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2025-26 Men's Rugby Roster

Reece Thacker

  • Class Senior
  • Position Back Row / Lock
  • Height 6-4
  • Weight 220
  • Hometown Rogersville, Ala.
  • High School Lauderdale County

Biography

2024-25 // Junior Year
Fall Season: Did not see any varsity action. 
Spring Season: Did not see any varsity action
 
2023-24 // Sophomore Year
Fall Season: Appeared in eight matches with six starts to help Navy post an 11-0 record during the fall and win its second-straight Rugby East Conference Championship.
Spring Season: Appeared in six matches with five starts to help Navy reach the CRAA DI-A National Championship for the second-straight season.

2022-23 // Freshman Year
Fall Season: Appeared in five matches with two starts to help Navy post an 11-0 record during the fall and claim the Rugby East Conference Championship … Scored one try in Navy’s, 36-21, win over Notre Dame College.
Spring Season: Appeared in three matches to help Navy finish the season with an 18-0 record and win the Division I-A National Championship in its inaugural varsity season.
 
High School
A 2018 graduate of Lauderdale County High School in Rogersville, Ala. … Played basketball and baseball at Lauderdale County High School … Earned all-conference, all-county, all-region and all-district honors in basketball senior year.
 
Personal
Son of Kobin and Jeanine Thacker … Was enlisted in the United States Marine Corps before joining the Naval Academy … Attended the Naval Academy Preparatory School during the 2021-22 academic year … Majoring in Arabic … Has earned USNA academic honors in one semester.

Historical Player Information

  • 2022-23Freshman

    Back Row
    6'4" 220 lbs
  • 2023-24Sophomore

    Back Row / Lock
    6'4" 220 lbs
  • 2024-25Junior

    Back Row / Lock
    6'4" 220 lbs
  • 2025-26Senior

    Back Row / Lock
    6'4" 220 lbs