DANBURY, Conn. - Following a strong start to the 2022 season at the West Point Open, Navy's duo of Josh Williams (Sr., Cypress, Texas) and Isaiah Drake (Fr., Los Angeles, Calif.) were recognized as the Eastern College Athletic Conference Specialist and Rookie of the Week, respectively. 

Williams was a standout for the Mids this weekend over two days of action at the West Point Open. In Friday night's team competition, he placed first of 38 gymnasts on the rings with a score of 14.0. In Saturday's event finals, he also ranked first with a 13.95 result. Additionally, he scored a 13.5 on the floor exercise and 13.8 on the vault in the team portion of the event. Williams' FX score, which was fifth-best, helped him advance to Saturday's finals. He earned his second medal of the weekend with a 13.2 score, good for third overall in the field of floor exercise participants.
 
In his collegiate debut, Drake turned in four successful routines at the West Point Open. In three of his four routines in the team portion of the event on Friday night, Drake placed in the top-10, as he ranked seventh on the high bar with a 13.05 score, eighth on the pommel horse after earning a 12.95 result and tenth with 14.1 points on the vault. The talented freshman advanced into the event finals on the high bar and pommel horse and finished on the podium with fourth-place results on both courtesy of a 12.55 score on the PH and a 13.3 on the HB.

These are the first two ECAC weekly honors for the Navy men's gymnastics team in 2022. Individually, this is the third weekly honor in Williams' career as he was selected as the ECAC Specialist on Jan. 29, 2020 and a year earlier the ECAC Rookie of the Week on Jan. 29, 2019.

The Mids will continue early season action as they host the 2022 Navy Open on Saturday. The competition will serve as the home opener for Navy, as well as the debut of the Mids' new facility across campus in Halsey Fieldhouse. First touch is scheduled at 2 p.m. for the multi-team event.