Biography
• 2023, ‘24 Patriot League Academic Honor Roll
2024 // Junior Year
• Appeared in all 16 contests, he was 2nd on the team with 14 caused turnovers and grabbed 11 ground balls
• He was part of a unit that was ranked 24th nationally and led the Patriot League in scoring defense (10.75) ... the Mids held 7 of their 16 opponents to single digits (Mount St. Mary’s, Hofstra, Boston U., Johns Hopkins, Holy Cross, Colgate, Lafayette)
• Member of a Navy defensive that held Loyola scoreless for 22:58 between the 3rd (13:03) and 4th (5:05) quarters in the Patriot League Quarterfinals ... it allowed Navy to go on a 3-0 run and take the lead for good
• Navy’s defense held #12 Army scoreless for 27:27, including the entire 3rd quarter, allowing the Mids to go on a 5-0 run and tie the game early in the 4th quarter
• Led a Navy defensive effort that held Lafayette to single digits for the 22nd time in the 25-game series history ... it marked the 7th time this spring Navy has held an opponent under 10 goals
• Navy’s defensive unit held #17 Colgate to just 2 goals over nearly a 30-minute stretch (8:06 1Qtr - 8:26 4Qtr), allowing Navy to overcome an early 4-0 deficit and eventual 10-9 win ... the Mids held Colgate, who came into the game averaging 13.00 goals per game, to single digits (9) for just the 2nd time (Villanova) this season
• Part of a defensive effort that held Holy Cross scoreless for 23:19 (2nd-4th Qtr), the longest scoring drought by a Navy opponent this season ... during that time, Navy went on a 7-0 run to extend a 1-goal lead (5-4) to an 8-goal advantage (12-4)
• Recorded a pair of caused turnovers against both Villanova and Holy Cross)
• Part of a Navy defense that held #8 Johns Hopkins to single digits for the first time this season (avg. 13.00) ... also held the Blue Jays to just 3 goals over the final 48-plus minutes, including forcing scoring droughts of 22:41 between the 1st and 3rd quarters and 19:21 between the 3rd and 4th quarters
• Navy’s defense held Boston U. scoreless for nearly 22 minutes between the 2nd (3:33) and 4th (11:44) quarters, while Navy went on a 5-0 run and built a 6-goal advantage (12-6) ... the Mids contained the high-powered offense that entered the game averaging 13.5 goals per game
• Turned in a pair of caused turnovers and ground balls against #12 Penn State
• Member of Navy’s defensive unit that held Hofstra scoreless for over 19 minutes between the 1st and 3rd quarters, allowing Navy to put together a 6-0 run and hold an 8-2 halftime lead and eventual 16-8 win
• Produced a pair of ground balls and had a career-high 3 caused turnovers against the Pride
• Part of a defensive effort that held Mount St. Mary’s to just 6 goals in the opener ... recorded a caused turnover and a ground ball
2023 // Sophomore Year
• Appeared in 15 of the 16 contests, where he recorded 7 ground balls, 2 caused turnovers and dealt out and assist
• Member of a defensive unit that closed out 2023 ranked 10.44 nationally and #2 in the Patriot League in scoring defense, holding opponents to 10.44 goals per game
• Navy’s defensive unit held Lafayette to its second-fewest goals of the season with 6 and fewest since the Leopards lost a 14-5 decision to Delaware in the second week of the season ... Navy held Lafayette scoreless for the first 14:19 of the game ... after the Leopards got to within one (6-5) in the third quarter, the Mids held them without a goal for the next 19 minutes, giving up a goal with 1:00 left in the game
• Part of a Navy’s defense that held Boston U., the nation’s 8th-ranked scoring offense (14.75), to single digits for the first time since last year’s NCAA Tournament game against Princeton
• Recorded his first-career point, an assist, in Navy’s league win over Holy Cross
• Navy’s defense is now 65-1 since 2003 (7-0 under Amplo) when holding an opponent to 5 or fewer goals after defeating Queens 19-5 ... the Mids held the Royals scoreless for the first 34 minutes of the contest before allowing a goal
• Part of a defensive unit that held Mount St. Mary’s to just 2 goals in the first half en route to a 13-7 victory in the opener ... grabbed a pair of ground balls and forced a turnover
2022 // Freshman Year
• Appeared in all 15 contests for the Mids, grabbing 7 ground balls and posting 2 caused turnovers
• Part of a defensive unit that finished the year ranked #12 nationally and #2 in the Patriot League, holding opponents to 10.13 goals per game ... the Mids held 6 of their 15 opponents to single digits in the spring, including 2 of the last 4 (5 Lafayette, 6 Bucknell)
• Part of a defensive effort that held three-consecutive opponents to 6 or fewer goals (5 by Mercer, 6 by Hofstra, 6 by Manhattan) ... it’s the first time Navy has achieved that mark since holding six-straight foes to 5 or fewer goals in 2008
• Recorded his second-career caused turnover in the Mids’ home finale against Bucknell
• Navy’s defense held Bucknell to more than 8 goals under its average in a 13-6 win ... Bucknell came into the game ranked #3 nationally averaging 14.62 goals per game
• The 6 goals were the fewest by the Bison since dropping an 18-6 decision to Lehigh last spring
• Navy held the Bucknell starting attack (each of which came into the game with 30+ goals and 50+ points) to 1 of 18 shooting and a combined 4 points (1G, 3A)
• The Bison here held to just 1 goal over the final 24:32 of the contest, while the Mids went on a 8-1 run to close out the victory
• Part of a defensive unit that held #6 Army to its second-fewest goals this season in a 12-11 overtime victory (10 vs. Rutgers, 10 vs. Lehigh)
• Held Army scoreless for 8+ minutes on 3 occasions, including 16:07 (2nd/3rd qtrs) that allowed Navy to pull even at 6-6 in the 3rd quarter and 8:41 (3rd/4th qtrs) that allowed Navy to take its first lead in the game (10-8) since the opening goal of the game (14:02, 1Qtr).
• Held Army without a goal over the final 5:16 of regulation, as well as the 58 seconds that elapsed in the extra frame.
• Member of Navy’s defensive unit that held Lafayette to its lowest goal output (5) since 2020 when Loyola held the Leopards to 4 ... the Mids held Lafayette scoreless for the first 20:42 of the game and without a goal for another 19:38 stretch ... during both stretches, Navy put together 4-0 scoring runs
• The Mids held Holy Cross scoreless for 8:12 in the second quarter while Navy went on a 4-0 run and built a lead (7-2) it would not relinquish ... also held the Crusaders scoreless for an 11-minute stretch (12:40-1:37) in the final frame
• Navy’s defense held #18 Johns Hopkins scoreless over the final 6:05 to post an 11-10 come-from-behind win
• Turned in his first-collegiate caused turnover in the Mids’ one-goal loss to High Point
• Navy held Mercer without a goal for the first 30:59, allowing Navy to hold a 7-0 halftime advantage ... also held the Bears scoreless for the final 13:38 in the contest
• Held Mercer to a season-low 5 goals, marking the fifth time under the direction of Joe Amplo that Navy has held an opponent to 5 or fewer goals
• Navy’s defense held Mercer to just 24 shots ... it’s the fewest shots by a Navy opponent since Furman mustered just 16 shots on Feb. 15, 2020
• Picked up a career-high 3 ground balls against the Bears
• Made his collegiate debut in the Mids’ opener against Mount St. Mary’s where he grabbed a pair of ground balls
High School
• 2021 graduate of Gonzaga College High School in Washington, D.C.
• Two-sport athlete who lettered in hockey and lacrosse
• Served as captain of the hockey and lacrosse teams his senior year
• Led Gonzaga to the 2019 Washington Catholic Athletic Conference lacrosse crown
• Two-time (2018 and ‘19) Mid-Atlantic Prep Hockey League All-Academic Team
• Led Gonzaga to the 2018 and ‘19 MAPHL Championship titles
Personal
• Son of Paul and Jeana Norton
• His service assignment is Marine Corps Ground
• Majoring in Quantitative Economics, he owns a 3.46 grade-point average
• Has earned Commandant’s (F2021, S2022, F2022, S2023, F2023, S2024) and Dean’s (F2022, S2023, F2023, S2024) List accolades multiple times
• Also considered Air Force, Brown and Richmond
