July 16, 2010
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ANNAPOLIS, Md.-Navy athletics had another successful campaign in 2009-10 both on the field of play and in the classroom. Navy compiled an overall record of 294-173-2 (.629), had 14 All-Americans, 13 conference athletes of the year, seven conference coaches of the year, seven teams won conference championships and 11 different teams took home national honors.
In the classroom, Navy athletics ranked second in the country in graduation rates among schools in the football bowl subdivision, produced eight Academic All-Americans, had five Patriot League Scholar Athletes of the Year and 176 student-athletes made the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.
Navy defeated Army in the Star series for the 14th-consecutive year (11-10) and won the overall series for the 17th time in the last 18 years (16-13).
Below are some of the major accomplishments from the 2009-10 season. Attached is a complete review of the season.
2009-10 Navy Sports Year-In-Review
Overall Record
294-173-2 (.629)
Army-Navy Record
16-13 (.552)
Army-Navy Star Record
11-10 (.524)
All-Americans (14)
MIDN 2/C Ricky Dobbs (Football, Honorable Mention by College Football News)
MIDN 1/C Brett Rajchel (Water Polo, Honorable Mention)
MIDN 2/C Luke Baldwin (Water Polo, Honorable Mention)
MIDN 1/C Nils Mattsson (Squash, Second Team)
MIDN 1/C Adam Meyer (Men's Swimming, Honorable Mention)
MIDN 2/C Chris Burleson (Rifle, smallbore, First Team)
MIDN 2/C Chris Burleson (Rifle, air, Honorable Mention)
MIDN 1/C Patrick Moran (Men's Lacrosse, Honorable Mention)
MIDN 3/C RJ Wickham (Men's Lacrosse, Honorable Mention)
MIDN 1/C Christina Chance (Intercollegiate Sailing, All-American crew member)
MIDN 2/C Robert Vann (Intercollegiate Sailing, Honorable Mention)
MIDN 4/C Ben Nelson (Baseball, Third Team Freshmen)
MIDN 1/C Erin Rawlick (Women's Lacrosse, Second Team)
MIDN 3/C Kierstin King (Women's Lacrosse, Third Team)
Academic All-Americans (8)
MIDN 3/C John Dowd (Football, Second Team)
MIDN 1/C Beth Reed (Women's Soccer, First Team and Women's Soccer Academic All-American of the Year)
MIDN 1/C Shelly Moeller (Women's Soccer, Third Team)
MIDN 1/C Liz Leckie (Rifle, First Team)
MIDN 2/C Kenan Wang (Rifle, First Team)
MIDN 2/C Alex Buck (Men's Swimming, First Team)
MIDN 1/C Joe Lennon (Men's Lacrosse, Third Team)
MIDN 1/C Mark Van Orden (Men's Track & Field, First Team)
Other Academic Awards (11)
MIDN 1/C Beth Reed (Patriot League Women's Soccer Scholar-Athlete of the Year, Patriot League Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year for all sports and NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship)
MIDN 1/C Kayla Sax (Women's Cross Country/Track, Cambridge Scholar and Trident Scholar)
MIDN 1/C Mark Van Orden (Patriot League Men's Indoor Track & Field Scholar-Athlete of the Year, Patriot League Men's Outdoor Track & Field Scholar-Athlete of the Year and NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship)
MIDN 2/C Nick Birger (Patriot League Men's Tennis Scholar-Athlete of the Year for tennis)
MIDN 1/C Tyler Hawkins (Sprint Football, U.S. Department of State Critical Language Scholarship)
MIDN 3/C Ian Cameron (Sprint Football, U.S. Department of State Critical Language Scholarship)
MIDN 1/C Mary Ruttum (Patriot League Women's Lacrosse Scholar-Athlete of the Year)
Conference Athlete of the Year Awards (13)
MIDN 3/C Kyle Wertz (Water Polo, CWPA Southern Division Player of the Year)
MIDN 2/C Andrew Hanko (Men's Cross Country, Patriot League Runner of the Meet)
MIDN 1/C Tyler Hawkins (Sprint Football, CSFL Player of the Year)
MIDN 1/C Beth Reed (Women's Soccer, Patriot League Goalkeeper of the Year)
MIDN 1/C Tara Chapmon (Women's Swimming, Patriot League Swimmer of the Meet)
MIDN 1/C Adam Meyer (Men's Swimming, Patriot League Swimmer of the Meet)
MIDN 3/C Ben Nicholas (Men's Diving, Patriot League Diver of the Meet)
MIDN 3/C Will Norton (Men's Swimming, ECAC Swimmer of the Meet)
MIDN 2/C Angela Myers (Women's Basketball, Patriot League, Defensive Player of the Year)
MIDN 2/C Andrew Hanko (Indoor Men's Track & Field, Patriot League Runner of the Meet)
MIDN 3/C RJ Wickham (Men's Lacrosse, Patriot League, Goalkeeper of the Year)
MIDN 1/C Erin Rawlick (Women's Lacrosse, Patriot League, Offensive Player of the Year)
MIDN 3/C Jess Palacio (Women's Outdoor Track, Patriot League Track-Athlete of Meet)
National/Conference Coach of the Year (7)
Mike Schofield (Water Polo, CWPA Southern Division Coach of the Year)
Al Cantello (Men's Cross Country, Patriot League Coach of the Year and Track & Field, Mid-Atlantic Region Assistant Coach of the Year)
Bill Roberts (Men's Swimming, ECAC Coach of the Year)
John Morrison (Women's Swimming, Patriot League Coach of the Year)
Carla Criste (Indoor Track & Field, Patriot League Coach of the Year)
John Officer (Men's Tennis, Patriot League Coach of the Year)
National/Conference Rookie of the Year Awards (5)
MIDN 4/C Dean Black (Men's Cross Country, Patriot League Rookie of the Meet and Men's Outdoor Track, Patriot League Rookie of the Meet)
MIDN 4/C Brigid Byrne (Women's Cross Country, Patriot League Rookie of the Meet)
MIDN 4/C Laura Gorinski (Women's Swimming, Patriot League Rookie of the Meet)
MIDN 4/C Justin Vagts (Men Swimming, Patriot League Rookie of the Meet)
Conference Championships (7)
Men's Cross Country (Patriot League)
Sprint Football (CSFL)
Women's Swimming & Diving (Patriot League)
Men's Swimming & Diving (Patriot League)
Men's Swimming & Diving (ECAC)
Men's Tennis (Patriot League)
Women's Lacrosse (Patriot League)
National Team Honors (12)
Ranked second in the country among Football Bowl Subdivision schools with a graduation rate of 98 percent.
Football finished 26th in the USA Today/Coaches Poll and 28th in the Associated Press Poll. The Mids were Texas Bowl Champions.
Water polo finished the season ranked 15th in the Collegiate Water Polo Association Top 20.
Rifle team finished eighth at the NCAA Championship.
Men's Swimming team finished 32nd at the NCAA Championship
Wrestling team placed 46th at the NCAA Championship.
Intercollegiate Sailing matched its finish from a year ago at the ICSA Coed Dinghy Nationals with a seventh-place finish. It marks the second straight year Navy finished in the top 10.
Intercollegiate sailing finished sixth at the ICSA Team Race Nationals, its best result in over a decade at the event.
Intercollegiate sailing qualified for the ICSA Women's National Semifinals, but no semifinal races were contested due to weather.
Men's Tennis advanced to the NCAA Championship for a fourth straight year.
Women's lacrosse advanced to the NCAA Tournament for the first time in program history. The Mids finished the year ranked 19th in the country.
Lightweight crew finished second at the IRA National Championship.
Major Athletic Award Winners (5)
*MIDN 1/C Adam Meyer (Men's Swimming, NAAA Sword for Men)
*MIDN 1/C Tara Chapmon (Women's Swimming, NAAA Sword for Women)
*MIDN 2/C Ricky Dobbs (Football, Thompson Trophy)
*MIDN 1/C Justin Langan (Squash, Men's Coaches' Calvert Award)
*MIDN 1/C Thuy-Mi Dinh (Women's Swimming, Women's Coaches' Calvert Award)
