Naval Academy Athletics

2021-22 // Junior Year
• A first-year member of the team, he turned in a 10-16 record
• Split his time between the #8 (7-3) and #9 (3-13) spots on the ladder
• Claimed wins in each of the first-five matches of the season, earning his first collegiate victory by way of a 3-0 sweep against Chicago’s Seha Choi
• Earned the biggest win of his career when he upset Franklin & Marshall’s Samuel Free in five games - 11-9, 7-11, 9-11, 11-9, 11-9 - to lead the Mids to a 5-4 win in the team’s final home match of the season

2020-21 // Sophomore Year
• Was not a member of the team

2019-20 // Freshman Year
• Member of the men’s lacrosse team

High School
• 2019 graduate of Poly Prep Country Day School in Brooklyn, N.Y.
• Three-sport athlete who lettered in lacrosse (4), soccer (4) and squash (4)
• Two-time (2018, ‘19) All-Ivy lacrosse player
• Garnered All-Ivy honors in soccer his senior season
• Served as captain of the lacrosse, soccer and squash teams his senior year
• Member of the Oasis Society, the oldest honor society at Country Day
• Served as the Co-President of PASS Club (Poly Alliance for Sexual Safety)

Personal
• Son of Paul Balser and Victoria Balser
• Majoring in Political Science, he owns a 3.42 grade-point average
• Named to the Commandant’s (S2020, F2020, S2021, S2022) and Dean’s (S2020, F2020, S2022) Lists multiple times