Naval Academy Athletics

Career Honors:
2024-25 CRAA DI-A All-American
2023-24 CRAA DI-A First Team All-American

2025-26 // Junior Year 
Fall Season: Started two games … Scored his lone try of the fall in a 36-7 victory over Penn State.
Spring Season: Started six games for Navy … Tied for third on the team with four tries … Opened the spring with a try in a 52-8 victory over Mount St. Mary’s … Ran in two scores when the Mids rolled through BYU 54-28 … Scored a try in the national championship game against California.

2024-25 // Sophomore Year 
Fall Season: Played in all 11 matches, making 10 starts … Ran in two tries, scoring one against Maryland and one against Kutztown.
Spring Season: Played in five matches, making four starts … Scored one try during the spring in a 29-26 victory over No. 14 Penn State … Earned his second CRAA DI-A All-America nod.

2023-24 // Freshman Year 
Fall Season: Appeared in five matches, making three starts, to help Navy post an 11-0 record and win its second straight Rugby East Conference Championship … Scored 32 points to finish fifth on the team in scoring … Made 11 conversion kicks, ranking second on the team … Also found the try zone twice … Tied a program record with nine conversion kicks and scored a try for a season-high 23 points in a 117-0 victory over Delaware.
Spring Season: Appeared in eight matches with seven starts to help Navy reach the CRAA DI-A National Championship for the second straight season … Scored three tries for 15 points during the spring … Scored a try in Navy’s playoff victories over Mary Washington and Life … Finished his freshman campaign fourth on the team in scoring with 47 points and second in conversion kicks with 11 … One of three Midshipmen to garner CRAA DI-A First-Team All-America accolades.

High School 
A 2023 graduate of Belmont High School in Belmont, Massachusetts … Also attended King George V School in Ho Man Tin, Hong Kong … Earned three varsity letters in rugby and two in football … Named a U.S. U18 All-American his junior year … Helped Belmont win the Massachusetts DI State Championship his junior and senior seasons … Named Belmont Player of the Year in 2022 and 2023 … Earned all-scholastic honors his junior and senior years … Served as the Hong Kong U16 National Age Grade captain during his sophomore season.

Personal 
Son of Scott and Jennifer Cornelius … Father, Scott, is a pilot and played basketball at St. Olaf College … Mother, Jennifer, is a physician … Majoring in quantitative economics.