Aug. 23, 2016 NAME: Matt Stewart
NUMBER: #35
POSITION: Linebacker
HEIGHT: 6-1
WEIGHT: 220
HOMETOWN: Mason, Ohio
HIGH SCHOOL: Mason
MAJOR: Political Science
I CHOSE NAVY OVER: Air Force, Kent State and Buffalo
I CHOSE NAVY BECAUSE: I have always wanted to be a pilot and the opportunity to play football is the cherry on top.
POSITION COACH: Coach Mike Johns
FAVORITE MEAL: My mom's chicken spaghetti
FAVORITE ATHLETE: Joey Votto
FAVORITE SPORTS TEAM: Cincinnati Bengals
TO RELAX I LIKE TO: Read books and listen to music
RIGHT NOW MY SERVICE SELECTION WOULD BE: Navy Pilot
IF I COULD EAT DINNER WITH ANY THREE PEOPLE IT WOULD BE: Ray Lewis, Dwayne Johnson, James Stockdale
IN HIGH SCHOOL I DREAMED OF BEING: A fighter pilot like Top Gun
ON GAME DAY I LISTEN TO: Mostly heavy metal screamo
MY FAVORITE SUMMER VACATION WAS: When my whole family went to Mexico for a week.
MY FAVORITE FORM OF SOCIAL MEDIA IS: Twitter
MY FAVORITE PERSON TO FOLLOW ON TWITTER IS: Mike Martin
MY FIRST THOUGHT STEPPING ON THE NAVAL ACADEMY CAMPUS WAS: Wow, this place is really old.
WHAT I LOVE ON GAME DAY IS: The atmosphere. The intensity and focus is so high. Everyone is in their own little zone.
WHICH TEAM NOT ON NAVY'S SCHEDULE WOULD YOU MOST LIKE TO PLAY AND WHY: Ohio State. All of my friends from OSU have been saying how much better they are than us. I want the chance to prove them wrong.
MY FAVORITE PART OF BEING IN A CONFERENCE IS: The opportunity to play Cincinnati in my home city.
THE WORD THAT BEST DESCRIBES A NAVY FOOTBALL PLAYER IS: Grinder
MY FAVORITE COACH NIUMATALOLO SAYING IS: Start freaking running!
THE PLAYER THAT WILL SURPRISE THE MOST PEOPLE ON OFFENSE IN 2016 IS: Myles Swain
THE PLAYER THAT WILL SURPRISE THE MOST PEOPLE ON DEFENSE IN 2016 IS: Josh Webb
THE MOST VALUABLE OFFENSIVE PLAYER IN 2016 WILL BE: Tago Smith
THE TOUGHEST PLAYER ON THE NAVY FOOTBALL TEAM IS: Ryan Harris
THE ONE PLAYER ON THE CURRENT TEAM THAT EPITOMIZES NAVY FOOTBALL: Kyle Battle
THE PLAYER ON THE TEAM MOST LIKELY TO BECOME SUPERINTENDENT: Laurent Njiki
THE PLAYER ON THE TEAM MOST LIKELY TO BECOME COMMANDANT: Alec Keener