Naval Academy Athletics

2019-20 // Junior Year
• Competed in six tournaments at 157 pounds - Princeton Open, Navy Classic, Southern Scuffle, Shorty Hitchcock Memorial, All-Academy, EIWA Championship - while also making three dual appearances and amassed a combined 13-13 record
• Produced a 1-2 record in dual action, capturing an 11-2 major decision over Duke’s Eric Carter for his first career dual win
• Went 2-1 at the All-Academy Championship, dropping a 2-0 decision to Air Force’s Trey Brisker in the finals
• Made his EIWA Championship debut where he posted a 3-2 record
• Recorded a 10-4 decision over seventh-seeded Jaden Fisher of Bucknell to take seventh at the EIWA Championship

2018-19 // Sophomore Year
• Made appearances at the Bearcat Open and the Shorty Hitchcock Memorial where he combined for a 2-3 mark

2017-18 // Freshman Year
• Made his only appearance of the season at the Ursinus Fall Brawl where he posted a 4-1 record
• Dropped a 3-1 match in sudden victory to teammate Scout Skidgel to place second

High School
• 2016 graduate of Shoreham-Wading River High School in Shoreham, N.Y.
• Five-year wrestling letter winner who was a two-time NHSCA All-American and two-time New York state place winner
• Took fifth at the state championship in 2015 and fourth in 2016
• Three-time all-county selection and four-time league champion
• Member of the National Honor Society

Personal
• Son of Steve and Donna Taddeo
• Service assignment is Marine Corps Ground
• Majoring in Political Science, he owns a 2.98 grade-point average
• Has earned Commandant’s (S2020, F2020) List accolades multiple times, while also being named to the Dean’s List (F2020)
• Attended the Naval Academy Prep School during the 2016-17 academic year