Naval Academy Athletics

2021-22 // Junior Year
• Produced a 15-10 record on the year, playing matches at the #6 (0-3), #7 (14-3) and #8 (1-4) spots
• Won seven of his first-eight matches of the year, including each of the first four
• Earned a come-from-behind victory over Patrick Noonan to lead Navy past #24 Dickinson 6-3 at the Mid-Atlantic Squash Conference Championship
• Won his final four matches of the season, including posting a 3-0 mark at the CSA Team Championship - 3-1 vs. Samuel Lew, Brown; 3-0 vs. Matthew Granovsky, Amherst; 3-1 vs. Oliver Eielson, Tufts

2020-21 // Sophomore Year
• Dropped an 11-8, 11-6, 11-4 match against Virginia’s William Braff at the No. 8 position

2019-20 // Freshman Year
• One of three freshmen who were among the Mids’ nine-player ladder, he recorded a 7-17 mark primarily playing the #7 position
• Captured his first collegiate victory by way of a 3-0 win against Fordham’s Justin Deckoff
• His biggest win of the season came against Dickinson’s Hussien Eldesouky (3-1) at the Mid-Atlantic Squash Conference Championship

High School
• 2019 graduate of The Westminster Schools in Atlanta, Ga.
• Four-year squash letter winner
• Member of the squad that defeated Saint Ann’s School to win the 2018 HEAD U.S. High School Team Squash National Championship in Philadelphia

Personal
• Son of James Jr. and Elizabeth Rankin
• Majoring in Quantitative Economics, he owns a 3.10 grade-point average
• Named to the Commandant’s (F2020, S2021) List multiple times, while also appearing on the Dean’s (F2020) List