Naval Academy Athletics

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

2025-26 // Junior Year
Fall Season: Appeared in five games and made two starts to help Navy win its fourth-straight Rugby East title … Earned his first All-Rugby East recognition. 
Spring Season: Garnered CRAA First Team All-America honors … Played in all seven games, including two in the starting lineup … Scored his first try of the season in the CRAA Playoffs Quarterfinal game against Army. 

2024-25 // Sophomore Year
Fall Season: Appeared in nine matches with four starts. 
Spring Season: Named to the 2024-25 CRAA Division I-A All-American team … Appeared in five matches, including two in the starting lineup.

2023-24 // Freshman Year
Fall Season: Appeared in nine matches with two starts to help Navy post an 11-0 record and win its second-straight Rugby East Conference Championship … Scored two tries to finish the fall with 10 points. 
Spring Season: Appeared in eight matches with two starts to help Navy reach the CRAA DI-A National Championship for the second-straight season … Scored a try in Navy’s, 57-5, victory against Arkansas State in the CRAA playoff quarterfinals.

High School
A 2023 graduate of Saint Ignatius High School in Cleveland, Ohio … Earned varsity letters in rugby (3) and football (2) … Helped Saint Ignatius win a national championship in 2022 and finish as national runner-up in 2021 … Guided Saint Ignatius to three-consecutive state titles in rugby (2021-23) … Earned U.S. U18 All-American honors in rugby and competed for the Team USA U18 team in 2022 … Served as team captain of rugby team senior year … Member of student senate and National Honor Society … Recipient of Ignatius Christian Action Team Award … Served as a pallbearer ministry leader … High school teammate of Ryan Putka who plays rugby for Notre Dame and Will Riley who plays rugby for Ohio State. 

Personal
Son of Mark and Rita Soeder … Both parents work as high school teachers … Brother, John, competed as a swimmer at Bowdoin College … Majoring in ocean engineering.