Naval Academy Athletics

Career Honors: 
2024-2025 CRAA Division I-A All-American
2024 Second Team All-Rugby East
2024-25 Team Captain
 
2024-25 // Senior Year
Fall Season: Appeared in 10 matches with eight starts to help Navy to its third-straight Rugby East championship … Served as team co-captain … Scored the second most tries with six for 30 total points in the fall … Registered his second career hat trick in the 60-17 victory over Kutztown. 
Spring Season: Made appearances in two matches in the victories over No. 4 California (27-3) and No. 15 Penn State (45-7) in the first round of the DI-A National Championship Playoff … One of 12 Mids to be named CRAA Division I-A All American.
 
2023-24 // Junior 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 … Found the try zone four times to finish the fall with 20 points … Scored a try in four-consecutive appearances to begin the season.  
Spring Season: Appeared in eight matches with six starts to help Navy reach the CRAA DI-A National Championship for the second-straight season … Scored a try against Penn State and in Navy’s first-round playoff match against Mary Washington … Finished junior campaign with six tries and 30 points. 
 
2022-23 // Sophomore Year
Fall Season: Appeared in 11 matches with eight starts to help Navy post an 11-0 record during the fall and claim the Rugby East Conference Championship … Only Mid to compete in all 11 matches during the fall season … Scored three tries in Navy’s 75-0 win over Southern Virginia.
Spring Season: Appeared in seven matches with six starts to help Navy finish the season with an 18-0 record and win the DI-A National Championship … Scored a try in Navy’s, 30-6, victory over Army in the quarterfinals of the DI-A Playoffs.
 
High School
A 2021 graduate of Tift County High School in Tifton, Ga. … Earned varsity letters in football (3), swimming (4) and track and field (4) … 2020 Georgia High School Association (GHSA) Region 1-7A Utility Football Player of the Year … 2019 GHSA first-team all-region 1-7A selection … Served as team captain for the football team as a junior and senior and was a four-year captain for the swimming and track & field programs … Four-time (2018, ‘19, ‘20, ‘21) GHSA first-team all-region 1-7A first-team all-region honoree in swimming and track & field … Led Tift County to four-consecutive (2018, ‘19, ‘20, ‘21) GHSA Region 1-7A swimming titles … Served as class president his senior year.
 
Personal
Son of Dustin and Malindy Bengston … Father, Dustin, was a two-time All-American swimmer at Florida State (1994-95) … Mother, Malindy, was a member of the Florida State swimming team (1993-96) … Twin brother, Beau, is a member of the UMASS swimming team … Also played football at Navy … Majoring in operations research … Has earned one USNA academic honor … Enjoys creative blindfolded drawing.