Naval Academy Athletics

2025-26 // Junior Year
• Competed in eight tournaments where he produced a 76.04 stroke average
• Opened the season with a 22nd-place showing at The Goat where he shot a 7-over par 220
• Posted a 19th-place finish at the Commander-In-Chief’s Cup (245, +35) to help lead the Mids to victory over Service Academy rivals Army and Air Force
• Finished 20th with a personal-low 4-over par 217 at the Golden Horseshoe Intercollegiate
• Placed 36th at the Patriot League Championship with a 21-over par 231, helping guide Navy to the program’s eighth conference title
• Turned in a 6-over par 219 that featured the lowest round of his career (68, 2nd rd) at the NCAA Winston-Salem Regional ... finished 58th
• Named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll

2024-25 // Sophomore Year
• Competed in seven tournaments where he produced a 76.35 stroke average
• Recorded his first top-10 finish in the Mids’ opener where he placed ninth (E, 144) in leading Navy to the team title at the Alex Lagowitz Memorial
• Turned in a 14-over par 227 at The Goat
• Placed 24th at the Patriot League Championship where he shot a 9-over par 219
• Named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll

2023-24 // Freshman Year
• Appeared in four team-scored tournaments where he owned a 78.55 stroke average
• Made his collegiate debut at the Folds of Honor Collegiate where he placed 76th with a 25-over par 238
• Earned his best finish of the year at the Veterans Intercollegiate where he placed 33rd with a 13-over par 157
• Turned in his best 54-hole score at the Grand Canyon Invitational where he closed out the tourney with a 17-over par 230
• Paired up with classmate Luke Lombardo to defeat John Heckel Jr. and Zach Clark 1-up in his Army-Navy Star Match debut
• Named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll

High School 
• 2023 graduate of Issaquah High School in Issaquah, Wash., he graduated Summa Cum Laude
• Two-sport athlete who earned letters in golf (4) and swimming (3)
• Three-year (So, Jr, Sr) golf team captain, who was also a three-time team MVP
• Garnered First-Team All-KingCo honors in golf as a senior and second-team recognition as a junior
• Served as swimming team captain as a senior
• As a senior, placed fifth individually at the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association (WIAA) 4A State Tournament his senior year
• As a senior, placed third individually and second as a team at the KingCo League Tournament to lead Issaquah to its first state tournament berth since 2015
• Placed second at the KingCo League Tournament his junior year
• Finished fourth at the 2022 Washington Junior Golf Association Cup
• Selected to play in the Pure Insurance First Tee Pro Am and First Tee National Championship in 2022
• Served as the Issaquah High School band drum major his junior and senior years

Personal
• Son of Rob and Rachel Auffant
• Majoring in Political Science (Honors), he owns a 3.78 grade-point average
• Has earned Superintendent’s (S2024, F2024, S2025, S2026), Commandant’s (F2023, S2024, F2024, S2025, F2025, S2026) and Dean’s (F2023, F2025) List accolades
• Ranked 125th in his class (1,078 members) in Overall Order of Merit, 138th in Military Order of Merit and 178th in Academic Order of Merit