Naval Academy Athletics

Career Honors:
2025-26 CRAA Division I-A First Team All-American
2024-25 CRAA Division I-A All-American
2025 Second Team All-Rugby East
2024 Honorable Mention All-Rugby East 

2025-26 // Junior Year 
Fall Season: Started four games to help Navy secure its fourth straight Rugby East Conference Championship … Recorded three tries for 15 total points … Ran in the game-winning try against Army in the Army-Navy Star Game … Scored two tries in a 36-7 win over Penn State … Named to the Second Team All-Rugby East squad.
Spring Season: Collected his second CRAA All-America honor … Played in all seven games, making five starts … Finished second on the team with five tries for 25 total points … Had a hat-trick performance in a back-and-forth 52-45 loss to California … Scored two tries in the CRAA Playoffs to help Navy reach the national championship game … Ran in a try in the first round of the playoffs in a 40-11 victory over Mary Washington and added another in a 35-21 semifinal victory over Life.

2024-25 // Sophomore Year
Fall Season: Received Honorable Mention All-Rugby East accolades … Appeared in 10 matches, making seven starts, to help Navy win its third straight Rugby East Conference Championship … Scored four tries for 20 total points … Scored two tries in a 79-14 victory over Air Force … Opened his fall season with a try in the Mids’ 36-8 victory over Mount St. Mary’s.
Spring Season: Earned CRAA DI-A All-America accolades … Appeared in six matches, making five starts … Scored one try in a 29-26 regular-season victory over Penn State.

2023-24 // Freshman Year
Fall Season: Appeared in 10 matches, making eight starts, to help Navy post an 11-0 record and win its second straight Rugby East Conference Championship … Scored five tries, ranking fourth on the team … Scored 25 points in his 10 appearances … Recorded his first career hat trick with three tries in a 117-0 victory over Delaware, finishing with a season-high 15 points against the Blue Hens … Was the only Midshipman to appear in at least 10 matches during the fall season.
Spring Season: Appeared in eight matches, making three starts, to help Navy reach the CRAA DI-A National Championship for the second straight season … Scored two tries and totaled 10 points during the spring … Posted a try in a 57-5 victory over Arkansas State in the CRAA Playoff quarterfinals … Compiled seven tries and 35 points during his freshman campaign.

High School
A 2023 graduate of Rio Americano High School in Sacramento, California … Played rugby for the Granite Bay Rugby Club, Rhinos Rugby Academy and San Diego Legion … Helped Granite Bay win the Tier I National Championship his junior year and the North American Invitational 7s Championship his sophomore year … Competed for Team USA in the U19 Dubai 7s, helping the squad place third … Earned All-America honors his junior and senior years … Also named team captain and team MVP his junior and senior seasons … High school teammates Bryan Bogne, Jackson Launey and Talae Tuimaunei play rugby at the University of California … Also a high school teammate of John Henry Rouse, who plays at St. Mary’s, and Julian Niulala, who plays at Central Washington.

Personal
Son of Erica Ganse and Jorge Lopez … Stepfather, Jorge, is a staff sergeant in the U.S. Army … Has played rugby for over 12 years and competed internationally in Dubai, England, Australia and Ireland … Majoring in history … Also considered Army and St. Mary’s.