Naval Academy Athletics

PERSONAL: Played varsity soccer at Phoenixville Area High School in his freshman and senior years … Played at Phoenixville with Navy teammate Nate Stewart … Named to the Frontier All-Division First Team and the Mercury All-Area First Team as a freshman … Helped Phoenixville go undefeated during the 2022 regular season and reach the District 1 Class 3A final and PIAA 3A semifinals … Won the Pioneer Athletic Conference Championship as a senior … Named to the Frontier All-Division First Team and the Mercury All-Area First Team as a senior, also being named the Mercury Athlete of the Year and earning Pennsylvania All-State selection … Played club soccer for the Philadelphia Union Academy, including winning the 2026 Dallas Cup championship … Teammates with Dartmouth’s Nick Greer, Michigan’s Andrew Craig, Saint Joseph’s Alex Smith, Ronan Sullivan and Declan Sullivan, JoJo Elliott of Delaware, Lennon Harrington of Cornell, Nehan Hasan and Peter Doran of Penn State, Maryland’s Henry Bernstein, Rutgers’ Zach Mastrodimos and Brett Seemuller and Max Owusu Antwi of Saint Mary’s … Spent sophomore year playing soccer at the Hertha Berlin Integrated Academy in Germany, taking classes with the Arizona State Online Prep School … Spent junior year attending the Philadelphia Union’s YSC Academy … Spent part of his childhood living in Switzerland, playing scholastic soccer for International School of Berne and club soccer for Worb Soccer Club and Team Koniz … Son of Brett and Amy Illig … Father was a 1995 draft pick of the Los Angeles Dodgers and played six seasons of minor-league baseball in the Dodgers’ system … Cousin, Quinn Illig, plays baseball at Fairfield … Both grandfathers served in the U.S. Army.