Naval Academy Athletics

"Presented to the midshipman of the graduating class declared by the Association's Athletic Committee to have personally excelled in athletics during his years of varsity competition." 

Landon Kruer '25 Baseball 2025 Recipient Announcement

Year (click to sort)	Name (click to sort)	Class (click to sort)	Sport (click to sort)
1893	Bookwalter, Charles	1894	Football / Rowing
1894	Kavanagh, Arthur	1894	Football
1895	Karns, Franklin	1895	Football / Rowing / Track
1896	Palmer, Leigh	1896	Football / Rowing / Track
1897	MacCarthy, Albert	1897	Football / Rowing
1898	Tardy, Walter	1898	Football
1899	Gannon, Sinclair	1900	Football / Rowing
1900	Wade, Charles	1900	Football / Track
1901	Fowler, Orie	1901	Football
1902	Land, Emory	1902	Football / Rowing
1903	McNair Jr., Frederick	1903	Baseball / Football / Track
1904	Whiting, Ken	1905	Football / Track
1905	Spofford, Robert	1906	Baseball
1906	Needham, Ralph	1907	Baseball
1907	Ingram, Jonas	1907	Football / Rowing / Track
1908	Dague, William	1908	Baseball / Football
1909	Jones, Raymond	1909	Baseball / Football
1910	Lamont, Walter	1910	Gymnastics
1911	Weems, Philip	1912	Football / Rowing / Wrestling
1912	Dalton, John P.	1912	Football / Track
1913	Hall Jr., John L.	1913	Baseball / Basketball / Football
1914	Brown Jr., John "Babe"	1914	Football / Rowing / Track
1915	Overesch, Harvey	1915	Basketball / Football / Rowing
1916	Kercher, Merrill	1916	Football / Rowing
1917	Ward, Clarence	1917	Football / Rowing / Wrestling
1918	Martin, Harold	1919	Basketball / Football / Lacrosse
1919	Ingram, William A.	1920	Football / Rowing
1920	Clark, Howard	1921	Football / Lacrosse
1921	Ewen, Edward	1921	Football / Lacrosse
1922	King, Clyde	1922	Football / Rowing
1923	McKee, Ira	1924	Baseball / Basketball / Football
1924	McKee,Ira	1924	Baseball / Basketball / Football
1925	Chillingworth, Charles	1925	Football / Rowing
1926	Flippin, Royce	1926	Basketball / Football / Lacrosse
1927	Eddy, Daniel	1927	Football / Rowing
1928	Ransford, Howard	1928	Football / Lacrosse
1929	Wilson, Thomas	1929	Baseball / Football
1930	Swan, Bryan	1930	Boxing / Football / Lacrosse
1931	Gray, Albert	1931	Football / Rowing
1932	Underwood, Gordon	1932	Football / Track
1933	Kane, William	1933	Football / Track / Wrestling
1934	Murray, Hugh	1934	Football / Lacrosse
1935	Borries Jr., Fred	1935	Baseball / Basketball / Football
1936	Robertshaw, Louis	1936	Basketball / Football
1937	Ingram II, William T.	1938	Baseball / Basketball / Football
1938	Lynch Jr., Frank	1938	Basketball / Football / Track
1939	Powell, Lucien	1939	Baseball / Football
1940	Bergner, Allen	1940	Boxing / Football / Lacrosse / Wrestling
1941	Walker, Theodore	1941	Cross Country / Track
1941 / Dec.	Werner, Sherwood	1942	Baseball / Football
1942	Busik, William	1943	Basketball / Football
1943	Ochenrider Jr., Gordon	1944	Lacrosse / Soccer
1944	Brown Jr., George	1945	Football / Track
1945	MacDonald, Malcolm	1946	Wrestling
1946	Duden Jr., Henry	1947	Baseball / Basketball / Football
1947	Carrington, James	1948	Football / Lacrosse / Swimming
1948	Smith, Edgar	1948	Football / Track / Wrestling
1949	Chambers II, James	1949	Lacrosse
1950	Hawkins, William	1950	Baseball / Football
1951	Hunt Jr., James	1951	Football / Lacrosse / Wrestling
1952	Davis, Frederic	1952	Basketball / Football / Track
1953	Van Scoyoc, James	1953	Baseball / Basketball
1954	Stevens Jr., Edward	1954	Rowing
1955	McCally, Kenneth	1955	Baseball / Basketball
1956	Beagle, Ronald	1956	Football / Lacrosse
1957	Smalley, David	1957	Baseball / Basketball
1958	Stremic, Anthony	1958	Football / Wrestling
1959	Meehan, John	1959	Soccer
1960	Rippelmeyer, Karl	1960	Lacrosse / Soccer / Track
1961	Bellino, Joe	1961	Baseball / Football
1962	Mather, Greg	1962	Football / Track
1963	MacLaughlin, Don	1963	Lacrosse / Soccer
1964	Lynch, Thomas	1964	Brigade Boxing / Football
1965	Staubach, Roger	1965	Baseball / Football
1966	Lewis, James	1966	Lacrosse / Soccer
1967	Lawlor Jr., John	1967	Cross Country / Track
1968	Murray, Terrence	1968	Baseball / Football / Track
1969	Cowin, Robert	1969	150# Football / Squash / Tennis
1970	Freeman, Joseph	1970	Fencing
1971	McNallen, John	1971	Football / Lacrosse
1972	Keaser, Lloyd	1972	Wrestling
1973	Swanson, Eric	1973	Gymnastics
1974	Bregar, Theodore	1974	Track
1975	Bateman, Dale	1975	Cross Country / Track
1976	Moeller, Chester	1976	Football
1977	Anderson, Daryl	1977	Track
1978	Kuzma, Henry	1978	Basketball
1979	Johnson, Jeffrey	1979	Lacrosse / Soccer
1980	Colvin, Jeffery	1980	Track
1981	Wall, Jonathan	1981	Squash / Tennis
1982	Meyers, Edward	1982	Football
1983	Williams, Leo	1983	Track
1984	Ponseigo, Andrew	1984	Baseball / Football
1985	Munsch, Stuart	1985	Pistol
1986	McCallum, Napoleon	1985	Football
1987	Harris, Ronald	1987	Track
1988	Sprenger, John	1988	Squash
1989	Popp, Thomas	1989	Water Polo
1990	Schleicher, Scott	1990	Wrestling
1991	Grizzard, Alton	1991	Football
1992	Nicolao, Luis	1992	Swimming / Water Polo
1993	Keller, Greg	1993	Cross Country / Track
1994	Slough, Jamieson	1994	Lacrosse / Squash
1995	Hicks, Dan	1995	Wrestling
1996	Smith, Nathan	1996	Diving
1997	Walker, Brian	1997	Basketball
1998	McCoy, Chris	1998	Football
1999	Gingeleskie, Greg	1999	Wrestling
2000	Jarboe, Mickey	2000	Lacrosse
2001	Borcz, Adam	2001	Lacrosse
2002	Steckroth, Brian	2002	Soccer
2003	Lanzel, Aaron	2003	Cross Country / Track
2004	Candeto, Craig	2004	Baseball / Football
2005	Albright, Matt	2005	Rifle
2006	Russell, Matt	2006	Lacrosse
2007	Mahoney, David	2007	Football
2008	Stolpinski, Matt	2008	Wrestling
2009	Mulvey, Mike	2009	Water Polo
2010	Meyer, Adam	2010	Swimming
2011	Saddoris, Bryce	2011	Wrestling
2012	Rome, Cody	2012	Cross Country / Track
2013	Vagts, Justin	2013	Swimming
2014	Duncavage, Zack	2014	Track & Field
2015	Greenspan, Joe	2015	Soccer
2016	Reynolds, Keenan	2016	Football
2017	Fennell, Chris	2017	Lacrosse
2018	Born, Stephen	2018	Baseball
2019	Song, Noah	2019	Baseball
2020	Perry, Malcolm	2020	Football
2021	Ton, Andrew	2021	Tennis
2022	Hermus, JC	2022	Intercollegiate Sailing
2023	Gray, Lewis	2023	Rugby
2024	Bonitz, Jackson	2024	Lacrosse
2025	Kruer, Landon	2025	Baseball

NOTE: "graduating class" requirement added in 1952