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2025-26 Men's Rugby Roster

Austin Taylor

  • Class Senior
  • Position Lock
  • Height 6-3
  • Weight 215
  • Hometown Atlanta, Ga.
  • High School Mount Vernon

Biography

Career Honors:
2023 Rugby East Honorable Mention 
 
2024-25 // Junior Year
Fall Season: Appeared and started in nine matches to help Navy claim its third-straight Rugby East Conference Championship … Scored his lone try of the season in the 49-19 victory over Queens.
Spring Season: Appeared in all six matches for the Mids with five starts … Scored one try in the spring in the 27-8 victory over No. 7 Mount St. Mary’s.

2023-24 // Sophomore Year
Fall Season: Started eight matches to help Navy post an 11-0 record during the fall and win its second-straight Rugby East Conference Championship … Scored a try in the season opener against Notre Dame to help the Mids win the contest, 78-0 … Garnered Rugby East Honorable Mention accolades.
Spring Season: Appeared in eight matches with seven starts to help Navy reach the CRAA DI-A National Championship for the second-straight season … Posted a try in Navy’s, 57-5, victory over Arkansas State in the CRAA playoff quarterfinals … Also tallied a try to lift the Mids to a 69-5 win against Western Ontario.
 
2022-23 // Freshman Year
Fall Season: Made one start versus Virginia Tech and scored a try in Navy’s, 50-10, victory.
Spring Season: Appeared in seven matches with one start to help Navy finish the season with an 18-0 record and win the Division I-A National Championship in its inaugural varsity season.
 
High School
A 2022 graduate of The Mount Vernon School in Atlanta, Ga. … Earned varsity letters in football (4) and baseball (3) … Named Regional Defensive Player of the Year in football senior year … Earned second team all-region accolades in baseball senior year … Recipient of the Harvard Book Award, which is awarded to outstanding students in the next-to-graduating high school class who displays excellence in scholarship and high character, combined with achievement in other fields … Member of National Honor Society … Salutatorian of graduating class … Graduated as an AP Scholar with Honors … Named a National Merit Commended Scholar.
 
Personal
Son of Brett and Anne Taylor … Majoring in mathematics with economics, he owns a 3.8 GPA … Has earned USNA academic honors in two semesters … Ranked No. 82 in Military Order of Merit among the Class of 2026 (1,127 students) … Enjoys volunteering at local food pantries.

Historical Player Information

  • 2022-23Freshman

    Lock
    6'3" 215 lbs
  • 2023-24Sophomore

    Lock
    6'3" 215 lbs
  • 2024-25Junior

    Lock
    6'3" 215 lbs
  • 2025-26Senior

    Lock
    6'3" 215 lbs