2019-20 Navy Athletics Season-In-Review
 
Overall Record
215-131-4 (.620)
 
Army-Navy Record
13-8-1 (.641)-Overall
 
10-6-1 (.617)-Star Series
 
All-Americans (21)
• Sophomore Isaac Salinas (Water Polo), Honorable Mention All-American by ACWPC
 
• Senior Ben Provost (Gymnastics), by Collegiate Gymnastics Association
 
• Sophomore Cash Buske (Gymnastics), by Collegiate Gymnastics Association
 
• Sophomore Josh Williams (Gymnastics), by Collegiate Gymnastics Association
 
• Freshman Connor Van Loo (Gymnastics), by Collegiate Gymnastics Association
 
• Sophomore Gabriella Mayes (Rifle) - NRA Air Rifle Honorable Mention All-American
 
• Senior Bradley Buchter (Men's Diving), by CSCAA
 
• Junior Meghan Gerdes (Women's Diving), by CSCAA
 
• Sophomore Sydney Harrington (Women's Swimming), by CSCAA
 
• Junior Luke Johnson (Men's Swimming), by CSCAA
 
• Junior Tanner Skidgel (Wrestling), by the NWCA Second-Team
 
• Senior Spencer Carey (Wrestling), by the NWCA Honorable Mention
 
• Sophomore Hannah Montau (Women's Diving), by CSCAA
 
• Sophomore Martina Thomas (Women's Swimming), by CSCAA
 
• Senior Kelly Larkin (Women's Lacrosse) – Inside Lacrosse Honorable Mention All-American
 
• Sophomore JC Hermus (Intercollegiate Sailing), All-American Coed Skipper by ICSA
 
• Sophomore Sally Johnson (Intercollegiate Sailing), All-American Crew by ICSA
 
• Senior Parker Loftus (Intercollegiate Sailing), Honorable Mention All-American Coed Skipper by ICSA
 
• Senior Brittney Slook (Intercollegiate Sailing), Honorable Mention All-American Women's Skipper by ICSA
 
• Sophomore Kimmie Leonard (Intercollegiate Sailing), Honorable Mention All-American Crew by ICSA
 
• Alex Smith (Baseball) selected as a Freshman All-American by Collegiate Baseball
 
Academic All-Americans (9 by CoSIDA, 24 Total)
• Senior Travis Brannan (Football), First Team by CoSIDA
 
• Senior Eric Cal (Football), First Team by CoSIDA
 
• Senior Paige Miles (Volleyball), First Team by CoSIDA
 
• Senior Cadie Higginson (Women's Soccer), First Team by CoSIDA
 
• Sophomore Victoria Tran (Women's Soccer), Third Team by CoSIDA
 
• Senior Cadie Higginson (Women's Soccer), Scholar All-America Third Team by United Soccer Coaches
 
• Junior Micah Oh (Men's Swimming), First Team by CoSIDA
 
• Junior Christian Daniel (Men's Lacrosse), Third Team by CoSIDA
 
• Senior Ryan Kern (Men's Lacrosse), United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association Scholar All-American
 
• Sophomore Chad Deegan (Men's Golf), Srixon/Cleveland Golf All-America Scholar
 
• Sophomore Nicholas Klock (Men's Golf), Srixon/Cleveland Golf All-America Scholar
 
• Junior Casey Cobb (Wrestling), National Wrestling Coaches Association Scholar All-American
 
• Junior Tanner Skidgel (Wrestling), National Wrestling Coaches Association Scholar All-American
 
• Junior Logan Treaster (Wrestling), National Wrestling Coaches Association Scholar All-American
 
• Senior Kestrel Kuhne (Rifle), CRCA Scholastic All-American
 
• Senior Torrance Kang (Rifle), CRCA Scholastic All-American
 
• Sophomore Gabriella Mayes (Rifle), CRCA Scholastic All-American
 
• Freshman Mason MacKenzie (Rifle), CRCA Scholastic All-American
 
• Junior Jared Leins (Baseball), Second Team by CoSIDA
 
• Senior Michael Coritz (Baseball), Third Team by CoSIDA
 
• Freshman Angelina Chan (Women's Golf), WGCA All-American Scholar
 
• Sophomore Jacqueline Cherry (Women's Golf), WGCA All-American Scholar
 
• Senior Morgan Frazier (Women's Golf), WGCA All-American Scholar
 
• Sophomore Shannon Gould (Women's Golf), WGCA All-American Scholar
 
 
Patriot League Scholar Athletes of the Year (3)
• Senior Sydney Fortson (Women's Soccer)
 
• Senior Jamie Miller (Women's Swimming and Diving)
 
• Junior Micah Oh (Men's Swimming and Diving)
 
National/Conference Coach of the Year (12)
• Ken Niumatalolo (Football), American Athletic Conference Coach of the Year
 
• Ken Niumatalolo (Football), ECAC Coach of the Year
 
• Ken Niumatalolo (Football), Stallings Award
 
• Bill Roberts (Men's Swimming), ECAC Coach of the Year
 
• John Morrison (Women's Swimming), ECAC Coach of the Year
 
• Rich MacDonald (Diving), Patriot League Men's and Women's Diving Coach of the Year
 
• Aaron Lanzel (Men's Indoor Track and Field) USTFCCCA Mid-Atlantic Region Men's Assistant Coach of the Year
 
• Jamie Cook (Men's Indoor Track and Field) Patriot League Coach of the Year
 
• Jamie Cook (Women's Indoor Track and Field) Patriot League Coach of the Year
 
• Kip Simons (Men's Gymnastics) USAG and ECAC Coach of the Year
 
• Craig Holt and Colin Payne (Men's Gymnastics) USAG and ECAC Co-Assistant Coaches of the Year
 
 
National/Conference Athlete of the Year (10)
• Senior Malcolm Perry (Football), American Athletic Conference Offensive Player of the Year
 
• Senior Malcolm Perry (Football), ECAC Offensive Player of the Year
 
• Senior Alex Jackson (Women's Soccer) Patriot League Defensive Player of the Year
 
• Senior Jake Brophy (Men's Cross Country) Patriot League Champion
 
• Sophomore Matt Nocita (Men's Soccer) Patriot League Defensive Player of the Year
 
• Senior Bradley Buchter (Men's Diving), Patriot League Diver of the Year
 
• Junior Micah Oh (Men's Swimming), Patriot League Swimmer of the Year
 
• Sophomore Sydney Harrington (Women's Swimming), Patriot League Swimmer of the Year
 
• Junior Clayton Thompson (Men's Indoor Track and Field) Patriot League Men's Top Point Scorer of the Meet
 
• Senior Jake Brophy (Men's Indoor Track and Field) Patriot League Track Athlete of the Meet
 
 Conference Rookie of the Year Awards (3)
• Freshman Kaitlynn Johns (Women's Soccer) Patriot League Rookie of the Year
 
• Freshman Caden Dailey (Men's Indoor Track and Field) Patriot League Rookie of the Meet
 
• Freshman Connor Van Loo (Men's Gymnastics) ECAC Rookie of the Year
 
 
Conference Championships  (11)
• Football (AAC West Co-Champions)
 
• Women's Soccer (Patriot League Regular Season)
 
• Women's Soccer (Patriot League Tournament)
 
• Sprint Football (Collegiate Sprint Football League Regular Season)
 
• Men's Swimming (Patriot League)
 
• Men's Swimming (ECAC)
 
• Women's Swimming (Patriot League)
 
• Women's Swimming (ECAC)
 
• Men's Indoor Track and Field (Patriot League)
 
• Women's Indoor Track and Field (Patriot League)
 
• Gymnastics (ECAC Regular Season Champions)
 
 
Special Recognition
• Football won a school record tying 11 games
 
• Football was ranked 20th in both the Associated Press and USA Today Coaches Polls. It is just the second time in the last 56 years that Navy finished in the AP Top 20 (Mids were 18th in 2015)
 
• Football improved eight games from 2018 to 2019, the second biggest turnaround in FBS history
 
• Senior quarterback Malcolm Perry rushed for 2,017 yards and 21 touchdowns, making him the leading rusher for a quarterback for a single season in FBS history, the only quarterback in FBS history to rush for more than 2,000 yards and the 24th-leading single-season rusher among all positions in FBS history. Perry's 155.2 rushing yards per game was also an FBS record for a quarterback.
 
• Perry had a career day against Army, rushing for 304 yards and two touchdowns on 29 carries.  The 304 rushing yards are the most in the history of the Army-Navy game and the most in Navy history against an FBS opponent.
 
• Perry had a career day against Army, rushing for 304 yards and two touchdowns on 29 carries.  The 304 rushing yards are the most in the history of the Army-Navy game and the most in Navy history against an FBS opponent.
 
• Perry was named the winner of the NAAA Sword for Men and the Thompson Trophy.  He is just the eighth student-athlete to win both awards since 1920 and the first since Keenan Reynolds in 2016.
 
• Seniors Travis Brannan and Eric Cal of the football team were named First-Team Academic All-Americans by the College Sports Information Directors of America. It is the first time in school history that Navy has had two football players named First-Team Academic All-Americans in the same year.
 
• In February, senior Alex Jackson of the women's soccer team was invited and accepted a spot at the Washington Spirit's training camp. The Spirit compete in the National Women's Soccer League, the top league of women's soccer in North America.
 
• Senior Sydney Fortson of the women's soccer team was selected as the winner of the 2019 Senior CLASS Award for women's soccer. The award recognizes a NCAA Division I senior with notable achievements in four areas of excellence: classroom, community, character and competiti on.
 
• Senior Michael Kacergis and junior Jack Lentz of the squash team paired up to win the 2019 Intercollegiate Doubles National Championship in Philadelphia. Navy has now won five consecutive Intercollegiate Doubles National Championships. Kacergis has won two titles, while, Lentz has one.
 
• Senior Bradley Buchter became third men's diver in Navy history to qualify for the NCAA Championship in each of his four seasons.
 
•Courtney Davidson O'Brien had her #21 Navy women's basketball uniform retired in a halftime ceremony during the Mids' home game versus Army on January 25.
 
• Senior Erin Scudder (Women's Swimming) was awarded the women's Coaches' Calvert Award.
 
• Kaden Dohm of the lightweight rowing team was the USNA Class of 2020 Valedictorian. In total, 18 Navy student-athletes earned Graduate with Distinction honors.
 
• Lightweight rowing earned the 2020 Academic Dean and Provost of the United States Naval Academy Team Sports Award for posting a cumulative team GPA of 3.47 for its 66-person roster.
 
• Alex Smith selected as a Freshman All-American by Collegiate Baseball
 
• Senior women's lacrosse player Kelly Larkin was named the winner of the Vice Admiral Lawrence Sword for Women.
 
• Senior water polo player Ronan Williams was named the winner of the men's Coaches' Calvert Award.

Baseball (14-1)
Head coach: Paul Kostacopoulos
 
• Navy got off to its best start in program history since 1961 as the Midshipmen posted a 14-1 record to start the 2020 season.
 
• Prior to the cancelation of the season, Navy won its last 14 games of the season to tie its second-longest single-season winning streak in program history.
 
• Freshman Alex Smith became the first player in Patriot League history to be selected as the Patriot League Player and Rookie of the Week during the same week on March 3.
 
• En route to his two weekly awards, Alex Smith went 6-for-10 at the plate in three games against Massachusetts and slugged 1.000 with a .615 on-base percentage while also driving in six runs and scoring four runs.
 
• During Navy's 14-game winning streak, it outscored the opposition 91-34 and Navy posted 35 extra-base hits to slug .402 while the pitching staff posted a 2.13 ERA with 122 strikeouts.
 
• Overall, Navy compiled a .275 batting average at the plate and slugged .404 for the year while notching a .398 on-base percentage.
 
• In nine games this season, sophomore Zach Stevens recorded a .419 batting average with a .935 slugging percentage for the Midshipmen.
 
• During his freshman campaign, Alex Smith posted a .368 batting average with a .526 slugging percentage.
 
• The Navy pitching staff compiled a 3.07 ERA for the season and struck out 131 batters in 135 innings on the mound.
 
• On the mound, junior Charlie Connolly anchored the Navy starting rotation with a 1.04 ERA in 26 innings and he posted 32 strikeouts, both of which led the Patriot League at the end of the season.
 
• Junior Trey Braithwaite continued to pace the bullpen for Navy after posting a 0.71 ERA over eight outings and 12-2/3 innings of work where he finished with four saves and 13 strikeouts.
 
• Braithwaite now has 14 career saves, which is tied for third in program history and is just three saves away from tying the program record of 17 saves that JD Melton set from 2007-09.
 
• Navy finished the 2020 season as the Patriot League leaders in average (.275), RBIs (84) slugging percentage (.404), on-base percentage (.398), fielding percentage (.989), ERA (3.07), saves (7), strikeouts (131) and opponent batting average (.212).
 
• The Midshipmen ranked third in the country with a .989 fielding percentage and had the sixth-most sacrifice flies in the nation with 13, while Navy's .933 winning percentage ranked fourth in the nation behind only Florida, Ole Miss and Alabama who all finished 16-1 on the year.
 
• Sophomore Dalton Baker finished the season with a 3-0 record on the mound with his three wins ranking 23rd in the country.
 
• Connolly ranked 29th in the country with a 10.67 strikeout-to-walk ratio and senior Evan Lowery finished ranked 30th in the nation with 15 walks drawn.
 
• Prior to the season, senior Zach Biggers, junior Jared Leins and Braithwaite were all selected to the All-Patriot League Preseason Team.
 
• Braithwaite was also selected to the NCBWA Stopper of the Year Preseason Watch List.
 
• Alex Smith was named a Freshman All-American by Collegiate Baseball
 
• Senior Captain Michael Coritz, Leins and Stevens were all selected as CoSIDA Academic All-District honorees while Leins went on to be selected to the CoSIDA Academic All-America Second Team and Coritz was named to the CoSIDA Academic All-America Third Team
 
• Navy also placed a program-best 11 individuals on the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll with Biggers, Coritz, Tommy Goodridge, Sante Grossi, Leins, Joe Simourian, Stevens, Jacob Williamson, Jake Wilson, Matt Wolff and Brandon Yu represented the Midshipmen.
 
 
Men's Basketball (14-16, 8-10 Patriot League)
*Head coach: Ed DeChellis
 
• Predicted to finish in ninth place in the Patriot League at the start of the season, Navy ended the year in a tie for sixth place. It was the second year in a row and the fifth time in the last six years Navy has improved upon its preseason prediction by at least three positions.
 
• Navy lost in the quarterfinal round of the Patriot League Tournament to eventual league champion Boston U.  The Mids have been knocked out of the tournament by the eventual champion in back-to-back years and in three of the last four seasons.
 
• Navy and Colgate are the only two teams to not play in the first round of the Patriot League Tournament in each of the last four seasons.
 
• Junior Cam Davis earned Second-Team All-Patriot League honors this year and also was named to the Patriot League All-Academic Team.  This is the first time he received either honor.
 
• Senior Evan Wieck ends his career as the Navy record holder for career field goal percentage (.625), fourth in career offensive rebounds (247), sixth in career games started (102) and seventh in career games played (122).
 
• Wieck joined Kevin Sinnett and David Robinson as the only Mids to have a perfect shooting night from the field when taking at least 10 attempts when he was 10-10 from the floor against Holy Cross.  He also was 4-4 from the foul line that night.
 
• Freshman Daniel Deaver was named the Patriot league Rookie of the Week on Jan. 20.
 
• Wieck, juniors Davis, Alec Loehr and Luke Loehr, and freshmen Patrick Dorsey, P.J. Fenton, P.J. Roach and Sean Yoder were named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.
 
 
Women's Basketball (7-23)
*Head coach: Stefanie Pemper
 
• Started the season with a 5-3 mark through the first eight non-conference games. Victories included a road win over Clemson (65-52), a home decision against Air Force (67-59) and the 2019 Navy Classic crown with back-to-back wins versus Kennesaw State (82-62) and La Salle (61-46).
 
• Courtney Davidson O'Brien had her #21 women's basketball uniform retired in a halftime ceremony during the Mids' home game versus Army on January 25. The Class of 2004 graduate is the second women's basketball player to have her jersey retired after Becky Dowling's #32 was raised to the rafters in January of 2014. O'Brien is the all-time leading scorer for Navy Women's Basketball with 1,857 career points. Additionally, she was a two-time CoSIDA Academic All-American and a member of the Patriot League's Silver Anniversary Team that was announced in 2015.
 
• Seniors Mary Kate Ulasewicz and Morgan Taylor closed their careers with Patriot League postseason honors. Ulasewicz was named to the All-Patriot League Third Team, while Taylor earned one of the seven spots on the 2019-20 Patriot League All-Defensive Team. Ulasewicz played in and started all 30 games for the Mids as the team's senior team captain (she was the only player to appear in all 30 games) and averaged 10.5 points and 3.1 assists per game. In PL-only play, she was the league's ninth highest scorer averaging 12.4 points a contest, while shooting 37.5 percent from three-point range (10^th in PL). She added 2.9 assists and 1.4 steals a game versus Patriot League opponents. Ulasewicz scored 10 or more points in a team-high 13 games, including three of 20 or more (29 at Bucknell, 26 at Loyola and 23 versus Army).
 
• Taylor was a steady hand for the Mids appearing in 28 games with 27 starts. She averaged 7.6 points and 5.1 rebounds a game. Defensively, she was credited with a team-high 47 steals, including 32 in PL-only play. Her 1.7 steals per game were fourth-best in the Patriot League.
 
• A third Midshipmen to appear amongst the Patriot League statistical leaders was junior Sophie Gatzounas, who ranked ninth in the league in field goal percentage at 45.5. Additionally, she averaged 7.7 points and a team-high 5.2 rebounds per game, while playing in 26 games with 22 starts.
 
• Gatzounas was named the 2019 Navy Classic Most Valuable Player after averaging 16.5 points and 7.5 rebounds per game, while shooting 61.9 percent from the field and 66.7 percent from three-point range in victories over Kennesaw State and La Salle. Ulasewicz joined her on the All-Tournament Team after posting a line of 13.5 points, 7.5 rebounds and 5.5 assists per game over the weekend of action.
 
• Freshman Nyah Garrison was selected on February 17 as the Patriot League Rookie of the Week for her efforts on the road versus Bucknell and Boston. After scoring seven points on 50.0 percent shooting at Bucknell, she registered a new career-high with 23 points on 8-of-9 shooting at Boston. She averaged 15.0 points, 2.5 rebounds and 2.0 three-pointers per game, while shooting 73 percent for the week.
 
• As a team, Navy ranked second in the Patriot League with 9.6 steals a game, just 0.1 behind Loyola's 9.7 average. Nationally that was 46^th. The Mids also had the third-best turnover margin in the Patriot League with +1.97 margin; nationally that ranked 94^th.
 
• Navy held opponents to 59 or fewer points in 13 games and went 6-7 in those contests. Notable defensive performances came against Stevenson (36 points allowed on Nov. 5), Boston (41 points on Jan. 22) and Army (45 points on Jan. 25). The Mids' defense was the 69^th stingiest in the nation with 59.8 points allowed per game.
 
• Nine different Midshipmen led the team in scoring in at least one game during the 2019-20 season.
 
• Navy's win against Clemson on November 9 was the program's first-ever against an ACC opponent. In the game, the Mids overcame a 32-25 halftime deficit by out-scoring the Tigers 19-8 in the third quarter and 21-12 in the fourth period. Navy forced Clemson into 31 turnovers and collected 22 steals, including eight each by sophomores Jennifer Coleman and Kolbi Green. The sophomore duo also led the scoring load as Coleman netted 18 points off the bench, while Green notched 17 in 37 minutes on the court. For her efforts, including 21 points versus Stevenson, Green was selected the ensuing Monday as the Patriot League Player of the Week.
 
• In the first game of the home-and-home series with Army, Navy defeated the Black Knights by a score of 57-45 on January 25 in Annapolis. Ulasewicz led the Mids with a then- career-high 23 points, while Navy's defense forced Army into 25 turnovers. Leading by just one after one quarter of play, Navy slowly crept away from Army throughout the game adding five points to its advantage in the second period and four more in the third. The Mids salted away the victory with a two-point advantage (19-17) in the fourth quarter.
 
• Senior Montana Braxton was one of just six Class of 2020 Midshipmen to receive the Marine Corps Cyber Warfare service selection.
 
• Senior Laurel Jaunich finished her career with 116 games played. She tied Erin Edwards ('12) for tenth all-time in the program record books.
 
• A program-record nine Mids were named to the 2019-20 Patriot League Academic Honor Roll. The Class of 2020 had all four members earn recognition as Jaunich was named for the fourth time in her career, while Braxton earned her third nod and Ulasewicz her second. Taylor was a first-time honoree. Additionally, Gatzounas, junior Sierra Swanda and freshmen Maggie Moore, Mimi Schrader and Garrison turned in spring GPAs over 3.20.
 
Men's Cross Country (1-0, Won N-Star)
*Head coach: Aaron Lanzel
 
• Senior Jake Brophy competed as an individual for Navy at the NCAA Championship in Terre Haute, Indiana after qualifying with a bid from the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional. Brophy finished 126th at the national meet to conclude his standout four-year career. Previously he had placed 167th at the 2017 meet and 154th at the 2016 championship competition.
 
• The team finished in eighth-place at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional at Lehigh University. Brophy and fellow senior Kevin Murray spearheaded Navy's effort as Brophy placed second overall in the field of 186 runners, 3.1 seconds shy of the event winner Camren Fischer of Princeton. Murray came in 29th place. Brophy earned All-Mid-Atlantic Regional honors for his success.
 
• Brophy also led the Mids at the 2019 Patriot League Championship, as he raced his way to the individual title with a dominant 18.0-second victory on the 8k course. Murray placed third to help Navy's effort that saw the team come in second overall in the field of 10. Junior Julian Perez and sophomore Luke Murphy finished top-15 as Perez crossed the line in eighth, while Murphy was 12th. Brophy and Murray earned All-Patriot League First Team honors. Perez and Murphy garnered spots on the All-Patriot League Second Team. As a team, Navy finished in second place, three points shy of claiming the league title.
 
• Murray, Brophy and Murphy were named to the Academic All-Patriot League Team. Navy was the only program with more than two student-athletes on the seven-man team.
 
• Brophy was honored as an USTFCCCA All-Academic Individual recipient; the team was recognized with the USTFCCCA All-Academic team award.
 
• 21 Mids were recognized on the 2019 Patriot League Academic Honor Roll, including six student-athletes, who posted a flawless 4.0 GPA in the fall semester: sophomores John Bowers and Sean Casey and freshmen Brett Brady, Kyle Kutney, Luke Termorshuizen and Paul Zimmer.
 
• Navy defeated Army in the 2019 Star Meet in October. Racing at Bowdoin Park in Wappingers Falls, the duo of Brophy and Murray dominated the field as Brophy won by 9.4 seconds and Murray finished in second place over 20 seconds ahead of Army's top-finisher, Ben Petrella. Sophomore David Nelsen came in fifth to give Navy three of the top-five finishers. Sophomore Ashwin Briggs (eighth) and Murphy (11th) were the final two scorers for Navy as the Mids won 27-29 over the Black Knights.
 
• Brophy won four Patriot League Runner of the Week honors; one after each of his four regular season races. For his entire seven-race campaign in 2019, including the Patriot League, Mid-Atlantic Regional and NCAA Championship, he finished first or second in six of seven races. He won the Navy Invitational, Army-Navy Star Meet and Patriot League Championship, while crossing the line in second at the Battle in Beantown, Paul Short Run and Mid-Atlantic Regional.
 
• Freshman Alex Rizzo was named Patriot League Rookie of the Week on Sept. 3 following his victory at the Salisbury Fall Classic.
 
• Brophy served as the team captain.
 
• Murray was selected as a CoSIDA Academic All-District II Track & Field/Cross Country honoree.
 
 
Women's Cross Country (0-1)
*Head coach: Kim Lewnes
 
• Finished in 12th place at the 2019 NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional at Lehigh University. Junior Emily Craig led Navy's individual effort as she completed the 6K race in 31st place. Navy was the second-highest finishing team from the Patriot League at the meet. A trio of underclassmen finished within 22 positions of each other as freshman Elizabeth Sullivan placed 67th, sophomore Maddie Warrender claimed 79th and freshman Lauren Moore was 89th to give the Mids four runners in the top-90 in a field of 208 participants. Navy was the third-highest finishing team from the Patriot League at the meet.
 
• The duo of Craig and Sullivan also led the Mids at the 2019 Patriot League Championship with All-Patriot League worthy finishes. Craig crossed the finish line in Hamilton, N.Y. in fourth place to garner a nod on the All-PL First Team, while Sullivan grabbed a spot on the All-PL Second Team with a 14th place result. Additionally, Moore and sophomore Anna Kovacs finished in the top-25 respectively in 18th and 25th place. As a team, Navy came in fourth place, three points out of finishing in the top-three.
 
• Warrender collected her first career Academic All-Patriot League Team honor. She is the sixth member of the Navy women's cross country program to ever earn a spot on the Academic All-Patriot League Team.
 
• 18 Mids were recognized on the 2019 Patriot League Academic Honor Roll, including four seniors Piper Freed, Claire Ostrowski, Caitlin Schmitt and team captain Grace West. Additionally, juniors Morgan Bollinger, Annie Imhof and Eva Knowles and Warrender are now multi-year honorees. Warrender was one of 24 women's cross country student-athletes across the Patriot League to post a perfect 4.0 GPA in the fall.
 
• Sullivan was named the Patriot League Rookie of the Week on three straight announcements (Sept. 3, Sept. 10 and Sept. 17).
 
• Dropped a dramatic one-point Star Meet on the road at Army in October, 27-28. Craig and Sullivan went one-two to lead the way, but the Black Knights had the next four runners occupy positions three through six. Moore and Kovacs evened the scoring through four finishers at 18-18, but next runner to cross the line was wearing black and gold to clinch the one-point victory for the Black Knights. The one-point margin was tied the 1996 and 2017 meets for closest of all-time in the service academy series.
 
• Won its season-opening race under first-year head coach Kim Lewnes, the Salisbury Fall Classic on Aug. 30. Lewnes took over for the legendary Karen Boyle, who retired from coaching in May after 32 years at the helm. Lewnes had previously served on staff as a volunteer assistant coach during the 2017 and 2018 seasons.
 
• Warrender was selected as a CoSIDA Academic All-District II Track & Field/Cross Country honoree.
 
Football (11-2, 7-1 in the American Athletic Conference, Won N-Star)
Head coach: Ken Niumatalolo
 
• Navy's thrilling 20-17 AutoZone Liberty Bowl win over Kansas State gave the Mids a school-record tying 11 wins against just two losses. Only the 2015 team matched the 11-win total in 139 years of football.
 
• The Mids finished the 2019 campaign as American Athletic Conference West Division Co-Champions, Commander-In-Chief's Trophy Champions and Liberty Bowl Champions.
 
• Navy was ranked 20th in both the Associated Press and USA Today Coaches Polls. It is just the second time in the last 56 years that Navy finished in the AP Top 20 (Mids were 18th in 2015).
 
• This year marked just the fifth time in school history Navy has won 10 or more games in a season. The Mids also won 10 in 1905, 2004, 2009 and 11 in 2015 and 2019.
 
• Navy improved by 8.0 games in 2019 compared to 2018. The 8.0-game improvement was the biggest improvement in the country and tied for the second-biggest turnaround in FBS history.
 
• Ken Niumatalolo completed his 12th year as the head coach at Navy, making him the longest-tenured head coach in school history. With 98 career wins, he is the winningest coach in program history.
 
• Senior quarterback Malcolm Perry rushed for 2,017 yards and 21 touchdowns in 2019, making him the leading rusher for a quarterback for a single season in FBS history, the only quarterback in FBS history to rush for more than 2,000 yards and the 24th-leading single-season rusher among all positions in FBS history. Perry's 155.2 rushing yards per game is also an FBS record for a quarterback.
 
• Navy led the nation in rushing, averaging a school-record 360.5 yards per game.
 
• Navy set school records in total rushing yards (4,687), rushing yards per attempt (6.1), rushing yards per game (360.5), total offense yards per game (455.8) and tied the record for total offensive yards per attempt (6.8).
 
• Ken Niumatalolo was named the 2019 winner of the Stallings Award, presented annually to a college football head coach who is both a humanitarian and an exceptional coach.
 
• Niumatalolo was named one of 10 finalists for the 2019 Paul "Bear" Bryant Award, which recognizes the country's top college football coaches for their contributions both on and off the field.
 
• Perry was among the final four candidates for the Lombardi Honors Award, which is presented to an FBS or FCS football player based on performance and leadership honed by character and resilience. Combined, those traits are a "force multiplier" and greatly increase the influence on and effectiveness of a team.
 
• Perry was named the 2019 American Athletic Conference Offensive Player of the Year, while Niumatalolo was named the AAC Coach of the Year by the league's head coaches.
 
• Senior guard David Forney and sophomore linebacker Diego Fagot joined Perry on the first team, while junior offensive tackle Billy Honaker and junior striker Jacob Springer were named honorable mention all-league.
 
• Niumatalolo and Perry were named the 2019 ECAC Coach and Offensive Player of the Year, respectively.
 
• Sophomore fullback Jamale Carothers, senior center Ford Higgins and senior guard David Forney joined Perry on the ECAC first team offense, while junior safety Evan Fochtman and sophomore safety Kevin Brennan were named to the first team defense.
 
• Perry was one of 12 finalists for the Manning Award, sponsored by the Allstate Sugar Bowl.
 
• Perry accepted an invitation to play in the East-West Shrine Bowl on Jan. 18 in St. Petersburg, Fla. On his only carry of the game, Perry had a 52-yard touchdown run.
 
• Perry was named the winner of the NAAA Sword for Men, which 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 and the Thompson Trophy, which is presented to that midshipman, male or female, who has done the most during the year to promote athletics at the Naval Academy. Perry is just the eighth student-athlete to win both awards since 1920 and the first since Keenan Reynolds in 2016.
 
• Defensive coordinator and safeties coach Brian Newberry was one of 15 semifinalists for the 2019 Broyles Award, an annual award given to honor the best assistant coach in college football.
 
• Senior Michael Pifer, who served as the Mids' long snapper on all kicks in each of the last two years, was named the top long snapper in the country by Special Teams U.  Pifer was also a candidate for the Mannelly Award, which is also awarded to the top long snapper in the country.
 
• Pifer was invited to play in the NFL Players Association Collegiate Bowl in California. 
 
• Seniors Travis Brannan and Eric Cal were named First-Team Academic All-Americans by the College Sports Information Directors of America. It is the first time in school history that Navy has had two football players named First-Team Academic All-Americans in the same year. Brannan and Cal are just the 10th and 11th football players to garner First-Team Academic All-America recognition in school history.
 
Senior defensive end Marcus Edwards was named to the Academic All-District II Team.
 
• Navy had 140 rushing plays this year that went for 10 or more yards, which was the most in the country by a wide margin (second was Louisiana-Lafayette with 117).
 
• 51 of those runs went for 20 or more yards, which was also the most in the country.
 
• Navy had 24 runs of 30 yards or more, which was tied for the most in the country.
 
• Navy had 15 runs of 40 yards or more, which was the second most in the country.
 
• Navy had 10 runs of 50 yards or more, which was the most in the country.
 
• Perry rung up 3,101 yards of total offense (2,017 rushing, 1,084 passing) this year, which is the most in school history.
 
• In 21 career starts at quarterback (15-6), Perry carried the ball 479 times for 3,247 yards (6.8 yds/carry, 154.6 yds/gm) and 34 touchdowns.
 
• Perry rushed for more than 100 yards in 17 of his 21 career starts at quarterback and for over 200 yards in a school record six of those starts (SMU and Army in 2017, Lehigh in 2018, Tulsa, Army and Kansas State in 2019) and over 300 yards in one of them (Army in 2019).
 
• Perry rushed for over 100 yards in each of the last 10 games and in 11 games overall in 2019. His 11 100-yard rushing games in 2019 is a school record, while his 10-consecutive 100-yard rushing games is also school record.
 
• Perry rushed for more than 100 yards four times as a slot back, giving him 21 for his career. The 21 100-yard rushing games are the second most in school history.
 
• Perry's 5,320 all-purpose yards (rushing, receiving, returns) are the second most in school history.
 
• Perry had a career day against Army, rushing for 304 yards and two touchdowns on 29 carries.  The 304 rushing yards are the most in the history of the Army-Navy game and the most in Navy history against an FBS opponent.
 
• In the final four games of his illustrious career, Perry rushed for 858 yards (214.5 yds/gm) and five touchdowns on 113 carries (28.3 carries/gm), while completing 16 of 26 passes for 326 yards and two touchdowns in wins over SMU, Houston, Army and Kansas State.
 
• Perry is only the second player (Keenan Reynolds) in school history to rush for more than 1,000 yards in a single season three times, the first player in school history to rush for 2,000 yards in a season and the first quarterback in FBS history to rush for 2,000 yards or more in a single season.
 
• Perry finished second in the nation in rushing (155.2 yds/gm) and fourth in rushing yards per carry (6.84 yds/carry). Sophomore fullback Jamale Carothers finished seventh at 6.61 yards per carry.
 
• Perry had 26 explosive runs (runs of 20 yards or more), which was the most in the country.
 
• Perry completed 48 of his 86 pass attempts for 1,084 yards with seven touchdowns and just three interceptions.  His passer rating of 181.6 is a school record. 
 
• Perry became just the fifth Navy quarterback in school history (sixth time) to rush AND pass for more than 1,000 yards in a single season in Navy's 56-41 victory over Houston on Nov. 30.
 
• Perry ran for 21 touchdowns (126 points) in 13 games this season.  His average of 9.7 points per game tied for the ninth-best mark in the FBS.
 
• Carothers was 11th in the country, averaging 9.6 points per game.
• Perry's 21 rushing TDs tied for the third most in the FBS, while Carothers tied for 16th with 14.  
 
• Perry's 40 career rushing touchdowns are the fourth most in school history.
 
• Perry was responsible for 318 career points, the fourth most in school history, while his 258 career points scored are the fifth most in school history.
 
• Perry's 21 rushing touchdowns in 2019 are the 11th most in FBS history by a quarterback in a single season.
 
• When trying to score in the red zone, the Mids finished 47-48 in 2019 with 39 of those scores resulting in touchdowns (36 rushing, 3 passing) and eight field goals.  Navy's only failure to score was a blocked field goal in the Army game.
 
• Navy finished third in the country in red zone offense (.959), while its touchdown percentage of .796 was No. 2.
 
• Carothers averaged a touchdown every 7.2 touches and tied for 16th in the country in rushing touchdowns despite getting real playing time in just nine games.
 
• Carothers averaged 6.6 yards per carry, which was the seventh-best rushing average in the FBS in 2019.
 
• The Navy offense ranked 12th in the country in scoring offense, averaging 37.2 points per game.  
 
• Navy was 26-34 (.765) on fourth down this year, which was the fourth-best percentage in the country.
 
• The Navy slot backs finished the season with zero lost fumbles.
 
• The Navy offensive line was an honorable mention selection for the 2019 Joe Moore Award.
 
• Navy averaged 455.8 yards of total offense per game which ranked 19th in the country.  
 
• The Mids averaged 22.51 yards per completion, which was second best in the country, while Navy finished seventh nationally in team passing efficiency at 176.92.
 
• The Mids finished eighth in the country in time of possession, averaging 33:29 per game.  
 
• Newberry challenged his defense to "Get 6" every game this fall. What does Get 6 mean? It's a combined total of six three-and-outs, fourth down stops and turnovers. If that turnover is returned for a score, it counts as an extra point towards the goal of six. Newberry believes that if his defense can accomplish the challenge, the Mids will have a great chance to win.
 
• Navy was 8-0 when the Mids managed to "Get 6" this year and 3-2 when it didn't. 
 
• The Navy defense, despite facing the #2, #3 and #11 rushing offense's in the country, allowed just 105.8 yards per game on the ground, which was the 10th-best rushing defense in the country.
• The Navy defense got off the field without giving up a first down on 50 of 139 (.360) drives this year (3.85/gm).
 
• Getting off the field in three plays or left 36% of the time was the 10th best average in the country.
 
• In 13 games this year, Navy recorded 80 tackles for a loss and 30 sacks. The 80 tackles for a loss are the fifth most in school history and the most since the 1999 team had 85. The 30 sacks are tied for the third most in school history and the most since Navy recorded 31 in 2005. 
 
• Junior striker Jacob Springer posted eight sacks this season, which is tied for the third most in school history.
 
• Springer's 16 tackles for a loss this year are tied for the fifth most in school history.
 
• Navy forced 22 turnovers in its 13 games this season (10 fumble recoveries and 12 interceptions) with two of those turnovers resulting in touchdowns (Tony Brown fumble return vs. Air Force and Diego Fagot interception return against Tulane). 
 
• Navy gave up just 314.2 yards per game, which ranked 16th nationally.  
 
• The Navy defense allowed just 15.2 first downs per game, which tied for the third fewest per game in the country.
 
• Navy finished fourth in the nation in penalties per game (4.15) and fourth in penalty yards per game (35.31). 
 
• Freshman Bijan Nichols, Navy's first freshman starter at kicker since Nick Sloan in 2012, kicked a 48-yard field goal as time expired against Tulane to give Navy a 41-38 win. It is believed to be the longest field goal by a Navy player in the final 1:00 of regulation or overtime to win a game in school history. The previous long was 46 yards by Joey Bullen against Air Force with one second left to give Navy the 27-24 win.
 
• Nichols kicked his second game-winning field goal of the year in the AutoZone Liberty Bowl, booting a 23-yard field goal with two seconds left to give Navy a 20-17 victory over Kansas State. 
 
• Nichols 61 extra points are the second most in school history for a single season. His 48 consecutive extra points is tied for the fourth most in school history.
 
• Nichols was one of 12 true freshmen kickers in the country that kicked both PAT's and field goals.
 
• Senior Owen White, who was a semifinalist for the Ray Guy Award, finished his career tied for third on Navy's career punting average at 41.6 yards per punt.
 
• Five of Navy's coaches (four assistants and Niumatalolo) have been in Annapolis for at least 10 years, a mark that stands third nationally for the most coaches who have been at their respective school for 10 or more years. Niumatalolo closed out his 22nd year at Navy and his 12th as the head coach. Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach Ivin Jasper finished his 20th year, Danny O'Rourke (OL/special teams coordinator) completed his 18th year, while Ashley Ingram (OL/running game coordinator) and Steve Johns (Strikers) were in their 12th year at Navy.
 
• Senior center Ford Higgins was elected to serve as the 2019-20 Captain of the Captains at the Naval Academy. The vote was conducted among all the varsity sports captains representing Navy's 33 programs. Higgins, who joined the men's lacrosse team after the conclusion of the football season, leads discussions once a month with the team captains on how they can improve what they are doing with their individual teams and as a collective group.
 
• Higgins was one of 20 semifinalists for the Jason Witten Collegiate Man of the Year Award. The semifinalists demonstrated a record of leadership by exhibiting exceptional courage, integrity and sportsmanship both on and off the field.
 
• Higgins was named to the Associated Press All-Bowl team.
 
• Navy's 35-28 win over No. 21 SMU marked the third time in the last five years that Navy has defeated a Top 25 opponent.
 
Sprint Football (7-1, 4-0 CSFL – South Division, Won N-Star)
• Head Coach: Major Jason Dewald, USMC
 
• Sprint football finished the year 7-1 overall and 4-0 in the Collegiate Sprint Football League – South Division. Navy (South Champion) fell to rival Army West Point (North Champion), 13-0, in the Collegiate Sprint Football League Championship game, played at Franklin Field in Philadelphia, Pa.
 
• The Navy sprint football team had 16 different players earn All-CSFL accolades, including seven players named First Team All-CSFL and four named to the second team.
 
• On defense, junior lineman Luke Kustra, senior linebacker David Postma, junior defensive back Grant Hooper, and freshman punter Radford Wyrick were selected to the first team. Junior offensive lineman Jim Kenneally and senior offensive lineman Adam Krause, along with senior punt returner J.T. Thompson were first-team offensive selections.
 
• Senior running back Caleb Champion, senior wide receiver J.T. Thompson, senior tight end Jay Cooke, and senior kicker Jared Swenson were all selected to the second team.
 
• In addition, junior quarterback Braydan Chmiel, senior linebacker Troy Monroe, senior linebacker Luis Castillo, sophomore defensive back Adam Weisenfells, and senior defensive back Pat Guinan earned honorable mention accolades.
 
• Academically, senior wide receiver T.J. Thompson and senior linebacker David Postma were named to the CSFL All-Academic team for Navy.
 
• Sprint opened up the 2019 season with a 42-17 victory over St. Thomas Aquinas at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium. The Midshipmen recovered a Spartan fumble on the first play from scrimmage and returned it 14 yards for a touchdown and never looked back cruising to the 25-point win.
 
• The Navy sprint football team captured the first star of the 2019-20 campaign as the Midshipmen posted a 14-7 victory over Army West Point at Shea Stadium in West Point, N.Y. as part of the Army-Navy Star Series presented by USAA. The Mids trailed 7-0 at halftime, but used a pair of scores, including a pick six, and lock-down defense to post the victory. It was the first Star win over Army for sprint football since a 10-3 victory at home in 2016.
 
• Defensively, Navy held Army to just 290 total yards, including 219 passing yards and 71 rushing yards. In the second half, the Navy defense was a thorn in Army's side. The Midshipmen caused five turnovers – four interceptions and a fumble – and two three-and-outs on the Black Knights' seven possessions in the second half.
 
• Senior David Postma was named the NAAA Athlete of the Week, presented by Northrop Grumman, and he was also selected as the CSFL Defensive Player of the Week, after helping anchor a defense that held the potent Black Knight offense to just seven points. Tied 7-7, Postma intercepted an Army pass and returned it 14 yards for the go-ahead / game-winning touchdown. He finished with eight total tackles, including a half a tackle for loss, an interception, and a pass break up.
 
• Sprint football earned its first CSFL South Division game, posting a 28-12 victory over Chestnut Hill at A.A. Garthwaite Stadium (Conshohocken Field "A") in Conshohocken, Pa. Offensively, Navy was led by junior quarterback Braydan Chmiel, who finished the game 6-of-17 for 124 yards and two touchdown passes, while also tallying 110 yards on the ground on 15 attempts with a score.
 
• For the second consecutive week, Navy senior David Postma was named the CSFL Defensive Player of the Week. Postma led the Navy defense with a team-high 14 tackles, including six solo stops and eight assisted tackles. The senior notched a team-high 2.0 tackles for loss for 21 total yards, including a 20-yard sack. He recorded an interception, returning the ball 26 yards to the Chestnut Hill nine-yardline to set up Navy's final touchdown of the game.
 
• Navy posted a 23-10 victory on the road against Caldwell in a key CSFL South Division match up at Bonnel Field at James Caldwell High School in West Caldwell, N.J. Penalties proved to be the difference as Navy and Caldwell played nearly even. The Mids committed five penalties for 40 total yards, while the Cougars were flagged 10 teams for 91 yards. The Cougars held a slight 167-to-165 advantage in rushing yards. The Midshipmen had an 88-to-41 edge in passing yards to give the Mids a 253-to-208 advantage in total offense.
 
• Sprint notched a 16-7 victory over Penn to claim the CSFL South Division title for the second consecutive season. With the win and an Alderson Broaddus loss, the Mids advanced to the CSFL Championship game in back-to-back seasons.
 
• Offensively, Navy outgained Penn, 269-222 in total offense. The Mids rushed for 168 yards compared 106 yards on the ground by the Quakers. Penn had a slight 116-101 advantage in the passing game. Defensively, the Midshipmen finished with 68 tackles, including 9.0 tackles for loss and 5.0 sacks. The defense intercepted two passes, forced a fumble, and tallied three pass breakups.
 
• Junior Trey Ogden and senior Jared Swenson were named CSFL Defensive and Special Teams Players of the Week, respectively. The duo helped lead Navy to a 16-7 victory over Penn, giving the Midshipmen the CSFL South Division title and a spot in the CSFL Championship game. Ogden finished the game with season-high eight total tackles, posting a team-high five solo stops with a season-high 2.5 tackles for loss, including a sack. Swenson scored a game-high 10 points in the victory, posting three field goals made with a PAT.
 
• Navy notched a 70-7 road win over Cornell at Schoellkopf Field in Ithaca, N.Y. to remain undefeated on the season. In the game, six different Midshipmen scored touchdowns, including four players who finished the game with two TDs apiece. Navy finished the game with 438 total yards compared to 165 by Cornell. The Midshipmen rushed for 326 yards and 10 touchdowns, while the Big Red had just 75 yards on the ground. The Mids outgained Cornell, 112-90, in the air.
 
• Sprint football closed out the regular season with a 49-0 shutout victory over CSFLC newcomer Alderson Broaddus on Senior Night at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium.
 
• Defensively, Navy posted its first shutout of the season. The Midshipmen forced six punts, while forcing a pair of fumbles, intercepting five passes. Five different players picked off Alderson Broaddus passes, while the defense also recovered a pair of fumbles, including one for a score. Offensively, the Midshipmen tallied 383 total yards compared to 139 by the Battlers. Navy rushed for 237 yards, while passing for 146. The Mids tallied three rushing touchdowns, while adding a pair of score through the air.
 
• Senior kicker Jared Swenson scored 11 points in the game, splitting the uprights with a pair of field goals and adding five extra points. It was the third consecutive game for Swenson with double-digit points.
 
• Navy dropped a 13-0 decision to Army West Point in the CSFL Championship game at Franklin Field in Philadelphia, Pa. The Midshipmen concluded the season 7-1 overall and 4-0 in the South Division. Defensively, the Mids were able to hold the potent Black Knight offensive attack to under 300 yards of total offense (80 yards rushing; 186 yards passing), but offensively, Navy was unable to find a rhythm, rushing for 84 total yards, while finishing with just 41 yards in the air.
 
• Navy's offense ranked first in the league in red zone offense (.833) and rush attempts (318), while ranking second in the CSFL in rushing offense (179.8 yards/game), rushing yards (1,438), rushing touchdowns (20), first downs rushing (68), and total offensive plays (463). The offense was third in the CSFL in scoring offense (30.2 avg/game), touchdowns scored (32), total offensive yards (2,230), and total offensive touchdowns (29); fourth in first downs (113), yards per rush (4.5 avg), and time of possession (30:49); while ranking fifth in total offense (278.8 yards/game) and passing efficiency (103.6).
 
• Defensively, Navy was first in the CSFL in interceptions (25), interception return yards (211), fumble return yards (39), fumble return touchdowns (2), opponent fourth-down conversions (.067), and turnover margin (+21), while ranking second in scoring defense (9.1 avg/game), total defense (217.0 yards/game), passing defense efficiency (73.0), and opponent first downs (91). The Mids were third in the CSFL in sacks (22), fumble recovered (7), and interception return touchdowns (1); fourth in rushing defense (83.0 yards/game) and pass defense (134.0 yards/game); and fifth in opponent third-down conversions (29.9) and red zone defense (.667).
 
• On special teams, Navy was first in kickoff returns (24.0 yards/game), kickoff coverage (40.2 net avg), punting (33.8 yards/game), field goals (6), and on-side kicks (1.000). The Mids ranked second in PAT kicking percentage (.968), points scored kicking (48), field goals attempted (12), punting yards (1,470), punt returns (7.8 avg), and punt return yards (140); and third in field goals made (6), field goal percentage (.500), PAT kicks (30), and punts (39).
 
• Junior quarterback Braydan Chmiel ranked in the CSFL top 10 in rush attempts (4th), rushing touchdowns (5th), total offensive touchdowns (5th), rush yards (6th), total offensive yards (6th), rushing (7th), passing yards per completion (7th), passing touchdowns (7th), total offensive plays (7th), passing yards (8th), pass attempts (8th), pass completions (8th), total offense (8th), and passing average per game (9th).
 
• Senior running back Caleb Champion ranked in the top 10 in rushing (6th), rush attempts (7th), rush yards (7th), and rushing touchdowns (8th), while freshman running back Terry Totta ranked in yards per rush (1st), total offense per play (1st), and rushing touchdowns (8th). Sophomore running back Matthew McGee ranked in yards per rush (8th) and rushing yards (10th).
 
• Defensively, senior linebacker David Postma was ranked in the CSFL top 10 in 2019 in interception return touchdowns (2nd), tackles (3rd), fumbles recovered (5th), and fumbles forced (9th), while senior linebacker Troy Monroe was ranked in sacks (3rd) and tackles for loss (7th). Junior defensive lineman Luke Kustra ranked sixth in sacks, while senior Brennen Means was 10th in interception return yards. Sophomore defensive back Adam Weissenfels ranked in the top 10 in interceptions (5th) and passes defended (9th), while senior defensive back Pat Guinan (5th) and senior linebacker Luis Castillo (8th) also ranked in the top 10 in interceptions.
 
• Senior kicker Jared Swenson finished his final season with 48 points on six field goals made and 30 PATs. He finished the year ranked in the CSFL top 10 in field goals (1st), scoring by a kicker (2nd), PAT made (2nd), field goals attempted (2nd), PAT attempts (2nd), PAT kicking percentage (2nd), and scoring (8th). Freshman punter Radford Wyrick finished the year with 37 punts for 1,402 yards (37.9 avg.), registering five touchbacks, three fair catches, and placing 13 punts inside the 20 yardline. In addition, he had five punts of 50 yards or more, including a long of 54 yards. Wyrick ranked first in punting, second in total punts, and second in yards punted.
 
• Senior wide receiver J.T. Thompson and junior wide receiver Eric Spicer handled the majority of the return duties for the Navy sprint football team. Thompson ranked first in the CSFL in punt return average (8.2 avg), punt returns (17), and punt return yards (140). Spicer was fourth in kickoff return yards (266) and ninth in kick returns (9).
 
Men's Golf (0-1)
*Head coach: Pat Owen
 
• Navy competed in seven tournaments over the course of the year, including just one in the spring before the season was suspended. Among those competitions, the Mids placed among the top 10 in four of the seven.
 
• The team shot a school-record 6-under par 834 to win The Doc Gimmler by 9 strokes at the Red Course at Bethpage State Park. The Mids shot a then program-low 3-under par 277 to open the tournament before breaking that mark in the final round with a 6-under par 274.The previous school record for a single round was a 278 set at the 2018 Doc Gimmler.
 
• Senior team captain Thomas Garbee and junior Charlie Musto shared individual medalist honors with two other players at The Doc Gimmler with their 4-under par 206. It was the first time Garbee won medalist honors during his career, while Muston is a three-time medalist.
 
• For just the sixth time in the 82-match history of the Army-Navy Star Match, the two programs played the annual dual at a neutral site. Pine Valley Golf Club, the nation's top-ranked golf course, served as the host of the two-day competition.
 
• Navy placed sixth at the 16-team Phoenix Invitational where it shot two of its lowest rounds in program history with a 279 (fourth lowest) in the final round and a 281 (sixth lowest) in the second round.
 
• Navy closed out the shortened season with a 12^th-place finish at the Invitational at Savannah Harbor by shooting a school record (in relationship to par) 7-under par 281 in the final round. It was the lowest round of the tournament by any team.
 
• Musto owned a team-low 72.43 stroke average, seeing action in five events, while junior Chad Deegan also participated in even tournaments and owned a 72.64 average. Garbee, meanwhile, took part in six tournaments and posted a 73.69 stroke average.
 
• Sophomores Chad Deegan and Nicholas Klock were named Srixon/Cleveland Golf All-America Scholar
 
• Sophomores Ben Burton, Deegan and Klock and freshman Keegan Shreves were named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.
 
 
Women's Golf
Head coach: Nadia Ste-Marie
 
• For the eighth-straight season, Navy lowered its season average and averaged a program-best 304.0 over 16 rounds at six events in a shortened season.
 
• The Midshipmen started the season strong with a victory at the Bucknell Invitational after posting a three-round score of 55-over par 895, which is the second-lowest 54-hole team score in program history.
 
• Sophomore Shannon Gould set the lowest 54-hole individual score in program history with a 7-over par 217 to win medalist honors at the Bucknell Invitational.
 
• Navy fired three rounds of 297 during the season for its lowest rounds of the year with two coming at Bucknell Invitational.
 
• At Penn State's Nittany Lion Invitational, the Midshipmen notched their third 297 of the year en route to a sixth-place finish.
 
• Junior Christine McDonnell tied her own program record for lowest round in program history with a 4-under par 68 during the first round of the Kiawah Island Classic.
 
• For the season, Navy had individuals compile seven top-10 finishes, five top-five finishes and a medalist finish.
 
• Gould led the team with three top-10 finishes and a pair of top five to go along with her medalist honor.
 
• McDonnell notched the most rounds at or below par for Navy with a 1-under par 71 at the Nittany Lion Invitational and a 4-under par 68 at the Kiawah Island Classic.
 
• In 13 rounds at five events, McDonnell led the Midshipmen with a season average of 75.3 to lower her career average to 75.7 over 59 rounds, which is the lowest in program history.
 
• Gould finished second on the team with an average of 76.1 through 16 rounds at six events.
 
• Among individuals who have completed at least 50 rounds in program history, senior captain Morgan Frazier is second in school history with a career average of 77.6 in 84 rounds.
 
• Frazier was selected as a CoSIDA Academic All-District honoree.
 
• Freshman Angelina Chan, sophomore Jacqueline Cherry, Frazier, Gould, McDonnell, sophomore Tori Smith and senior Micah Vincent represented Navy on the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.
 
 
Gymnastics, (11-3, Won N-Star)
*Head coach: Kip Simons
 
• Finished the condensed regular season ranked fifth in the nation with a national qualifying average (NQA) of 406.633. Competing in seven meets through March 7, the Mids surpassed the 400-point plateau five times, including scores of 410.5 in a victory over Cal on March 7, 407.8 in the team's win at the 2020 Navy Open on January 18 and 407.7 points at the 2020 All-Academy Championship when they outscored Army and Air Force in San Antonio on February 8.
 
• With the abridged season, the Collegiate Gymnastics Association announced that the organization would award 2020 CGA Regular Season All-American honors. For their respective efforts senior Ben Provost, sophomores Josh Williams and Cash Buske, and freshman Connor Van Loo all garnered All-American status for finishing in the top-eight nationally of each of their particular events: Provost (high bar), Williams (rings), Buske (high bar) and Van Loo (vault). This is the first time since 1973 that a Navy gymnast has earned All-American status.
 
• In the national rankings at the end of the season (March 9), Navy's vault and high bar lineups were each the third highest scoring in their respective events. The Mids' rings lineup ranked fourth, while its floor exercise team was the fifth highest scoring in the nation based on the NQA system. Additionally, Navy's pommel horse (No. 7) and parallel bars (No. 9) lineups ranked in the top-10.
 
• In the individual standings; the above listed CGA All-Americans led the way for Navy as Williams (rings) and Buske (high bar) both ended up in sixth place, respectively amongst national gymnasts. Van Loo was the eighth ranked vaulter, while Provost was eighth on the high bar. Additional Navy gymnasts in the top-20 nationally include, senior Frank Bradley (No. 16-floor exercise), sophomore Dan Clark (No. 15-pommel horse), junior David Toussaint (No. 17-pommel horse and No. 18-vault), junior Ryan McVay (No. 18-rings), senior Lucas Beltran (No. 16-vault).
 
• Kip Simons was named USAG, ECAC and CGA East Regional Coach of the Year.
 
• Craig Holt and Colin Payne were named USAG, ECAC and CGA East Regional Co-Assistant Coaches of the Year.
 
• Freshman Connor Van Loo was named ECAC Rookie of the Year
 
• In the postseason awards announcement from the ECAC, Navy earned 24 All-ECAC honors with its high bar lineup sweeping all six accolades: Buske, Provost, juniors Max Gerber and McVay, freshman Giovanni Gambatese and senior Ryan Orce. The Mids' floor exercise corps had five honorees: Bradley, Williams, Van Loo, Toussaint and Provost. The list of All-ECAC vault award winners was four deep with Van Loo, Beltran, Toussaint and junior Travis Keller. Additional members of the All-ECAC team consisted of Clark, Toussaint, Orce and junior Jake Carlson on the pommel horse; Williams, McVay and Carlson on the rings and Gerber and McVay on parallel bars.
 
• Navy had the highest individual scorer on four separate events amongst ECAC-only gymnasts: Clark (pommel horse), Williams (rings), Van Loo (vault) and Buske (high bar).
 
• The USA Gymnastics organization also released its postseason awards in lieu of the championship event. Navy led the way with 12 2020 USAG Men's Collegiate All-Americans. With two representatives on each event the list of Midshipmen honorees consists of Bradley and Williams on the floor exercise, Clark and Toussaint on the pommel horse, Van Loo and Beltran on the vault, Williams and McVay on the rings, Gerber and McVay on the parallel bars and Buske and Provost on the high bar.
 
• Provost, Orce, Gerber and senior Cian McConnell were all recognized as 2020 USAG Scholar-Athletes.
 
• Outscored Army on three separate occasions during the regular season starting with the West Point Open (395.45 – 388.55), then at the Star Meet (404.4-380.9) and finally at the All-Academy Championship (407.7 – 394.1).
 
• Highlights of the 2020 Army-Navy Star Meet from Navy's Macdonough Hall started on the first apparatus, the floor exercise, and continued through the last, the high bar as the Mids led wire-to-wire. Navy was up 4.75 points after its first turn on its way to a 23.5-point margin of victory. Navy outscored Army on every event and saw its gymnasts finish atop the individual event leaderboards five different times. Provost won the high bar, while tying for the floor exercise crown with Toussaint, who additionally came in first on the vault. Junior Jake Carlson was the high-scorer on the pommel horse, while Williams dominated on the rings.
 
• Won the All-Academy Championship for the second consecutive year as the Mids scored 407.7 points to surpass both Army (394.1) and Air Force (387.5). As a team, they placed first in four of the rotations; the floor exercise, rings, parallel bars and high bar. Individually, Williams finished first on the floor exercise and rings, while Beltran won the vault. Provost was the fourth Navy gymnast to come in first as he was the top scorer on the high bar. Prior to 2019, Navy's last All-Academy victory was in 2009.
 
• As a program, Midshipmen gymnasts collected 12 ECAC weekly performance honors: Van Loo (Rookie of the Week – five times); Toussaint (Gymnast of the Week – once / Specialist of the Week – once); Beltran (Specialist); Gambatese (Rookie); Williams (Specialist); Provost (Specialist) and McVay (Gymnast).
 
• Bradley served as team captain.
 
• Provost was selected as a CoSIDA Academic All-District II At-Large honoree.
 
Men's Lacrosse (3-2, 1-1 Patriot League)
*Head coach: Joe Amplo
 
• On June 5, 2019, Joe Amplo was introduced as the program's new head coach. Amplo's staff included holdover Rob Camposa as its volunteer coach, while John Orsen and Brad Ross joined the program as the defensive and offensive coordinators, respectively.
 
• Amplo won his first collegiate game coaching the Midshipmen, a 9-4 victory over Manhattan.
 
• Senior co-captain Brad Alexander was selected by his teammates and coaches to wear jersey #40 in honor of fallen Navy SEAL and former Navy lacrosse player Lt. Brendan Looney, who was killed in Afghanistan on Sept. 21, 2010.
 
• As a team, Navy was ranked among the nation's top 20 in eight statistical categories #3 extra-man offense (66.7), #11 scoring defense (9.40), #11 man-down defense (78.6), #12 ground balls per game (37.20), #14 opponent clearing percentage (79.6), #18 caused turnovers (9.00), #20 assists per game (8.20) and #20 shooting percentage (32.4).
 
• Navy averaged 11.80 goals per game (59G / 5Gms), its highest scoring average since 2004 when the Mids averaged 12.28 games en route to finishing as the national runner-up.
 
• Navy's 32.4 shooting percentage marked the program's best mark since shooting 32.8 percent in 1990.
 
• Navy's 20.00 points per game marked the program's best average since 1978 when it averaged 23.07 points per game.
 
• Navy's 8.20 assists per game marked the program's best average since 1979 when it averaged 8.77 assists per game.
 
• Navy's #3 ranking in extra-man offense is the highest since the NCAA began the rankings in 2000. The Mids scored 10 goals on 15 opportunities (66.7).
 
• Navy's man-down unit ranked #11 (78.6 / 11 of 14), its highest ranking since finishing 2012 #8 (75.0). It's the best percentage by the unit since the 2009 squad finished #1 in the country with its 85.0 mark, holding its foes scoreless on 34 of 40 opportunities.
 
• Navy's 37.20 ground balls per game marked the program's best average since 2004 when the Mids averaged 44.78 GBs per game.
 
• Navy's 9.00 caused turnovers per game marked the program's best average since 2013 when the Mids averaged 10.00 takeaways per game.
 
• Nick Barry closed out his sophomore year ranked ninth on Navy's career faceoff wins leader board with 179.
 
• Three-year starting defenseman Andrew McKenna closed out his junior year tied for 12^th on Navy's career caused turnovers leader board with 26.
 
• Four-year starting goalkeeper Ryan Kern closed out his career having started every game in which he played of our his three-plus seasons (46 gms = 14 Fr / 14 So / 13 Jr / 5 Sr).
 
• Kern totaled 465 saves over his career which stands seventh in the Navy record book.
 
• Kern owned a 9.78 goals-against average this season which was the 18^th best in the country. Additionally, he posted a 52.7 save percentage (26^th) and averaged 9.80 saves per game (47^th).
 
• Twenty-two different players recorded points for Navy in its five games, including 13 players who produced their first collegiate points.
 
• In its 19-3 win over Furman, 18 players recorded a point while 14 different players scored goals. Navy scored 19 consecutive goals in the win, marking the first time the Mids have rolled off 19 straight goals in a single game since shutting out the University of Baltimore, 19-0, on May 16, 1970.
 
• Navy's 31 points (19G, 12A) against Furman marked the first time it had posted 30 points in a game since recording 35 points (21G, 14A) against VMI on Feb. 8, 2015.
 
• Navy's defense held Furman without a goal for the first 51:44 of the game, marking the first time Navy has held an opponent scoreless in a half since keeping Sacred Heart off the scoreboard the entire second half on April 22, 2016. It was the longest Navy has held an opponent scoreless since holding Mount St. Mary's without a goal for 53:04 on March 3, 2009.
 
• Navy scored four extra-man goals on four shots against Lehigh. It was the first time since 2011 that Navy had scored four or more extra-man goals in a game (5 for 10 vs. Holy Cross, 3.19.11). It also marked just the second game in program history that Navy was a perfect 4 for 4 on extra-man (VMI, 2.7.09).
 
• Tyler Perreten scored three of Navy's four extra-man goals against Lehigh. He is the first Navy player to score three or more man-up goals in a game since Harrison Chaires scored three against Holy Cross on March 19, 2011.
 
• Navy's Feb. 22 game against Maryland was postponed after 30-plus members of the Navy lacrosse program contracted symptoms consistent with the Norovirus.
 
• Junior attackman Christian Daniel led the team in scoring with 17 points on 8 goals and 9 assists. He is just nine points away from becoming the 36^th player in school history to reach 100 points.
 
• Daniel has started 30 of the 31 games in which he has played and has scored a point in 29 of the 31 and a goal in 27 of the 31. He was one of four players – Nick Cole, Patrick Skalniak, Tyler Perreten – to score a point in all five games this season.
 
• Sophomore attackman Nick Cole has started every game in which he has played (18) and has produced a point in 17 of the 18, including each of the last 11 contests.
 
• Junior attackman Tyler Perreten garnered Patriot League Offensive Player of the Week recognition following his career-high seven points on five goals and two assists against Colgate in the final game of the season. His five goals were scored on five shots. He finished the year second on the team in scoring with 15 points on a team-best 11 goals and four assists.
 
• Ford Higgins, the starting center on the Mids' Liberty Bowl-winning football team, joined the lacrosse team following the conclusion of the football season. He made his lone appearance in the Mids' win over Furman.
 
• Each of Navy's first three games were against first-time opponents – Manhattan (W, 9-4), Furman (19-3) and Richmond (L, 9-12). Navy has now played 48 of the 74 possible DI foes.
 
• Daniel was named a CoSIDA Third-Team At-Large Academic All-American
 
• Senior Ryan Kern (Men's Lacrosse), United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association Scholar All-American
 
• Seniors Jack Hogan and Kern, juniors Daniel, Nick Franchuk, Shaun Herock Jr., Chris Kalafut, John Salcedo and Logan Spilker, sophomores Ryan Chase, Nick Cole, Zack Genereaux, Grayson Hassell, Jacob Jarosz, Joel Mandish, Joe Miller, Jimmy Rubino, Jack Sweeney and Ryan Verducci and freshmen Philip Arnold, Ben Balser, Gerard Berzins, Kyle Fairbanks, James Flannery, Henry Rentz, Pat Ryan and Turner Wine were named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.
 
Women's Lacrosse (2-4, 0-0 Patriot League)
Head coach: Cindy Timchal
 
• Finished the season 2-4 overall in a season shortened by the COVID-19 pandemic. The season concluded prior to the Patriot League season.
 
• The Midshipmen finished the 2020 season ranked #21 according to the IWLCA Coaches Poll. The Mids have been ranked nationally for 38 consecutive weeks, dating back to the final poll of the 2017 season. This season, Navy started the season ranked in all three preseason polls. The Mids started the year ranked No. 15 according to the IWLCA, while coming in at No. 17 and No. 16 per Inside Lacrosse and US Lacrosse Magazine, respectively.
 
• Senior Kelly Larkin was named Honorable Mention All-American by Inside Lacrosse. With the honor, Larkin becomes a four-time All-American according to Inside Lacrosse. As a sophomore and junior, Larkin was named Second Team All-American by the publication, while earning honorable mention honors as a freshman. In addition, Larkin was named the 2017 IL Division I Rookie of the Year.
 
• Navy players record a pair of Patriot League weekly awards on the year. Senior Kelly Larkin earned Patriot League Attacker of the Week on Feb. 17, while sophomore Gil Eby earned Defender of the Week on Feb. 10.
 
• Senior Kelly Larkin led the team in points, goals, and assists in a shortened season. She tallied 30 points on 14 goals, and 16 assists in six games. The attacker tallied a team-best 17 points on eight goals and nine assists in four games against ranked opponents.
 
• Senior Kelly Larkin finished her Navy career as the school and Patriot League record holder in points and assists, while ranking fourth in school history in goals scored. The senior tallied 376 total points on 199 goals and 177 assists. The Alexandria, Va. native ranked first in the Navy record books in assists per game (2.56 per game), while ranking second with 5.22 points per game and 2.76 goals per game. Larkin played and started in all 72 games in her career and was on pace to break the school record in both categories.
 
• Nationally, senior Kelly Larkin was on pace to become the fourth player in NCAA history to score 400 or more points, while also becoming the third player in the NCAA record books with 200 or more assists. When the season was cut short, Larkin was on pace to score 100 points on the year, which would have made her the first player in NCAA history to record four 100-point seasons.
 
• The initial Tewaaraton Award Watch List was announced on Thursday, Feb. 13 and senior Kelly Larkin was named to the list. The lists include the top players across all three divisions of NCAA lacrosse and highlight the early contenders for the Tewaaraton Award. It was the third consecutive season that Larkin has been named to the Tewaaraton Award Watch List (2018, '19, '20). Last season, Larkin advanced past the initial cut to become a Tewaaraton Award Nominee (Top 25).
 
• Senior Kelly Larkin finished ranked fourth in school history with 199 career goals – tied with Erin Rawlick (2008-10). The senior is one of 13 players in Navy history to amass 100 or more career goals. Larkin finished 25 goals shy of tying Jenna Collins (2015-18) for the all-time school record in goals scored when the season concluded. Senior Kayla Harris fell four goals shy of becoming the 14th player with 100 or more goals. She tied for 14th in Navy history with Caitlin Mandrin Hill (2008-11) with 96.
 
• Senior Kayla Harris finished her career ranked fifth all-time in Navy's career draws list. She has 214 and is the fifth player in program history with 200 or more draws. In addition, Harris ranked fifth in draw controls per game with 3.10. Sophomore Reagan Roelofs ranks sixth with 173 draws in just over a year of competition. She is 41 draws back of Harris for fifth. Senior Annalise Heyward is also a member of the 100-draw club. Heyward ranked ninth with 127 draws.
 
• Navy women's lacrosse senior attacker Kelly Larkin was selected No. 31 among Inside Lacrosse's Top 50 Players in College Lacrosse list. The list features both men and women and was selected among all Division I lacrosse athletes.
 
• As a team, Navy was picked second in the 2020 Patriot League Preseason Poll in a vote cast by the league's coaches and sports information directors. Loyola secured 16 of the 20 first-place votes (eligible for only 18 due to not being able to vote for your own team) and amassed 160 points to top the poll. Navy accounted for the remaining four first-place votes and totaled 148 points to finish second in the balloting.
 
• Seniors Kelly Larkin and Annalise Heyward claimed top accolades as the Patriot League officially announced its preseason All-Conference selections. Larkin was named Preseason Offensive Player of the Year, while Heyward was tabbed Preseason Defensive Player of the Year. In addition to Larkin and Heyward, senior Kayla Harris was also selected to the preseason team. The 2020 Preseason All-Patriot League Team was unveiled and the 16-woman team was made up of seven seniors, seven juniors, and two sophomores.
 
• Navy women's lacrosse team withstood a second-half rally by No. 21 Duke to hold on for a 16-15 victory at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium. The Midshipmen led 14-6, but seven straight goals by the potent Blue Devil offense closed the gap to one. Navy pushed the advantage to three goals late before holding on for the one-goal win for a victory over a ranked opponent.
 
• Senior Kelly Larkin was named the winner of the Vice Admiral Lawrence Sword for Women. The Vice Admiral Lawrence Sword for Women is presented to that woman of the graduating class who is considered by the Association's Athletic Council to have personally excelled in women's athletics during her years of varsity competition.
 
 
Rifle (10-7, 4-4 in the GARC, Won N-Star)
Head coach: Mike Anti
 
• Sophomore Gabriella Mayes was selected as an NRA Air Rifle Honorable Mention All-American and she was also selected as an All-GARC Air Rifle Honorable Mention honoree.
 
• Navy defeated Army in the 2020 Star Match, 5,828-5,787. Navy's score against Army was its second-highest all-time since the 2004-05 season behind only last season's 5,846.
 
• Navy placed third at the All-Academy President's Trophy Match with a total score of 5,815 points.
 
• At the Great American Rifle Conference Championship, Navy placed fifth overall with a score of 4,678 points and the Midshipmen had the third-best smallbore score in the nine-team field with a season-best 2,318.
 
• Navy also qualified seventh for the 2020 NCAA National Championship with a qualification score of 9,357 points
 
• The Midshipmen have now qualified for 28 NCAA National Championships, which is fourth-most all-time in NCAA history.
 
• In the NCAA Qualifier Match against John Jay, Navy rewrote the program record book with a new program record in overall scoring since the 60/60 shot dispersion was started in 2004-05. The Midshipmen fired a 4,685 to set a new program record en route to qualify for the national championship. Navy also improved its program record in air rifle with a 2,369 in the discipline.
 
• Along with setting new team records, sophomore Mark Amdahl set a new single event record in aggregate score with a score of 1,183 against John Jay. He shot a career-best 587 in smallbore and notched a 596 in air rifle to hit a new personal best and was a point shy of the program record.
 
• Mayes set the single-round program record in air rifle with a 597 on Jan. 19 against Nebraska.
 
• En route to being an honorable mention All-American, Mayes led Navy with an air rifle season average of 589.6, which ranks second in program history and was just 0.01 points shy of Lisa Kunzelman's record-setting average of 589.7 during the 2007-08 season.
 
• Junior Torrance Kang led Navy in smallbore with a 576.6 average for the season and Sophomore Michael Zanti finished tied with Mayes for aggregate average with marks of 1,165.4 over 14 events. Zanti also finished second on the team in smallbore average (576.0) and air rifle average (589.4).
 
• Kang was also named Navy's GARC Scholar-Athlete of the Year.
 
• Senior captain Kestrel Kuhne, Kang, Mayes and freshman Mason MacKenzie were named CRCA Scholastic All-Americans.
 
Lightweight Rowing
*Head coach: Shawn Bagnall
 
• 2020 season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
 
• Ranked sixth in the IRA/USRowing Preseason Coaches' Poll. Navy was the first non-Ivy League crew listed in the poll.
 
• Was gearing up to race Princeton for the Murtaugh Cup, Yale for the Eads Johnson Trophy, Columbia for the W.I.T. Cup, Georgetown for the Forster Cup,  Harvard for the Haines Trophy and Penn for the Callow Cup during the regular season. The Mids' postseason was set for racing at the Eastern Sprints and IRA National Championship.
 
• Class of 2020 consisted of 14 senior student-athletes.
 
• Senior Tyler Schatz served as team captain. He raced with the Mids' second varsity eight crew in both 2018 and 2019 leading up to his senior season.
 
• Kaden Dohm was the USNA Class of 2020 Valedictorian.
 
• The lightweight program was recognized with the 2020 Academic Dean and Provost of the United States Naval Academy Team Sports Award for posting a cumulative team GPA of 3.47 for its 66-person roster.
 
 
 
Heavyweight Rowing
*Head coach: Rob Friedrich
 
• 2020 season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
 
• Ranked 13^th in the IRA/USRowing Preseason Coaches' Poll.
 
• Was scheduled to compete versus Princeton for the Navy-Princeton Trophy, Cornell & Syracuse for the Goes Trophy, Penn & Harvard for the Adams Cup and Columbia for the Stevenson Trophy. Was also scheduled for action at the George Washington Invitational, Eastern Sprints and IRA National Championship.
 
• Had 13 seniors in its Class of 2020.
 
• Senior Andrew Knoll was team captain. Knoll competed at The Under-23 World Championships for Team USA in 2018 and 2019.
 
• Knoll and fellow senior Jake Klosowski received an invitation to the 2020 US Rowing Under-23 Men's National Team Selection Camp. The camp was cancelled by the pandemic.
 
 
 
Women's Rowing
*Head coach: Joe Schlosberg
 
• 2020 season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
 
• Ranked 17^th overall in the Women's NCAA Division I USRowing/CRCA Preseason Poll. This was the first time that Navy Women's Rowing had been recognized in the national preseason poll in program history. The Mids finished the 2019 season ranked 17^th in nation.
 
• The Mids' 2020 slate consisted of racing at the Cooper Sprints, the University of Virginia Duals, a home tri-meet versus Georgetown and Lehigh and weekends at the Clemson and Lake Wheeler Invitationals. The Patriot League Championship was set for May 15.
 
• Class of 2020 was 13 seniors strong.
 
• Senior Emily Krulik was Navy's team captain for the 2019-20 season. The Indiana native competed with Navy's King's Cup training team and saw action at the 2019 Henley Royal Regatta in the Hambleden Pairs Challenge.
 
• Junior Alexandria Vallancey-Martinson received an invitation to the 2020 US Rowing Under-23 Women's National Team Selection Camp. The camp was cancelled by the pandemic.
 
• A program-record 36 student-athletes were named to the 2020 Patriot League Academic Honor Roll. Highlights from that standout number, include 12 honorees with 4.00 GPAs and 11 seniors.
 
 
Intercollegiate Sailing
Head coach: Ian Burman
 
• Senior Jessica McJones and freshman Gavin McJones represented Navy at the ICSA Singlehanded Championships. Gavin McJones finished 10th in the men's field and Jessica McJones finished 12th in the women's field.
 
• Navy captured a pair of home victories during its fall slate after winning the Navy Women's Fall Regatta and the Truxtun Umstead Coed Showcase.
 
• The Midshipmen's victory at the Umstead Regatta was their first at the event in over 20 years.
 
• In the fall, Navy racked up six top-five finishes and eight top-10 finishes.
 
• During the shortened spring season, the Midshipmen competed in seven scored regattas where they finished in the top 10 in each competition and posted top-five finishes in six regattas.
 
• Navy bookended its spring slate with second-place finishes after finishing second at the Nelson Roltsch Team Race to start the year and then another runner-up finish at the St. Mary's Team Race. The Midshipmen also finished second overall at the George Washington Team Race.
 
• First Team All-MAISA Coed Skipper: JC Hermus (also a finalist for MAISA Sailor of the Year) and Parker Loftus
 
• Second Team All-MAISA Coed Skipper: Connor Bayless
 
• First Team All-MAISA Women's Skipper: Olivia de Olazarra and Brittney Slook
 
• All-MAISA Crews: Sally Johnson, Kimmie Leonard and Fiona Lobon
 
• The Midshipmen has five individuals earn All-American honors with sophomore JC Hermus being named an All-American Coed Skipper, sophomore Sally Johnson was selected as an All-American Crew, senior captain Parker Loftus was selected as an Honorable Mention All-American Coed Skipper, senior Brittney Slook was an Honorable Mention All-American Women's Skipper and sophomore Kimmie Leonard was an Honorable Mention All-American Crew.
 
• Eight sailors garnered All-MAISA honors during the season. Hermus and Loftus were tabbed as First Team All-MAISA Coed Skippers with Hermus also being named a finalist for MAISA Sailor of the Year.
 
• Sophomore Olivia de Olazarra and Slook earned First Team All-MAISA Women's Skipper honors, junior Connor Bayless was a Second Team All-MAISA Coed Skipper while Johnson, Leonard and sophomore Fiona Lobon were honored as All-MAISA Crews.
 
Offshore Sailing
Head coach: Jahn Tihansky
 
• Navy took home five regatta victories during the 2019-20 season.
 
• In the 10-team field for the Shields Trophy, the Midshipmen outlasted nine other service and maritime academies including Army, Coast Guard, Australian Defense Forces Academy and the Royal Military College of Canada to capture the event victory in Annapolis.
 
• Junior Don Poirier skippered Navy to the victory at the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Offshore Regatta.
 
• Senior Jonathan Hitt guided Navy to the US Offshore Championship crown where the Midshipmen won the event for the first time since 2005.
 
• At the McMillian Cup, which is the oldest trophy in collegiate sailing, Navy won by 10 points to capture the trophy with Poirier skippering the crew.
 
• Navy won the Southern Collegiate Offshore Regatta with Poirier leading the crew and the Midshipmen won three races in the regatta and finished with two runner-up finishes in the seven-race event.
 
• After the final two races of the season were canceled, the Midshipmen capped off its 2019-20 season with a third-place finish at the Harbor Cup in San Pedro, Calif.
 
• In the summer of 2019, senior Sean Caraher led Navy's crew on Zaraffa to the win at the Marblehead to Halifax Race, while senior Matthew McClelland skippered his crew on Wahoo to a second-place finish at the event in the ORR-2 class.
 
• Senior captain Christian Hoffman was one of 46 individuals to be awarded with the Marshall Scholarship where he will be attending the University of York in England. Hoffman is also a Stamps Scholar and a Trident Scholar.
 
 
 
Men's Soccer (12-4-1, 5-3-1 in the Patriot League)
Head coach: Tim O'Donohue
 
• Sophomore Matt Nocita was second player in program history to be selected as the Patriot League Defensive Player of the Year.
 
• Navy had seven honorees earn All-Patriot League status, which is the second-most in program history.
 
• Nocita and fellow sophomore Jacob Williams earned All-League honors for the second-straight season as both individuals were First Team All-Patriot League selections this fall
 
• Sophomore Tyler Collins and juniors Wyatt Millard and Ian Bramblett were placed on the Second Team All-Patriot League, while senior Diego Manrique and junior Nicko West earned third team accolades
 
• Nocita was also selected to the Patriot League All-Academic Team
 
• Five Midshipmen were selected to the United Soccer Coaches All-Atlantic Region Team to tie the program record of most regional honorees in a season and it was also tied for most in the country
 
• Nocita earned First Team All-Region with Collins named to the second team and the third team included Williams, Bramblett and Millard
 
• Navy finished the 2019 season ranked fourth in NCAA Division I in shutout percentage (.588) and team goals against average (0.57)
 
• The Midshipmen also ranked eighth in the country with a .818 save percentage and ninth in shot accuracy with a mark of .484
 
• Throughout the early portion of the season, Navy carried the longest winning in the country as they captured 15-straight wins, going back to last season, after starting the season with a record of 11-0-0
 
• The 11-0-0 start for the Midshipmen in 2019 was the program's best start since 1964, which was when Navy won its only NCAA National Championship
 
• Navy was also ranked in the United Soccer Coaches Top 25 Poll for four-straight weeks, with its highest rating coming at No. 19 on Oct. 8, 2019
 
• The first time Navy was ranked in the top-25 came on Sept. 24, 2019 at No. 25, which was the first time being ranked since Oct. 28, 2014 and just the fifth time in program history
 
• Navy was ranked 21st overall on Oct. 1 and 22nd on Oct. 15
 
• Individually, Bramblett finished the 2019 season with top-15 marks in the country in goals against average (4th, 0.57), shutouts (5th, 10) and save percentage (12th, .800)
 
• Bramblett also tied the program record for shutouts in a season with 10, which was originally set by Gavin Snyder in 2013, and Bramblett's 0.57 goals-against average ranks third all-time in school history for lowest average in a singles season
 
• Following 10 clean sheets in 2019, Bramblett has moved his career total to 11, which currently ranks seventh all-time in school history, and his 0.97 career goals-against average is tied for fourth all-time in program history
 
• Sophomore Joe Alex finished the season with three game-winning goals to lead the team and the three game-winning goals also rank tied for fourth in program record books
 
• Navy finished the 2019 season with a record of 12-4-1 overall, which was the program's wins in a season since 2013 and tied for third-most wins in school history all-time
 
• The Midshipmen placed third overall in the Patriot League regular-season standings after finished 5-3-0 in the league matches
 
• After finishing third, Navy earned the No. 3 seed in the league tournament and hosted their first Patriot League Tournament game since 2013 and appeared in the league tournament for the first time since 2014
 
• Alex, Bramblett, Ben Nicholas, Nocita, Luke O'Hara, Thomas Pearson, Ryan Teuschl and Tait Thorne all earned Patriot League Academic Honor Roll
 
Women's Soccer (16-3-3, 6-1-2 in the Patriot League, Won N-Star)
*Head coach: Carin Gabarra
 
• Finished the regular season ranked first in the Patriot League with 20 points (6-1-2); the Mids were six points ahead of Holy Cross and Army. In the Patriot League Tournament, the top-seeded Mids tied Loyola 1-1 in the semifinals before advancing 4-3 in penalty kicks. In the Patriot League Championship, Navy knocked off its service academy rival Army by a score of 2-1. That league tournament action was Navy's 22nd all-time appearance and ninth in a row.
 
• In the championship game, Navy trailed Army, 1-0 into the 61st minute until sophomore Carolyn Mang notched the game-tying goal. Her fellow sophomore Victoria Tran put the Mids ahead for good in the 79th minute with a goal that earned her recognition on ESPN Sportscenter's Top-10 Plays later that evening as she collected a rebound, composed herself after getting dropped to the ground, spun off her backside and whipped her leg at the ball to put a blast into the gapping far corner of the net. Over 1,500 fans attended the standing-room only game at the Glenn Warner Soccer Facility.
 
• Mang was named the Patriot League Tournament Most Valuable Player. She was joined on the All-Tournament Team by senior Alex Jackson, sophomore Avery Fries and Tran.
 
• The win was Navy's first Patriot League Championship and berth into the NCAA Tournament since 2007. The Mids have now appeared in the NCAA Tournament in 2019, 2007, 2006 and 2003.
 
• In the first round of the NCAA Tournament, the Mids traveled to Raleigh, N.C. to take on the North Carolina State Wolfpack. The Wolfpack broke the scoreless contest in the 55th minute before adding a pair of insurance goals down the stretch to defeat the Mids, 3-0. Senior Sydney Fortson made four saves in goal to highlight Navy's individual efforts on November 15. N.C. State eventually advanced into the Sweet 16 round of the tournament.
 
• Defeated Army in the annual Women's Soccer Star Match with a hard-fought 1-0 road victory on Sept. 27. Knotted in a stalemate through 73 minutes of action Mang found the back of the net as she flicked in a Baseley McClaskey (Sr.) free kick from inside the 18-yard box. Solidified by Fortson and her two saves in goal, Navy's defensive backfield of Jackson, Fries, and freshman Kaitlynn Johns were on the field for 267 of a possible 270 minutes in the shutout.
 
• Jackson led a group of eight Mids who garnered All-Patriot League playing honors as she was named the 2019 Patriot League Defensive Player of the Year for the second consecutive season. She was joined on the All-Patriot League First Team by Fortson, senior Cadie Higginson and junior Kristina Dzhandzhapanyan. McClaskey and Tran earned spots on the All-PL Second Team, while Fries and freshman Jeana Freeman were named to the Third Team.
 
• Johns was selected as the 2019 Patriot League Rookie of the Year.
 
• The United Soccer Coaches organization named four of those All-Patriot League honorees to their 2019 All-North Region Team: Jackson and Higginson on the first team, McClaskey on the second team and Tran on the third team. The All-North Region Team consisted of players from the Big Ten, Horizon, Patriot League and NEC conferences. This is the third straight year that multiple Mids have been selected by the United Soccer Coaches.
 
• In the ECAC's year-end awards announcement Johns was recognized on the 2019 All-ECAC Team.
 
• CoSIDA named Higginson to its 2019 Academic All-America First Team and Tran to its Third Team. Navy was one of only four DI programs with two honorees over the three announced teams in 2019. The Mids have had at least one student-athlete named to a CoSIDA Academic All-America Team in each of the last five seasons. Earlier in the fall, the midfield duo were both recognized on CoSIDA Academic All-District II First Team.
 
• Fortson earned the 2019 Patriot League Women's Soccer Scholar-Athlete of the Year honor for the second consecutive year. She is the sixth Midshipmen to win this honor and joins Elizabeth Hoerner (2012-13) and Nicole Aunapu (1997-98) as two-time recipients of this prestigious league honor. Fortson was joined on the Academic All-Patriot League Team by Higginson and Tran.
 
• Higginson was named to the United Soccer Coaches Women's Soccer Scholar All-America Third Team after earlier earning Scholar All-South Region distinction. She is the first Navy women's soccer player since 2013 to garner this national honor that rewards excellence both on and off the field and is voted on by the United Soccer Coaches organization.
 
• Fortson was selected as the winner of the 2019 Senior CLASS Award for women's soccer. The award recognizes a NCAA Division I senior with notable achievements in four areas of excellence: classroom, community, character and competition.
 
• 12 student-athletes for inclusion on the 2019 Patriot League Academic Honor Roll: seniors Ashley Sweet, Lexie Silva, Fortson, Higginson and Jackson, juniors Gabby Gordon, Molly Swiger and Dzhandzhapanyan, sophomores Megan LaMendola, Mang and Tran and freshman Sadie McCaleb.
 
• Opened the year with an 8-1 mark in non-conference play with its only loss coming on the first weekend of play in double overtime to the then-No. 24 ranked LSU Tigers, 1-0. Went 4-0 in non-conference road matchups with victories at Charleston Southern, The Citadel, Hampton and La Salle.
 
• Overall was 16-3-3 with a 8-1-3 record in games played at the Glenn Warner Soccer Facility and 8-2 in road tilts. Was 6-1-2 in Patriot League games with all nine regular season contests decided by one goal or less.
 
• 18 of Navy's 21 field players that saw action in 2019 registered at least one point. Six players finished with five or more points: McClaskey (4g, 6a, 14p), Mang (5g, 10p), Dzhandzhapanyan (2g, 4a, 8p), Tran (3g, 1a, 7p), Higginson (2g, 2a, 6p) and Jackson (2g, 1a, 5p).
 
• Finished top-15 in NCAA statistical rankings (out of 335 DI teams) in Win-Lost-Tied Percentage (11th – 0.795); Goals Against Average (13th – 0.523) and Shutout Percentage (15th-0.591). Additionally, the Mids ranked top-100 in Shots per Game (64th – 15.0); Total Assists (79th – 28) and Save Percentage (82nd – 0.803).
 
• Individually, Fortson ranked 15th in the nation in shutouts with 10 solo clean sheets, 20th in goals against average (0.601) and 50th in total goalie minutes played (1796:00).
 
• Navy led the Patriot League with 28 goals scored on offense, as well as with just 12 goals allowed on defense. The next closest defense in the PL allowed 16 goals during the season.
 
• McClaskey was tied for the league lead in assists (6), ranked third in total points (14) and finished tied for fifth in goals (4). This was the third straight season that McClaskey was tied or led the league in assists as she had nine helpers in both 2017 and 2018.
 
• Mang's five goals ranked fourth overall in the Patriot League; her three game-winning goals were tied for first with other Patriot League players.
 
• Fortson's 10 shutouts were first in the league, while her 0.60 goals against average was second only to Loyola's Paige Sim and her 0.54 percentage.
 
• As a program, Navy collected eight Patriot League weekly honors in 2019: Mang (2-Midfielder of the Week), Higginson (1-Midfielder), Fortson (1-Goalkeeper of the Week), junior Denisse Ramirez (1-Defensive Player of the Week), Fries (1-Defensive), Jackson (1-Defensive) and Johns (1-Defensive).
 
• Jackson led all Midshipmen in playing time as the team's central defender. She was on the field for 1,957 of a possible 2,066 minutes. All-time she finished second in the program record books with 7,624 minutes, two shy of Shelly Moeller's 7,626 from 2006 through 2009. Jackson played in and started all 85 games during her four-year career with Navy.
 
• Fortson completed her career with 65 games played and 61 starts, while compiling a 0.82 career goals against average (fourth all-time in program history), 185 saves (sixth all-time) and a 0.784 save percentage (seventh all-time). She posted a 41-14-7 record with 27 shutouts (second all-time). Fortson served as the Mids' team captain in 2019.
 
• McClaskey departs the program with 12 career goals, 24 assists and 48 combined points over 84 games and 61 starts. Her assist total is tied for seventh all-time and her point total is just outside the top-20.
 
• Higginson's four-year career concludes with All-Patriot League First Team honors in each of her final two seasons (2018-19) and 33 points (12 goals and 9 assists) over 80 games and 60 starts in the midfield.
 
• In February, Jackson was invited and accepted a spot at the Washington Spirit's training camp. The Spirit compete in the National Women's Soccer League, the top league of women's soccer in North America.
 
Squash (9-15)
*Head coach: Tyler Osborne
 
• Placed 20^th at the 2020 College Squash Association Team Championship and earned a No. 20 ranking in the final CSA poll.
 
• Senior team captain Michael Kacergis, senior Owen Davis, junior Jack Lentz and freshman Millen Randell represented Navy at the 2020 College Squash Association Individual Championship. Lentz earned his way into the Molly East division semifinals by knocking off Penn's Saksham Choudhary who came into the match with a 17-0 record. Kacergis lost in the championship of the consolation bracket in the Molloy South division.
 
• Lentz was named to the inaugural All-Mid-Atlantic Squash Conference Team.
 
• Kacergis and Lentz paired up to win the 2019 Intercollegiate National Doubles Championship in Philadelphia. The Navy teammates defeated the team of Sanjay Jeeva and Shamseldeen Abbas from Franklin & Marshall in a five-game thriller.
 
• Kacergis has won two Intercollegiate Doubles National Championship titles with two different partners (2018 Senen Ubina, 2019 Lentz), while Lentz has won one.
 
• Lentz won his second Barb Trophy, defeating Kacergis in three games.  He is the 15^th player in program history to win the tournament multiple time. He defeated Davis a year ago to win his first Barb Trophy.
 
• Lentz, who played the No. 1 position the entire season, led Navy with a 17-9 record on the year – 15-8 in team action and 2-1 at the CSA Individual Championship.
 
• Kacergis closed out his career with a 65-36 record and tied for 18^th on Navy's all-time wins list alongside former teammate Jamie Kjorlien ('19).
 
• Kacergis was a recipient of the 2019-20 Men's College Squash Association Scholar-Athlete Award.
 
• Davis finished his career tied for 22^nd on the Mids' all-time wins leader board with a 60-36 record.
 
• Navy played its inaugural season as a member of the Mid-Atlantic Squash Conference which includes Dickinson, Drexel, Franklin & Marshall, George Washington, MIT, Navy and Virginia. It's the first squash-specific collegiate athletic conference and though it was formed in 2018-19, the College Squash Association Board of Directors voted to officially sanction the MASC on a provisional basis for the 2019-20 season.
 
• Navy's inaugural MASC game was at Virginia where the Cavaliers prevailed, 8-1. The Mids' first MASC victory came 10 days later in a 9-0 sweep over Dickinson.
 
Men's Swimming and Diving (11-3, Won N-Star)
*Head coach: Bill Roberts
 
• Recorded a 194-106 victory over Army to win the Star Meet for the 29^th year in a row.
 
• Navy scored 927 points to win the Patriot League Championship by 394 points.  It was the 17^th league title won by the Mids in their 17 years in the league.  That sets a new league record for the most consecutive titles won by a team.
 
• Rich MacDonald was named the Patriot League Men's Diving Coach of the Year, senior Bradley Buchter was named the Patriot League Men's Diver of the Year and junior Micah Oh was named the Patriot League Men's Swimmer of the Year.
 
• Winning individual events at the Patriot League Championship were: junior Ryan Waters (200 freestyle, 500 freestyle), Oh (200 butterfly, 200 individual medley, 400 individual medley), Buchter (one-meter diving, three-meter diving), sophomore Caleb Mauldin (100 backstroke, 100 butterfly), junior Dean Nguyen (100 breaststroke), junior Luke Johnson (1650 freestyle), junior Dominick Wallace (200 backstroke).
 
• Winning relay events at the Patriot League Championship were: 200 medley relay (Maulden, Nguyen, senior James Wilson, senior Chris Mayer), 800 freestyle relay (Wallace, Waters, junior Jack Dunworth, junior Daniel Cook), 400 medley relay (Maulden, Nguyen, Wilson, Wallace), 200 freestyle relay (Cook, Mayer, sophomore Matthew Fadel, Nguyen), 400 freestyle relay (Cook, Fadel, Dunworth, Wallace).
 
• Earning First-Team All-Patriot League honors were: junior Chris Bondarowicz, Buchter, junior Patrick Carter, Cook, junior Jake Hedrick, Johnson, Mauldin, Nguyen, Oh, sophomore Ethan Tack, Wallace, Waters.
 
• Earning Second-Team All-Patriot League honors were: junior Billy Cadigan, Dunworth, Fadel, freshman Mike Jeschke, Mayer, sophomore Derek Nguyen, Wilson.
 
• Oh was named the Patriot League Men's Scholar-Athlete of the Year.  Joining him on the Patriot League All-Academic Team were Cook, Hedrick and Johnson.
 
• Buchter qualified for the NCAA Championship in both springboard diving events.  He became just the third Navy men's diver to qualify for the NCAA Championship in each of his four seasons.
 
• Johnson qualified for the NCAA Championship in the 500 freestyle, 1650 freestyle and 400 individual medley.
 
• Buchter and Johnson received All-America honors from the CSCAA for qualifying for the NCAA Championship.
 
• Navy scored 670 points to win the ECAC Championship by 261 points for the seventh year in a row.
 
• Bill Roberts was named the ECAC Men's Swimming Coach of the Year.
 
• Winning individual events at the ECAC Championship were: sophomore Noah Vial (500 freestyle), freshman Jackson Schultz (200 individual medley, 400 individual medley), sophomore Dan Cashell (100 breaststroke), freshman James Lee (100 breaststroke), Robey (200 butterfly).
 
• Winning relay events at the ECAC Championship were: 200 freestyle relay (freshman Ben Selnick, sophomore Callen Aulizia, freshman Warren Turner, sophomore Brendan Sullivan), 200 medley relay (Turner, Lacore, sophomore Hugh Robey, Aulizia).
 
• Junior Micah Oh earned First-Team Academic All-America honors from CoSIDA for at-large sports.
 
• Seniors Bradley Buchter, Jac Cortright, Chandler Derbyshire, Joaquin Gabriel, Andy MacGregor, Chris Mayer, Nash Nickerson and James Wilson, juniors Chris Bondarowicz, Patrick Carter, Daniel Cook, Jake Hedrick, Luke Johnson, Micah Oh and Dominick Wallace, sophomores Derek Nguyen and Oli Smith and freshmen Lance Christopher, Mike Jeschke, Paul Kinsella, James Lee, Nathan Roodzant, Jackson Schultz and Ben Selnick were named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.
 
 
Women's Swimming and Diving (10-2, Won N-Star)
*Head coach: John Morrison
 
• Recorded a 221-79 victory over Army to win the Star Meet for the 31st year in a row.
 
• Navy scored 1095.5 points to win the Patriot League Championship by 374.5 points.  It was the ninth title in a row won by the Mids and the 19^th overall title won by the program.  The 19 titles sets a new league record for the most titles won by a team.
 
• Rich MacDonald was named the Patriot League Women's Diving Coach of the Year and sophomore Sydney Harrington was named the Patriot League Women's Swimmer of the Year.
 
• Winning individual events at the Patriot League Championship were: sophomore Hannah Montau (three-meter diving), sophomore Martina Thomas (100 freestyle, 200 freestyle, 500 freestyle), Harrington (100 butterfly, 200 butterfly, 200 individual medley), senior Erin Scudder (1650 freestyle), senior Jamie Miller (200 backstroke).
 
• Winning relay events at the Patriot League Championship were: 800 freestyle relay (Scudder, freshman Katie Corbi, junior Ali Kozlina, Thomas), 400 medley relay (Miller, sophomore Emily Brockman, Harrington, Thomas), 200 freestyle relay (Thomas, senior Kelly Harrington, Corbi, sophomore Sarah Sorensen), 400 freestyle relay (Kozlina, Sorensen, Scudder, Thomas).
 
• Earning First-Team All-Patriot League honors were: junior Ashley Boddiford, Sydney Harrington, sophomore Kelly Huffer, Miller, Montau, Scudder, Thomas, senior Delaney Walz, sophomore Amy Yunginger.
 
• Earning Second-Team All-Patriot League honors were: Corbi, freshman Emily Deas, junior Meghan Gerdes, Kozlina, sophomore Madi Milbert, Sorensen.
 
• Miller was named the Patriot League Women's Scholar-Athlete of the Year.  Joining her on the Patriot League All-Academic Team were Gerdes and Sydney Harrington.
 
• Montau qualified for the NCAA Championship in the one-meter and diving events.  Gerdes qualified for the NCAA Championship in platform diving.
 
• Sydney Harrington qualified for the NCAA Championship in the 100 butterfly, 200 butterfly and 200 individual medley.
 
• Gerdes, Harrington, Montau and Thomas received All-America honors from the CSCAA for qualifying for the NCAA Championship.
 
• Navy scored 638 points to win the ECAC Championship by 183 points for the fourth year in a row.
 
• John Morrison was named the ECAC Women's Swimming Coach of the Year.
 
• Winning relay events at the ECAC Championship were: 200 freestyle relay (junior Lindsay Tanner, junior Madison Floyd, sophomore Sara Vianco, senior Dominique Quintero), 400 medley relay (freshman Peyton Johnson, senior McKenna Resconich, Floyd, Tanner), 200 medley relay (junior Ally Michaels, Resconich, Floyd, Tanner).
 
• Seniors Kelly Harrington, Elyse MacIsaac, Jamie Miller, Dominique Quintero, McKenna Resconich and Erin Scudder, juniors Ashley Boddiford, Madison Floyd, Meghan Gerdes, Caitlyn Koo, Ali Kozlina, Erin McCullagh, Ally Michaels, Isabella Penkwitz and Laura Spratling, sophomores Sydney Harrington, Madison Milbert, Sarah Sorensen, Martina Thomas, Caroline Turner, Sara Vianco, Brooke West and Amy Yunginger and freshmen Katie Corbi, Elly Deas, Peyton Johnson, Ana Lesho, Libby Miller, Alyssa Nagle and Jessica Riggs were named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.
 
• Senior Erin Scudder was awarded the women's Coaches' Calvert Award, which recognizes a graduating varsity letter winner 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.
 
 
Men's Tennis (16-8, 0-0 in the Patriot League)
Head coach: Chris Garner
 
• Season cancelled in mid-March.
 
• Star Match vs. Army was cancelled.
 
• Senior Greg Durham and sophomore Derrick Thompson reached the quarterfinal round of the prestigious Milwaukee Tennis Classic during the fall season.
 
• Navy won nine-straight matches during the spring.
 
• Thompson was named the Patriot League Player of the Week on Feb. 4.
 
• Durham ended his career with 72 overall (fall and spring) doubles victories, which places him seventh in Navy history.  Additionally, his 128 combined (singles and doubles) overall wins places him in a tie for 12^th place.
 
• Senior Matthew Lee was off to an 11-1 start in singles during the spring season and the doubles team of Thompson and junior Andrew Ton had posted an 8-1 record (all at the No. 1 flight) during the dual meet campaign.
 
• Seniors Greg Durham and Matthew Lee, junior Andrew Ton, sophomores Jack Dabek, Jake Fishkin, Conners O'Brien, Derrick Thompson and Sam Vagner and freshmen Andres Ballesteros, Finn Garner and Christian Pumpelly were named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.
 
 
 
Women's Tennis (17-4)
Head coach: Keith Puryear
 
• Navy got off to its second-best start in program history with a 16-2 start, which was just behind a 17-1 start to the 2012 spring season.
 
• The Midshipmen also had an 11-match winning streak during the season, which is tied for fourth-longest in program history.
 
• During the shortened season, senior Kaylah Hodge set the career record for most doubles wins in program history as she compiled a record of 72-29 in doubles during her four years at Navy.
 
• Hodge also climbed to fourth in the record books with 132 combined wins in her career and her 60 singles victories tied for eighth all-time.
 
• Senior Aimee Dervishian notched her 100th career win during her senior season and now ranks ninth in program history with 109 combined wins.
 
• Dervishian also ranks sixth overall in program history with 60 career doubles victories.
 
• Senior captain Danika Kahatapitiya recorded her 100th career win just before the season came to a close as she finished with a record of 52-24 in doubles and a 49-21 singles record for 101 career wins.
 
• Of Navy's 17 victories during the 2019-20 season, nine came without the Midshipmen dropping a team point and shutting out the opposition.
 
• Freshman Samantha Choi became the first player in program history to earn an ITA national ranking after she was tied for 114th in singles competition in the country at the end of the fall season.
 
• Choi also finished with the best singles winning percentage on the year and second-best in program history with a minimum of 10 wins after going 17-2 during her freshmen campaign.
 
• Freshman Jillian Taggart had the most singles victories for the Midshipmen with 18 after going 18-6.
 
• As a team, Navy finished with a singles record of 185-94, including a 98-25 mark in dual competitions where 12 individuals recorded double-digit singles victories.
 
• Sophomore Annalise Klopfer posted a team-best 10 victories in the spring dual season and she highlighted her season with 11-straight wins, which is seventh-longest in school history.
 
• In doubles, Navy compiled a record of 94-40 overall with a 48-13 record in the spring season.
 
• The sophomore pair of Katreina Corpuz and Meghana Komarraju led the doubles teams with a record of 15-6 on the year.
 
• Taggart also led the Midshipmen in doubles victories as she went a combined 17-8 on the year.
 
•Thirteen individuals for Navy recorded double-digit doubles victories during the 2019-20 season.
 
• Hodge was named the Most Improved Senior in the ITA Atlantic Region.
 
• Junior Brooke Bogdanovich, junior Amanda Cyr, junior Miranda Deng, Dervishian, Klopfer, junior Tina Li, freshman Irene Norman and Taggart were all named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.
 
 
Men's Indoor Track & Field (2-0, Won N-Star)
*Head coach: Jamie Cook
 
• Navy track and field assistant coach Aaron Lanzel was selected as the USTFCCCA Mid-Atlantic Region Men's Assistant Coach of the Year for the 2020 indoor track and field season. Lanzel led a near sweep at the Patriot League Championships, as his runner won the 800m (Ashwin Briggs), 3000m (Jake Brophy), 5000m (Jake Brophy), 4x800m relay (John Finnegan, Sean Casey, David Nelsen, Nicholas Williams), and distance medley relay (Chase Rivera, Nicholas Williams, Sean Casey, Ashwin Briggs) while taking second in the mile (Chase Rivera). In addition, he coached the Midshipmen's first runner, Jake Brophy, to break the sub-4 barrier in the mile, recording a school record time of 3:59.98.
 
• The Navy men's track and field team recorded 245 points as a team to finish as the 2020 Patriot League Indoor Track and Field Champions. For the men, it was the 11th win in program history and the seventh time in the last eight years that the Midshipmen won the title. As a team, Navy scored more points on the men's side (245 pts) in the conference meet than any other Division I school in the country, and as a collective team, the Mids scored more points combined between the men's and women's side (449.5 pts) in the conference meet than any other Division I school in the country.
 
• Director of Navy Track and Field Jamie Cook was named the Patriot League Men's Coach of the Year.
 
• Junior Clayton Thompson was the Top Point Scorer on the men's side, while senior Jake Brophy was tabbed the Men's Track Athlete of the Meet. In addition, freshman Caden Dailey earned Men's Rookie of the Meet honors.
 
• Junior Clayton Thompson won a pair of events (10 points each), while scoring points in two other events for a meet-best 24 points, which was 9.8-percent of Navy's 245 points. The junior earned First Team All-Patriot League in the 60m hurdles and the heptathlon, winning both events. Thompson scored the sixth-most points in Navy history in the heptathlon to win the event with an overall score of 5,259 points by a of 118 points over second place. The Corpus Christi, Texas native advanced to the finals of the 60m hurdles with a time of 7.98, which was the ninth best time in Navy history. Thompson finished the indoor season as the only Mid in program history to run a sub-8.00 in the 60m hurdles, accomplishing the feat 10 times this season. In the finals, he clocked an 8.01 to win the event by three-hundredths of a second. In addition, Thompson competed in the long jump and pole vault, earning seventh-place points (2 points each) towards Navy's overall score.
 
• Senior Jake Brophy won the 3,000m run and the 5,000m run to give Navy 20 points in the meet. Brophy took the lead midway through the 3,000m run and never looked back as the senior claimed the Patriot League title in the event with a time of 8:19.76. In the 5,000m run, he earned First Team All-Patriot League distinction with a first-place finish with a time of 14:24.29.
 
• Freshman Caden Dailey tallied 13 points in his first Patriot League Indoor Championship, helping the Midshipmen to the overall team victory. The freshmen won the long jump with a distance of 7.24m (23-09.00), winning the event by 0.08m (3.00) over teammate senior Cedric Williams. Dailey clocked a 6.98 in the preliminaries of the 60m dash to advance to the finals. In the finals of the 60m dash, the rookie finished sixth with a time of 6.99 to earn three points for the Midshipmen.
 
• The Navy men finished with 245 total points, winning 11 of 18 events, including eight individual events and three relays. Sophomore Ashwin Briggs (800m Run, 4x800m Relay, Distance Medley Relay), senior Jake Brophy (3,000m Run, 5,000m Run), sophomore Sean Casey (4x800m Relay, Distance Medley Relay), freshman Caden Dailey (Long Jump), senior John Finnegan (4x400m Relay, 4x800m Relay), junior Eric Hughey (400m Dash, 4x400m Relay), senior Cameron Hurd (4x400m Relay), junior James Love (4x400m Relay), freshman Chase Rivera (Distance Medley Relay), junior Clayton Thompson (60m Hurdles, Heptathlon), senior Cedric Williams (Triple Jump), and senior Nicholas Williams (4x800m Relay, Distance Medley Relay) all earned First Team All-Patriot League honors.
 
• Five track and field athletes – sophomore Sean Casey (800m Run), junior Thomas Johnstone (Heptathlon), senior Evan Lexo (60m Dash), freshman Chase Rivera (1-Mile Run), and senior Cedric Williams (Long Jump) – earned Second Team All-Patriot League honors.
 
• Navy had a league-best three student-athletes – sophomore Ashwin Briggs, senior Jake Brophy, and sophomore Sean Casey – selected to the Patriot League's 10-person All-Academic men's team.
 
• Navy claimed 12 Patriot League weekly honors – six Track Athlete of the Week, two Field Athlete of the Week, and four Rookie of the Week – during the indoor season. Senior Jake Brophy (Jan. 21, Jan. 28) and junior Clayton Thompson (Dec. 10, Feb. 25) were each named PL Male Track Athlete of the Week twice, while sophomore David Nelsen (Jan. 14) and senior John Finnegan (Feb. 11) each claimed the honor once. Thompson (Jan. 21) and senior Tommy Reeder (Feb. 18) were each named Male Field Athlete of the Week during the season. Three freshmen – Caden Dailey (Jan. 14, Feb. 11), Sethan Hollier (Dec. 10), and Jack Haller (Feb. 4) – combined for four Male Rookie of the Week accolades. 
 
• Three track and field student-athletes combined to win four NAAA Athlete of the Week presented by Northrop Grumman during the indoor season. Junior Clayton Thompson (Dec. 10, March 4) won two weekly honors, while senior Jake Brophy (Jan. 28) and freshman Caden Dailey (Feb. 11) each claimed one apiece.
 
• On January 11, the Navy track and field team posted a 107-68 victory over Princeton at Wesley A. Brown Field House in Annapolis, Md. As a team, the Navy men won 10 of 17 events on the day. In addition, the Midshipmen men posted 24 IC4A qualifying times / marks.
 
• Senior distance runner Jake Brophy traveled to Boston University on January 25 to take part in the John Thomas Terrier Classic and broke the Navy track and field school record by posting the first sub four-minute mile in program history. Brophy clocked a new school record time of 3:59.98 in the one-mile run to make Navy track and field history.
 
• The Navy men's track and field team won 13 of 17 events to post a 109-71 victory over Army West Point in the annual Army-Navy Indoor Star Meet, which is part of the overall Star Series presented by USAA, on Feb. 8 at Wesley Brown Field House. The Midshipmen recorded maximum points in eight events to cruise to the victory in America's Meet. During the meet, junior Clayton Thompson broke his own school record in the 60m hurdles with a time of 7.92.
 
• During the indoor season, the men's track and field team posted 16 times/marks that ranked in Navy's all-time top-10, including setting the school record in the 1-mile run and the 60m hurdles. Senior Jake Brophy became the first Midshipmen in program history to break four-minutes in the mile, setting the school record with a time of 3:59.98. Junior Clayton Thompson became the first Mid in school history to run a sub-eight second time in the 60m hurdles, clocking 10 sub-eight performances during the season, including a school-record time of 7.92. As a team, the Mids posted top-10 performances in the 1-mile run, 60m hurdles (10x), long jump, heptathlon (3x), and 4x400m relay.
 
Men's Outdoor Track & Field (0-0)
Head coach: Jamie Cook
 
• The Navy track and field team competed in one meet during the outdoor season before competition was halted due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
 
• The Navy track and field team swept the 2020 San Diego Collegiate Championship at Triton Stadium on the campus of UC San Diego. The Midshipmen men finished first out of five teams.
 
• The men's team tallied 165 total points to post a three-point victory over host UC San Diego (162). UC Santa Barbara came in third with 147 points, while Cal State San Marcos (48) and CSUN (30) rounded out the scorers.
 
• On the day, the Navy men picked up first place finishes in the 100m dash (senior Evan Lexo), 200m dash (junior Eric Hughey), 400m dash (junior Eric Hughey), 110m hurdles (junior Clayton Thompson), 400m hurdles (junior Clayton Thompson), 4x100m relay (junior Clayton Thompson, freshman Caden Dailey, senior Evan Lexo, junior Eric Hughey), shot put (junior John Barber), hammer throw (senior Tommy Reeder), discus (junior John Barber), javelin (sophomore Hayden Fox).
 
• The men's team posted a meet record in the 4x100m relay as junior Clayton Thompson, freshman Caden Dailey, senior Evan Lexo, and junior Eric Hughey combined for a time of 41.13. Junior John Barber notched the meet record in the shot put with a throw of 17.38m (57-00.25).
 
• Senior Kevin Murray was selected as a CoSIDA Academic All-District II Track & Field / Cross Country honoree.
 
Women's Indoor Track & Field (1-1, Won N-Star)
*Head coach: Jamie Cook
 
• The Navy women's track and field team won the 2020 Patriot League Indoor Track and Field Championship, which was held at Lehigh's Rauch Fieldhouse in Bethlehem, Pa. It was the fifth indoor title in program history and marked the second consecutive win for the Mids. The women's team was able to finish with 204.5 points, claiming first or second in 10 of 18 events.
 
• Navy's women's team finished the meet with 12 individual All-Patriot League performance, as well as a victory in the 4x400m relay. The Midshipmen claimed four First Team All-Patriot League finishes with nine second team nods.
 
• Junior Chelsey Edwards (400m Dash), junior Audrey Fernandez (Triple Jump), and freshman Charlene Morke (Pole Vault) each garnered All-Patriot League First Team individual honors, while Edwards, sophomore Chloe Alfieri, senior Kara Kakascik, and freshman Molly Mangan earned first team laurels in the 4x400m Relay.
 
• Nine track and field athletes – sophomore Chloe Alfieri (400m Dash), sophomore Alexa Arthun (Pole Vault), junior Emily Craig (5,000m Run), freshman Stephanie Jacobs (Pole Vault), senior Kara Kakascik (800m), sophomore Lindsay Lewis (Pentathlon), freshman Molly Mangan (200m), sophomore Breanna Mealer (Long Jump), and junior Sam Orie (Weight Throw) – earned Second Team All-Patriot League honors.
 
• In addition to the 13 All-Patriot League honors, Navy also broke a pair of school records and a meet record at the 2020 Patriot League Indoor Championship. Senior Regine Tugade broke the Navy record in the 60m Dash with a time of 7.56, while sophomore Lindsay Lewis tallied 3,605 points to break the school record in the pentathlon. Freshman Charlene Morke cleared a height of 4.00m (13-01.50) in the pole vault to break the meet record in the event.
 
• Senior Kara Kakascik and junior Sam Orie were selected to the Patriot League Indoor Track and Field All-Academic team.
 
• Navy claimed 11 Patriot League weekly honors – two Track Athlete of the Week, three Field Athlete of the Week, and six Rookie of the Week – during the indoor season. Sophomore Chloe Alfieri (Dec. 10) and senior Regine Tugade (Feb. 25) captured Female Track Athlete of the Week Honors. Freshman Charlene Morke (Feb. 4, Feb. 25) claimed a pair of Female Field Athlete of the Weeks, while junior Ariana McKenzie (Feb. 11) earned the honor once. Morke won five (Dec. 10, Jan. 14, Jan. 21, Feb. 4, and Feb. 25) of Navy's six Female Rookie of the Week honors, with freshman Molly Mangan (Feb. 11) claiming one as well.
 
• Freshman Molly Mangan won the NAAA Athlete of the Week presented by Northrop Grumman during the indoor season on Feb. 11 after helping the women's team capture the indoor Star for the first time since 2014.
 
• The women's team was edged 90-87 at home against Princeton in the first dual meet of the year on Jan. 11, at Wesley Brown Field House. The meet came down to the final race with the Tigers claiming the meet with a victory in the 4x800m relay. Despite the loss, the Midshipmen recorded 12 ECAC qualifying times / marks on the day, while also notching four top 10 performances in program history.
 
• The Navy women's track and field team posted a 93-80 victory over rival Army West Point on Saturday, Feb. 8 to claim the indoor star in the annual Army-Navy Indoor Star Series Meet, which is part of the Star Series presented by USAA. The indoor victory was the first for the Midshipmen since 2014. Navy won eight of the 17 events on the day. In addition, the Mids posted five school records – 60m dash, 200m dash, 4x400m relay, triple jump, and weight throw – en route to the victory.
 
• During the indoor season, the women's track and field team posted 54 times/marks that ranked in Navy's all-time top-10, including setting the school record in the 60m dash, 200m dash, 400m dash, pole vault, triple jump, weight throw, pentathlon, and 4x400m relay. As a team, the Mids posted top-10 performances in the 60m dash (9x), 200m dash (8x), 400m dash (3x), 500m dash, 800m run (2x), 3,000m run, 5,000m, pole vault (5x), long jump (3x), triple jump (2x), shot put (2x), weight throw (5x), pentathlon (7x), and 4x400m relay (5x).
 
• Senior Regine Tugade broke the school record in the 60m dash (7.56) and 200m dash (24.31), while junior Chelsey Edwards tied her own school record in the 400m dash (54.79). Freshman Charlene Morke broke the Navy record in the pole vault (4.08m / 13-04.50) and junior Audrey Fernandez topped the Mids' top mark in the triple jump (12.40m / 40-08.25). Junior Ariana McKenzie set the new school record in the weight throw (19.04m / 62-05.75), while sophomore Lindsay Lewis broke her own school record in the pentathlon (3,605 points). The relay team of junior Chelsey Edwards, senior Kara Kakascik, sophomore Chloe Alfieri, and freshman Molly Mangan posted a new school record in the 4x400m relay (3:42.73).
 
Women's Outdoor Track & Field (0-0)
Head coach: Jamie Cook
 
• The Navy track and field team competed in one meet during the outdoor season before competition was halted due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
 
• The Navy track and field team swept the 2020 San Diego Collegiate Championship at Triton Stadium on the campus of UC San Diego. The Midshipmen women were first out of seven squads.
 
• The women's team registered 167 points to win by 47 over UC Santa Barbara (120). UC San Diego was third with 108.5, while Cal State San Marcos came in fourth with 66.5 ahead of San Diego State (57). CSUN (21) and Point Loma (14) closed out the scoring on the women's side.
 
• The women's side saw the Midshipmen earning victories in the 100m dash (senior Regine Tugade), 200m dash (senior Regine Tugade), 400m dash (junior Chelsey Edwards), 100m hurdles (sophomore Alexa Arthun), 4x100m relay (senior Regine Tugade, junior Chelsey Edwards, freshman Molly Mangan, freshman Sabrina Sutter), pole vault (freshman Charlene Morke), and javelin (junior Emma Foster).
 
• In the women's javelin, junior Emma Foster notched a meet-record distance of 48.53m (159-02) to win the event. The distance was the fifth longest in Navy history.
 
• Junior Emma Foster, junior Sam Orie, and sophomore Maddie Warrender were selected CoSIDA Academic All-District II Track & Field / Cross Country honorees.
 
 
 Volleyball (17-12, 11-5 in the Patriot League)
Head coach: Paco Labrador
• Navy finished in a tie for third place in the Patriot League regular season and earned the No. 4 seed in the league tournament.
 
• The Mids defeated Lehigh in the quarterfinal round of the event and lost in the semifinal round to eventual tournament-champion American.
 
• Senior Paige Miles earned CoSIDA First-Team Academic All-American honors.  She is the fourth Navy volleyball player to earn Academic All-America accolades and is the fourth Patriot League volleyball player to earn first-team laurels.  Miles also was named to the Patriot League All-Academic Team.
 
• Miles dished out over 1,000 assists this season.  It was the ninth 1,000-assist campaign in school history and the fifth during the rally scoring era.
 
• Junior Maddi Sgattoni earned Second-Team All-Patriot League honors.
 
• Sgattoni earned Patriot League Player-of-the-Week accolades on Nov. 4.
 
• Sgattoni recorded the 1,000^th kill of her career this year.  She has amassed 1,026 kills, which places her seventh at Navy and fourth among rally scoring players.
 
• Seniors Miles, Melissa Carter, Natalie LaPlaca and Emily Solis, junior Allie Taylor, sophomores Taylor Gray, Cami Herman and Avery Stowell and freshmen Celie Feighery and Kayla Malone were named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.
 
Water Polo (16-13, 6-6 Mid-Atlantic Water Polo Conference – East Division)
• Head Coach: Luis Nicolao
 
• Navy finished the season 16-13 overall, and 6-6 in the Mid-Atlantic Water Polo Conference – East Division. It marked the second consecutive season that the Midshipmen finished the season with a winning record. The winning season marked the 36th time (out of 38 seasons) that the team has finished the year with a winning record.
 
• The Association of Collegiate Water Polo Coaches (ACWPC) announced the 2019 Men's Water Polo All-America teams and Navy sophomore attacker Isaac Salinas was an honorable mention selection. Salinas becomes the first Mid to earn the accolade since Carl Dowzicky ('16) was a honorable mention selection as a senior in 2015. In addition, he is also the first Midshipmen All-American under head coach Luis Nicolao.
 
• Navy water polo earned the No. 4 seed in the Mid-Atlantic Water Polo Conference Championship. The Mids opened the tournament with a 16-12 victory over fifth-seeded Wagner to advance to the semifinals. Navy was edged by eventual champion Bucknell, 7-5, in the semifinals, but defeated No. 2 seed Fordham, 9-5, to finish the tournament in third place.
 
• For his efforts, sophomore Isaac Salinas was named First Team All-MAWPC Tournament. Salinas finished the tournament with 10 goals and two assists for 12 total points. He was the only player selected to the first team that did not play in the championship game.
 
• Sophomore Isaac Salinas and senior Trevor Clark were named to the 2019 Mid-Atlantic Water Polo Conference-East Region All-Conference team. Salinas was named to the first team, while Clark was tabbed second team.
 
• The Navy water polo team had 10 of its student-athletes named to 2019 Association of Collegiate Water Polo Coaches (ACWPC) All-Academic teams. To be eligible for the squad, a student-athlete needed to have a 3.20 or better cumulative GPA following the fall semester. The group was then split into three teams; Outstanding (3.71 - 4.00 GPA), Superior (3.41 - 3.70 GPA) and Excellent (3.20 - 3.40 GPA). In addition, the Navy water polo team was recognized for achieving a 3.0 collective GPA.
 
• Freshmen Graham Lindner, Jonas Greer, Kyle Faison, Peter Hillen, Jake Altmayer, and Jamie Cassidy led Navy as members of the Outstanding ranks (3.71-4.00 GPA), while sophomore Kenny McKinlay and junior Jesse Hainze were named to the Superior team (3.41-3.70). Junior Andrew Shashin and senior Trevor Clark rounded out the Midshipmen on the list on the Excellent team (3.20-3.40). In total, the 10 accolades extend the program's stretch of four or more individuals on ACWPC All-Academic Teams dating back to 2005.
 
• Sophomore Isaac Salinas finished the season with a team-high 104 points, becoming the first Mid to record 100 or more points in a season since Paul Pedrotty notched 137 points (91g 46a) in 2012. Salinas tallied a team-best 89 goals, while adding 15 assists on the year. Salinas, who played in 26 of 29 games on the year, led the Midshipmen with 30 steals, while also leading the team with 38 ejections drawn. He paced the offense by leading the team in points in 19 of the 26 games that he played. Salinas finished the season with 17 hat tricks, including scoring three or more goals in seven of 11 games he played against ranked opponents. Thirty-eight (38) of Salinas' 104 points came against ranked opponents.
 
• Freshman Jake Altmayer led the team in assists, tallying 35 helpers in his inaugural season. Freshman Will Clark was second on the team in assists with 24, while junior Bobby Lee was third with 20.
 
• Defensively, junior Cole Jacobs and sophomore Jack Weggeland finished second and third behind Salinas in steals. Jacobs finished with 25, while Weggeland posted 21. Jacobs, sophomore Max Sandberg and junior Andrew Shashin trailed only Salinas in ejections drawn with Jacobs and Sandberg drawing 25 apiece and Shashin getting 21.
 
• At goal, the Midshipmen used a trio of goalies – senior Ronan Williams, senior Brandon Shields, and sophomore Max Sandberg. The Navy goalies recorded 309 saves and a save percentage of 46.7. Sandberg recorded a team-best 149 saves, while Williams added 125. Williams led the team with a 49.0 save percentage with Sandberg registering a 45.3 clip.
 
• Navy once again played a demanding schedule, playing 16 games against teams that were ranked in or receiving votes for the top-20, including No. 2 Stanford – eventual national champion – and No. 2 UCLA. The Midshipmen posted three victories over ranked opponents in 2019. The Mids defeated No. 16 Fordham, 15-12, in the Bronx before claiming a 14-8 win over No. 17 George Washington at home. Navy closed out the 2019 campaign with a 9-5 victory over No. 16 Fordham at the MAWPC Championship in Lewisburg, Pa.
 
• The Navy water polo team combined for four individual Mid-Atlantic Water Polo Conference weekly awards. Sophomore Isaac Salinas was named Offensive Player of the Week once (Oct. 9), while sophomore goalie Max Sandberg was selected Defensive Player of the Week twice (Oct. 22, Oct. 29). Freshman Will Clark claimed Rookie of the Week honors once (Oct. 9) in his inaugural season.
 
• The CWPA announced its weekly award winners on Oct. 9 and sophomore Isaac Salinas and freshman Will Clark were selected as MAWPC Player and Rookie of the Week, respectively. The duo helped Navy to a 4-1 record over the weekend, including a perfect 4-0 mark at the 2019 Gary Troyer Memorial Tournament. Salinas led the team with 19 goals in five games (3.8 per game), registering a hat trick in all five games, while Clark tallied 12 points in five games, scoring seven goals and adding five assists. He recorded a pair of hat tricks – the first of his career.
 
• On Oct. 22, sophomore Max Sandberg was selected as MAWPC Defensive Player of the Week after helping lead Navy to an upset victory over No. 16 Fordham, 15-12, on the road. Sandberg logged a full 32 minutes between the pipes at goal for the Midshipmen to earn the win. He finished the game with a career-high 11 saves, posting four stops in the final quarter to hold the Rams scoreless in the fourth quarter. In addition, Sandberg recorded a team-high two steals in the game.
 
• Sophomore Max Sandberg repeated as MAWPC Defensive Player of the Week on Oct. 29. It was the second consecutive week for the sophomore to earn the distinction. Sandberg helped Navy to a 14-8 upset victory over No. 17 George Washington at Scott Natatorium. The sophomore goalie played roughly 26 minutes at goal, posting a career-high 12 saves, while surrendering just five goals.
 
• Senior captain Ronan Williams etched his name into the Navy record book. Entering the final game of his collegiate career against No. 16 Fordham, Williams had 597 career saves. The senior posted 12 stops, giving him 609 for his career, making him just the fourth goalie in program history with 600 or more saves. He allowed just five goals to the nationally-ranked Rams en route to the victory.
 
• Senior Ronan Williams was named the winner of the men's Coaches' Calvert Award. The Coaches' Calvert Award recognizes a graduating varsity letter winner 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.
 
 
Wrestling (8-6, 3-2 EIWA)
*Head coach: Joel Sharratt
 
• Seniors Spencer Carey (174) and Jared Prince (149), along with juniors Cody Trybus (141) and Tanner Skidgel (165) received automatic berths to wrestle at the NCAA Championship by way of their finish at the EIWA Championship. Junior Casey Cobb (133) earned an at-large bid, while freshman Jacob Koser (197) was named an alternate.
 
• Skidgel was named an NWCA Second-Team All-American and Carey was named an Honorable Mention NWCA All-American
 
• Prince became the program's eighth four-time NCAA qualifier despite being unable to compete due to the NCAA Championship being canceled because of the coronavirus.
 
• Navy placed fourth out of 17 teams at the EIWA Championship where eight of the Mids' 10 entrants placed among the top eight and fourth were among the top three –Cobb (133 / 4^th), Trybus (141 / 1^st), Prince (149 / 3^rd), Jack Stanton-Taddeo (157 / 7^th), Skidgel (165 / 1^st), Carey (174 / 2^nd), Koser (197 / 8^th).
 
• Top-seeded Skidgel went 4-0, including a 4-2 victory over third-seeded Zach Hartman of Bucknell in the finals, to win the 165-pound title at the EIWA Championship for a second consecutive year. He is Navy's first two-time EIWA champion since Joe Baker won back-to-back 133-pound titles in 2008 and 2009.
 
• Fourth-seeded Trybus went 4-0, including a 3-1 victory over third-seeded Matt Kazimir of Columbia in the finals, to win the 141-pound title at the EIWA Championship. He is a first-time champion and the first Navy wrestler to win the title at 141 pounds since Mark Conley won back-to-back crowns in 2001 and 2002.
 
• With both Skidgel and Trybus winning EIWA titles, it marked the first time since 2005 (Peyton Walsh, Jadaen Bernstein) that Navy has crowned multiple champions in the same season.
 
• Nine Navy wrestlers won individual titles over the course of the season – Jacob Allen (East Stroudsburg Open), John Birchmeier (All-Academy Championship), Cobb (All-Academy Championship), Henry Hague (Franklin & Marshall Open), Koser (All-Academy Championship), Wyatt Long (East Stroudsburg Open), Skidgel (EIWA Championship), Logan Treaster (All-Academy Championship), Trybus (Shorty Hitchcock Memorial, All-Academy Championship, EIWA Championship).
 
• Five wrestlers won individual titles to lead Navy to the 2020 All-Academy Championship crown. It was the 16^th time the Mids have won the tournament in the 26 years it has been held.
 
• Koser was named the Outstanding Wrestler of the All-Academy Championship, while Treaster had the most falls in the shortest amount of time.
 
• Cobb earned his second All-Academy Championship title in as many appearances. He is the 24^th Navy wrestler to win at least two All-Academy Championship crowns.
 
• Birchmeier and Koser are just the 10th and 11th freshmen in Navy history to win an individual title at the All-Academy Championship and the first since Jared Prince in 2017. It's the first time Navy has had two freshmen win in the same year. It's also the first time a Navy freshman has won at the two heaviest weights.
 
• Trybus led Navy with a 25-9 record and was one of five Navy wrestlers to win 20 or more matches –Carey 21-8, Koser 21-9, Skidgel 20-4, Treaster 20-10
 
• Koser was the only Navy wrestler to finish the season with double-digit dual victories, posting an 11-3 mark.
 
• Cobb, Skidgel and Treaster were recipients of the EIWA All-Academic Award.
 
• Juniors Cobb (Wrestling), Tanner Skidgel and Treaster were named National Wrestling Coaches Association Scholar All-American
 
• Two of Navy's six dual losses were decided by tie-breaker criteria. The Mids lost back-to-back matches to Old Dominion (16-15) and Army (16-15) by way of criteria c which is total match points.
 
• Navy wrestled sixth-ranked Wisconsin in a nationally-televised doubleheader (Army vs. Fresno State) aboard the USS Midway docked in San Diego, Calif.
 
• Navy earned a 21-12 victory over Maryland in Annapolis in what marked the program's 900^th victory in what was its 112^th year as a varsity sport.