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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 letter sweaters. For those sports that face Army multiple times in a season, the Star Game is designated prior to the start of the year.

Navy dominated Army West Point in 2014-15, going 23-9 (.719) overall and 16-7 (.696) in Star competitions. The .719 overall winning percentage was Navy’s best against Army since 1998-99. Navy leads the all-time series against Army in all sports, 1,006-76640 (.566).

2014-15 STAR GAME HIGHLIGHTS Women’s Volleyball The Navy volleyball team overcame late deficits in each set to rally for a 27-25, 27-25, 28-26 victory over Army in front of a crowd of over 1,000 fans at Alumni Hall in Annapolis. The Mids trailed the Black Knights 24-21 in the first set, 23-20 in the second and 21-19 in the third before rallying to win each frame. The win gave Navy the Star for the first time since 2005. It also marked the first time the Mids had swept the Black Knights since 1997.

Men’s Cross Country Senior John Sweeney and juniors Sam Peckham and Steve Schroeder all unofficially crossed the finish line first, with their hands held together, as they led the Navy men’s cross country team past Army, 16-47, in the annual Star Meet. Navy earned the second overall Star on the year.

Women’s Cross Country Junior Kelley Robinson took home her first career individual title, as she helped lead the Navy women’s cross country team past Army, 26-29, on Saturday in the annual Star Meet.

Sprint Football In a dominant 60-minute performance, the Navy sprint football team defeated Army by a score of 27-7 for the annual Star and the outright 2014 Collegiate Sprint Football League title. With all facets of its team running in high gear the Mids contained a potent Black Knight offense and controlled the clock for over 37 minutes on the strength of 388 total yards. Quarterback Joe Hampton and running back Eric Wellmon combined for 324 of those offensive yards as Hampton threw for 193 passing yards and a career-high four touchdowns, while Wellmon added 131 yards on the ground. Defensively, Chris Mershon had eight tackles, two sacks and a forced fumble and Kendall Mackey factored in all three Army turnovers with two fumble recoveries and an interception.

Women’s Soccer A dominating performance on both sides of the ball helped lead the Navy women’s soccer team to defeat Army, 3-0, in the annual Star match at the Glenn Warner Soccer Facility. Navy’s three-goal margin of victory was the second-largest win in the 26-match history.

Men’s Soccer Junior Derek Vogel scored the game-winning goal in double-overtime to send Navy to a 1-0 win over rival Army in front of 10,168 fans at PPL Park to capture the N-Star at Army-Navy Cup III. After over 106 minutes of scoreless play, sophomore Sam Bascom slipped the ball on an inside seam into the box for Vogel. Vogel touched the ball, spun off his defender and then drilled a shot to the far post to send the Mids into a jubilant celebration. Junior goalkeeper Jackson Morgan made four saves, including one on a penalty kick in the first overtime period, to earn the shutout.

Men’s & Women’s Swimming & Diving The longest winning streaks in Army-Navy history were extended as the Navy swimming and diving teams posted a pair of victories over Army at Crandall Pool in West Point, N.Y. The final women’s score had Navy winning by the count of 194-106, while the Navy men posted a 199-101 victory. Navy’s women’s team has now defeated its counterparts from Army 26-consecutive times, while the Mids have won the men’s meet in each of the last 24 meetings between the programs. Navy totaled victories in 24 events of the 32 events, placed at least first and second in 16 events and finished 1-2-3 in nine of the 28 individual events. The Mids also combined to tie or set four meet records, break three Crandall Pool records - including a 42-year old mark set by Mark Spitz - and tie one school record.

Football The game was over, and it was time for Navy to celebrate its 13th straight victory over Army. After the Midshipmen stood respectfully for Army’s alma mater, defensive ends Paul Quessenberry and Will Anthony hoisted Ken Niumatalolo on their shoulders to give the

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I Men’s Basketball Sophomore guard Zach Fong poured in a career-high 24 points and senior forward Worth Smith was clutch down the stretch as the Navy men’s basketball team defeated Army, 67-59, to win a second straight Star Game and sweep the 2014-15 season series against its service academy rival. Fong was 9-of-14 from the floor and 5-of-9 on 3-pointers for his 24 points, which came in a career-high 37 minutes. Fong scored 18 of his 24 points in the first half. Fong was filling in for injured starting guard Brandon Venturini. Smith had 14 points, eight rebounds, and three blocks. Smith scored seven straight points for Navy down the stretch to help seal the win.

Men’s Indoor Track & Field The Navy men’s track and field team earned its fourth consecutive indoor N-Star victory over Army, 102-79, at West Point. The Mids tallied 10 first-place finishes and 19 IC4A qualifying-performances. Navy grabbed first place in four of the six field events and six of the 11 track events. Junior Steve Schroeder and sophomore Khaalif Wolfe led the Mids, combining for four first-place finishes which totaled 20 of Navy’s 102 team points.

Women’s Tennis The Navy women’s tennis team won a trio of three-set singles matches to rally from a two-point deficit and defeat Army, 4-3, in West Point, N.Y. in the third annual Star Match between the programs. The win was the first for the Mids against the Black Knights in the program’s young history. The Black Knights tied the match at 3-3 with a win at the No. 3 flight, which left the No. 6 singles match between Navy freshman Claudia Mackenzie and Army’s Allyson Hayley to decide the outcome. Mackenzie posted a 6-1 win in the first set, but Hayley rebounded and didn’t drop a game in winning the second set. Mackenzie regrouped and posted a 6-4 win in the final set to give the Mids the victory.

Men’s Outdoor Track & Field The Navy men’s track and field team had another dominant performance over archrival Army, 115-85, at Ingram Field to complete the season sweep. Navy recorded 14 first-place and 14 IC4A qualifying performances. Of Navy’s 14 first-place finishes, the Mids had their strongest outing from the throwers. Navy finished 1-2 in the discus, hammer throw, shot put and javelin and had four different athletes be crowned champion.

Women’s Outdoor Track & Field The Navy women’s track team defeated Army, 101-99, on the final event. With the meet down to the final event of the 4x400m relay, Army led Navy, 99-96. After the first two legs of each relay squad completeing their laps, Navy’s third leg held a slight lead going in to the first turn. As Army’s third leg began the first turn, the runner crossed over into the wrong lane and forced the judge of that turn to throw up the yellow flag, which indicated a lane violation. Despite Army finishing first in the race, the Black Knights received a disqualification of the race and Navy was awarded the full five points to capture the meet. Navy tallied five events with 1-2 finishes, three on the track and two in the field.

Men’s Lacrosse The Navy men’s lacrosse team scored seven of the final eight goals to overcome a 6-3 deficit and beat 13th-ranked Army, 10-7, at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium. Not only were the traditional bragging rights on the line, both Army and Navy came into the contest in the midst of a dog fight atop the league standings. The win assured the Mids at least a share of their sixth Patriot League regular-season title.

Baseball The Navy baseball team earned an important doubleheader sweep of Army West Point as the Mids defeated the Black Knights twice to take the final star of 2015 Army-Navy series. Navy won a hard-fought pitchers’ duel in game one, 2-1 before using the combination of a few timely extra-base hits and outstanding pitching to sweep the action on Saturday with a 5-3 outcome in game two. The Mids got strong performances from all three of their pitchers during the doubleheader with Luke Gillingham going 6.1 innings with seven strikeouts and just one unearned run allowed in game one and George Coughlin hurling 7.0 innings of two-hit, two-run baseball in game two. Coughlin struck out a career-high 10 batters. In both games, Jett Meenach made appearances out of the bullpen and limited Army West Point’s success. The righty sidearmer finished the doubleheader with 2.2 innings pitched, three strikeouts and one run allowed. Meenach was credited with the save in game one.

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winningest football coach in Navy history a free ride in the wake of a 17-10 triumph. Niumatalolo (56-35) broke a tie with George Welsh for most wins at Navy. He also became the first to win his first seven games against Army (4-8). The streak remained intact because of Navy’s unrelenting defense and quarterback Keenan Reynolds’ versatility. After Army turned a blocked punt into a touchdown in the first quarter, the Midshipmen used the passing of Reynolds to pull even at halftime. Navy (7-5) then took a 10-7 lead before Reynolds scored from the 1 with 12:07 left to put the Mids in control. Reynolds ran 26 times for 100 yards and completed six of eight passes for 77 yards and a touchdown.

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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 92 percent of its teams score above the national APR average in the most recent data, and 101 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 2014-15 academic year, Patriot League student-athletes and teams have accomplished the following: H 101 Patriot League teams earned NCAA Public Recognition Awards for ranking in the top 10 percent of their sport in Academic Progress Rate (APR), with 88 of those squads earning perfect scores.

H 92 percent of Patriot League teams scored above the national average in APR, while more than 70 percent had at least a 990 score in the multi-year rate.

H Eleven student-athletes earned Capital One Academic All-America recognition, including first-team accolades for Navy’s Tom Buffone (Track and Field) and Ellen Bradford (Swimming and Diving), American’s Jen Dumiak (Women’s Basketball) and Fordham’s Brett Biestek (Football).

H Navy’s Tom Buffone (Track and Field) and Loren Generi (Women’s Lacrosse) and Lafayette’s Cory Spera (Baseball) earned NCAA Postgraduate Scholarships.

H Buffone and Dumiak were named the Corvias Patriot League Male and Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year honorees, respectively.

H Thirty-four student-athletes received Capital One/CoSIDA Academic All-District recognition.

H There were 2,745 student-athletes on the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll in 2014-15, including 217 with a semester GPA of at least 4.0.

H Navy won the Corvias Patriot League Presidents’ Cup for the third time in the last four years.

H The Mids also won the men’s title while Boston University repeated as women’s champion.

H Twenty-four Patriot Leaguers were named All-Americans in team sports, with first-team status for Bucknell’s Evan Byers and Fordham’s Mason Halter in football and Navy’s Joseph Greenspan in men’s soccer.

H Navy’s Joseph Greenspan and Boston University’s Dominique Badji were both selected in the first four rounds of the Major League Soccer (MLS) Draft.

H Five Patriot Leaguers were taken in the Major League Baseball (MLB) First-Year Player Draft, with Lehigh’s Justin Pacchioli and Navy’s Stephen Moore each selected in the 10th round.

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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. The Patriot League will celebrate its 25th Anniversary as an all-sport conference during the 2015-16 season.

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Team Titles (9) Men’s Cross Country Men’s Swimming & Diving Women’s Swimming & Diving Men’s Indoor Track and Field Men’s Tennis Men’s Lacrosse (Regular Season) Men’s Outdoor Track and Field Baseball (Regular Season) Women’s Rowing Coach of the Year (11) Al Cantello, Men’s Cross Country Bill Roberts, Men’s Swimming John Morrison, Women’s Swimming Rich MacDonald, Diving Stephen Cooksey, Men’s Indoor Track and Field Nadia Ste-Marie, Women’s Golf Chris Garner, Men’s Tennis Rick Sowell, Men’s Lacrosse Stephen Cooksey, Men’s Outdoor Track and Field Paul Kostacopoulos, Baseball Mike Hughes, Women’s Rowing ATHLETE of the Year (9) Joseph Greenspan, Defensive Player of the Year (Men’s Soccer) Jade Seabrook, Defensive Player of the Year (Women’s Soccer) Steve Schroeder, Runner of the Meet (Men’s Cross Country) Charlotte Meyer, Women’s Swimmer of the Year Nate Belch, Men’s Diver of the Year Chris Fennell, Defensive Player of the Year (Men’s Lacrosse) Mark Vetere, Field Athlete of the Meet (Men’s Outdoor Track and Field) Sean Trent, Player of the Year (Baseball) Luke Gillingham, Pitcher of the Year (Baseball) Rookie of the Year (1) Jenny Smith, Women’s Swimming Scholar-Athlete of the Year (5) Sam Peckham, Men’s Cross Country Ellen Bradford, Women’s Swimming & Diving Tom Buffone, Men’s Indoor Track and Field Tom Buffone, Men’s Outdoor Track and Field Kathleen Heinbach, Women’s Rowing

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Navy’s athletic program earned its third Patriot League Presidents’ Cup title in four years during the 2014-15 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 and winning it again during the ensuing 2013-14 and 2014-15 seasons.

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 nine 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 29 league titles won over the last four 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 and seven more last year. Those 29 crowns earned by Navy are more than double the total won by the program with the next highest total (13, Bucknell) and account for nearly one-third of the 95 championships awarded by the league over the last four seasons.

Navy’s Recent Finishes in Overall Presidents’ Cup Standings 2014-15 FIRST 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 2012-13 First 2011-12 First 2009-10 Second 2008-09 Second

Navy’s Top Finishes in Men’s Presidents’ Cup Standings 2014-15 FIRST 2013-14 Second 2011-12 Second 2010-11 Second 2007-08 FIRST 2006-07 Second 2004-05 Second 2003-04 FIRST (Tie)

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In the course of its first two seasons, the American Athletic Conference has taken a place at the forefront of intercollegiate athletics, earning a collection of national team and individual championships and football postseason wins that place The American among the elite Division I conferences.

The American consists of 12 prestigious 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 U.S. Naval Academy (in football only), the University of South Florida Southern Methodist University, Temple University, Tulane University and the University of Tulsa.

Under the leadership of commissioner Mike Aresco, the American Athletic Conference has written an impressive list of accomplishments, both in and out of the competitive arena.

The league has produced three NCAA championship teams – UConn men’s basketball in 2014 and UConn women’s basketball in 2014 and 2015 – and two individuals who have won NCAA titles, most recently SMU’s Bryson Dechambeau, who was the 2015 national champion in men’s golf. Additionally, American Athletic Conference teams have advanced to the College World Series, the semifinal and final rounds of the NIT and the match play round of the NCAA Men’s Golf Championship. Half of the conference’s baseball-playing members reached the NCAA Championship in 2015, while The American had the best men’s basketball postseason record of any conference in 2014, when conference teams were a combined 13-4. Teams from The American have registered top-10 national rankings in football, men’s basketball, women’s basketball, baseball, men’s soccer and men’s golf.

The American is quickly making its mark in professional sports as well, beginning with the selection of UCF quarterback Blake Bortles by the Jacksonville Jaguars with the No. 3 pick in the 2014 NFL Draft.

More recently, a number of American Athletic Conference athletes have been selected in the first round of the professional entry drafts in football, basketball, baseball and soccer. UConn’s Cyle Larin was the No. 1 overall pick in the 2015 Major League Soccer SuperDraft as he was chosen by Orlando City SC. UCF’s Romario Williams was taken by the Montreal Impact at No. 3, giving The American two of the top three picks in the draft. UConn’s Sergio Campbell went at No. 19 to the Columbus Crew as the third pick from the conference in the first round.

In the 2015 NFL Draft, UCF’s Breshad Perriman and UConn’s Byron Jones were selected consecutively in the first round – Perriman to the Baltimore Ravens at No. 26 overall and Jones to the Dallas Cowboys at No. 27. It was the second straight year in which The American had at least two first-round selections.

UConn’s Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis was selected by the Seattle Storm with the No. 3 pick in the 2015 WNBA Draft, while UConn’s Kiah Stokes went 11th overall to the New York Liberty.

Cincinnati outfielder Ian Happ, the 2015 American Athletic Conference Player of the Year, was chosen by the Chicago Cubs with the No. 9 overall pick in the 2015 Major League Baseball Draft.

In football, two American Athletic Conference football teams were ranked in the top 15 of the final 2013 Associated Press poll,

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while Memphis finished the season in the top 25 of the 2014 polls as Tigers tied UCF and Cincinnati for the conference title. Six of the 12 teams that compete in The American in 2015 played in bowl games to cap the 2014 season as Memphis, Houston and Navy earned postseason victories.

Teams in The American have enjoyed almost unprecedented success since the conference’s formation. Memphis finished with 10 wins in football for the first time since 1938. SMU advanced to the NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship for the first time since 1993. UCF and Houston have both achieved top-10 rankings in baseball in the past two years. USF finished the 2014-15 season at No. 8 in the final men’s golf national ranking. The UConn women’s basketball team won its NCAA-record ninth and 10th national championships as a member of The American.

The American Athletic Conference holds media rights partnerships with ESPN and CBS Sports which give the conference outstanding national exposure on the two industry leaders in sports television. The football portion of the contract calls for nearly 90 percent of conference-controlled games on national broadcast or national cable platforms. The first American Athletic Conference Football Championship, which will be played Dec. 5, 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, while the conference announced a multi-year agreement with CBS Sports Network for coverage of select baseball games.

American Athletic Conference teams 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 in the CFP selection committee’s final ranking. Otherwise, the league would place its champion in either the Vizio Fiesta Bowl or the Chick-fil-A 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 holds primary or secondary partnerships with 12 bowls for the current 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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I The Navy football program has had 107-consecutive games televised by either CBS, NBC, ABC, CBS Sports Network, Fox 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.

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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.

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Basketball – MEN’S I 11 NCAA Tournaments, including two appearances in the Elite Eight (1954 and 1986).

I 13 All-America selections, including 2008 honoree Greg Sprink (‘08).

I Eight Patriot League regular-season and tournament championships.

I 12 All-Patriot League first-team performers.

I 20 Patriot League All-Rookie Team honors.

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.

Basketball – Women’s I Made four post-season appearances in a four-year span from 2011-14.

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 (at the time) with losses to No. 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 had 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 seven seasons to an overall record of 133-89, a Patriot League record of 70-36 and a league tournament mark of 13-4.

I Navy has set a school record with having posted a winning record in each of the last seven seasons. Additionally, Navy has tallied a winning Patriot League record in each of the last seven 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 advanced to at least the semifinal round of the Patriot League tournament game in each of the last seven 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.

Cross Country – Men’s I Has advanced to the NCAA Championship as a team 10 times 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 six of the last seven Patriot League titles 2008, ‘09, ‘10, ‘11, ‘13, ’14 .

I Holds a 47-29-1 all-time advantage over Army in Star Meet competitions, including a 35-10-1 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.

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

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

I Has totaled 1,845 victories in its 120-year program history (.594 all-time winning percentage).

I Has won 30-plus games in six of the last 10 seasons.

I Has won 293 games over the last 10 years, the highest total over any 10-year span in program history.

I Has won 262 games in Patriot League play since joining the league in 1993.

I Nine Midshipmen have been recognized as All-Americans, including two-time All-American Mitch Harris (‘08) (2006-07) and Luke Gillingham (’16) (Twice in 2015).

I Navy players have earned the Patriot League Pitcher-of- the-Year award eight times and Patriot League Player-of-the-Year award six times, while coaches have earned Patriot League Coach-of-the-Year distinction on seven occasions. 2015 marked the third time (1998 and 1995) that Midshipmen took home the top honors for the league’s player, pitcher and manager as Sean Trent (‘18), Luke Gillingham (‘16) and Paul Kostacopoulos earned the accolades, 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 113-108 against Army.

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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 20 bowl games, including a school-record eight-straight seasons from 2003-10. Navy has appeared in a bowl game in 11 of the last 12 years.

I Has won 14 Commander-in-Chief’s Trophies, including nine of the last 12.

I Has totaled 676 all-time victories in 134 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 13-straight games over Army.

Golf – Men’s 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.

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Cross Country – Women’s I Won three of the last seven Patriot League Championships (2008, ‘11 and ‘12).

I Has boasted seven undefeated seasons in the last nine years in dual-scored races for an all-time mark of 166-26 (.865 winning percentage).

I Is 100-12 in all-time dual-scored meets in Annapolis (a .893 winning percentage).

I Owns an 18-11 all-time advantage over Army in the annual Star Meet competitions. Navy has defeated Army in seven of the last nine duals.

I Head coach Karen Boyle, a four-time Patriot League Coach of the Year, has guided the Midshipmen for 28 of the program’s 32 years and has accumulated a 143-21 mark over her career (.872 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.

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I Navy had four freshmen finish in the top 15 at the 2015 Patriot League Women’s Golf Championship, en route to a third-place finish.

I Renata Bucher and Christine Walker have each earned All-Patriot League Second-Team honors.

I Bucher has twice been named to the Patriot League All-Academic Team.

I 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 and two, Jonny Tang and Mitchell Larios compete in 2015.

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 Faulk 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. Steves took home the same honor, Second Team Academic All-American in 2015.

I Andrew Faulk (‘12), 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.

Lacrosse – Men’s I 26 NCAA Tournament appearances, the seventh most in Div. I lacrosse.

I Appearances in six (2004, ‘05, ‘06, ‘07, ‘08, and ‘09) of the last 12 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 431 All-Americans, including 2015 third-team selection Chris Fennell.

I Four recipients of the Morris Touchstone Memorial Award presented to the national coach of the year.

I At least a share of six Patriot League Regular-Season titles (2004, ‘05, ‘06, ‘07, ’08 and ‘15) and five Patriot League Tournament crowns (2004, ‘05, ‘06, ‘07, and ‘09) since joining the league in 2004.

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

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 150-33 dual-meet record in 16 years under head coach Bill Kelley.

Rowing – Heavyweight 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.

Rowing – Lightweight I Won the Jope Cup (most team points) at the Eastern 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 ‘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. King later raced in 2014 at the World Rowing Cup II. Rowing – Women’s I Won its third Patriot League Championship in 2015, earning the program’s second bid to the NCAA Championship.

I Has tallied 16 boat titles in the 11 years of the Patriot League Championship, including at least one title in each of the last six 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 43 National Scholar-Athlete awards and 20 All-Mid-Atlantic Region accolades from the Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association.

I Shaunnah Wark (‘05), Madeline Boe (‘06), Kerry Hannon (‘09), Jacquieline Penichet (‘13) and Kathleen Heinbach (’15) 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.

Sailing – Intercollegiate I 133 overall collegiate All-Americans, including six All-Americans in 2014.

I Had top-10 finishes at the 2015 ICSA Team Race Nationals and the Coed Dinghy Nationals.

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

I Four collegiate Sailor of the Year award winners.

I Eight members of the College Sailing Hall of Fame.

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

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

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I Navy owns a 124-32 (.795) all-time record in eight 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 eight years of play, including a trip to the league title game in six of the last seven seasons.

I Only two Division I lacrosse programs have qualified for the national tournament faster than the three years it took the Navy women.

I Jasmine DePompeo (‘13) became the first Midshipman to earn IWLCA AllAmerica 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.

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Soccer – Men’s 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 62 All-Patriot League selections.

I 59 NSCAA All-Americans and nine Intercollegiate Soccer Football Association First-Team All-Americans.

I Joseph Greenspan was named to the NSCAA All-America First Team in 2014 and the third team in 2013. Greenspan was drafted by the Colorado Rapids in the 2015 MLS SuperDraft.

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

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

I 17 Patriot League Tournament appearances in 21 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 AllAmerican 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 25-year 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.

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Sailing – Offshore I 18 McMillan Cup victories, including the 2014 race.

I 15 Kennedy Cup titles, including the 2012 race.

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

I 19 major Ocean Race victories.

I Offshore sailing team utilizes 88 boats, including Invictus, Zaraffa, Allegiance and Dreadnought.

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Sprint Football I Has won the Collegiate Sprint Football League (CSFL) Championship 36 times in the program’s 69-year history (29 times outright), the most among any school in league history.

I Has won 348 games in program history (an .847 all-time winning percentage).

I Has posted 28 undefeated seasons.

I Owns an 88-7 (.926) overall record, including a 62-6 (.912) mark in CSFL play, over the last 14 seasons.

I Holds a 41-33-1 all-time advantage over Army in the all-time series.

I Has totaled 337 All-CSFL honors over the last 14 years, with a Navy player being selected as the league’s MVP eight 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 307-128 record over 15 years.

Swimming and Diving – Men’s I Has won the Patriot League title in each of its 12 years of competing at the championship, winning a league-best 166 event titles at the league meet during this time (the rest of the league has combined to total 71 titles).

I Navy swimming & diving athletes have earned 183 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 12 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 48-29 advantage in the series with Army and has defeated the Black Knights in 24-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.

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I Previously won a trio of Colonial Athletic Association titles between 1984-87.

I Has made seven NCAA Tournament appearances, most recently in 2015.

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 Post-Graduate Scholarship, be selected as the Patriot League Male 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 12 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 58-36 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.

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Swimming & Diving – Women’s I Has won four-straight Patriot League titles to increase its overall tally to a league-best 14 team crowns won. The Mids have also placed second at the meet six times in their 24 seasons of competing at the meet.

I Team members have combined to win 104 event titles at the Patriot League Championship over the past 11 years (the rest of the league has combined to win 117 titles).

I Navy swimmers have been named as the Patriot League Swimmer of the Year 17 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 AllAmerica 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 compete in a trio of NCAA Championship Meets, became the second swimmer to win the USNA’s 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 USNA’s 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 All-America 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 30-4 advantage in the Army-Navy series and has defeated the Black Knights 26 straight times. It is the longest winning streak by any team in the Army-Navy series.

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Track and Field – Men’s I 1945 NCAA Champions.

I Three Navy athletes have claimed a total of five individual 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 10-time Patriot League Champions (Indoor: 2004, ‘05, ‘08, ‘11, ‘13, ‘14, ‘15; Outdoor: 2008, ‘14, ‘15).

I For the second consecutive year, Navy completed the season sweep of the Patriot League indoor and outdoor championship title and defeated Army in both the indoor and outdoor meets in the 2014-15 season.

I Head coach Stephen Cooksey is a 10-time Patriot League Coach of the Year recipient and earned USTFCCCA Mid-Atlantic 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 FirstTeam 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.

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Tennis – Women’s I Owns a 121-37 (.767) all-time record in six seasons of varsity play.

I The Mids are 22-3 (.880) all-time in Patriot League Regular Season matches.

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

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

I Reached the Patriot League Tournament Championship match in four seasons.

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

I Has had 18 All-Patriot League performers in its six-year history, including fourtime 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.

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I The Mids set a league record for the biggest one-season victory total improvement (six wins) 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.

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 Navy placed third in the Patriot League in 2014 with its league mark of 11-5 to advance to the semifinal round of the league tournament for the first time in seven years. That league mark was part of an overall record of 14-12.

I Erin Fortner (‘14) became the fourth Mid and the first in 15 years to garner multiple first-team all-league honors with her two nods in 2012 and 2013. She ended her career rankled 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 All-Patriot League, while also garnering Patriot League Scholar-Athlete of the Year and Second-Team Academic All-America accolades.

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

I Won three-straight CWPA title from 2006-08 and five since 2000. Navy is the first team to win three-straight CWPA 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 school-record 19game winning streak.

I Has won at least 19 contests in each of its first 33 seasons of competition.

I 35 All-American honors since 1984.

I 55 All-CWPA (Eastern Division) accolades since 1982.

I 11 CWPA Championship MVPs. I 14 CWPA Southern Division Championships and nine CWPA 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 67 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 91 EIWA Individual Champions, including Peyton Walsh (165) and Jadaen Bernstein (174), who won crowns in 2015.

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. Saddoris is a member of Team USA and is the top-ranked Greco-Roman wrestler at 66 KG.

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I Has won 113 of its last 118 indoor dual meets and 62 of its last 65 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 All-American 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.

I Christina Blair (’15) was awarded the women’s Coaches’ Calvert Award in 2015, 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. Blair is the seventh cross country/track athlete to garner the Calvert in the 26-year history of the award and the first since Maureen Dooley in 2009.

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

I In 10 seasons as head coach of the Navy baseball team, Kostacopoulos has become the program’s third-winningest head coach with 293 victories in Annapolis.

I Kostacopoulos led Navy to its fifth consecutive Patriot League Tournament appearance in 2015 after winning the regular season with a 13-7 league mark.

I In 2011, Kostacopoulos 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, Kostacopoulos served as the head coach at both Providence and Maine where he led each school to a pair of NCAA Tournament berths.

H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H Basketball – Women’s Stefanie Pemper Eighth Season Office Phone: 410-293-5591 E-Mail: pemper@usna.edu I Has led Navy 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 seven seasons, and the Mids are the only team to have advanced to at least the semifinal round of the Patriot League Tournament in each of the last seven years.

I Has guided the Mids over her seven seasons to an overall record of 133-89, a Patriot League record of 70-36 and a league tournament mark of 13-4, while her overall head coaching record (17 seasons) is 368-136.

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I Led Navy to three wins over Army in 2014-15, including in the Star Game and the Patriot League Tournament. Navy went 3-0 against Army in a single season for the fifth time in program history.

I Has won 252 games in his 19 years as a collegiate head coach.

I Has completely rebuilt two previous teams, East Tennessee State and Penn

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I Has guided the Mids to six Patriot League titles in seven years.

I Named Patriot League Coach of the Year six times in the last seven seasons (2008-11, 2013-14).

I As the cross country head coach, has posted a career record of 244-70-1, including a 36-10-1 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.

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I Navy has had a runner compete at the NCAA Championship in two of the past four seasons.

I Has posted a career record of 136-21 in her 28 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.

H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H Football Ken Niumatalolo Eighth Season Office Phone: 410-293-2241 E-Mail: gareis@usna.edu I Has posted a career-record of 57-35. The 57 wins is the most wins by a head coach in school history.

I Is the first coach in the history of the Army-Navy game to start his career 7-0 against the rival Service Academy.

I Has led Navy to six bowl games and four Commander-In-Chief’s Trophies in his first seven 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.

H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H Golf – Women’s Nadia Ste-Marie Fourth Season Office Phone: 410-293-9747 E-Mail: stemarie@usna.edu I Named the 2015 Patriot League Women’s Golf Coach of the Year.

I Lowered Navy’s team stroke average by 30 shots after getting her first fully recruited class in 201415.

I Navy placed third at the 2015 Patriot League Women’s Championship and four freshmen placed in the top 15.

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.

H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H Golf – Men’s Pat Owen 26th Season Office Phone: 410-293-9745 E-Mail: powen@usna.edu I An eight-time Patriot League Coach of 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

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Cross Country – Women’s Karen Boyle 29th Season Office Phone: 410-293-5579 E-Mail: boyle@usna.edu

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I Fukushima has led Navy to five wins in its last seven meetings with Army.

I Fukushima 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 Under Fukushima’s guidance 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.

I Has led Navy to four Patriot League titles and four NCAA Tournament appearances in the last six 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 (460-120).

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.

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I Named 2015 Patriot League Coach of the Year after leading the Mids to the Patriot League regular season crown for the first time since 2008. Also led the Mids to their 53rd Star Game victory over archrival Army.

I In 2014, helped guide the Mids back to the Patriot League Tournament for the first time since 2010.

I In his first season at Navy, he led the Mids to 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 Served as an assistant coach for the gold-medal winning Team USA at the 2010 World Championships in England.

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H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H Rifle Bill Kelley 17th Season Office Phone: 410-293-4339 E-Mail: bkelley@usna.edu I Now entering his 17th year as the Navy rifle head coach, Kelley owns a sterling 150-33 record.

I Kelley has led Navy to the NCAA Championships in 12 of his 16 years as head coach. His teams finished second in air rifle in 2004, 2008 and 2009.

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I In his first year as head coach, Friedrich led Navy to a ninth-place finish as a team at the 2013 IRA National Championships, which was Mids’ best finish since 2005.

I As senior associate head coach since 2008, Friedrich 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, Friedrich 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.

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he most recently helped the women’s 8+ boat to consecutive gold medals at the 2012 and `13 U-23 World Championships.

H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H Rowing – Women’s Joe Schlosberg First Season Office Phone: 410-293-2419 Email: schlosbe@usna.edu I First-year head coach at USNA takes the reigns of a program fresh off its second trip to the NCAA Championships in three years and third Patriot League title .

I Comes to Navy after 14 years on staff at Notre Dame, including last seven as the program’s Associate Head Coach.

I Notre Dame had appearances in the NCAA Championships in each of the past four years (2012-15) and six overall during Schlosberg’s time in South Bend.

I Notre Dame won 10 straight BIG EAST Conference titles from 2004-13.

I Schlosberg’s crews captured 17 individual boat titles in BIG EAST Championship competition.

H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H Sailing – Intercollegiate Ian Burman Eighth Season Office Phone: 410-293-5617 E-Mail: burman@usna.edu I Has led Navy to five ICSA Coed National top-10 finishes in his seven years, including an eighthplace finish in 2015.

I The Navy women’s IC Sailing team placed third at the 2014 National Championship, its highest finish in more than 10 years.

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 six All-American honors in 2014.

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I Has lead the program to back-to-back bids to the IRA National Championships. In both occasions Navy qualified multiple boats; a first time since 2011. Navy finished seventh overall in the nation as a team in 2015.

I Previously served as an assistant coach at Syracuse Universtiy, 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 Championships.

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I Spearheaded Navy’s move into the nation’s premier rifle league, the Great American Rifle Conference (GARC) prior to the 2014 season. In addition to 2015 NCAA Champion, West Virginia, three other GARC schools finished in the top-10.

I Seventeen different athletes have earned All-America honors under Kelley.

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.

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and Olympic champion.

I Is also a member of the National Soccer Hall of Fame and the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame.

I Led the Navy offshore sailing team to the 2012 Kennedy Cup, Intercollegiate Sailing’s Big Boat National Championship and the 2014 McMillan Cup, the East Coast’s Big Boat Championship.

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.

Sprint Football Maj. Jeff Polson, USMC First Season Office Phone: 410-293-5559 E-Mail: polson@usna.edu

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I First-year coach at USNA takes over a Navy squad that is the defending Collegiate Sprint Football League champion following a dominant 7-0 season in 2014.

I Becomes the 30th head coach in Navy sprint football history.

I Played football at the University of New Mexico for two seasons and graduated in 2002.

I On assignment in Europe in 2010 and 2011, he played with the semi-pro Langen Knights football team in Langen, Germany during free time.

I Joined Marine Corps in 1991.

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I Brandt’s career winning percentage of .800 (30263-33) makes him the winningest active coach at the Division I level.

I Navy’s 27 combined wins in 2013 and 2014 are tied for the highest two-year win total in Navy history.

I Led Navy to the NCAA Second Round in 2013 after winning the Patriot League Regular Season and Tournament Championships.

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.

H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H Soccer – Women’s Carin Gabarra 23rd Season Office Phone: 410-293-5562 E-Mail: gabarra@usna.edu

Squash Craig Dawson 16th 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 15 seasons.

I While the program has eclipsed the 20-win marker nine times in its 67-year history, he has led Navy to 20-plus wins seven times including five of the last seven seasons.

I In 2008-09 guided the Midshipmen to a school-record 27 wins, while in 200607 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 claimed his 300th collegiate victory on Nov. 15, 2015, when the Mids defeated Hobart, 9-0. Over 15 seasons, he has amassed a 307-128 record.

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I Has led Navy to three Patriot League Tournament titles and three NCAA Tournaments.

I With a career record of 290-133-39, ranks among the top-25 active coaches in the nation for career victories and has led Navy to 20 consecutive winning seasons.

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I Has guided Navy to the Patriot League title in each of his 12 seasons.

I The Mids have amassed 150 swimming event titles at the league championship during this time.

The team with the second-highest number of titles won has just 26.

I His swimmers have earned All-America honors in four of his 12 seasons, including Tom Duvall who placed seventh in the 500 free at the 2014 NCAA Championship.

I The seven-time Patriot League Coach of the Year also has led Navy to a 128-47 record as head coach.

I Navy also has won six ECAC titles over the last seven seasons and he has garnered ECAC Coach-of-the-Year honors six times.

Swimming – Women’s John Morrison 12th Season Office Phone: 410-293-3081 E-Mail: morrison@usna.edu I Navy has won each of the last four Patriot League titles, as well as won five crowns in the last seven years and six championships in the last nine years.

I His swimmers have won 99 league individual event titles, which are the most in the league (by 47) during his time on The Yard.

I A Navy swimmer has advanced to the NCAA Championship four times since 2008.

I The five-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 and he himself is a threetime ECAC Coach of the Year.

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I Guided Navy to a 20-11 record (five losses were to teams that held a national ranking at some point during the season), a Patriot League Tournament title and an NCAA Tournament appearance during his inaugural year on The Yard.

I Spent the previous seven years as the head coach at Amherst, during which time he led the Lord Jeffs to NCAA (DIII) Championships in 2011 and 2014 and to the title match in 2009 and 2010. Amherst also 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 his 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 Round of 16 of the 1993 Australian Open.

I The only head coach in the history of the Navy women’s tennis program.

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

I Owns a 121-37 record during his time at Navy and he holds an overall record of 564-340.

I In 2013, led Navy to a school-record 25 wins and the team ended the season ranked 10th in the ITA / Mid-Atlantic Regional Rankings.

I Navy has made four appearances in the Patriot League Championship match.

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.

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I Has guided 13 athletes to a total of 21 AllAmerica honors.

I Has led Navy to 16 league titles and owns a 3420 record against Army in Star Meets.

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

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I Her teams own a combined indoor-outdoor 17-3 record against the Black Knights over the past 10 years.

I Has produced two Division I All-Americans while at Navy and has led the Mids to over 300 dualscored 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 13 Patriot League championship meets (combined indoor and outdoor).

I Entering his second full season as head 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 midyear.

I Navy won its 14th all-time CWPA Southern Championship in 2013 after coming in as the fifth-seed and winning four games in three days, including victories over the number one, two and four seeds.

I The Mids finished third overall at the 2014 CWPA Championship for the second straight time.

I Prior to 2013, served as an assistant coach under Mike Schofield for eight seasons. As an assistant from 2005-2012 and in 1988, Stanicic aided four Navy squads earn NCAA Tournament bids and 14 Mids get recognized on All-American teams.

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I The winningest coach in NCAA volleyball history, he has led his men’s and women’s teams to a 1,396-349-4 (79.9%) record in his 44 seasons as a head coach. This includes a 38-year NCAA women’s record of 1,296-258 (83.4%).

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. The Mids then placed third in the league with an 11-5 record (14-12 overall) in 2014 and advanced to the Patriot League Tournament for the first time in seven seasons.

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I In his first season at Navy, he saw Peyton Walsh (165) and Jadaen Bernstein (174) win EIWA individual titles and earn NCAA Championship bids. It marked the first time since 2009 that Navy has crowned a pair of EIWA Champions.

I In 2013-14, led the Falcons to an 11-6-3 record and a third-place finish at the NCAA West Regional. Four Falcons earned NCAA Tournament bids, including Josh Martinez who became just the 12th wrestler in school history to earn an NCAA Tournament bid at least three times.

I Prior to serving as head coach at Air Force, spent six seasons as an assistant coach at the Naval Academy under the tutelage of U.S. Olympic Coach Bruce Burnett.

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.

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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.

Navy has played host to the NCAA Men’s Lacrosse Quarterfinals five times in the last nine years, the NCAA Women’s Lacrosse Final Four, the seasonopening Veterans Classic for men’s basketball featuring some of the top teams in the country, 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, is the yearly home of 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 and women’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 Navy-Marine 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 Fieldhouse, new wrestling locker rooms as well as major renovations to the Terwilliger Brothers Field at Max Bishop Stadium where the Mids play baseball, at Macdonough Hall for water polo and a $5.1 million renovation and expansion of the Halsey Fieldhouse multipurpose basketball facility and a new video board at Alumni Hall.

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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, high-definition video boards and enclosed recruiting reception areas in the south end zone in 2013, and new club seating was added on the east side of the stadium for the 2015 season.

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Features a 120-by-75 yard bermuda grass playing surface and seats 2,500 fans.

Within the facility is the Anders Hall of Honor, which includes 13 trophy cases that depict Navy’s storied soccer history.

The facility features a 30-foot long press box atop the bleachers. The press box can accommodate up to 12 game operations employees, media members and television, radio and live internet streaming announcers.

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Originally opened in 1982 at a cost of $13.5 million.

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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.

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Facility features two exterior, landscaped memorial plazas donated by the classes of 1942, ‘58 and ‘59.

Prior to the 2014-15 season, a new Daktronics center-hung video board was added. The board shows live video, vivid graphics, animations, statistics and instant replay on an eight feet by eight feet screen.

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Renovated prior to the 2007 season.

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Features a FieldTurf playing surface.

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I Megalink electronic targets throughout were installed in 2008.

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I Home of Navy indoor track & field, volleyball and wrestling.

I Features a MONDO track surface with hydraulically controlled banked curves.

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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

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I New expanded floating docks enable the launching of up to eight boats at a time.

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Houses administrative and coaching offices, team and locker rooms, and equipment repair and storage facilities.

Adjacent to the Crown Center is Santee Basin, the mooring for the Academy’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.

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The Naval Academy is located in historic Annapolis, the capital of Maryland. In 1650, Puritans seeking religious freedom nestled into a spot on the western shore of the Chesapeake Bay and called their new town Providence. Settlers soon spread across the Severn River to the land that now makes up Maryland’s capital city. The small settlement grew and was renamed Anne Arundell in 1694 in honor of Lord Baltimore’s wife.

Governor Francis Nicholson chose the growing town on the Severn as the new provincial capital because of its central location. He rechristened it Annapolis in 1695 in honor of King James II’s daughter, Princess Anne, who became Queen of England in 1702. Annapolis was granted a royal charter as a city in 1708.

Annapolis became the nation’s first peacetime capital in 1783.

From November 1783 to August 1784, the Continental Congress met in the Maryland State House. It was here that they accepted George Washington’s resignation as commander-in-chief of the Continental Army and ratified the Treaty of Paris, ending the Revolutionary War. The Maryland State House is the oldest in continuous legislative use in the country. It is also the first and only State House to serve as the nation’s capitol.

The colonial heritage of Annapolis is still evident as the city boasts more brick buildings from the 1700s than any other city in the country.

The heart of downtown Annapolis has also been designated a National Historic District and a National Historic Treasure. Many fine examples of colonial architecture, including the Maryland State House, HammondHarwood 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, kayaking and more, helping Annapolis become America’s Sailing Capital. 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.

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u The Annapolis State House 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.

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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.

q 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.

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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.

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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.”­

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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.

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USNA Quick Facts

Location................................................................................ Annapolis, Md. Founded............................................................................................... 1845 Superintendent................................... Vice Adm. Walter “Ted” Carter, USN Commandant of Midshipmen........................ Col. Steven Liszewski, USMC Enrollment........................................................................................... 4,400­

Class of 2019 Profile

Class Size....................................................... 1,191 (889 men, 302 women) Applicants............................................. 16,101 (12,340 men, 3,761 women) HS Participation – Student Body Leader................................................68% HS Participation – National Honor Society.............................................67% HS Participation – Varsity Athlete...........................................................93% HS Participation – Varsity Team Captain/Co-Captain............................69% HS Participation –Community Service....................................................89%

Navy Assignments

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

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

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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: 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 goathandlers made up of six midshipmen from the 8th company that undergo 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:

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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.

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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

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I 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 honoring the sports teams that won the N-Star against Army. The bell is stationed in front of Bancroft Hall.

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 17681813. 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 good-luck “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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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.

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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).

p Zach Davis (‘14) earned CoSIDA Academic All-America honors in 2013.

Academic Progress Report

Twenty-five of Navy’s 26 NCAA sponsored varsity sports programs rank above the national average in their respective sport in the NCAA Academic Progress Report. Football’s APR is a 974, while the national average is 960.

The Academic Progress Rate is a real-time measure of eligibility and retention of student-athletes competing on every Division I sports team. The APR awards two points each term to student-athletes who meet academic-eligibility standards and who remain with the institution. A team’s APR is calculated by the total points earned by the team at a given time divided by the total points possible.

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 studentathlete 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

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a Two-Time First-Team Academic All-American and is the first football player in school history to achieve that feat.

Scholarship Winners

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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. Also, 27 grads have won George C. Marshall Scholarships and five recent graduates earned Bowman Scholarships to the Naval Postgraduate School. Lightweight rower Chris Medford (‘11), heavyweight rower Mike Shea (‘11), rifle standout Kenan Wang (‘11), Phillip Ellworth (‘15) from the lightweight crew team and Emily Jensen (‘15) of the track & field/cross country team 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.

Tom Buffone (‘15) of the men’s track & field team and Loren Generi (‘15) of the women’s lacrosse team were awarded NCAA Postgraduate Scholarships during the 2014-15 academic year. They are the 10th and 11th Navy student-athletes in the last six years to win a postgraduate scholarship.

Academic All-Americans

Naval Academy student-athletes have totaled 106 CoSIDA Academic All-America certificates over the years, with 73 of those awards coming since the start of the 1999-2000 academic year.

Patriot League Scholar-Athletes

Navy had five Patriot League Scholar-Athletes of the Year in 201415: Junior Sam Peckham in men’s cross country, junior Ellen Bradford in women’s swimming, senior Tom Buffone in both indoor and outdoor track & field and junior Kathleen Heinbach in women’s rowing.

Buffone was named the overall Patriot League Men’s Scholar-Athlete of the Year.

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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. 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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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 2014-15 academic year.

Baseball As part of the team’s participation in the 2015 Freedom Classic versus Air Force in Kinston, N.C., Navy took time during its trip to visit the North Carolina State Veterans Home in town. The team spent time with military veterans.

Men’s Basketball Members of the Navy men’s basketball team visited middle school students at Wiley H. Bates Middle School in Annapolis. The team met with the students for over an hour doing basketball drills and speaking to the children about the importance of academics.

Senior team captain Kevin Alter was named to the 2015 Allstate NABC Good Works Team for his various community service projects over the years. Alter was one of just five Division I players to be named to the Good Works Team and was honored at the Final Four in Indianapolis. Alter also conducted a basketball clinic for Special Olympics Indiana while at the Final Four.

Women’s Basketball Feed Annapolis 5-Miler and 2-Mile Fun Run/Walk is a volunteer driven race where participants walk, run, and most importantly, pack meals to help families in Annapolis.

“Score for Schools” program, where the team goes to elementary schools/middle schools and have pep talk/assemblies to talk to the students about various things.

Visited Atria Manresa retirement home across the bridge and did helped with their activities period.

Attend two NSA 2015 basketball clinics for ages 5-12, held in Halsey, every Saturday during January.

Women’s Cross Country Helped “Girls on the Run” as “Running Buddies” for their 5k race at Anne Arundel Community College, November 23rd. Volunteered at the Annapolis 10-miler.

Football Participated in a Make-a-Wish event in San Diego and the PAL Football League Youth Clinic.

Sprint Football Joe Hampton, co-captain of the Sprint Football team, was honored by the Midshipmen Action Group with the Maj. Elizabeth Kealey, USMC Community Service Excellence Award. Hampton was the lead MAG Midshipman for the USNA partnership program with the Big Brothers BIg Sisters program and dedicated hundreds of hours over his three-year participation in this program. Joe designed specific programs to meet the needs of local at-risk youth as well as fitness lessons to help fight childhood obesity for a growing number of sedentary youth in underserved communities, as well as water safety demonstrations from Navy Varsity athletes.

Men’s Golf Adopted some eighth graders at Severn River Middle School that were struggling academically and helped them improve their grades. The group visited the golf course at the end of the year as a celebration.

Men’s Lacrosse Visited the Stanton Community Center in the heart of Annapolis where they took part in the second-annual Christmas Math Mall, benefitting inner city children. Every child was paired up with a Navy lacrosse player, who first sat down and made a list of who they wanted to shop for and then explored each table carefully to select Christmas gifts for those family members on their list. The donated gifts represented all age and gender groups and featured clothing, jewelry,

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Rifle Pen pals with a middle school class in Pennsylvania.

Offshore Sailing Members of the team participated in Wreaths Across America, a volunteer day with the Anne Arundel Food Bank, a Martin Luther King Jr. Volunteer Day, Mids for Kids program, went to the children’s Inn hospital located in Bethesda at the National institute of Health to help wrap presents for the children for the holiday, volunteered at the Baltimore Shock trauma unit working in the ER and participated in the Honor Salute, sending groups of three to four Mids to visit veterans who are in Hospice Care.

Men’s Soccer Participated in the third annual Navy Kickball Challenge with adaptive athletes through a relationship with the Anne Arundel County Rec & Parks Department.

Women’s Soccer Visited the Annapolis Boys & Girls Club on two different occasions and participated in Headers for Hope.

Men’s Tennis Participated in two clinics at Andrews Air Force Base. The Thanking Our Troops Through Tennis (T3) event that included service members and their families from all four branches of the military. The team worked with over 75 individuals during the two 75 minute clinics.

The tennis team participated in the 24 Hours of Tennis benefit held by the Tennis Alliance of Anne Arundel County. This was a community event to raise awareness within the tennis community for a new indoor center in Anne Arundel County. Their motto is “Tennis for Everyone” and the Navy players all helped bring this to life at the event. Players participated in clinics and instruction for players of all ages.

Women’s Tennis Volunteered at the San Jorge Children’s Hospital while on spring break.

Men’s Track & Field Manned a water stop for the Annapolis 10-miler setting up tables, filling water and gatorade cups, offered support and encouragement to all the runners and cleaned up the streets of water cups and energy gel packs.

Women’s Track & Field Manned a water stop for the Annapolis 10-miler setting up tables, filling water and gatorade cups, offered support and encouragement to all the runners and cleaned up the streets of water cups and energy gel packs.

Women’s Volleyball The team participated in the Heart Health Foundation “Paint the Town Red” Heart Walk helping to raise awareness for heart and vascular disease.

Water Polo The team did a Big Brothers Big Sisters ‘water safety orientation’. The parks and recs director handed out flyers to the Big Brothers Big Sisters organization so that the kids can go to free water safety sessions countywide and learn more about water safety. After the team did a presentation in the water, the kids were so excited to take home flyers and learn more about being water-safe and, hopefully, some day, being water sport-competitive.

Wrestling The team was involved in the Manion Foundation 9/11 run.

Assistant coach Nate Engel was a guest speaker and took part in a clinic for the Beat the Streets New York City program. The organization’s goal is to get kids off the street and provide inner city youth an opportunity to wrestle. The organization sends the youth to wrestling camps all over the country and provides assistance in helping them further their education.

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crafts and toys to name a few. The midshipmen and children wrapped the gifts and secured them in a bag for each child to take home and share with their family on Christmas Day. The team also participated in the 24th annual Giving Tree program at the Naval Academy. Every year midshipmen from the Naval Academy’s sixth company decorate a holiday tree with paper angel ornaments provided by the Salvation Army. Each paper angel has the first name, age and gender of a child in need of presents in the local community and contributors can remove one or more tags from the tree and purchase gifts for the child or children. The lacrosse team selected three tags and replaced them with a number of gifts to make this holiday season a special one for a number of local children.

The team also traveled to Walter Reed and visited with Navy Safe Harbor and their wounded warriors.

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