Naval Academy Athletics

Career Honors:
2023-24 Team Captain
2022-23 GARC Scholar-Athlete of the Year (Navy)
2023-24 CRCA Scholastic All-American
2022-23 CRCA Scholastic All-American
2021-22 CRCA Scholastic All-American
2020-21 CRCA Scholastic All-American
 
2023-24 (Senior): Named team captain prior to the season … Competed in seven competitions during the season … Recorded season averages of 568.7 in smallbore, 561.6 in air rifle, and 1129.7 in aggregate … Registered a season-best performance in West Point at the Army-Navy Star Match (Feb. 3), finishing the day with season best scores in each discipline – smallbore (574), air rifle (570), and aggregate (1144) … CRCA Scholastic All-American.
 
2022-23 (Junior): Made appearances in 11 matches during the year … Registered season-averages of 567.4 in smallbore, 573.7 in air rifle, and 1141.1 in aggregate … Recorded a season-best performances in the President’s Cup Match on Nov. 5, tallying a season-high 579 points in smallbore and 1155 in aggregate … In air rifle, posted a top performance of 581 against both Memphis (Oct. 1) and versus NC State (Nov. 12) … In addition to efforts on the range, was honored as Navy’s GARC Scholar-Athlete of the Year selection … CRCA Scholastic All-American.
 
2021-22 (Sophomore): Appeared in six matches for the Midshipmen during the 2021-22 season … Top performance of the season came against Alaska, setting new career-best marks in smallbore (560) and aggregate (1135) … Posted a career-high 579-point score in air rifle against West Virginia … Finished the season with averages of 552.3 in smallbore, 575.3 in air rifle and 1127 in aggregate … CRCA Scholastic All-American.
 
2020-21 (Freshman): In nine appearances, posted an overall average of 1116.7 with a season-high of 1127 coming against Nebraska on Nov. 13 and tying that mark on Feb. 20 against NC State … Also posted a 551.3 in smallbore and 565.3 in air rifle … Fired a season-high of 557 in smallbore against Nebraska and his air rifle season-high of 574 came against NC State … CRCA Scholastic All-American.
 
Prior to Navy: Competed for the X Count Rifle Club … Finished third with the team at the Camp Perry Smallbore Nationals in 2019 … Captained the rifle team during the 2019-20 season … Finished third in smallbore at the Junior Olympics Indiana Qualifier … Also played rugby and football in high school … Served as the rugby team captain in 2019-20.
 
Personal: Son of Mark and Tanya Dely … Sister, Catherine (’26), and brother, John (’27), are members of the Navy Rifle team … Eagle Scout … Teammates with Zach Hegbli of Coast Guard (’24).
 
 
Career Statistics

	Smallbore				Air Rifle				Aggregate
Year	App / Starts	Total	Avg.	High Score	App / Starts	Total	Avg.	High Score	App / Starts	Total	Avg.	High Score
2020-21	9 / 0	4,962	551.3	557	9 / 0	5,088	565.3	574	9 / 0	10,050	1,116.7	1,127
2021-22	6 / 0	3,314	552.3	560	6 / 0	3,452	575.3	579	6 / 0	6,766	1,127.7	1,135
2022-23	11 / 0	6,241	567.4	579	11 / 0	6,311	573.7	581	11 / 0	12,552	1,141.1	1,155
2023-24	6 / 0	3,412	568.7	574	7 / 0	3,931	561.6	570	7 / 0	7,343	1,129.7	1,144
TOTAL	32 / 0	17,929	560.3	579	33 / 0	18,782	569.2	581	33 / 0	36,711	1,129.6	1,155