Naval Academy Athletics

* Won seven Patriot League tournament titles, 11 regular season titles (including five straight from 2015 to 2019) and has made 10 NCAA Tournament appearances.

* Has totaled 2,161 victories in its 132-year program history (.595 all-time winning percentage).

* Has won 30-plus games in 11 of the last 20 completed seasons, including a school-record 43 in 2016.

* Has won 409 games in Patriot League play since joining the league in 1993.

* Eleven Midshipmen have been recognized as All-Americans, including the program’s first First Team All-American Noah Song (’19) (2019) and two-time All-Americans Mitch Harris (‘08) (2006-07) and Luke Gillingham (’16) (2015-16).

* Navy players have earned the Patriot League Pitcher-of- the-Year award 12 times, Patriot League Player-of-the-Year award eight times, Patriot League Rookie-of-the-Year award three times and Patriot League Defensive-Player-of-the-Year award twice, while coaches have earned Patriot League Coach-of-the-Year distinction on 10 occasions.

* Navy has taken the Patriot League’s top honors for player, pitcher and coach in the same season on four different occasions (2019, 2015, 1998 and 1995).

* Eight Midshipmen have been honored as CoSIDA Academic All-Americans in program history, with Bob Dishman (‘85) (1984-85), Mike Leeney (‘86) (1985-86) and Stephen Born (‘18) (2016-17) all earning the distinction twice in their careers.

* Former Heisman Trophy winners Joe Bellino (‘61) and Roger Staubach (‘65) served as the team captain of the baseball squad in 1961 and 1965, respectively.

* With his April 21, 2015 debut for the St. Louis Cardinals, Mitch Harris became the first Naval Academy graduate since Nemo Gaines in 1921 to appear in a Major League game.

* 11 NCAA Tournaments, including two appearances in the Elite Eight (1954 and 1986), and made trips to the NIT in 1962 and 2026.

* 13 All-America selections, including 2008 honoree Greg Sprink (‘08).

* Has won at least a share of nine conference regular season titles (six in the Patriot League) and six league tournament titles (three in the Patriot League).  Also earned the No. 1 seed for the 2021 and 2026 league tournaments.

* Has advanced to the championship game of the Patriot League Tournament eight times, most recently in 2025.

* 25 first-team all-conference selections (18 in the Patriot League).

* 24 Mids have earned conference all-rookie team accolades (21 in the Patriot League).

* 25 weeks ranked in the national polls.

* David Robinson (‘87) earned consensus National Player of the Year honors in 1987 and was that year’s NBA No. 1 Draft pick.

* Robinson played 14 seasons with the San Antonio Spurs and was a two-time NBA Champion (1999, 2003) and was part of the 2009 Basketball Hall of Fame class.

* Have made eight national postseason appearances since 2011. The Mids played in the 2011, 2012 and 2013 NCAA Tournaments before competing in the 2014, 2017, 2018 and 2025 WNIT and for the first time ever the WBIT in 2026.

* Navy held the halftime lead in its 2013 NCAA Tournament game against Kentucky, making the Mids the first Patriot League team to hold the lead at the break of an NCAA Tournament game in over 20 years.

* Navy’s 2017 WNIT first-round victory over George Washington was the program’s first postseason tournament win in school history and just the second by a league team in the event’s history.

* Won the Patriot League regular season title outright in 2014 for the first time in school history. Previously shared the regular season crown three times (1998, 2011, 2013). They captured the program’s second outright title in 2026 with a 16-2 league mark.

* Has played in the championship game of the Patriot League Tournament seven times (1998, ‘99, 2011, ‘12, ‘13, ’17, ‘18); ranks second in the league with seven finals appearances.

* The Mids advanced to at least the semifinal round of the Patriot League Tournament in 11 of the last 18 seasons. Overall, Navy has won 30 Patriot League Tournament games, the third-most in the league’s history.

* Tim Taylor was named the head coach of the program on April 28, 2020. Taylor joined Navy after 10 combined years as an assistant coach at the University of Virginia and North Carolina.

* The first jersey (#32) in Navy women’s basketball history was retired in 2014 in honor of Becky Dowling (Class of ’98). She amassed nearly 1,500 points and over 900 rebounds despite missing one-third of her sophomore season with an injury. She would go on to become the first female pilot to graduate from the Navy’s TOPGUN school.

* Dowling’s jersey was joined in the rafters by Courtney Davidson’s No. 21 on January 25, 2020 and Jade Geif’s No. 21 on January 14, 2023.

* Have earned 24 All-Patriot League First Team honors, including eight players, who’ve been selected multiple times: Adria Schneck (’95, ’97), Becky Dowling (‘97, ‘98). Laurie Coffey (’98, ’99), Erica Hayes (‘99, ‘00), Courtney Davidson (’02, ’03, ’04), Angela Myers (’10, ’11), Jade Geif (’13, ’14) and Zanai Barnett-Gay (’24, ’25, ‘26); Barnett-Gay became the first Mid to be named All-PL First Team as a freshman in 2024.

* Has advanced to the NCAA Championship as a team 12 times in program history – all of which came under the tutelage of the legendary head coach Al Cantello (1968-18).

* In the 12 trips to the national championship, the Midshipmen have finished among the top-10 teams in the country twice (the 1985 and ‘92 squads both finished seventh).

* Finished among the top-five teams at the NCAA regional championship 18 times – with the most recent occurrence coming in 2025 (fifth place).

* Won 12 of the last 17 Patriot League titles – 2009, ‘10, ‘11, ‘13, ’14, ‘15, ’16, ’21, ’22, ’23, ’24, and ’25.

* Holds a 56-31-1 all-time advantage over Army in Star Meet competitions, including a 37-12-1 record during the Al Cantello era; Navy is 7-1 under current head coach Aaron Lanzel.

* John Lawlor (‘67), Ron Harris (‘87), Greg Keller (‘93) and Jon Clemens (‘97) all have earned All-America status in the sport.

* Ron Harris was a 1996 Olympian for the United States and also competed at the U.S. Olympic Trials in 1988 and ‘92.

* Aaron Lanzel (‘03) (2004), Erik Schmidt (‘04) (2004) and John Mentzer (‘98) (2008) all competed at the U.S. Olympic Trials.

* The USNA Cross Country Course served as the host to the 1989 NCAA Championship (the Midshipmen placed 21st).

* Won five Patriot League Championships (2008, ‘11, ’12, ’21 and ‘22).

* Has boasted seven undefeated seasons in the last 13-years (2013-25) in dual-scored races for an all-time mark of 184-33 (.848 winning percentage).

* Is 114-15 all-time in dual-scored meets in Annapolis (.884 winning percentage).

* Owns a 23-17 all-time advantage over Army in the annual Star Meet competitions. Navy has defeated Army in nine of the last 15 duals, including six straight (2011-16).

* Karen Boyle, a four-time Patriot League Coach of the Year, retired in the spring of 2019 after guiding the Midshipmen for 32 years and accumulated a 159-23 mark over her career (.874 winning percentage).

* In 2012, Annie-Norah Beveridge became the seventh Mid to compete at the NCAA Division I Championship. Kerry O’Neill (‘93), Jackie Hayes (‘99), Rebecca Cline (‘98), Melissa Foon (‘01) and Jess Palacio (‘12) all previously represented Navy as individual competitors at the NCAA Division I Championship.

* Amy Watson (‘10) became the first Navy runner in school history to boast the fastest overall time at the Patriot League Championship to earn league runner-of-the-year kudos in 2008.

* All of its scoring-five runners finished among the top-nine competitors at the 2008 Patriot League Championship to produce the lowest team score since the league expanded to eight teams.

* In 2021, Navy placed its five scoring runners in the top-12 within 14.7 seconds of each other as the Mids finished with 47 points to win the 2021 Patriot League Championship. Elizabeth Sullivan and Ellie Abraham led the way finishing within 0.3 seconds of each other in seventh and eighth place, respectively.

* Led by individual medalist Emily Boutin (’24), Navy placed nine runners in the top 20 to win its second consecutive Patriot League Championship in 2022. Head coach Kim Lewnes won her second straight Coach of the Year honor, while Boutin was tabbed Patriot League Runner of the Year. 

* Won the 1926 National Championship.

* Has had two Heisman Trophy winners (Joe Bellino in 1960 and Roger Staubach in 1963).

* Has appeared in 26 bowl games, including a school-record eight-straight seasons from 2003-10. Navy has beaten 5-straight Power 4 schools in a bowl game.

* Has won 18 Commander-in-Chief’s Trophies, including 13 of the last 23.

* Has totaled 759 all-time victories in 145 years of playing football. Navy is ranked 22nd for the most wins in FBS history and was the first Service Academy to reach 700 wins.

* Has earned eight NCAA rushing titles, including in an NCAA record four-straight seasons from 2005-08. Navy won the rushing title in 2025.

* Players have received 35 First-Team All-America accolades, including nose guard Landon Robinson in 2025.

* Has placed 24 former players or coaches into the College Football Hall of Fame.

* Has won 18 of the last 24 games against its biggest rival, Army West Point.

* Eight-time Patriot League champions – 1998, ’00, ’01, ’03, ’08, ’12, ’18, 26.

* 13 NCAA Tournament appearances, including eight since 1998 – 1962, ’63, ’64, ’67, ’83, ’98, ’00, ’01, ’03, ’08, ’12, ’18, ‘26

* Nine Patriot League individual champions / players of the year, including 2026 champion Chip Deegan.

* In 2018, Charlie Musto became the first Navy player and second player overall to earn Patriot League Player AND Rookie of the Year recognition in the same season.

* 2004 recipient of the Byron Nelson Award, Billy Hurley (‘04) represented the United States in August of 2005 as a member of the Walker Cup. Hurley earned his tour card for the 2014 PGA Tour and won his first PGA Tour event in June 2016 at the Quicken Loans National.

* Navy’s first intercollegiate women’s golf season was in 2012-13.

* Winning the program’s first Patriot League Championship in 2021, Navy then claimed three-straight league championships in 2024, 2025 and 2026. 

* With the championship titles in 2024, 2025 and 2026, the Mids became the second team in Patriot League women's golf history to three-peat

* The Midshipmen made their debut in the NCAA Tournament at the 2021 Stanford Regional, while the 2024 squad placed 10th at the Wake Forest Regional, the 2025 team took 11th at the Arizona State Regional and the 2026 lineup finished 12th in the program’s second trip to a Stanford Regional.

* 2025 saw Emma Tang took home the program’s first Patriot League Golfer of the Year award while Megan Kirkpatrick became the first Patriot League Rookie of the Year in program history.

* Tang was named Patriot League Golfer of the Year for the second-straight season in 2026, becoming the third golfer in league history to win the award in back-to-back years.

* Christine McDonnell (‘21) became the first player in program history to earn three All-Patriot League honors. She has since been joined by Angelina Chan (’23), Mara Hirtle (’24), Stephanie Lee (’24) and Tang (’27) in earning a trio of all-league laurels.

* Lee became the first Navy golfer to earn individual medalist honors at a Patriot League Championship in 2024, with Tang matching the accomplishment the next two seasons in 2025 and 2026 to become the Mids’ first two-time Patriot League individual medalist.

* Navy has won 15 team titles over the past eight seasons. Most recently, the Mids won four events during the 2022-23, claimed the Navy Fall Invitational and Patriot League Championship in 2023-24, captured two regular-season events and the Patriot League Championship in 2024-25 before accomplishing the Patriot League Championship three-peat in 2025-26.

* Before retiring in 2023, former head coach Nadia Ste-Marie was named the Patriot League Women’s Golf Coach of the Year in 2015, 2018 and 2021, while her successor Kylee Sullivan garnered the award in 2024 and 2025.

* Has claimed the ECAC/EIGL Championship 21 times in program history, including the 2016 title that was the first since 1989; under Kip Simons the Mids have won in 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024.

* Advanced as a team to the NCAA Championship Meet in 2026 for the 11th time in program history; 2009 was the first with 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025 following. The 2020 team was ranked fifth nationally when the season was halted due to the COVID-19 pandemic. At the 2022 national meet, Navy turned in its best-ever result as the Mids placed fourth in the evening session and seventh overall amongst the 12-team field.

* Had at least one individual Mid qualify to compete at the NCAA Championship between 2009 and 2013 and two, Jonny Tang (’17) and Mitchell Larios (’16) competed in 2015. Since then, full teams competed in 2016-2025.

* Claimed the USAG Collegiate Division Championship crown seven times - 1998, 2000, 2008, 2019, 2022, 2023 and 2025.

* Knocked off Army and Air Force to win the All-Academy Championship in five of the last eight seasons, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2026.

* Andrew Faulk ‘12 was named ECAC Gymnast of the Year and won titles in four events at the 2012 league championship, including the all-around, pommel horse, parallel bars and high bar.

* Isaiah Drake ’25 was chosen as the 2025 ECAC Gymnast of the Year and completed his career with a sweep of the league’s all-around title all four years with the Mids; a first for the nearly 100-year-old conference. Additionally, Drake became just the seventh Navy gymnast to garner two All-American honors as he finished top-eight in the nation for the all-around in 2023 and 2025. He’s the first multi-year A-A since 1973.

* Head coach Kip Simons has been named CGA East Regional Coach of the Year, five times, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2022; he’s been in charge of the program since 2016.

* Matthew Petros (’26) and Benjamin Thurlow Lam (’27) became the seventh and eighth gymnasts in program history to earn CSC/CoSIDA Academic All-America honors when the duo were voted to the first team in 2026. Only two previous gymnasts, Ian Dinmore (’24) and Peter Lombard (’98) were selected to the first team. Additionally, Dinmore was selected as the NCAA’s Elite 90 Award winner for men’s gymnastics in 2023 and again in 2024.

* Syam Buradagunta (’24), Josh Williams (‘22), Andrew Faulk (‘12), Peter DiTullio (‘83) and Eric Swanson (‘73) were all voted as finalists for the Nissen-Emery Award, which is presented to the nation’s top senior collegiate gymnast.

* 27 NCAA Tournament appearances, the eighth most by a Div. I lacrosse program.

* 17 USILA National Championships.

* Two NCAA Championship Game appearances (1975 and 2004).

* 15 National Hall of Fame Members, including 2016 inductee Glen Miles.  23 national award winners, including two-time Kelly Award winner Mickey Jarboe.

* Three former Team USA members.

* 444 All-Americans, including 2025 and ’26 Honorable Mention selection AJ Marsh (‘27)

* Four recipients of the Morris Touchstone Memorial Award presented to the national coach of the year.

* At least a share of eight Patriot League regular-season titles (2004, ‘05, ‘06, ‘07, ‘08, ’15, ’16 and ‘18) and five Patriot League Tournament crowns (2004, ‘05, ‘06, ‘07, and ‘09) since joining the league in 2004.

* Chris Fennell (‘17) became the first player in in Patriot League history to be named the league’s defensive player of the year three times.

* Jackson Bonitz (’24) became just the second player in program history to be named All-Patriot League four times, joining Brady Dove (’17).

* Navy became a Division I varsity program in 2008 and owns a 277-83 (.769) all-time record in 19 seasons of varsity play.

* Navy has competed in the Patriot League Tournament Championship game 14 times with eight tournament titles (2010, ’11, ’12, ’13, ’17, ’18, ’25, ‘26), advancing to nine NCAA Tournaments (2010, ’11, ’12, ’13, ’17, ’18, ’19, ’25, ‘26).

* The 2017 Mids became the first Service Academy team from any women’s sport to advance to the NCAA Final Four with victories over Penn, UMass, and defending National Champion North Carolina. The win over #7 Penn was the program’s first over a ranked opponent; while the win over UMass marked the first time in school history that Navy had won two NCAA women’s lacrosse games in the same tournament; and then Navy knocked off #2 North Carolina to advance to the Final Four.

* The 2018 Mids finished the season in the NCAA Tournament Quarterfinals, reaching the Elite Eight in back-to-back seasons for the first time in program history.

* After earning the No. 8 seed in the 2013 NCAA Tournament, Navy recorded its first tournament win by defeating Monmouth, 12-6, at home in the first round. In 2026, the Midshipmen earned the No. 6 seed for the NCAA Tournament, marking the highest seed in program history.

* In 2026, Alyssa Chung became the first player in program history to be named a finalist for the Tewaaraton Award, which annually honors the top male and female college lacrosse player in the United States.

* Only two Division I lacrosse programs have qualified for the national tournament faster than the three years it took the Navy women.

* Six players have been named IWLCA All-American in program history – Alyssa Chung (’28), first team in 2026; Jenna Collins (’18), first team in 2018; Alyssa Daley (’25), second team in 2025; Jasmine DePompeo (’13), third team in 2013; Kelly Larkin (’20), third team in 2019; and Mikayla Williams (’27), third team in 2026.

* Established in 2017, Navy has had 10 student-athletes named to the Inside Lacrosse Media All-America team – Kelly Larkin (’20 – 4x), Alyssa Chung (’28 – 2x), Jenna Collins (’18 – 2x), Alyssa Daley (’25 – 2x), Emily Messinese (’25 – 2x), Ava Yovino (’26 – 2x), Julia Collins (’18), Felicia Giglio (’27), Blake Smith (’18), and Mikayla Williams (’27). Alyssa Chung and Jenna Collins were named first team in 2026 and 2018, respectively, while Larkin, 2017 Inside Lacrosse Division I Rookie of the Year.

* Jasmine DePompeo (2x – ‘12, ‘13), Kathy Young (‘13), Anne Richter (’19), Caroline Kwon (‘21), Nicole Victory (‘21), and Tori DiCarlo (’25) earned CSC/CoSIDA Academic All-America honors. 

* 20-consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances from 1992-11.

* 30 NCAA Championship appearances, the fifth-most in NCAA history.

* School-record 17 dual wins in 2008-09.

* Placed second at the NCAA Tournament in 1990 and 1999 and has recorded five top-four finishes at the NCAA Tournament.

* Two individual smallbore NCAA champions in Josh Albright (‘08) (2007) and Joe Johnson (‘96) (1996).

* 162 All-America honors since 1936.

* 17-straight MAC Championships (1996-12).

* A member of the ultra-competitive Great American Rifle Conference (2014-Pres.), Navy broke through with a program-best third place finish in the team standings at the 2018 GARC Championship behind West Virginia and Kentucky. The Mids also finished third in 2026.

* Broke the school record for smallbore, air rifle and aggregate score during the 2025-26 season with top marks of 2,363 in smallbore and 4,745 in aggregate against the Citadel and Georgia Southern (Feb. 14) and 2,386 in air rifle versus the Citadel (Feb. 15). 

* Individually in 2025-26, Tyler Wee (’29) became the first shooter in program history to notch a perfect 600 score, accomplishing the feat four times as a freshman. He and teammate Isabella Baldwin (’27) both shot a perfect 600 against the Citadel (Feb. 15) to become the first set of teammates in NCAA history to shoot a perfect score at the same competition.

* Navy rowers have comprised the eight-man boats that represented the U.S. at three Olympic games (1920, Gold; 1952, Gold; 1960, fifth place).

* Celebrated the 150th Anniversary of Navy Crew in February of 2019.

* Over 50 Navy oarsmen have represented the United States in international competition.

* Five members of the Navy heavyweight rowing team competed at the 2019 Henley Royal Regatta under the United States Armed Forces banner and won the 100th Anniversary of the King’s Cup race defeating Germany in the event finals. All eight crews consisted of both male and female rowers and in Navy’s case, five heavyweights, two lightweights and two women competitors.

* Caleb Robertson (’18) became the sixth member of the heavyweight rowing team to be awarded the NAAA Men’s Coaches’ Calvert Award in May of 2018.

* Griffin Dunne (‘22) was named the 2021 US Rowing Under-23 Male Co-Athlete of the Year after capturing silver in the M8+ at the 2021 World Rowing U-23 Championships for the United States

* Has won the Jim Ten Eyck Trophy (most team points) at the Intercollegiate Rowing Association National Championship 11 times.

* Won the varsity race at the IRA National Championship on 13 occasions.

* Has claimed the Rowe Cup (most team points) at the Eastern Association of Rowing Colleges Championship six times.

* Varsity crew has won the Eastern Sprints Championship five times.

* Won the Jope Cup (most team points) at the Eastern Association of Rowing Colleges Championship in 2006 and ‘07. Tied atop the standings at the 2022 Eastern Sprints (lost V8 tie-breaker).

* Winners of the varsity race at the Eastern Sprints Championship in 1962 and 2004.

* Won the varsity race at the Intercollegiate Rowing Association National Championship in ‘04 on its way to advancing to the semifinal round at the Royal Henley Regatta in London, England.

* Captured the team title at the 2021 IRA National Championship with a sweep of the V8, 2V8 and V4- competitions. The team championship was the first for the Navy lights since 2004.

* Two members of the Navy lightweight rowing team competed at the 2019 Henley Royal Regatta under the United States Armed Forces banner and won the 100th Anniversary of the King’s Cup race defeating Germany in the event finals. All eight crews consisted of both male and female rowers and in Navy’s case, five heavyweights, two lightweights and two women competitors.

* Captured an individual boat title in five consecutive IRA National Championship Regattas (2017-2022) as the Mids’ second varsity eight and varsity four won their respective events in 2022. Previously, Navy earned boat titles in 2021 with its V8+, 2V8+ and V4-; in 2019 with its V4+ and V4; in 2018 with its V4- and in 2017 with its V4+. Prior to this run, the program’s last individual IRA boat title came in 2012.

* Edward King (‘11) represented the United States in the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. King and the U.S.’s ML4- finished 10th in the world.

* Jackson Fuller (’23) and Mason Banks (’25) competed with the U.S. Under-23 team at the 2023 World Rowing U-23 Championships and came home with a gold medal in the men’s lightweight pair (ML2-) event.

* Won its seventh Patriot League Championship since 2015 and ninth overall in 2023, earning the program’s eighth bid to the NCAA Championship.

* Finished a program-best 17th overall at the 2019 NCAA Championships as all three boats (V8, 2V8 and V4) qualified for and raced in C-Finals. They repeated this feat, all three boats in the C-Finals again in 2021.

* The team was ranked in the top-20 in the final NCAA DI poll from 2018 through 2021; 18th in 2018, 17th in 2019 and 20th in 2021 (the COVID-19 pandemic forced the cancellation of the 2020 season.)

* Has tallied 29 boat titles in the 19 years of the Patriot League Championship, including at least one title at each of the last 13 championships, 2010 through 2023. (There was no Patriot League Championship in 2020). The team swept the V8, 2V8 and V4 classification titles in 2005, 2015, 2019 and 2021.

* Head Coach Joe Schlosberg has been named the Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association Region II Coach of the Year four straight years (2017-‘18-‘19-‘21)

* Two members of the Navy women’s rowing team competed at the 2019 Henley Royal Regatta under the United States Armed Forces banner and won the 100th Anniversary of the King’s Cup race defeating Germany in the event finals. All eight crews consisted of both male and female rowers and in Navy’s case, five heavyweights, two lightweights and two women competitors.

* Won its first Eastern Association of Women’s Rowing Colleges (EAWRC) Sprints title in program history in 2014 with gold medal efforts in five of the six races that it entered.

* Since 2001, rowers have totaled 128 National Scholar-Athlete accolades from the Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association.

* Shaunnah Wark (‘05), Madeline Boe (‘06), Kerry Hannon (‘09), Jacquieline Penichet (‘13), Kathleen Heinbach (’16), Megan Hanson (’19), Hanna Prince (’22), Tenlea Radack (’25) and Laura Fern Jones (’27) have all been recognized as the Patriot League Women’s Rowing Scholar-Athlete of the Year. Heinbach and Hanson are two-time recipients, garnering honors in 2015 and 2016 (Heinbach), and 2018 and 2019 (Hanson).

* Alexandria Vallancey-Martinson (‘21) was named the 2021 US Rowing Under-23 Female Athlete of the Year after capturing gold in the W8+ and silver in the W4+ at the 2021 World Rowing U-23 Championships for the United States.

* Enters its fifth season as a varsity sport in the fall of 2026.                                                                         

* Won the Division I-A National Championship and posted an 18-0 record in its inaugural varsity season (2022-23).

* The team was the Division I runner-up in 1994, 2024 and 2026.   

* The Mids have claimed four-consecutive Rugby East Conference Championships (2022, ’23, ’24, ‘25).

* The club program was established in 1963.

* Lewis Gray (‘23) and Connor McNerney (‘18) won the Rudy Scholz Award (the Heisman Trophy of rugby) for the best collegiate rugby player in the United States in 2023 and 2018, respectively.

* Gray also won the NAAA Sword for Men in 2023. The sword is presented to that man of the graduating class who is considered by the Association’s Athletic Council to have personally excelled in men’s athletics during his years of varsity competition.

* Navy has had 45 All-Americans named by USA Rugby. Jake Cornelius, Ben Haugh and Roanin Krieger garnered First-Team All-America honors in 2023-24.

* Navy has posted a 101-19 record over the last seven years under Director of Rugby Gavin Hickie.

* The Mids have compiled a 61-6 record since being elevated to varsity status.

* Enters its fifth season as a varsity sport in the fall of 2026

* Had its winningest 7s season with 14 victories in 2026 since becoming a varsity program. 

* Navy placed third (2024, ‘26), fourth (2023) and seventh (2025) in its four appearances at the 7s Collegiate Championship since becoming a varsity team

* Won the CRAA Fall DI Championship in its first varsity season (2022-23) against Utah State, 61-28. 

* Also won the championship in 2021 and was the runner-up in 2019.

* Began competing as a club team in 1996.

* Hired its first full-time head coach, Murph McCarthy, in 2019.

* 2023-24 team captain Charlotte d’Halluin became the 35th midshipman to earn a Marshall Scholarship during her senior season

* Abigail (AJ) Ward became the 56th midshipman to receive a Rhodes Scholarship in 2023-24. 

* 2021-22 team captain Sarah Skinner (‘22) was a two-time finalist for the M.A. Sorensen Award, which is presented annually to the best collegiate women’s rugby player in the United States.  She also received a Rhodes Scholarship.

* 224 overall collegiate All-Americans, including three All-Americans in 2026.

* Won the ICSA Team Race and Coed National Championships in 2021.

* Placed sixth overall at the 2021 ICSA Women’s National Championship and finished as runner-up in 2025 ICSA Coed Fleet Race Nationals.

* Four collegiate Sailor of the Year award winners.

* Nine members of the College Sailing Hall of Fame.

* The dinghy and women’s team have each won eight national championships.

* The team racing and sloop (match racing) teams have won seven titles and Navy has been the singlehanded champion seven different times.

* Has won the Fowle Trophy (given to the best overall collegiate team performance) 10 times, more than any other school in the nation.

* The Navy intercollegiate sailing team has 241 available boats in its fleet.

* 25 McMillan Cup victories, including winning back-to-back races in 2024 and 2025.

* 15 Kennedy Cup titles, most recently the 2012 race.

* Navy offshore sailing won both the Kennedy Cup and McMillan Cup in 2012 for the first time since 2007.

* 25 major Ocean Race victories.

* 39 sailors have combined for 72 Collegiate All-America certificates.

* Navy has garnered 22 Collegiate All-America Women’s Sailors certificates.

* The Mids have collected 29 Honorable Mention All-America Sailor certificates.

* Navy has also garnered 40 Sailing All-America Crew awards.

* Nine Naval Academy graduates are members of the College Sailing Hall of Fame.

* Offshore sailing team utilizes 88 boats, including Invictus, Zaraffa, Allegiance and Dreadnought.

* 1964 NCAA National Champion.

* Four-time ISFA or NSCAA National Champion (1932, ‘43, ‘44 and ‘45).

* 12 NCAA Tournament appearances, including a second-round appearance in 2013.

* 2013 Patriot League Regular Season and Tournament Champion, 2022 Patriot League Tournament Champion.

* 102 All-Patriot League selections and 18 league major award winners.

* 59 NSCAA All-Americans and nine Intercollegiate Soccer Football Association First-Team All-Americans.

* Joseph Greenspan (’15) was named to the NSCAA All-America First Team in 2014 and the third team in 2013, later being drafted by the Colorado Rapids in the second round of the 2015 MLS SuperDraft and going on to play in the MLS with the Rapids and Minnesota United.

* Three-time Patriot League Defensive Player of the Year Matt Nocita (’22) was picked by the New York Red Bulls in the first round of the 2022 MLS SuperDraft, making his MLS debut in 2023.

* 2022 and 2023 Patriot League Midfielder of the Year David Jackson (’24) became just the second player in league history to pick up Midfielder-of-the-Year honors twice in a career.

* Evan Barnes (‘08) was the recipient of the 2007 Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award, the inaugural winner of the award.

* Won the Patriot League Tournament title and advanced to NCAA Tournament five times (2003, 2006, 2007, 2019 and 2020-21).

* 26 Patriot League Tournament appearances in 32 years of conference membership and 14 appearances in the Patriot League Championship game.

* Has produced one NSCAA All-American, 22 Academic All-Americans, two Academic All-Americans of the Year (Women’s Soccer) and eight Patriot League Female Scholar-Athletes of the Year.

* Became first women’s team at the Academy to earn an NCAA Tournament berth and the first Service Academy to play in the NCAA Women’s Soccer Tournament in 2003.

* Won a school-record 21 games and advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament for the first time in school history in 2006.

* After attaining a Navy and league-best national ranking of No. 11 during the season, ended the 2006 season ranked No. 17 by Soccer America.

* Lizzie Barnes (‘09) and Nicole Aunapu (‘99) are two of the four Naval Academy student-athletes to twice earn First-Team Academic All-America honors.

* Beth Reed (‘10) was named the 2009 CoSIDA Women’s Soccer Academic All-American of the Year. She is first Naval Academy student-athlete to receive the award for his/her respective sport. Meghan Hegarty (’18) joined Reed on this exclusive list as the 2017 CoSIDA Women’s Soccer Academic All-American of the Year.

* Jade Seabrook (‘15) earned NSCAA All-America Third-Team honors and Elizabeth Hoerner (‘14) was named to the NSCAA Academic All-America First Team in back-to-back seasons (2012-13).

* Lizzy Rullan (’16) became the sixth women’s soccer player to be the recipient of the Vice Admiral Lawrence Sword for Women when she was selected in 2016. The award is presented to the woman of the graduating class who is considered by the Association’s Athletic Committee to have personally excelled the most in athletics during her years of varsity competition.

* Has won the Collegiate Sprint Football League (CSFL) Championship 41 times in the program’s 80-year history (34 times outright), the most among any school in league history.

* Victorious in 416 games in program history (an .838 all-time winning percentage).

* Has posted 31 undefeated seasons – most recent in 2025 (8-0).

* Owns a 124-16 (.886) overall record over the last 20 seasons (2006-25).

* Holds a 50-41-1 all-time advantage over Army in the all-time series.

* Has totaled 486 All-CSFL honors over the last 25 years, with a Navy player being selected as the league’s MVP 12 times during this span – most recently Hunter Gennicks (’27) in 2025.

* The program was selected to represent the United States in a goodwill exhibition football game with Heroico Colegio Militar, the Mexican Military Academy, in 2015 and 2016. In the second part of a home-and-home series, the Mids hosted their Mexican counterparts for four days of culture, educational and athletic immersion. The two teams faced off on the gridiron with Navy upending HCM, 34-0 on Dec. 2, 2016 at Rip Miller Field.

* Quarterback Chris Marsh (‘07) was named to the All-USA College Academic First Team in 2006-07.

* 52 All-Americans.

* Two College Squash Association Hall of Fame members.

* Recipient of the College Squash Association Coaches Award seven times (teams honoring their peers for their sportsmanship).

* Host of the 2007-08 College Squash Association Men’s and Women’s Individual National Championship which drew a championship-record 2,329 fans.

* Tucker George twice represented the United States in international competition - 2006 World Collegiate Squash Championship and the 2007 Under-23 Can-Am Challenge.

* Winners of seven U.S. Intercollegiate Squash Doubles Championships, including five consecutive between 2015-19. Bill Kacergis and Senen Ubina in 2015, Randy Beck and Jack Herold in 2016, Ubina and Herold in 2017, Ubina and Michael Kacergis in 2018, Kacergis and Jack Herold in 2019 and Ramsey Killinger and Alexander Orr in 2025.

* In 2021, Jack Lentz was selected as the winner of the College Squash Association’s prestigious Skillman Award which is the top honor bestowed each year to a senior men’s squash student-athlete who has displayed exemplary sportsmanship and skill throughout his career. He is only the second Navy player to win the award, joining 1993 graduate Casey Garwood.

* 21 Patriot League titles in its 22 years of competing at the championship, including 20 in a row which is the longest streak of titles won by a Patriot League program in any sport.

* At least one swimmer or diver has qualified for the NCAA Championship 15 times over the last 23 seasons, with five individuals and three relay teams competing at the 2026 championship.

* Bradley Buchter (’20) earned Honorable Mention All-America laurels in the one-meter diving event at the 2019 NCAA Championship.  He qualified for the NCAA Championship in each of his four seasons.

* A pair of relay teams earned Honorable Mention All-America accolades at the 2004 NCAA Championship.

* Adam Meyer (‘10) became the first Navy swimmer in nearly 40 years to earn a pair All-America honors when he garnered Honorable Mention All-America accolades in both 2009 and 2010.

* Tom Duvall (‘16) placed seventh in the championship final of the 500 at the 2014 NCAA Championship to garner All-America accolades.

* Qualified 13 swimmers and two divers for the 2012 U.S. Olympic Trials, six for the 2016 U.S. Olympic Swimming Team Trials and 18 for the 2020/21 event.  Six Mids competed at the 2024 Trials.

* Holds a 57-31 advantage in the series with Army.

* Diver Nate Smith (‘96) totaled 11 All-America certificates during his four-year career and was selected as a First-Team Academic All-American by CoSIDA as a senior.

* Micah Oh (’21) was named the 2021 NCAA Elite 90 recipient for the men’s swimming and diving.  He also was selected as the 2021 overall men’s Patriot League Scholar-Athlete of the Year and was a two-time CoSIDA Academic All-American.

* Has won 14-straight Patriot League titles to increase its overall tally to a league-best 24 team crowns won. Those are the most titles won by any sport in the Patriot League. 

* 22 Patriot League Swimmers of the Year and 11 Patriot League Divers of the Year.

* Qualified three swimmers for the 2012 U.S. Olympic Trials, five for the 2016 trials and three for the 2020/21 event.

* Stacia Johnson (‘92) won the 1991 NCAA Division II title on the three-meter springboard.

* Kelly Zahalka (‘09) became the first student-athlete in Navy and Patriot League history to garner a trio of Academic All-America honors (third team in 2007, first team in ‘08 and ‘09).

* Ellen Bradford (‘16) was selected as the Patriot League Scholar-Athlete of the Year for her sport in 2014, ‘15 and ‘16, earned a trio of CoSIDA Academic All-America honors, received an NCAA Post Graduate Scholarship and qualified for the 2016 U.S. Olympic Team Trials.

* Lauren Barber (’19) became the first female swimmer in Patriot League and Navy Division I era history to earn Honorable Mention All-America honors when she garnered the accolade at the 2019 NCAA meet. She would go on to win 28 gold medals in 28 career events at the Patriot League Championship.  No other swimmer – male or female – in league history has won either all 12 individual event titles or all 16 relay event titles.

* Sydney Harrington (‘22) received Honorable Mention All-America honors in 2021 and made her third trip to the NCAA Championship in 2022.

* Diver Hannah Montau (‘22) qualified for the NCAA Championship in each of her four years.  She is the lone Navy and Patriot League women’s swimmer or diver to qualify for the Division I Championship four times.

* Holds a 40-5 advantage in the Army-Navy series and had a 35-meet winning streak against the Black Knights. It is the longest winning streak by any team in the Army-Navy series.

* 16 Patriot League Tournament titles, including a run of five straight from 2018-23 (no meet in 2020), and has reached the championship match of the Patriot League Tournament 18 times in the last 19 seasons in which the event was contested.

* Navy previously won a trio of Colonial Athletic Association titles between 1984-87.

* 13 NCAA Tournament appearances: 1999, 2007-10, ’12, ’15, ’18, ’19, ’21-23, ‘26.

* Mitchell Koch (‘00) was named as the Patriot League Player of the Year in 1997 and ‘99, was selected as a First-Team Academic All-American in 2000 and earned an at-large invitation to the 2000 NCAA Championship in singles.

* Nick Birger (‘11) broke the league record for career doubles wins in dual matches with 73, was tabbed as a First-Team Academic All-American from CoSIDA, received an NCAA Post-Graduate Scholarship, was selected as the Patriot League Male Scholar-Athlete of the Year and was named as the Valedictorian of the USNA’s Class of 2011.

* Navy players have been selected as the Patriot League Freshman of the Year nine times in the 21 years of the award.

* Joe Hunt (‘42) won the NCAA Championship in singles in 1941 and the U.S. Open title in ‘43.

* Navy holds a 76-38 advantage in the all-time series with Army. The Mids won 22-consecutive matches against the Black Knights from 1970-91.

* Andrew Ton (‘21), Derrick Thompson (‘22) and Sasha Panyan (’24) are the only men’s tennis players in league history to have earned all of the major awards presented by the Patriot League: player of the year, rookie of the year, tournament MVP, scholar-athlete of the year and doubles team of the year.

* Owns a 338-119 (.740) all-time record in 18 seasons of varsity play.

* Reaching the Patriot League’s championship match nine times, Navy claimed its first league tournament title in 2024 and accomplished the feat for a second time in 2026.

* Won a school-record 27 matches in 2018 and posted a 7-0 sweep of Army West Point in the annual Star Match.

* The Mids are 64-17 (.790) all-time in Patriot League regular-season matches.

* Navy is 244-57 (.811) all-time in home dual matches.

* Navy has won at least 19 dual matches in 13 of the last 16 seasons.

* Has had 41 All-Patriot League selections in its 18-year history, including four-time first-team selection and 2013 Patriot League Player of the Year Emani Decquir, as well as four-time first-team pick, 2022 Patriot League Rookie of the Year and two-time Patriot League Player of the Year Emily Tannenbaum.

* In 2025, Tannenbaum became the first player in program history to win the Vice Admiral Lawrence Sword for Women, and marked just the third female in Academy history to win the Thompson Trophy Cup and the Sword during their career.

* Head coach Keith Puryear was named the 2011, 2024 and 2026 Patriot League Coach of the Year.

* Puryear won his 700th career match as a college head coach in February 2023 and reached 300 victories at Navy in January 2025.

* 1945 NCAA Champions.

* Three Navy athletes have claimed a total of five individual NCAA titles – William Kash (‘47), 440-yd. dash, 1945; John VanVelzer (‘47), 100-yd. dash, 1945; Leo Williams (‘83), indoor high jump, 1981 & ‘82; outdoor high jump, 1981.

* The men’s track and field program has produced four United States Olympians – Joe Patterson (‘36), 400 Hurdles [4th place], 1936; James Dare (‘68), steeplechase [Alt.], 1972; Ted Bregar (‘73), hammer throw [Alt.], 1972; Leo Williams (‘83), high jump [Alt.], 1984.

* 45 athletes have earned a total of 69 individual All-America honors

* 29-time Patriot League Champions (Indoor: 2004, ‘05, ‘08, ‘11, ‘13, ‘14, ‘15, ‘16, ‘17, ‘18, ‘20, ‘22, ‘23, ’24, ’25, ‘26; Outdoor: 2008, ‘14, ‘15, ‘16, ‘17, ‘18, ’19, ‘21, ‘22, ‘23, ’24, ’25, ‘26).

* Navy has captured the Patriot League outdoor championship title for 12-consecutive years, while claiming the Patriot League indoor title 12 of the last 13 seasons. (Note: No outdoor competition in 2020 and no indoor championship in 2021 due to COVID-19)

* Hired in the summer of 2017, head coach Jamie Cook has named Patriot League Coach of the Year 26 times (Men’s Indoor: 2018, ’20, ‘22, ‘23, ’24, ’25, ‘26; Women’s Indoor: 2019, ’20, ‘22, ‘23, ‘24; Men’s Outdoor: 2018, ’19, ’21, ‘22, ‘23, ’24, ’25, ‘26; Women’s Outdoor: 2018, ‘19, ‘21, ‘22, ‘23, ‘24), as well as USTFCCCA Mid-Atlantic Region Coach of the Year five times (Men’s Outdoor: 2018, ‘19, ‘21, ‘23; Women’s Indoor: 2021).

* Navy has won six IC4A Championship in program history.  

* Brian Schloeder became the first All-American pole vaulter in school history in 2026. He was also the first pole vaulter to qualify for the national championship in 81 years.

* Zack Duncavage (‘14) became the 28th member of the men’s track & field team to win the NAAA Sword for Men in the 124-year history of the award and the first field athlete to win the award since the great high jumper Leo Williams in 1983. The sword is presented to that man of the graduating class who is considered by the Association’s Athletic Council to have personally excelled in men’s athletics during his years of varsity competition.

* Won eight Patriot League Indoor titles (2001, ‘09, ‘11, ‘19, ‘20, ‘22, ‘23, ‘24) and eight Patriot League Outdoor titles (2003, ‘12, ‘18, ’19, ’21, ‘22, ‘23, ‘24). The women’s track and field team has won the outdoor championship in six-consecutive seasons, while claiming five-straight titles in the indoor championship (2019, ‘20, ‘22, ‘23, ‘24). (Note: No outdoor competition in 2020 and no indoor championship during 2021 due to COVID-19).

* Navy has swept Army in six of the last seven seasons, which is part of the overall Army-Navy Star Series presented by USAA.  

* Hired in the summer of 2017, head coach Jamie Cook has named Patriot League Coach of the Year 26 times (Men’s Indoor: 2018, ’20, ‘22, ‘23, ’24, ’25, ‘26; Women’s Indoor: 2019, ’20, ‘22, ‘23, ‘24; Men’s Outdoor: 2018, ’19, ’21, ‘22, ‘23, ’24, ’25, ‘26; Women’s Outdoor: 2018, ‘19, ‘21, ‘22, ‘23, ‘24), as well as USTFCCCA Mid-Atlantic Region Coach of the Year five times (Men’s Outdoor: 2018, ‘19, ‘21, ‘23; Women’s Indoor: 2021).

* Brigid Byrne (‘13) was a two-time CoSIDA Academic All-American who earned first-team honors in 2013.

* Jess Palacio (‘12) became Navy’s first Indoor All-American (mile run) in 2012.

* Kim McGreevey was Navy’s first Outdoor All-American, competing in the 3,000m run at the 1995 NCAA Championship.

* 13 Navy track and field athletes have been awarded the Vice Admiral Lawrence Sword for Women, which is presented to the woman of the graduating class by the Association’s Athletic Council to have personally excelled in women’s athletics during her years of varsity competition – most recently Alex Wercinski (‘25) received the honor.

* Track and field athlete Sydney Barber (‘21) became the first Black female Brigade Commander in Naval Academy history in the spring of 2021. The Brigade Commander is the highest leadership position within the brigade.

* Former student-athlete Maddy (Manhertz) Swegle (‘17) became the first Black female tactical jet pilot in Navy history. Swegle was a track and field athlete who primarily competed in the triple jump at the Naval Academy.

* Former student-athlete Kayla (Sax) Barron (‘10) has been named an astronaut candidate by NASA. After receiving a record-breaking number of applications of more than 18,300 applicants, NASA chose 12 women and men as the agency’s new astronaut candidates in 2017.

* Enters its fourth season as a varsity sport in the fall of 2026.

* Began competing as a club team in 1992.

* Placed 13th out of 36 teams at the 2026 NCAA Championship in Tempe, Ariz.

* Dylan Cashin led Navy with a 49th-place finish at nationals in 2025. 

*Captured its first collegiate cup victory in program history at the Duquesne Collegiate Cup in 2025.

* The Mids have won two women’s National Team Championships and two individual national championships

* Finished third in the Women’s Club National Championship in 2022.

* Head coach Billy Edwards is entering his 19th season coaching triathlon at Navy.

* Over 100 Mids have garnered USA Triathlon All-America honors under Edwards.

* Navy has won the Armed Forces Triathlon Championship over Air Force and Army for the past nine years.

* Navy made school history in 2018 by winning the program’s first Patriot League Tournament title and advancing to the NCAA Tournament for the first time on the Division I level.  The program made NCAA (DII) Tournament appearances in 1987 and 1988.

* The Mids also shared the regular season title in 2018, achieving the feat for the second time (1999). 

* Patricia Mattingly (’19) was tabbed as the 2017, ‘18 and ’19 Patriot League Setter of the Year, as well as the 2016, ‘17 and ’18 Patriot League Scholar-Athlete of the Year.  Mattingly would become the program’s third Academic All-American when she garnered third-team honors in 2017 and the first with two awards when she was a second-team honoree in 2019.

* Sydney Shearn (’19) garnered the 2017 Patriot League Libero-of-the-Year award (also the first time a Navy player has received the laurel).

* Mattingly set the school Division I career assists record (3,849), Shearn set the school Division I career digs record (1,708) and Katie Patrick (’19) set the school Division I record for career blocks (392).

* Paige Miles (’20) earned CoSIDA First-Team Academic All-America accolades in January 2020. 

* Rachel Dougherty (‘08) knocked down a school-record 500 kills during her senior season to be named First-Team All-Patriot League, while also garnering Patriot League Scholar-Athlete of the Year and Second-Team Academic All-America accolades.

* Paco Labrador, who compiled a 455-71 record (86.5%) in 15 seasons at Wittenberg and led the Tigers to the 2011 NCAA (DIII) Championship, took over the Navy reigns prior to the start of the 2018 season. He has led the Mids to at least the semifinal round of the Patriot League Tournament in six of his seven fall campaigns, which included title-match appearances in 2018 and ’22.

* 14 NCAA Tournament appearances, the seventh-most in NCAA history.

* Won three-straight CWPA titles from 2006-08 and five since 2000. Navy is the first team to win three-straight CWPA titles two different times.

* Recorded a third-place finish at the 2007 NCAA Tournament, its best finish ever. Won a school-record 30 games that year and enjoyed a school-record 19-game winning streak.

* Has won at least 19 contests in 36 of 43 seasons of competition.

* 44 All-American honors since 1984, including Isaac Salinas (second team in 2020-21 and honorable mention in 2019 and 2021) who became the first All-American and multi-time All-American under current head coach Luis Nicolao. With is third selection in 2025, Kiefer Black became the fourth player in program history to be named All-American three times (’23, ’24, ’25), joining Isaac Salinas (’19, ’20, ’21), Nick Hill (’00, 01, ’02), and Luis Nicolao (’89, ’90, ’91).

* 80 All-Conference selections (55 All-CWPA [1982-16]; 25 All-MAWPC [2017-pres.]).

* 11 CWPA Championship MVPs.

* 14 CWPA Southern Division Championships and nine CWPA Championships.

* Former head coach Mike Schofield retired in September of 2013 as the winningest coach in any sport in Navy history with 631 wins, becoming the first Navy coach to reach 600 wins at the school.

* Former All-American and NAAA Sword for Men winner Luis Nicolao (’92) was named the head coach in January of 2017.

* 77 NCAA Tournament appearances.

* Back-to-back top-20 finishes (2006-07 and 2007-08) at the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 1981-82, 1982-83.

* Three individual National Champions.

* 67 All-Americans, including Danny Wask (174 pounds – 6th place) who garnered All-America honors at the 2026 NCAA Championship.

* 21 Olympians, including Lloyd Keaser who was a silver medalist at the 1976 Olympics held in Montreal. Keaser became the first African-American to win a gold medal when he did so at the 1973 World Championships in freestyle.

* 110 EIWA Individual Champions.

* Josh Koderhandt became the 17th wrestler in school history to reach 100 victories and the first since Nicholas Gil, who won his 100th match in 2019. Additionally, Koderhandt also became just the ninth four-time NCAA qualifier in team history.

* 13 EIWA Team titles.

* Scott Steele (‘10) placed third at the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials and served as the second alternate at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China.

* 2011 Naval Academy Sword for Men recipient Bryce Saddoris became the school’s all-time wins record holder by producing a 147-40 record during his four-year career.