Naval Academy Athletics

At Navy
2023: Elected as team captain
2022: Suited up with the first varsity eight in five regular season contests and then in both the Eastern Sprints and IRA National Championship.
2021: Raced with the first varsity eight in all six competitions, including the IRA National Championship as a sophomore.
2020: Season cancelled in March due to COVID-19 pandemic.

Prior to Navy
Swam the 50 and 100 freestyle for four years under the direction of Rick Hutchinson at Fairfield Prep School ... Took on rowing his last two years at Fairfield for head coach Ed Feldheim ... Prepped during the 2018-19 academic year at the Salisbury School and rowed for Toby Ayer at Salisbury ... Reached the grand finals of the NEIRA Championships all three years rowing; earned the bronze with Salisbury's team at the 2019 Championship ... Served as team captain of Fairfield's swim and crew programs ... Connecticut state record holder in the 200 medley relay; earned All-State honors in 2017 and 2018 ... Helped Fairfield Prep sweep the Southern Connecticut Conference Championship all four years he was a member of the team (2015-18)

Personal
Son of Martin and Sheila ... Mother rowed and played lacrosse at Georgetown; won the Dad Vail Championship for Women's V8 in 1987 ... older brother M.J. (Navy Class of '21) was a heavyweight rowing teammate during the 2020 and 2021 seasons ... Great-grandfather William McCafferty was a 1923 graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy