Career Honors:
2024-25 CRCA Scholastic All-American
2023-24 CRCA Scholastic All-American
2025-26 (Junior): Competed in a pair of matches during the second half of the season, missing the fall semester while studying abroad … Posted season-best scores of 545 (smallbore), 565 (air rifle), and 1110 (aggregate) during the Army-Navy Star Match on Feb. 7 … Also competed against eventual national champion West Virginia on Jan. 24.
2024-25 (Sophomore): Competed in six competitions during the year … Recorded season averages of 540.2 in smallbore, 559.2 in air rifle, and 1097.7 in aggregate … Posted a season-best score of 1115 aggregate in the Army-Navy Star Match (Feb. 1) thanks to a 543 in smallbore and a season-high 572 in air rifle … Registered a season-high smallbore score of 548 at eventual national champion West Virginia (Jan. 18) … CRCA Scholastic All-American.
2023-24 (Freshman): Competed in seven competitions during rookie campaign … Recorded season averages of 537.9 in smallbore, 563.1 in air rifle, and 1101.0 in aggregate … Posted a season-best score of 551 in smallbore against defending national champion Alaska Fairbanks (Jan. 21), while totaling a season-high tally of 581 in air rifle in West Point at the Army-Navy Star Match (Feb. 3) … Registered a season-high aggregate score of 1120 at home against Akron and West Virginia (Jan. 27) … CRCA Scholastic All-American.
Prior to Navy: Competed in rifle for four years, helping team to the State Championships all four years … Finished third at State Championship in prone position … Competed at the Junior Olympics as a senior … Additionally, lettered in swimming (4 years) and football (1) at Homestead High School in Fort Wayne, Ind. … All-State selection in football as a senior … Member of the rugby club team for two seasons … Eagle Scout.
Personal: Son of Mark and Tanya Dely … Older brother, Mark (’24), was a member of the Navy rifle team (2020-24), while older sister, Catherine (’26), is a current member of the Navy rifle team.
Career Statistics:
| |
Smallbore |
Air Rifle |
Aggregate |
| Year |
App / Starts |
Total |
Avg. |
High Score |
App / Starts |
Total |
Avg. |
High Score |
App / Starts |
Total |
Avg. |
High Score |
| 2023-24 |
7 / 0 |
3,765 |
537.9 |
551 |
7 / 0 |
3,942 |
563.1 |
581 |
7 / 0 |
7,707 |
1,101.0 |
1,120 |
| 2024-25 |
6 / 0 |
3,241 |
540.2 |
548 |
6 / 0 |
3,355 |
559.2 |
572 |
6 / 0 |
6,586 |
1,097.7 |
1,115 |
| 2025-26 |
2 / 0 |
1,089 |
544.5 |
545 |
2 / 0 |
1,119 |
559.5 |
565 |
2 / 0 |
2,208 |
1,104.0 |
1,110 |
| TOTAL |
15 / 0 |
8,095 |
539.7 |
551 |
15 / 0 |
8,416 |
561.1 |
581 |
15 / 0 |
16,501 |
1,100.1 |
1,120 |
