2022-23 Men's Rugby Roster
Biography
Career Honors
• Rudy Scholz Award Recipient (2023)
• 2022-23 CRAA Division I-A All-American
• NAAA Sword for Men winner (2023)
• First Team All-Rugby East (2022)
2022-23 // Senior Year
Fall Season: Started 10 matches to help Navy post an 11-0 record during the fall and claim the Rugby East Conference Championship … Named First Team All-Rugby East … Finished the fall campaign as Navy’s top scorer with 138 points … Scored a try in six of Navy’s 11 matches … Led Navy in conversion kicks (30) and penalty kicks (6) while finishing second in tries scored (12) … Led the Rugby East in scoring (108 points) and conversion kicks (25) … Finished third in the Rugby East in tries scored (8) and fourth in penalty kicks (6) … Scored a season-high 30 points on four tries and five conversion kicks in Navy’s, 59-12, win over Mount St. Mary’s … Scored 10 points on two tries in Navy’s, 71-0, win over Air Force … Made three conversion kicks and two penalty kicks to finish with 10 points in Navy’s, 27-14, win over Army
Spring Season: Started all seven matches to help Navy finish the season with an 18-0 record and win the Division I-A National Championship in its inaugural varsity season … Won the Rudy Scholz Award, which is presented annually by the Washington Athletic Club to the top men’s collegiate rugby player in the country … Finished second on the team in scoring with 28 points on five tries and one penalty kick during the spring … Scored a try in Navy’s, 12-10, win over Lindenwood in the Division I-A Playoff Semifinals and in its, 34-26, victory over Army (March 24) … Nailed a penalty kick in Navy’s, 30-6, win over Army in the Division I-A Playoff Quarterfinals
High School
2019 graduate of Jupiter High School in Jupiter, Fla. … Also attended Seminole Ridge High School in Loxahatchee, Fla. … Played rugby for the Jupiter Sharks in high school and won the state championship junior year … Named an All-American in rugby junior year … Co-captain of the 2018 USA Touch Rugby World Cup team … High school teammate, Dominick Tianga, plays rugby for Army
Personal
Son of Dwight Gray … Father, Dwight, was his rugby coach in high school … Brother, Spencer, played rugby for four years at Florida Atlantic University … Majoring in quantitative economics … Has earned USNA academic honors in three semesters
