Naval Academy Athletics

• 2022, ‘23, ‘24 Patriot League Academic Honor Roll

• Selected by his teammates to wear jersey #40 in honor of fallen Navy SEAL and former Navy lacrosse player Lt. Brendan Looney, who was killed in Afghanistan on Sept. 21, 2010

2024 // Junior Year
• Made his first appearance since his plebe year in the Mids’ win over Holy Cross

2023 // Sophomore Year
• Battled injury throughout the fall and spring seasons

2022 // Freshman Year
• Made his collegiate debut in the Mids’ Patriot League contest against Loyola

High School 
• 2021 graduate of Charlotte Country Day School in Charlotte, N.C.
• Two-sport athlete who lettered in lacrosse (4) and soccer (4)
• Served as captain of the lacrosse and soccer teams his junior and senior seasons
• A 2021 USA Lacrosse High School All-American, who garnered North Carolina Independent Schools Athletic Association (NCISAA) DI All-State (N.C.), Second-Team HSOT All-State and First-Team All-Conference accolades in lacrosse as a senior
• Recipient of the 2021 USA Lacrosse Bob Scott Award which recognizes one player from each area who goes ‘above and beyond’ in service to his team, school and community
• Two-time (2019, ‘20) Second-Team All-Conference selection in soccer

Personal
• Son of Daniel III and Virginia LaFar
• His service assignment is Marine Corps Ground
• Majoring in English, he owns a 3.81 grade-point average
• Has earned Superintendent’s (S2022, S2023), Commandant’s (F2021, S2022, F2022, S2023, F2023, F2024) and Dean’s (F2021, F2022, F2023, F2024) List accolades multiple times
• Stands #230 in Overall Order of Merit among the Class of 2025 (1,068 students) ... ranked #153 in Academic Order of Merit and #394 in Military Order of Merit
• Validated out of five classes - Calculus I, Calculus II, Basic French I, Basic French II, Human Behavior
• Also considered Brown, Dartmouth, Harvard, Loyola, Michigan, Richmond and Rutgers
• Father, Daniel III, is a 1990 graduate of Davidson College where he was a member of the golf team
• Active participant in the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society Student of the Year Campaign and was the 2019-20 Candidate Runner Up (2019-2020)
• In 2018, mentored underprivileged youth multiple times a week through reading, writing, and sports activities via I Am 24/7
• In the spring of 2021, helped the Preface Project by tutoring and teaching young children how to develop reading skills.