Naval Academy Athletics

• Benoit in 2018-19 (Jr.): Turned in a 12-6 record seeing action at 184 pounds ... placed third at the Bearcat Open thanks to a 6-1 victory over teammate Anthony Cable ... took third at the Shorty Hitchcock Memorial ... his lone dual bout was against 16th-ranked Stephen Loiseau of Drexel where he had to bump up to 197 pounds and lost by tech fall.
• 2017-18 (So.): Competed in a handful of events before having season-ending shoulder surgery ... recorded a 5-4 record, including a 1-0 mark in dual action (fall vs. Delaware Valley) ... took fourth in the freshman/sophomore division at the Eastern Michigan Open and put together a 3-2 mark at the Navy Classic but did not place.
• 2016-17 (Fr.): Recorded a 3-5 record in his freshman season ... pinned (5:36) Delaware Valley’s Ben Schweiger in his first collegiate appearance ... dropped a 7-4 decision to Lehigh’s Kyle Gentile in the annual dual ... also competed at the Southern Scuffle and Franklin & Marshall Open.
• High School: A 2015 graduate of Marist High School in Chicago, Ill., Benoit attended the Naval Academy Prep School during the 2015-16 academic year ... a four-year wrestling letter winner, he was a three-time placewinner at the Illinois State Wrestling Championship (5th / 3rd / 3rd).
• Personal: Son of William Benoit and Lizzy Benner ... majoring in Quantitative Economics.