Naval Academy Athletics

Career Honors:
2024-25 CRAA Division I-A All-American
2025 Honorable Mention All-Rugby East
2023 Second-Team All-Rugby East 

2025-26 // Senior Year 
Fall Season: Started all six games for the Midshipmen … Led the team with five tries … Scored a try in three-straight games, including a pair of tries against Mount St. Mary’s … Sparked Navy’s 21-16 comeback victory against Army with a try in the Army-Navy Star Game … Garnered Honorable Mention All-Rugby East accolades.
Spring Season: Played in all seven games, making six starts … Scored three tries for 15 total points … Opened the spring with two tries to help Navy defeat Mount St. Mary’s 52-8 … Ran in a try in a 54-28 victory over BYU.

2024-25 // Junior Year 
Fall Season: Appeared in nine matches, making eight starts, to help Navy win its third-consecutive Rugby East Conference Championship … Scored his first try of the season in a 40-11 victory over Walsh … Ran in a try against Queens in a 49-19 victory.
Spring Season: Earned CRAA Division I-A All-America honors for the first time in his career … Started all six matches for the Mids … Led the team in tries (5) and was second in total points (25) … Scored two tries in victories over No. 4 California (27-3) and No. 15 Penn State (45-7) … Scored a try in a 27-22 victory over No. 13 Mary Washington to close out the regular season.

2023-24 // Sophomore Year 
Fall Season: Appeared in six matches, making five starts, to help Navy post an 11-0 record and win its second-straight Rugby East Conference Championship … Scored five tries to finish the fall with 25 points … Found the try zone twice to post a season-high 10 points in a 78-0 victory over Notre Dame … Garnered Second Team All-Rugby East accolades.
Spring Season: Appeared in seven matches, making two starts, to help Navy reach the CRAA DI-A National Championship for the second straight season … Recorded a try in Navy’s 32-20 victory over Mount St. Mary’s … Totaled six tries and 30 points during his sophomore campaign.

2022-23 // Freshman Year 
Fall Season: Was not a member of the men’s rugby team.
Spring Season: Made appearances against Western Ontario and Army (March 24) … Scored one try in Navy’s 39-0 win against Western Ontario.

High School 
A 2021 graduate of La Jolla High School in La Jolla, California … Earned four varsity letters in rugby and football … Also played for the San Diego Mustangs Youth Rugby Club … Was a two-time league Defensive Player of the Year and First Team All-League recipient in football … Earned First Team All-State honors and became La Jolla’s all-time leader in tackles his senior season … Helped La Jolla win the 4A Regional Championship his junior season … Guided La Jolla to a pair of Southern California Championships in rugby his freshman and sophomore years … Also helped the Mustangs win the Southern California Championship during his sophomore season … Selected as team captain of the football team his sophomore, junior and senior seasons … Earned the National Football Foundation (NFF) San Diego Chapter Scholar-Athlete Award, which annually honors one member of the NFF National Scholar-Athlete Class as the absolute best in the country for his combined academic success, football performance and exemplary community leadership.

Personal 
Son of Joseph and Catherine Smith … Also has a stepfather, Brian Van Meter, and a stepmother, Santy Smith … Father, Joseph, is a 1989 graduate of the Naval Academy … Brother, Lucas, played rugby at Colorado State … Attended the Naval Academy Preparatory School during the 2021-22 academic year … Majoring in ocean engineering.