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As the undergraduate college of the Naval service, the Naval Academy prepares young men and women to be - come professional officers and leaders in the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps. Naval Academy students are midship - men on active duty in the U.S. Navy. They attend the acad - emy for four years, graduating with bachelor of science degrees and commissions as ensigns in the Navy or sec - ond lieutenants in the Marine Corps. Naval Academy grad - uates serve at least five years as Navy or Marine Corps officers.

Founded in 1845 by Secretary of the Navy George Ban - croft, the Academy started as the Naval School on 10 m acres of old Fort Severn in Annapolis with an original o o class of 55. In 1850 the Naval School became the United c States Naval Academy. A new curriculum went into effect . requiring midshipmen to study at the Academy for four S years and to train aboard ships each summer. Congress T T authorized the Naval Academy to begin awarding bachelor

R of science degrees in 1933. Today, the Academy offers 23 major fields of study, a wide variety of elective courses

O and advanced study and research opportunities. P P USNA MISSION STATEMENT S “To develop midshipmen morally, mentally and physically Y and to imbue them with the highes t ideals of duty, honor and loyalty in order to graduate leaders who are dedicated V V to a career of naval service and have potential for future A deployment in mind and character to assume the highest

N responsibilities of command, citizenship and govern - . ment.” w w w w

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USNA QUICK FACTS Location ...... Annapolis, Md. Founded ...... 1845 Superintendent ...... Vice Adm. Michael H. Miller, USN w Commandant of Midshipmen ... Capt. Robert E. Clark II, USN w Enrollment ...... 4,400

CLASS OF 2015 FACTS w .

Enrollment ...... 1,229 (993 men, 236 women) N Applicants ...... 19,145 (14,652 men, 4,493 women) Class Rank in High School, Top 10% ...... 52% A

Class Rank in High School, Top 33% ...... 85% V HS Participation, Student Body Leader ...... 65% HS Participation, National Honor Society ...... 62% Y

HS Participation, Varsity Athlete ...... 90% S

HS Participation, Varsity Team Captain/Co-Captain .... 65% P HS Participation, Community Service ...... 88% O NAVY ASSIGNMENTS R Graduates of the Naval Academy entering the Navy do so as ensigns and have the following service options avail - T able to them: S

• Aviation -- pilot, flight officer . • Nuclear Propulsion -- ships, submarines c o • Restricted Line and Staff Corps -- civil engineering, information warfare, cryptology, intelligence, mainte - m nance, medicine, meteorology/oceanography, supply • Special Operations -- explosive ordinance disposal, ex - plosive ordinance management, mine countermeasures, operational and salvage • Navy SEALs • Surface Warfare -- conventional, nuclear powered • Submarines MARINE CORPS ASSIGNMENTS Graduates enter the Marine Corps with a rank of second lieutenant. Those officers entering the Marine Corps have the choice of serving in one of the following fields: • Aviation -- air command and control, anti-air warfare, aviation maintenance, aviation supply, pilot, flight officer • Ground -- armor, artillery, communications (information systems), engineering, financial manage - ment, infantry, logistics, military police

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From the first athletic competition played on the grid - iron in 1879 to Navy's recent triumphs, several events, people, rivalries and personalities have shaped the en - tire Naval Academy athletic program. Below is a look at just some of the history and traditions that make Navy one of the most storied programs in all of colle - giate athletics. ANCHORS AWEIGH "Anchors Aweigh" was written by Lt. Charles Zimmer - mann, Musical Director of the Naval Academy in 1906, with the lyrics provided by Alfred H. Miles of the Class of 1906, as a fight song for the 1907 graduating class in - m stead of the usual class march Zimmermann had com - o o posed for previous classes. The song made its debut at c the 1906 Army-Navy game, and when the Midshipmen . won the game, the song became traditional at this game. S It gained national exposure in the 1920s and 1930s when T T it was heard on the radio and was in a number of popular

R movies. In 1997 a one-hour documentary on the history of Navy football, titled "Anchors Aweigh for Honor and

O Glory", was produced by NFL Films. The film was deemed P P a success by both critics and fans alike. Here are the words: S

Y Stand Navy down the field, Sails set to the sky, V V We'll never change our course, A So Army you steer shy.

N Roll up the score, Navy, . Anchors Aweigh, Sail Navy down the field, w w And sink the Army, w Sink the Army Grey

w BILL THE GOAT The first recorded use of a goat mascot for Navy athletic teams was in 1893 when an animal named El Cid (The Chief) was turned over to the Brigade by young officers of the USS New York. El Cid helped Navy to a 6-4 triumph over Army that year. Two cats, a dog, and a carrier pigeon have also enjoyed brief reigns as the Navy mascot, but goats have served without interruption since 1904. Bill XXXIII and XXXIV are the current mascots. They are taken care of by 15 goathandlers made up of five midshipmen from the first, second and third classes. The goathandlers undergo rigorous training prior to handling Bill on the field. BLUE & GOLD This song was written in 1923 by Cmdr. Roy DeS. Horn, USN (Ret.) with music composed by J.W. Crosley. Follow - ing every home athletic competition, the team faces its fans with their hands on their heart and sings the follow - ing notes: -

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Now, colleges from sea to sea May sing of colors true; But who has better right than we The Blue Angels perform an air show along the To hoist a symbol hue?  For sailors brave in battle fair, Severn River on the northern bank of the Academy Since fighting days of old, each spring during Commissioning Week. Have proved the sailor's right to wear The Navy Blue and Gold ENTERPRISE BELL From the bridge of the famed World War II aircraft carrier, it has been a part of the Naval Academy tradition since 1950. The late Admiral Harry W. Hill, then Super - intendent, was instrumental in bringing the "E" Bell to Annapolis. It rings during special ceremonies when Navy scores a majority of victories over Army in any one of the three sports seasons. The bell also rings during Commissioning Week for those teams that beat Army and have not participated in a previous bell-ring - ing during the academic year. The bell is stationed in front of Bancroft Hall. MIDSHIPMAN w The word midshipman first appeared in English in the 17th century in the form of the word midshipman to w

designate those men who were stationed "amidships," w i.e. in the waist or middle portion of the vessel, while on

duty. By 1687, however, the second 's' had been . N dropped to give the current form of the word. Midship -

men were originally boys, sometimes as young as A seven or eight, who were apprenticed to sea captains to V learn the sailor's trade.  The Navy football team gathered for Y

the traditional singing of the Blue & In the early days of the American Navy, midshipmen S trained aboard ship until they were eventually commis - Gold following its win over Army in 2010, P sioned as ensigns. With the founding of the Naval Acad -

its ninth-consecutive win over its rival. O emy in 1845, it became possible, as it still is, for a Below: The mens’ lacrosse team sang an midshipman to enter the Navy directly from civilian life. R emotional rendition of Blue & Gold fol- The name of students at the Naval Academy changed lowing its overtime victory over rival several times between 1870 and 1902, when Congress re - T

Johns Hopkins in 2010. stored the original title of Midshipman, and it has re - S

mained unchanged since. . c

TECUMSEH o

The familiar Native American figurehead facing Bancroft m Hall and Tecumseh Court has been an Annapolis resident since 1866. Originally, the figurehead of the USS Delaware was meant to portray Tamanend, the great chief of the Delawares. It developed that Tamanend was a lover of peace and did not strike the fancy of the Brigade. Looking for another name, Midshipmen referred to the figurehead as Powhatan and King Philip before finally settling on Tecumseh, the fierce Shawnee chieftain who lived from 1768-1813. The original wooden statue was replaced after some 50 years in the open weather by a durable bronze replica, presented by the Class of 1891. It is considered a good-luck "mascot" for the midshipmen, who in times past would throw pennies at it and offer left-handed salutes whenever they wanted a 'favor', such as a sports win over West Point, or spiritual help for examinations. These days it receives a fresh coat of war paint and is often decorated in various themes during football weeks and other special occasions such as Commissioning Week.

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Navy is dedicated to providing its athletes top-notch gameday and practice atmospheres in every sport. Navy annually ranks among the league leaders in attendance in nearly every sport, and has hosted numerous Patriot League and NCAA Championship events over the last several years. Many of the facilities have undergone ex - tensive renovations recently, showing Navy’s commit - ment, dedication and passion to providing the very best for its athletes.

Since 2005, Navy has played host to the NCAA Men’s Lacrosse Quarterfinals, the NCAA Women’s Lacrosse Final Four, the College Squash Association Individual m Championship, the CWPA Eastern Champi - o o onship, the EIWA Wrestling Championship, as well as sev - c eral other highly-competitive national events. In the past . five years, Navy has also played host to Patriot League S championships in the following sports: men’s and T T women’s basketball, women’s soccer, baseball, tennis, in -

R door and outdoor track and field and and div - ing. O P P Navy’s facilities have also undergone major renovations and construction improvements, from the building of the S $52 million Wesley A. Brown Field House, the $18.5 million Y Brigade Sports Complex, the $1.8 million Willis Bilder - back-Dinty Moore Navy Lacrosse Hall of Fame, the $18 V V million Hubbard Hall renovation, major baseball renova - A tions to the Terwilliger Brothers Field at Max Bishop Sta -

N dium, a $1.5 million renovation of the Halsey Field House

. squash facility, a complete reconstruction of courts and at the Dyer Tennis Center, a $1 million dive tower replace - w w ment in Lejeune Hall, $5 million for the renovation of Rip

w Miller Field (removed crown, installed vertical drainage, re - placed bleacher and press box), Ricketts Hall training w room expansion, a new press box at Glenn Warner (soc - cer), new hammer throw venues for track & field, installa - tion of FieldTurf in Halsey as well as a complete $42 million overhaul of Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium that gives the Mids a dominant home-field football pres - ence and made the facility the finest in .

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In his 10 years as Director of Athletics, and WFED (1500 AM, 1050 AM, 820 AM) in Chet Gladchuk has overseen a renaissance of Washington D.C./Northern Virginia to Navy’s the Naval Academy athletic program. His admin - radio network. istrative leadership has helped lead the program WBAL Radio, which is also the home of to one of the most successful periods in school the Ravens, is Maryland's dominant and most history. powerful radio station. Since 1925, generations In 2010-11, Navy won 63 percent of its con - of Marylanders have turned to WBAL Radio for tests and claimed the overall series against Army news, weather, thought-provoking discussions for the 18th time in the last 19 years. Navy pro - and sports. As Maryland's only 50,000-watt AM duced nine All-Americans, 11 conference ath - station, WBAL's signal travels substantially fur - letes of the year, nine conference coaches of the ther than any other station in the state. year and 11 conference championships. WFED Radio, which is also the home of The Mids also excelled in the classroom, the Washington Nationals, is a 50,000-watt sta - ranking No. 4 in the country in graduation rate tion that will air a minimum of 10 regular-season for student-athletes (among Football Bowl Subdi - football games. WFED is your source for fed - m vision schools) and all 24 of Navy’s NCAA spon - eral news covering both the Federal Govern - sored varsity sports rank above the national ment and those who do business with the o o average in the Academic Progress Report, in - government. c

. cluding five teams with perfect scores. Navy had Since being introduced as the Academy's

S five Academic All-Americans, four Patriot League 28th Director of Athletics on Sept. 4, 2001, Glad - Scholar Athletes of the Year and an NCAA Post - chuk has pressed forward on numerous fronts T T graduate Scholarship winner. Six of the top 15 with energy and vision. From the hiring of Paul

R Naval Academy graduates and 28 of the top 100 Johnson and Ken Niumatalolo as head football graduates in the Class of 2011 were involved coaches to the renovation of Navy-Marine Corps O with varsity or club athletics. Memorial Stadium, Gladchuk has made im - P P The football team had another successful provements in several key areas that will prove season in 2010, posting a 9-4 record and playing more success on the athletic fields for years to S in a school-record eighth-consecutive bowl game. The Mids beat Army for come. Recent head coaching hires such as Bill Roberts in men’s swim -

Y a series-record ninth-consecutive year and defeated Notre Dame for the ming, John Morrison in women’s swimming, Paul Kostacopoulos in base - third time in four seasons. ball, Keith Puryear in women’s tennis, Cindy Timchal, the all-time V V Other teams who flourished in 2010-11 included the women’s basket - winningest women’s lacrosse coach in NCAA history, Stefanie Pemper,

A ball team winning the Patriot League Championship and advancing to the one of the all-time winningest Division III women’s basketball coaches, NCAA Tournament for the first time in school history; the rifle team placed Dave Brandt, the all-time winningest soccer coach in NCAA history, Larry N

. seventh at the NCAA Championship; the women’s lacrosse team ad - Bock, the all-time winningest coach in collegiate history, Ed vanced to the NCAA Tournament for the second-straight season; intercol - DeChellis, the 2009 Big Ten Basketball Coach of the Year at Penn State, w w legiate sailing placed ninth at the ICSA Nationals; the baseball team won and Rick Sowell, who was a two-time America East Coach of the Year. the Patriot League Regular Season and Tournament titles and participated During Gladchuk’s tenure at the Naval Academy, he has seen the w in the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2002; while the water polo, Midshipmen win 75 conference titles, produce 137 All-Americans and 48 men’s cross country, men’s swimming & diving, men’s indoor track & field, Academic All-Americans. w women’s indoor track & field and women’s rowing all won conference titles. Gladchuk has also worked tirelessly to bring back school spirit, work - Gladchuk’s efforts have been recognized on a national level as well, ing in conjunction with school officials to encourage midshipmen to attend as the Division IA Athletic Directors Association named him the 2005 events for all sports. Bobby Dodd Athletic Director of the Year. The award is presented in recog - He has embraced the local community and alumni base, and is an nition of an athletic director’s support and commitment toward the suc - often-requested speaker, visiting areas all over the country as he shares cessful advancement of the department, most specifically in the sport of the vision of the Naval Academy and the Naval Academy Athletic Associa - football. Additionally, he was recognized by the Secretary of the Navy for tion. his contributions and service to the Navy and the Naval Academy with the Gladchuk’s biggest impact on the Naval Academy has been the $42 Superior Public Service Award to the Department of the Navy. million renovation of Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium where under Gladchuk has been able to parlay Navy’s athletic success into an ex - his leadership the stadium was completely refurbished over a four-year clusive television deal with CBS ports Network that has increased Navy’s time frame. The addition of 6,500 permanent seats on the sidelines and in television exposure both in the United States and internationally. CBS the end zones, 32 luxury boxes, dropping the field eight feet and moving Sports Network, the first 24-hour college sports network, televises every the sidelines closer, two video scoreboards, a memorial plaza, upgraded Navy home and select neutral site football games (excluding Notre Dame restroom and concession areas, a perimeter walking path, new lighting, a and Army which are televised nationally by CBS), as well as other Midship - new sound system, landscaping the grounds and storm water manage - men men's and women's athletic events, original programming and docu - ment highlight the list of renovations. Gladchuk has worked closely with mentaries centered on the storied Navy athletic program. The long-term, the city, county, state and neighborhood associations to ensure proper multi-media agreement includes internet streaming, broadband and video- communication and sensitivity to issues that benefit both the NAAA and on-demand rights and high definition rights. A major part of the agreement community at large. The NAAA was awarded the Green Star award by for - was that all home football games would be played on Saturday for the con - mer Annapolis Mayor Ellen Moyer for commitment to the environment dur - venience of the Navy alumni. Navy sports are seen all over the world with ing the ongoing renovation of Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium. the international distribution of Navy programming, especially to the troops Gladchuk and the NAAA have also teamed up with the Naval Acad - serving abroad. Navy’s contract with CBS Sports Network runs through emy Foundation to raise over $75 million in private giving for facilities such 2018. as the Brigade Sports Complex (hockey and tennis), Max Bishop Stadium Gladchuk has also added radio giants WBAL (1090 AM) in Baltimore (baseball), varsity squash courts, various team locker rooms and a number

# 31 # NAVY WOMEN’S TENNIS of practice facilities. 2010-11 Navy Athletics: Other highlights during Gladchuk’s tenure at the Naval Academy include the recent renegotiation of the Army-Navy contract which resulted in over $46 million to A Year In Review the two schools over the next eight years, scheduling Maryland, Notre Dame, Ohio State and Army at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore to promote Navy football in the community, negotiating the extension of the Navy-Notre Dame football game televi - Overall Record sion contract with CBS through 2018 and negotiating bowl deals with the Houston, Emerald, Poinsettia, Meineke Car Care, EagleBank, Texas, Armed Forces and Mili - 301-174-8 (.631) tary Bowls. Gladchuk is heavily involved with NCAA and Patriot League committees. He N-Star Record vs. Army recently was selected to serve on the NCAA Leadership Council, which is one of the highest NCAA appointments an athletic director can realize. The council helps set 11-11 (.500) the Division I legislative agenda and advises the NCAA regarding major legislative issues being considered. The primary responsibility of the council is to identify Overall Record vs. Army those issues on the horizon that can impact Division I and intercollegiate athletics as a whole and spends much of its time planning for the future of Division I and 17-15 (.5531) helps set the course for the future. Gladchuk is also on the NACDA (National Asso - ciation of Collegiate Athletic Directors) Executive Committee and has served as the No. 4 in the Country Chairman of the Executive Committee in the Patriot League and a member of the NCAA Olympic Sport Liaison Committee. in Graduation Rate Gladchuk came to the Naval Academy from the University of Houston, where he had been the Director of Athletics since July 18, 1997. Recognized as one of the nation’s top leaders in intercollegiate athletics management, he guided the Cougars 9 All-Americans to 19 Conference USA Championships, while making significant strides in the aca - w demic success of their student-athletes, gender equity and fiscal management. 11 Conference Championships Before Houston, Gladchuk was the Director of Intercollegiate Athletics, Intra - w murals and Recreation for seven years at his alma mater, Boston College. Under Gladchuk, Boston College emerged as one of the NCAA’s elite programs of the 5 Academic All-Americans w

1990s winning numerous Big East and NCAA Championships. The school’s gradua - . tion rate for all student-athletes was over 90 percent and the Eagles won the Col - N lege Football Association’s Academic Achievement Award for the highest graduation 9 Conference Coaches of the Year rates among all Division I schools in three of his last five years at Boston College. A

Gladchuk led the Alumni Stadium expansion effort, which resulted in a $35 million V improvement to the football stadium. Prior to rejoining Boston College, Gladchuk served as AD at Tulane University National Honors Y from 1987-90. During his tenure, he directed the reinstatement of the Green Wave * Football finished 36th in the nation in the final Associ - S basketball program to Division I status. In addition, he oversaw the construction of P new facilities for the athletics administration as well as baseball, track and field and ated Press poll and played in an eighth- tennis teams after a $25 million athletics campaign was successfully completed. straight bowl game. O From 1985-87, he served as Associate AD at Syracuse University, heading op - erations, NCAA compliance, financial aid and facility operations. * Water polo finished the season ranked 15th in the Col - R Gladchuk lettered in football at Boston College and graduated with honors in legiate Water Polo Association Poll. T

business management in 1973. He earned a master’s in sports administration from S the University of Massachusetts-Amherst in 1974, where he began his career in in - * Offshore sailing won the McMillan Cup, the big-boat . tercollegiate athletics, including serving for seven years as Director of General c

Physical Education, Assistant and Associate Athletic Director for the university. He national championship for the New England and Mid- o also has served as Director of Athletics and head football coach for the New Hamp - Atlantic districts. m ton (Prep) School in New Hampshire prior to leaving for UMass. He and his wife, Kathy, have four children: John, a graduate of Loyola Mary - * Wrestling finished 37th at the NCAA Championship. mount; Katie, a graduate of Boston College; Christie, a graduate of Trinity and Julie, a graduate of the University of North Carolina. * The women’s basketball team competed in the NCAA Tournament for the first time in program history.

* The men’s swimming & diving team qualified three Past Athletic Directors Midshipmen for the NCAA Championship. * Rifle placed seventh at the NCAA Rifle Championship. Harris Laning 1895 1910-12 John E. Whelchel ’20 1943-44 Arthur P. Fairchild ’01 1912-15 Harles O. Humphreys ’22 1944-46 Charles Earle Smith ’03 1915-17 Edmund B. Taylor ’25 1946-48 * Men’s qualified two Midshipmen for the William F. Halsey Jr. ’04 1917-18 Thomas J. Hamilton ’27 1948 NCAA Championship. Douglas L. Howard ’06 1918-23 Henry H. Caldwell ’27 1949-51 Byron McCandless ’05 1923-25 Ian C. Eddy ’30 1951-54 * Women’s lacrosse advanced to the NCAA Tournament Jonas H. Ingram ’07 1925-30 Charles Elliott Loughlin ’33 1954-57 for a second-consecutive season. Henry D. Cook Jr. ’03 1930-31 Slade Cutter ’35 1957-59 John W. Wilcox Jr. ’05 1931-34 Asbury Coward ’38 1959-62 * Intercollegiate sailing placed ninth at ICSA Nationals. Robert C. Giffen ’07 1934-37 William S. Busik ’43 1962-65 Ernest W. McKee ’08 1937-40 Alan R. Cameron ’44 1965-68 Thomas S. King II ’11 1940-42 J. O. Coppedge ’47 1968-88 * Baseball earned its first trip to the NCAA Tournament Harvey E. Overesch ’15 1942 Jack Lengyel 1988-2001 since 2002 and made its ninth appearance in program Lyman S. Perry ’20 1942-43 Chet Gladchuk 2001-present history in the national tournament.

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m SITE GAMES grams offered by the Naval Academy. The * Ability to purchase Club Seats to the o o NAAA operates with the guidance of the Army-Navy game c Naval Academy’s Board of Control, whose * . Exclusive seating area members report to the Superintendent of * S the United State Naval Academy. Climate-controlled concourse * Club Level concessions and amenities T T * Over 90 percent of funding support for the Priority for away football game tickets R NAAA programs is through external

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. are critical in providing our teams with the The Army-Navy football game is Decem - supplemental dollars necessary to close the ber 10 at FedExField in Landover, Md. w w “resource gap” between the Naval Academy B w teams and our Division I competition. Your ecoming a Blue & Gold member is the support is critical to our continued success. best way to secure tickets to the games. w Season ticket holders that are Blue & Membership in the Blue & Gold contributes Gold members receive top priority when to 120 years of supporting the Brigade of it comes to location of seats. Midshipmen and is the Margin of Athletic Ex - cellence funding for all 45 teams! C lub Level seats are assured to Admiral’s Row members of the Blue & Gold. Admiral’s Row members are the only ones assured of receiving Club Seats, and each member at this level is entitled to purchase four (4) Club Level seats to the game.

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Paul Kostacopoulos Ed DeChellis Stefanie Pemper Rick Clothier Steve Perry Mike Hughes Baseball Men’s Basketball Women’s Basketball Men’s Heavyweight Crew Men’s Lightweight Crew Women’s Crew w w w . N Al Cantello Karen Boyle Joe Suriano Ken Niumatalolo Pat Owen Dr. Sho Fukushima A Men’s Cross Country Women’s Cross Country Diving Football Gymnastics V Y S P O R T S

Rick Sowell Cindy Timchal Bill Kelley Ian Burman Jahn Tihansky Dave Brandt . c

Men’s Lacrosse Women’s Lacrosse Rifle Intercollegiate Sailing Offshore Sailing Men’s Soccer o m

Carin Gabarra Maj. Mitch Maury Craig Dawson Bill Roberts John Morrison John Officer Women’s Soccer Sprint Football Squash Men’s Swimming Women’s Swimming Men’s Tennis

Keith Puryear Steve Cooksey Carla Criste Larry Bock Mike Schofield Bruce Bennett Women’s Tennis Men’s Track & Field Women’s Track & Field Volleyball Water Polo Wrestling

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FIRST-RATE FACULTY & STAFF The Naval Academy's philosophy of education stresses attention to individual students by highly  Aside from being the 2011 qualified faculty members who are strongly committed USNA valedictorian, Nick Birger to teaching. Classes are small, with an average size of (’11) was a First-Team Academic fewer than 18 students and a student-faculty ratio of All-America selection for men’s ten- 8:1. All courses at the Naval Academy are taught and nis in 2011. as well as the overall graded by faculty members, not by graduate assistants. 2010-11 Patriot League Scholar- Athlete of the Year. Our 600-member faculty is an integrated group of officers and civilians in nearly equal numbers. Officers bring fresh ideas and experiences from operational units and staffs of the Navy and Marine Corps. The academy's civil -  Football’s Ricky Dobbs (’11) was named m ian faculty members give continuity to the educational the 2010 Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award winner o o program and form a core of professional scholarship and for the Football Bowl Subdivision. c teaching experience. Working together closely, these mili - . tary and civilian faculty members form one of the S strongest and most dedicated teaching faculties of any  Laura Gorinski (’13) was named Patriot T T college or university in the United States.  Kayla Sax (’10) was a recipient of the League Women’s Swimming Scholar-Athlete R MAJORS Gates Cambridge Scholarship, becoming of the Year in 2011.

O Students at the Naval Academy can select one of 38 differ - the ninth honoree from the Naval Academy. P P ent majors within 23 fields of study. The 23 fields of study are grouped into three different divisions: Division of En - S gineering and Weapons (aerospace engineering, com - Y puter engineering, electrical engineering, general engineering, mechanical engineering, naval architecture, V V ocean engineering, systems engineering), Division of A Math and Science (chemistry, computer science, general

N science, information technology, mathematics, oceanog -

. raphy, physics) and the Division of Humanities and Social Science (Arabic, Chinese, economics, English, history, po - w w litical science, quantitative economics). In addition to w graduating with a Bachelor’s of Science, students can at - tain a minor in one of seven different languages. w Students who excel at the Naval Academy have many op - portunities to challenge and advance themselves through several special programs -- Trident Scholars, Honors Pro - grams, and Voluntary Graduate Education Program (VGEP). GRADUATION SUCCESS RATE For the sixth year in a row, the United States Naval Acad - emy ranks among nation’s leaders for graduating NCAA student-athletes on the Division I level. Navy graduated 100 percent of its student-athletes in 10 of the 20 NCAA sports reported on and averaged an overall rate of 96 percent for student-athletes in all sports – the fourth- highest mark nationally among Football Bowl Subdivi - sion schools. LOWE'S SENIOR CLASS AWARD

Ricky Dobbs ('11) was named the 2010 Lowe's Senior John Dowd (’12) was a First-Team Academic CLASS Award winner for the Football Bowl Subdivi -  All-American in 2010-11, following a Second-Team sion, becoming the second Navy student-athlete to  Alex Foskett (’11) was named Second-Team win the award. The Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award was Academic All-America by the Collegiate Sports Academic All-America honor in 2009-10. started in 2001 by Dick Enberg in response to the growing Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). trend of men's basketball players leaving school early for

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the NBA. The award honors the attributes of senior stu - dent-athletes in four areas: classroom, community, char - acter and competition. Navy has produced five first-team honorees in their respective sports over the last five years, highlighted by Dobbs' award in 2010 and 2008 grad Evan Barnes, who was men’s soccer’s inaugural award winner in 2007. Additionally, women’s basketball player Kate Hobbs ('07), women's soccer's Lizzie Barnes ('08) and men’s lacrosse’s Andy Tormey (‘09) each were named to the Lowe's Senior All-America First Team. SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS In addition to furthering their education at schools across  Aside from being the 2011 the country, students at the Naval Academy annually are USNA valedictorian, Nick Birger in competition for several prestigious scholarships. Since (’11) was a First-Team Academic Navy's first Rhodes Scholar, E. Van Meter ('28), a total of All-America selection for men’s ten- 46 Naval Academy graduates have received the Rhodes nis in 2011. as well as the overall Scholarship, including 13 since 2001. Among Navy's most 2010-11 Patriot League Scholar- recent recipients is former baseball player Trevor Thomp - Athlete of the Year. son ('05). Also, 24 grads have won George C. Marshall Scholarships, including 14 since 2000. A trio of recent graduates earned Bowman Scholarships to the Naval

Postgraduate School. Lightweight rower Chris Medford w  Football’s Ricky Dobbs (’11) was named ('11), heavyweight rower Mike Shea ('11) and rifle standout the 2010 Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award winner Kenan Wang ('11) were each honored as Bowman Schol - w

for the Football Bowl Subdivision. ars. w

Standout swimmer Kelly Zahalka ('09) was a recipi - . N  Laura Gorinski (’13) was named Patriot ent of both the Harry S. Truman and Gen. George C. League Women’s Swimming Scholar-Athlete Marshall Scholarships, which paved the way for her A to study for two years in the United Kingdom. For - of the Year in 2011. V mer women's track and cross country runner Kayla

Sax ('10) became just the ninth student from the Y

Naval Academy to be awarded a Gates Cambridge S Scholarship, which has enabled her to contribute to P research focused on alternative energy sources at the University of Cambridge. O R Men's tennis standout Nick Birger ('11) was awarded an NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship in 2011, one year after T

soccer's Beth Reed ('10) and track 's Mark Van Orden S

('10) also earned the NCAA Scholarship. These athletes . will be able to pursue graduate degrees before resuming c their respective naval careers on a full-time basis. o m ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICANS Naval Academy student-athletes have totaled 80 Aca -  Cody Rome (’12) earned demic All-America certificates over the years, with 47 of Second-Team Academic those awards coming since the start of the 1999-2000 aca - All-America honors in 2010-11, demic year. USNA student-athletes have garnered five as well as being named Patriot awards during the 2010-11 academic year. The 2010-11 League Men’s Indoor Track & Field honorees included first-team football honoree John Dowd Scholar-Athlete of the Year in 2011. (‘12), first-team men's tennis selection Nick Birger ('11), second-team men's track & field/cross country athlete Cody Rome ('12) and from the men's soccer team, sec - ond-teamer Alex Foskett ('11) and third-teamer Sam Miller ('12). Dowd was also a Second-Team Academic All-Ameri - can during the 2009-10 academic year. PATRIOT LEAGUE SCHOLAR-ATHLETES Birger, the 2011 Naval Academy valedictorian, was also named the Patriot League Male Scholar-Athlete of the Year, after earning a second consecutive league scholar- athlete honor for men's tennis. Birger is the fifth male mid - John Dowd (’12) was a First-Team Academic shipman and a league-leading 11th overall to earn the   Lizzie Barnes (’08) is one of five Navy Patriot League's top academic honor. Other Patriot All-American in 2010-11, following a Second-Team student-athletes to have been honored as League Scholar-Athlete winners from the 2010-11 aca - Academic All-America honor in 2009-10. First-Team Lowe’s Senior All-Americans as demic year include Rome for indoor track & field, swim - part of the Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award. mer Laura Gorinski ('13) and golfer Peter Reilly ('12).

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The men and women of the United States Naval Academy have committed themselves to the service of our nation. During their four years in Annapolis, the Midshipmen demonstrate their willingness to give by taking part in sev - eral community service events.

From outreach opportunities such as autograph sessions following athletic events, to working with underprivileged youths, the student-athletes at Navy give back to the area they call home during their college years.

The following are a few examples of community service opportunities performed by the men and women of Navy m athletics during the 2010-11 academic year. o o FOOTBALL c

. While in San Diego, Calif., prior to the Poinsettia Bowl,

S several members of the football team attended a Make-A- T T Wish Foundation event where players and coaches spent time with the kids and their families. The bowl game and R Make-A-Wish Foundation of San Diego benefit from a

O strong partnership as more than 500 members of “Wish Families”, including wish children, their parents and P P siblings, attended the game as special guests. S

Y Seniors Andre Byrd and Ricky Dobbs took time to speak with students at several area schools. Byrd ad - V V dressed students at Mount St. Joseph High School in

A Baltimore where he talked about the obstacles he overcame in his life to become a midshipman and a N

. member of the Navy football team. w w As he did throughout his career, Dobbs continued to make several appearances at local schools last year, w explaining the importance of doing your best in w school and following your dreams.

The team also continued the tradition of inviting ill and special needs children and their families to practices. MEN’S & WOMEN’S BASKETBALL Both the men’s and women’s teams combined to hold free skills clinics for local youths. Assistant coaches and players from both teams provided instruc - tion to over 200 kids from the Annapolis area.

The Navy men’s basketball team was out in full force, vol - unteering for the 2011 Maryland Special Olympics and then providing area youth with a skills clinic. The team has done a number of community-service events in the past, whether it’s conducting free camps, volunteering for the Special Olympics or speaking to groups of local youth.

Members of the men's basketball team also volunteered their time at the St. John's Episcopal School's Field Day, playing basketball with many of the youth and setting up drills and contests for the kids.

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WOMEN’S LACROSSE Twenty-one members of the women's lacrosse program conducted a lacrosse clinic at the all-girls Excel Acad - emy in Washington, D.C. The Mids taught the children basic lacrosse skills and also organized drills, relay races and informal games. WOMEN’S SOCCER Navy women's soccer players Jessica Grupp, Katie Kelly, Alexes Lopez-Shaw and Ashlynn Soellner volun - teered at a youth soccer clinic at the Excel Academy, an all-girls school in Washington, D.C. The Athletes For Hope organization helped coordinate the event, which was for first and second grade girls. SWIMMING & DIVING The swimming and diving teams continued their tradi - tion of offering free learn-to-swim lessons to anyone in Lejeune Hall during the spring. BASEBALL The baseball team continued its strong relationship w with a local child with a brain tumor through the Friends of

Jaclyn Organization. The child has been a fixture at Navy w home games for the past two seasons as the team has taken an even more active role in his and his family’s w lives. The team and coaches routinely spend time with .

him away from the field, attend movies and support him at N his band concerts. A MEN’S TENNIS V The men’s tennis team again made its annual visit to the Y MaliVai Washington Kids Foundation, which provides an athletic and educational after school outlet for youths in S

the Jacksonville, Fla., area. The Mids first participated in a P

question-and-answer session with the youths before hit - O ting the tennis courts for some instruction and competi -

tion. As a tradition each time Navy visits, every time a R

youth defeats a Mid, the Navy player has to immediately T do 10 pushups. S . c o m

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The Naval Academy is located in historic Annapolis, the capital of the State of Maryland. Annapolis was founded in 1640 as Anne Arundel Town and later became the first peacetime capital city of the United States of America in 1783.

Annapolis, named to honor Queen Anne of England, was The Annapolis State House is the oldest in granted a royal charter as a city in 1708. Annapolis can  also lay claim to having been a capital of the United continuous legislative use in the country. It States. From November 1783 to August 1784, the Conti - was here where General George Washington nental Congress met in the State House. It was here that resigned his commission in the Continental they accepted George Washington’s resignation as com - Army, and where the Treaty of Paris ending mander-in-chief and ratified the Treaty of Paris, which the Revolutionary War was ratified. ended the Revolutionary War. m The colonial heritage of Annapolis is still evident as the o o city boasts more buildings from the 1700s than any other c

. city in the country. S T T The heart of downtown Annapolis has also been desig - nated a National Historic District. Many fine examples of R colonial architecture, including the State House, Ham -

O mond-Harwood House, Chase-Lloyd House and the William Paca House and Gardens, are open to visitors. P P

S In August, 2009, Annapolis was named a Top Ten finalist

Y for the International Award for Livable Communities, a competition focused on creating livable communities V V through sound environmental practices. A Annapolis is located on the western shore of the Chesa - N

. peake Bay, the largest estuary in the United States. The Chesapeake provides natural environs, sightseeing, sail - w w ing, fishing and more, helping Annapolis become the sail - ing capital of the world. The water-lover will also w revel in the fact that Maryland has nearly 4,000

w miles of shoreline – more than any other state.

Within 30 minutes of Annapolis lies both Wash - ington, D.C., and Baltimore, providing entertain - ment and sightseeing opportunities for residents and tourists alike.

 Baltimore’s Inner Harbor is just 30 minutes from Annapolis. The City of Baltimore features Harborplace, the Maryland Science Center, the National Aquarium,  Over 80 million pounds of blue crab were harvested in Maryland in 2010. The B&O Railroad Museum, American Visionary Art Mu- Maryland crab harvest makes up more seum, and homes for both the MLB’s Baltimore Orioles than 50 percent of the annual U.S. catch. and the NFL’s Baltimore Ravens Additional photography credit to www.VisitAnnapolis.org, www.VisitMaryland.org, and www.Baltimore.org.

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 The State of Maryland voted in 1788 to cede land to form the District of Columbia, which soon became our nation’s capital. Washington, D.C., is located 30 minutes west of Annapolis.

 The Annapolis State House is the oldest in continuous legislative use in the country. It was here where General George Washington resigned his commission in the Continental Army, and where the Treaty of Paris ending the Revolutionary War was ratified. w w w . N A V Y S P O  During the War of 1812, Francis Scott Key witnessed the bombardment of Fort McHenry in Baltimore and was inspired to R

pen the words to a poem entitled “The Star-Spangled Banner,” T

which eventually became the national anthem. S . c o m

 Pimlico Race Course, home of the Preakness Stakes, is located in Baltimore. The horse industry contributes $1.5 billion annually to the state’s economy. There are over 20,000 horse farms located in Maryland.

 Baltimore’s Inner Harbor is just 30 minutes from Annapolis. The City of Baltimore features Harborplace, the Maryland Science Center, the National Aquarium, B&O Railroad Museum, American Visionary Art Mu- seum, and homes for both the MLB’s Baltimore Orioles and the NFL’s Baltimore Ravens

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Now in its third decade as an all-sport conference combin - ing academic and athletic excellence, the Patriot League sponsors championships in 23 men and women’s sports. Initially started as an NCAA Division I-AA football confer - ence in 1986, the Patriot League became an all-sport con - ference in 1990 and includes American, Army, Bucknell, Colgate, Holy Cross, Lafayette, Lehigh and Navy as full members, and Fordham, Georgetown and MIT as associate members. These institutions are among the oldest and most prestigious in the nation and their alumni have and continue to play leadership roles in shaping our country.

Since 1998, the Patriot League has ranked first each year m among all Division I conferences awarding athletic aid in o o the NCAA Graduation Rate Report. The League finished c at the top spot with nearly all of its teams reporting a . graduation rate of 85 percent or higher in the most recent S data. In addition, 82 teams from Patriot League full-mem - T T ber institutions earned NCAA Academic Performance Pro -

R gram Public Recognition Awards after posting academic progress rate scores in the top 10 percent of all squads in

O their respective sports. P P The Patriot League’s mission is simple, to provide suc - S cessful competitive athletic experiences while maintaining Y high academic standards, and to prepare its student-ath - letes to be leaders in society. V V 

A Mac Anthony, Men’s Swimming During the 2010-11 academic year, Patriot League student- Swimmer of the Meet athletes and teams have accomplished the following: N . *Patriot League schools came in with glowing marks in the w w latest release of the NCAA Academic Progress Rate, as 97 w percent of Patriot League teams came in at or above the  national Division I four-year average score of 970. Al Cantello, Men’s Cross Country

w Coach of the Year *Six different schools claimed multiple Patriot League ti - (Third-Consecutive Honor) tles, led by Navy with seven.

*Navy tennis standout Nick Birger was part of a select group of student-athletes to receive a $7,500 postgraduate scholarship from the NCAA.

*11 student-athletes have been named Capital One/CoSIDA Academic All-Americans, including Navy’s Sam Miller and Alex Foskett (men’s soccer), Nick Birger (men’s tennis), and Cody Rome (men’s track & field).

*55 Patriot League student-athletes have earned Capital One/CoSIDA Academic All-District honors, with 39 on the first team.

*The Navy trio of Olaf Olson, Mark Meyer and Justin Vagts all competed at the NCAA Men’s Swimming and Diving Championship.

Navy baseball claimed the 2011 Patriot League Regular Season Championship, and then defeated Army in the Tournament Championship Series.

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2010-11 PATRIOT LEAGUE HONORS FOR NAVY

TEAM TITLES • Men’s Cross Country • Women’s Basketball (regular season and tournament) • Men’s Swimming & Diving • Men’s Indoor Track & Field • Women’s Indoor Track & Field • Women’s Lacrosse • Baseball (regular season and tournament)

COACH OF THE YEAR • Al Cantello, Men’s Cross Country • Stefanie Pemper, Women’s Basketball • Bill Roberts, Men’s Swimming • Steve Cooksey, Men’s Indoor Track & Field • Carla Criste, Women’s Indoor Track & Field • Keith Puryear, Women’s Tennis • Paul Kostacopoulos, Baseball  Jade Geif, Women’s Basketball Rookie of the Year and PLAYER OF THE YEAR  Nick Birger, Men’s Tennis Patriot League Tournament MVP • Andrew Hanko, Men’s Cross Country Overall Patriot League • Mac Anthony, Men’s Swimming w Scholar-Athlete of the Year • Jess Palacio, Women’s Indoor Track & Field (runner) • Owen Bullard, Men’s Tennis w • Jess Palacio, Women’s Outdoor Track & Field (runner) w • Amanda Phelps, Women’s Outdoor Track & Field (field)

• Jasmine DePompeo, Women’s Lacrosse (offensive) . N

ROOKIE OF THE YEAR A • C.J. Elward, Men’s Cross Country • Jade Geif, Women’s Basketball V

• Zach Ingold, Men’s Swimming Y • Rheanna Vaughn, Women’s Swimming S • J.J. Avila, Men’s Basketball • Tucker Hull, Men’s Lacrosse P

• David Hall, Golf O • Taylor Cato, Baseball • Lauren Allam, Women’s Outdoor Tack & Field R

 Jess Palacio, Women’s Track & Field  David Hall, Men’s Golf T Indoor and Outdoor Runner of the Meet Rookie of the Year SCHOLAR-ATHLETE OF THE YEAR S • Laura Gorinski, Women’s Swimming & Diving .

• Cody Rome, Men’s Indoor Track & Field c

• Nick Birger, Men’s Tennis o m TOURNAMENT MOST VALUABLE PLAYER • Jade Geif, Women’s Basketball • Jasmine DePompeo, Women’s Lacrosse

Jasmine DePompeo, Women’s Lacrosse Offensive Player of the Year and Patriot League Tournament Most Valuable Player

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