Naval Academy Athletics

• 2023 Second-Team All-Patriot League
• 2021, ‘22, ‘23 Patriot League Academic Honor Roll

• Alongside fellow senior Jackson Bonitz, selected by his peers to serve as co-captain of the 2024 Navy men’s lacrosse team

2023 // Junior Year
• Earned Second-Team All-Patriot League honors after appearing in 15 of the 16 games as one of the Mids’ top short-stick defensive midfielders
• Closed out the year with 22 ground balls and 5 caused turnovers, while posing as one of the Mids’ top threats in the transition game where he scored 4 goals and added an 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
• Recorded his 5th caused turnover of the season in the Mids’ win over Bucknell
• 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
• Went box to box for a transition goal in Navy’s win over league foe Holy Cross ... it marked the first goal of his career in Patriot League play ... also forced a turnover and grabbed 2 ground balls
• Dealt out his first-career assist and picked up a pair of ground balls against #9 Johns Hopkins
• Produced 3 ground balls, a caused turnover and took 5 shots in the league opener against Lehigh
• Recorded his first-career caused turnover and grabbed a pair of ground balls against Manhattan
• Targeted a pair of transition goals in Navy’s win over Hofstra ... it marked his first-career multiple-goal game
• 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
• Scored his first-collegiate goal in the transition game against the Mount

2022 // Sophomore Year
• Appeared in 6 contests where he grabbed 5 ground balls
• Transitioned from offensive midfield to short-stick defensive midfield midway through the season
• 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)
• Grabbed a career-high 4 ground balls in Navy’s 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 in 2021
• 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
• Made his first appearance of the season at Boston U.

2021 // Freshman Year
• Made his collegiate debut in the Mids’ win over Jacksonville

High School
• 2020 graduate of Darien High School in Darien, Conn.
• Two-sport athlete who lettered in football (4) and lacrosse (4)
• Ranked #56 overall and #18 among midfielders on the Inside Lacrosse Power 100 Incoming Recruits
• Earned a 4-star recruit rating by Inside Lacrosse
• Named a 2019 US Lacrosse High School All-American, as well as Under Armour Underclass All-American
• Earned 2019 First-Team All-State (Conn.), First-Team All-Fairfield County Interscholastic Conference (FCIAC) and Gametime Connecticut First-Team All-State lacrosse recognition
• 2020 FCIAC Scholar-Athlete honoree
• With a 17-5 record, Darien lacrosse claimed the 2019 FCIAC Eastern Division title, as well as the Class L State Championship
• In 2018, Darien lacrosse went 22-1, winning the FCIAC Eastern Division crown and finishing as the Class L Runner-Up
• In 2017, Darien lacrosse was recognized in numerous polls as the National Champion following an undefeated season
• Darien’s winning streak of 76 consecutive games was snapped in the 2018 Class L Championship and marked the longest winning streak in Connecticut boys lacrosse history
• Member of the Darien HS football team that won the 2017 Class LL Championship

Personal
• Son of Eric and Mara Peters
• His service assignment is Marine Corps Ground
• Majoring in Operations Research, he owns a 3.75 grade-point average
• Has earned Commandant’s (F2020, S2021, F2021, S2022, F2023) and Dean’s (F2020, S2022, F2022, F2023) List accolades multiple times, while also being named to the Superintendent’s (S2021) List
• Stands #254 in Overall Order of Merit in the Class of 2024 (1,069 members) ... ranked #235 in Academic Order of Merit and #383 in Military Order of Merit
• Originally committed to Brown
• Father, Eric, is a graduate of Brown where he was a member of the football and lacrosse teams