Naval Academy Athletics

High School 
A 2026 graduate of Forest Hills Northern High School in Grand Rapids, Michigan … Earned four varsity letters in football and two in wrestling … Played for the Forest Hills Deadheads club rugby team for three years … Helped the rugby team win a Division II state championship in 2026 … Earned two all-conference honors in football and one in rugby … Voted football and rugby team captain his senior year … Named first-team all-state in rugby … Member of the student government executive board, National Honor Society and Michael Sadler Foundation … Graduated magna cum laude … Teammates Colton Sawyer (Indiana) and Isaac Stephan (Western Michigan) play rugby collegiately.

Personal
Son of Troy and Katie Silvernale … Brother, Troy ('28), attends the Naval Academy and plays sprint football … Brother, Luke, is a punter for the North Dakota football team … Father, Troy, and uncle, Todd, played football at Taylor University … Uncle, John Ross ('94), is a Naval Academy graduate and served in the U.S. Marine Corps … Grandfather, Harvey Ross, and cousin, Duncan Ross, also served in the Marine Corps.