groups participated in abdominal exercises, stretching, squash drills, movement exercises and competitive play. While a good chunk of the day was spent on the squash courts, the midshipmen also answered questions about their experiences at the Academy, including the benefits of a great education.

Women’s Tennis During the Navy women’s tennis team’s spring break trip, the program

participated in a Share-A-Meal program with the Central Florida chapter of the Ronald McDonald House. The team prepared salad, spaghetti and cookies on-site in the house kitchen and the meal was served for lunch to families and friends staying at the Ronald McDonald House. The team took a brief tour of the house to see what it is like to live there and to see the different resources used to make the guests feel at home. The team was also able to visit with the guests while they ate.

Men’s Track & Field The men’s track and field team got involved with the Special Olympics

helping officiate a track meet held at Ingram Field. Members of the track and field team also volunteered at the Annapolis 10 Mile Race.

Volleyball

The volleyball team took part in the Dare to C.A.R.E. “Heart Walk” a kick off event for the foundation’s “Paint the Town Read Month” which is geared to increase public awareness of heart and cardiovascular diseases. This is the 50th year in which February has been recognized nationally as American Heart Month.

Water Polo

The water polo team volunteered at the Special Olympics and took part in a Big Brothers Big Sisters event that focused on water safety.

Wrestling

The wrestling team participated in the Travis Manion Foundation 9/11 Heroes Run and volunteered at the Naval Academy Special Olympics.

Not entirely unlike the nation that provides its namesake, the American Athletic Conference was born from an ideal in which members with ambitious goals are provided with the means to succeed in their quests for excellence. With roots that extend to three conferences, the American Athletic Conference membership in 201415 consists of 11 institutions: the University of Central Florida, the University of Cincinnati, East Carolina University, the University of Connecticut, the University of Houston, the University of Memphis, the University of South Florida Southern Methodist University, Temple University, Tulane University and the University of Tulsa. The 2015-16 season sees the U.S. Naval Academy join the ranks in football only. Under the leadership of commissioner Mike Aresco, The American, which operated as the Big East Conference from 1979 to 2013, has immediately taken a place at the forefront of Division I athletics, with schools that have played in four Bowl Championship Series games, won four NCAA men’s basketball titles since 1999, and won nine NCAA women’s basketball championships since 1995. Two American Athletic Conference football teams were ranked in the top 15 of the final 2013 Associated Press poll. Five were selected for bowl games, including UCF, which won the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl and finished the season ranked No. 10 nationally. The conference produced 14 players who received All-America recognition by a major outlet. The American had four players chosen in the first round of the 2014 NFL Draft, trailing only the SEC and the ACC among FBS conferences. UCF quarterback Blake Bortles highlighted a group of 12 American Athletic Conference players chosen when he was taken No. 3 overall by the Jacksonville Jaguars. The success of The American in Year 1 was not limited to the gridiron. UConn won NCAA titles in both men’s and women’s basketball. The conference had the best postseason winning percentage of any league in men’s basketball, while The American produced top-10 teams in baseball, men’s soccer and men’s golf and sent half of its participating teams to the NCAA Softball Championship.

The American Athletic Conference holds television partnerships with ESPN and CBS Sports which will give the conference unprecedented national exposure. The football portion of the contract, which begins in the 2014 season, calls for nearly 90 percent of conferencecontrolled games on national broadcast or national cable platforms. The first American Athletic Conference Football Championship, which will be played in 2015, will be carried either on ABC or ESPN on Championship Saturday. In men’s basketball, the television deal calls for all conference-controlled games to be televised, with more than 63 percent slotted for national broadcast or national cable – a minimum of 107 games. The entire postseason tournament will be televised, including the championship game, which will be either on ABC or ESPN. Sixty percent of the American’s women’s basketball games will be carried on either national cable, regional sports networks or ESPN3. American Athletic Conference teams will have access to the pinnacle of college football’s postseason structure. An American representative would be chosen for the College Football Playoff semifinals if it is among the top four teams following the regular season. Otherwise, the league would place its champion in either the Cotton Bowl, Fiesta Bowl or Peach Bowl if it is ranked higher than the champions of Conference USA, the Mid-American Conference, the Mountain West Conference and the Sun Belt Conference. Additionally, The American has announced primary or secondary partnerships with 12 bowls for the next six-year cycle, ensuring multiple annual matchups against the nation’s top conferences and providing desirable postseason destinations to member institutions and their fans. The American Athletic Conference administers to its membership from a state-of-the-art office located in Providence, R.I. The location of the conference headquarters – just steps from the city’s Amtrak station and 10 minutes from T.F. Green International Airport – gives the conference easy access to its member schools. The conference headquarters is equipped with a complete video production studio, serving as the home of the American Digital Network, and small- and large-scale meeting rooms to accommodate the many coaches’ and administrators’ meetings held on-site each year.

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Every time one of our Midshipmen student-athletes dons the Navy Blue and Gold, he or she represents the Brigade of Midshipmen, U.S. Naval Academy, U.S. Navy & Marine Corps, and the United States of America. By virtue of the more than 250 radio broadcasts, local, regional and national television broadcasts and countless print and electronic media articles rendered, they know they are competing on a national stage. The Navy football program has had 94-consecutive games televised by either CBS, NBC, ABC, CBS Sports Network, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPNEWS or ESPN3. Whether it is CBS, CBS Sports Network, Showtime, ESPN, the Washington Post. the Baltimore Sun or the Annapolis Capital, the varsity athletic programs at the U.S. Naval Academy are given the platform to tell the much bigger story of our U.S. Navy & Marine Corps. The national exposure given to our athletic programs is invaluable to our overall mission and with the move of the football program to the American athletic conference, it will increase substantially.