Naval Academy Athletics

2023, ‘24 Mid-Atlantic Squash Conference All-Academic Team

2023-24 // Sophomore Year
• Fought through a shoulder injury to post a 17-12 record on the year ... opened the year at #5 (7-4), but closed out the season playing #4 (9-8)
• Opened the year by winning 9 of his first 11 matches, including a sensational 5-gamer against MIT’s Bobby Albani (11-8, 12-10, 7-11, 9-11, 11-7)
• Posted a 3-3 record in 5-game matches over the course of the season, including a 7-11, 11-6, 11-6, 7-11, 15-13 victory over MIT’s Collin Wen at the Mid-Atlantic Squash Conference Championship
• Put together a 2-1 mark at the CSA Team Championship where he defeated Denison’s Lucas Piller (3-0) and St. Lawrence’s Harry Robson (3-1) before dropping a 3-1 decision to Hobart’s Joey Raskin Lantos in the championship match of the Summers Cup
• Paired up with Lucas Spiro to play in the U.S. Intercollegiate Doubles Championship where they were tripped up by the Middlebury tandem of Julian Sandoval and Will Lichstein in 5 games (11-2, 12-10, 6-11, 6-11, 11-9)
• Along with teammates Matthew Kang, Lucas Spiro and Matt Wang, Orr was named to the Mid-Atlantic Squash Conference All-Academic Team

2022-23 // Freshman Year
• As a freshman, Orr led the team in the wins column with a 23-11 record ... saw the bulk of his time at #6 where he produced a 19-11 mark
• His 23 wins are the most by a Navy player since the 2012-23 campaign (27 by Bill Kacergis and Mitch Bottini / 24 by John Richey / 23 by Hunter Bouchard and Andrew McGuinness)
• Additionally, the 23 wins were the most by a Navy freshman since Hunter Beck amassed a 23-7 record in 2010-11
• Opened the year by winning 15 of his first 16 matches, including an 11-2, 11-4, 11-0 win over North Carolina’s Levi Mellin for his first-collegiate victory
• Won a pair of key 5-game matches over the course of the season, including victories over Colby’s Syed Haseeb Kashef and Amherst’s Grady Herbert
• Posted a 3-0 mark at the CSA Team Championship - 3-0 vs. Joao V.B. Gomes of Denison; 3-1 vs. Hussien Eldesouky of Dickinson; 3-1 vs. Ethan Yan of Wesleyan
• Closed out the season by pairing up with Lucas Spiro to represent Navy at the U.S. Intercollegiate Doubles Championship where the duo put together a 3-1 record, dropping a 3-1 decision to eventual National Champions Dylan Deverill and Griffin Manley of Western Ontario in the semis
• One of 4 Navy players to be named to the Mid-Atlantic Squash Conference All-Academic Team

High School 
• 2022 graduate of The Shipley School in Bryn Mawr, Pa.
• Two-sport athlete who lettered in golf (1) and squash (4)
• Served as the squash team captain his senior year
• Recipient of the US Squash Scholar-Athlete Award all four years in high school
• Four-year member of student government where he served as vice president
• Received National Merit Scholar commendation his junior year
• Member of his golf team that won the conference title his senior year

Personal
• Son of Andrew Orr and Elizabeth Evert
• Majoring in Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering, he owns a 3.76 grade-point average
• Ranked among the top 16 percent of the Class of 2026 (1,117 members) in Academic Order of Merit and the top 20 percent in Overall Order of Merit
• Named to both the Superintendent’s (F2023) and Commandant’s (F2023) Lists
• Brother, Maxwell, is a senior at Yale where he is a member of the squash team ... garnered Second-Team All-America and First-Team All-Ivy recognition following the 2022-23 season ... paired up with teammate Nadav Raziel to win the 2021-22 Doubles National Championship
• Cousin, Mackenzie Orr, is a 2018 graduate of the Naval Academy