Naval Academy Athletics

2025 U.S. Intercollegiate Doubles National Champion

2024-25 // Sophomore Year
• Recorded a 14-11 record in his second season, seeing action at #4 (1-0), #5 (1-0), #6 (5-0) and #7 (7-11)
• Won 6 of his first 7 matches, dropping his lone match in four games to MIT’s Zachary Starr
• His best win of the season came by way of a four-gamer against #16 Rochester’s Van Inman-Benavente, 11-8, 11-2, 9-11, 11-8 ... also had a solid victory against St. Lawrence’s Maury Escalona in four, 11-5, 11-9, 6-11, 11-6
• Paired up with Alexander Orr to go undefeated en route to winning the 2025 U.S. Intercollegiate Doubles National Championship ... it was the program’s seventh doubles title and first since 2019

2023-24 // Freshman Year
• As a freshman, Killinger led the team in the wins column with an 18-11 record ... saw the bulk of his time at #8 where he posted a 12-9 mark
• Opened the year by winning 6 of his first 7 matches, including an 11-5, 11-4, 11-3 win over Fordham’s Nicholas Choo for his first-collegiate victory
• Went 6-2 in extra-game matches, including 2-0 in 5-gamers (vs. MIT’s Matt McManus and Hobart’s Matthew Aldana in the regular season)
• Put together a 2-1 record at the Mid-Atlantic Squash Conference Championship, beating MIT’s Mitav Nayak in 4 games and following up with a 3-game sweep over Dickinson’s Bradley Hennessy
• Turned in a 2-1 record at the CSA Team Championship that included a 3-0 win over Denison’s Rayan Dar in the opener, along with a 3-0 sweep against Matthew Aldana of Hobart

High School 
• 2023 graduate of William Penn Charter School in Philadelphia, Pa.
• Two-sport athlete who earned letters in squash (5) and tennis (1)
• Two-time All-Inter-Ac selection (first team as a senior, second team as a junior)
• Also went on official recruiting visits to Bowdoin, Colby, Haverford and Middlebury

Personal
• Son of Daniel and Heather Killinger
• Majoring in Operations Research
• Named to the Commandant’s List in the Fall of 2024
• Great grandfather, Rear Adm. George Fitzallen Ellis Jr., is 1945 graduate of the Naval Academy
• Father, Daniel, is a 1992 graduate of Bucknell where he was a four-year member (1988-91) of the water polo team
• Uncle, Dr. Jim Killinger, is a 1995 graduate of Princeton where he was a four-year member (1991-94) of the water polo team