ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Navy senior quarterback Blake Horvath has been named a First-Team Academic All-American and the Division I Football Team Member of the Year (top scholar athlete) by College Sports Communicators.

Horvath is the first Navy football player to be named Division I Team Member of the Year, an award first presented in 1987, and the 13th to earn First-Team Academic All-American honors, which were first awarded in 1952.

Horvath carries a 3.72 grade-point average while majoring in operations research. He has earned a perfect 4.0 GPA in each of the past three semesters.

One of the most accomplished quarterbacks in program history, Horvath led the Midshipmen to a school-record 21 wins over the past two seasons, highlighted by back-to-back Commander-in-Chief's Trophy titles — the program's first since 2012–13 — including a dramatic 17–16 victory over Army in 2025.

Under his leadership, Navy produced back-to-back 10-win seasons for the first time in school history, finished 11–2 in 2025 to tie the program record for wins in a season, and posted a 21–5 mark over the past two years — the eighth-best winning percentage in the FBS and the best among non–Autonomy 4 programs.

A proven dual threat, Horvath became the first Navy quarterback to rush and pass for 1,000 yards in back-to-back seasons and the first quarterback in the FBS to rush and pass for 1,200 yards in consecutive seasons since Lamar Jackson accomplished the feat at Louisville in 2015–16. Since 1956, Horvath is one of only five quarterbacks to rush for 1,200 yards and pass for 1,200 yards in consecutive seasons, joining Jackson, Jordan Lynch of Northern Illinois, Pat White of West Virginia, and Brad Smith of Missouri.

Horvath finished the 2024 season with the second-most total offense in school history (2,599 yards) and tied the program record with 13 touchdown passes. He followed that performance in 2025 with 2,780 yards of total offense, including 1,580 passing yards, 12 passing touchdowns, more than 1,200 rushing yards and 16 rushing touchdowns, earning First-Team All-East honors.

He set the school record with 469 yards of total offense against Air Force and owns the longest rush in program history with a 95-yard touchdown run against Oklahoma in Navy's 21–20 victory over the Sooners in the Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl.

Over his career, Horvath ranked among the most efficient quarterbacks in service academy history, posting the highest career passing efficiency by any service academy quarterback with at least 150 attempts, the second-best completion percentage in school history behind Roger Staubach, and top-five marks at Navy in passing touchdowns, total offense and points responsible for during one of the most successful eras in Navy football.