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As the undergraduate college of the Naval service, the Naval Academy prepares young men and women to become 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 Bancroft, the Academy started as the Naval School on 10 m acres of old Fort Severn in Annapolis with an original 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 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 O and advanced study and research opportunities.
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 to a career of naval service and have potential for future A deployment in mind and character to assume the highest responsibilities of command, citizenship and N
. government.” 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 w CLASS OF 2015 FACTS .
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 R Graduates of the Naval Academy entering the Navy do so T as ensigns and have the following service options avail - T
able to them: S
• Aviation -- pilot, flight officer . c • Nuclear Propulsion -- ships, submarines c • Restricted Line and Staff Corps -- civil engineering, o m information warfare, cryptology, intelligence, mainte - m nance, medicine, meteorology/oceanography, supply • Special Operations -- explosive ordinance disposal, explosive ordinance management, mine countermea - sures, operational diving 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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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 granted a royal charter as a city in 1708. Annapolis can also lay claim to having been a capital of the United in continuous legislative use in the country. It States. From November 1783 to August 1784, the was here where General George Washington Continental Congress met in the State House. It was here resigned his commission in the Continental that they accepted George Washington’s resignation as Army, and where the Treaty of Paris ending commander-in-chief and ratified the Treaty of Paris, which the Revolutionary War was ratified. ended the Revolutionary War. m
o The colonial heritage of Annapolis is still evident as the
c city boasts more buildings from the 1700s than any other
. city in the country. S
T The heart of downtown Annapolis has also been designat - ed a National Historic District. Many fine examples of R colonial architecture, including the State House, O O Hammond-Harwood House, Chase-Lloyd House and the William Paca House and Gardens, are open to visitors. 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 through sound environmental practices. A Annapolis is located on the western shore of the N Chesapeake Bay, the largest estuary in the United States. . The Chesapeake provides natural environs, sightseeing, w sailing, fishing and more, helping Annapolis become the sailing capital of the world. The water-lover will w also revel in the fact that Maryland has nearly 4,000 miles of shoreline – more than any other w state.
Within 30 minutes of Annapolis lies both Washington, D.C., and Baltimore, providing enter - tainment and sightseeing opportunities for resi - dents 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 Maryland crab harvest makes up more Museum, and homes for both the MLB‘s Baltimore than 50 percent of the annual U.S. catch. Orioles 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 capi- tal. 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 R bombardment of Fort McHenry in Baltimore and was inspired to R T pen the words to a poem entitled “ The Star-Spangled T
Banner,” which eventually became the national anthem. S . c c o m 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 Museum, and homes for both the MLB‘s Baltimore Orioles and the NFL‘s Baltimore Ravens
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In his 11th year as Director of Athletics, Network runs through 2018. Chet Gladchuk has overseen a renaissance of Gladchuk has also added radio giants the Naval Academy athletic program. His admin - WBAL (1090 AM) in Baltimore and WFED istrative leadership has helped lead the program (1500 AM, 1050 AM, 820 AM) in Washington to one of the most successful periods in school D.C./Northern Virginia to Navy’s radio network. history. WBAL Radio, which is also the home of In 2010-11, Navy won 63 percent of its the Ravens, is Maryland's dominant and most contests and claimed the overall series against powerful radio station. Since 1925, generations Army for the 18th time in the last 19 years. of Marylanders have turned to WBAL Radio for Navy produced nine All-Americans, 11 confer - news, weather, thought-provoking discussions ence athletes of the year, nine conference and sports. As Maryland's only 50,000-watt AM coaches of the year and 11 conference champi - station, WBAL's signal travels substantially fur - onships. ther than any other station in the state. The Mids also excelled in the classroom, WFED Radio, which is also the home of ranking No. 4 in the country in graduation rate the Washington Nationals, is a 50,000-watt sta -
m for student-athletes (among Football Bowl tion that will air a minimum of 10 regular-season Subdivision schools) and all 24 of Navy’s NCAA football games. WFED is your source for feder - o sponsored varsity sports rank above the national al news covering both the Federal Government c average in the Academic Progress Report, and those who do business with the govern - . including five teams with perfect scores. Navy ment. S had five Academic All-AmAedriacman Mse, yfeoru, r Patriot Since being introduced as the Academy's T League Scholar AthletesM eonf ’sth Sew Yimemari nag nd an 28th Director of Athletics on Sept. 4, 2001,
R NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship winner. Six of Gladchuk has pressed forward on numerous the top 15 Naval Academy graduates and 28 of fronts with energy and vision. From the hiring of O O the top 100 graduates in the Class of 2011 were Paul Johnson and Ken Niumatalolo as head involved with varsity or club athletics. football coaches to the renovation of Navy- P The football team had another successful Marine Corps Memorial Stadium, Gladchuk has
S season in 2010, posting a 9-4 record and play - made improvements in several key areas that ing in a school-record eighth-consecutive bowl game. The Mids beat will prove more success on the athletic fields for years to come. Recent Y Army for a series-record ninth-consecutive year and defeated Notre Dame head coaching hires such as Bill Roberts in men’s swimming, John
V for the third time in four seasons. Morrison in women’s swimming, Paul Kostacopoulos in baseball, Keith Other teams who flourished in 2010-11 included the women’s bas - Puryear in women’s tennis, Cindy Timchal, the all-time winningest A ketball team winning the Patriot League Championship and advancing to women’s lacrosse coach in NCAA history, Stefanie Pemper, one of the all-
N the NCAA Tournament for the first time in school history; the rifle team time winningest Division III women’s basketball coaches, Dave Brandt, the . placed seventh at the NCAA Championship; the women’s lacrosse team all-time winningest soccer coach in NCAA history, Larry Bock, the all-time advanced to the NCAA Tournament for the second-straight season; inter - winningest coach in collegiate volleyball history, Ed DeChellis, the 2009 w collegiate sailing placed ninth at the ICSA Nationals; the baseball team Big Ten Basketball Coach of the Year at Penn State, and Rick Sowell, won the Patriot League Regular Season and Tournament titles and partici - who was a two-time America East Coach of the Year. w pated in the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2002; while the During Gladchuk’s tenure at the Naval Academy, he has seen the
w water polo, men’s cross country, men’s swimming & diving, men’s indoor Midshipmen win 75 conference titles, produce 137 All-Americans and 48 track & field, women’s indoor track & field and women’s rowing all won Academic All-Americans. 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 He has embraced the local community and alumni base, and is an recognition of an athletic director’s support and commitment toward the often-requested speaker, visiting areas all over the country as he shares successful advancement of the department, most specifically in the sport the vision of the Naval Academy and the Naval Academy Athletic of football. Additionally, he was recognized by the Secretary of the Navy Association. for his contributions and service to the Navy and the Naval Academy with Gladchuk’s biggest impact on the Naval Academy has been the $42 the 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 his leadership the stadium was completely refurbished over a four-year exclusive television deal with CBS ports Network that has increased time frame. The addition of 6,500 permanent seats on the sidelines and in Navy’s television exposure both in the United States and internationally. the end zones, 32 luxury boxes, dropping the field eight feet and moving CBS Sports Network, the first 24-hour college sports network, televises the sidelines closer, two video scoreboards, a memorial plaza, upgraded every Navy home and select neutral site football games (excluding Notre restroom and concession areas, a perimeter walking path, new lighting, a Dame and Army which are televised nationally by CBS), as well as other new sound system, landscaping the grounds and storm water manage - Midshipmen men's and women's athletic events, original programming ment highlight the list of renovations. Gladchuk has worked closely with and documentaries centered on the storied Navy athletic program. The the city, county, state and neighborhood associations to ensure proper long-term, multi-media agreement includes internet streaming, broadband communication and sensitivity to issues that benefit both the NAAA and and video-on-demand rights and high definition rights. A major part of the community at large. The NAAA was awarded the Green Star award by Andrew Hanko, agreement was that all home football games would be played on Saturday former Annapolis Mayor Ellen Moyer for commitment to the environment Men’s Cross Country for the convenience of the Navy alumni. Navy sports are seen all over during the ongoing renovation of Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium. the world with the international distribution of Navy programming, espe - Gladchuk and the NAAA have also teamed up with the Naval cially to the troops serving abroad. Navy’s contract with CBS Sports Academy Foundation to raise over $75 million in private giving for facilities
# 50 # NAVY WRESTLING such as the Brigade Sports Complex (hockey and tennis), Max Bishop Stadium 2010-11 Navy Athletics: (baseball), varsity squash courts, various team locker rooms and a number of prac - tice facilities. A Year In Review 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 the two schools over the next eight years, scheduling Maryland, Notre Dame, Ohio Overall Record 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 - 301-174-8 (.631) sion contract with CBS through 2018 and negotiating bowl deals with the Houston, Emerald, Poinsettia, Meineke Car Care, EagleBank, Texas, Armed Forces and N-Star Record vs. Army Military Bowls. Gladchuk is heavily involved with NCAA and Patriot League committees. He 11-11 (.500) 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 Overall Record vs. Army set the Division I legislative agenda and advises the NCAA regarding major legisla - tive issues being considered. The primary responsibility of the council is to identify 17-15 (.5531) 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 No. 4 in the Country helps set the course for the future. Gladchuk is also on the NACDA (National Association of Collegiate Athletic Directors) Executive Committee and has served in Graduation Rate as the Chairman of the Executive Committee in the Patriot League and a member of the NCAA Olympic Sport Liaison Committee. Gladchuk came to the Naval Academy from the University of Houston, where 9 All-Americans he had been the Director of Athletics since July 18, 1997. Recognized as one of w the nation’s top leaders in intercollegiate athletics management, he guided the
11 Conference Championships w Cougars to 19 Conference USA Championships, while making significant strides in the academic success of their student-athletes, gender equity and fiscal manage - w ment. 5 Academic All-Americans
Before Houston, Gladchuk was the Director of Intercollegiate Athletics, . Intramurals and Recreation for seven years at his alma mater, Boston College. N Under Gladchuk, Boston College emerged as one of the NCAA’s elite programs of 9 Conference Coaches of the Year A the 1990s winning numerous Big East and NCAA Championships. The school’s graduation rate for all student-athletes was over 90 percent and the Eagles won the V College Football Association’s Academic Achievement Award for the highest gradu - ation rates among all Division I schools in three of his last five years at Boston National Honors Y College. Gladchuk led the Alumni Stadium expansion effort, which resulted in a * Football finished 36th in the nation in the final S $35 million improvement to the football stadium. P Prior to rejoining Boston College, Gladchuk served as AD at Tulane University Associated Press college football poll and played in an from 1987-90. During his tenure, he directed the reinstatement of the Green Wave eighth-straight bowl game. O basketball program to Division I status. In addition, he oversaw the construction of R new facilities for the athletics administration as well as baseball, track and field and * Water polo finished the season ranked 15th in the R T tennis teams after a $25 million athletics campaign was successfully completed. Collegiate Water Polo Association Poll. T From 1985-87, he served as Associate AD at Syracuse University, heading S operations, NCAA compliance, financial aid and facility operations. * Offshore sailing won the McMillan Cup, the big-boat . c Gladchuk lettered in football at Boston College and graduated with honors in c business management in 1973. He earned a master’s in sports administration from national championship for the New England and Mid- o the University of Massachusetts-Amherst in 1974, where he began his career in Atlantic districts. m intercollegiate athletics, including serving for seven years as Director of General m Physical Education, Assistant and Associate Athletic Director for the university. He * Wrestling finished 37th at the NCAA Championship. also has served as Director of Athletics and head football coach for the New Hampton (Prep) School in New Hampshire prior to leaving for UMass. He and his wife, Kathy, have four children: John, a graduate of Loyola * The women’s basketball team competed in the NCAA Marymount; Katie, a graduate of Boston College; Christie, a graduate of Trinity and Tournament for the first time in program history. Julie, a graduate of the University of North Carolina. * 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 gymnastics 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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FIRST-RATE FACULTY & STAFF The Naval Academy's philosophy of education stress - es attention to individual students by highly qualified Aside from being the 2011 USNA faculty members who are strongly committed to teach - valedictorian, Nick Birger (‘11) was a ing. Classes are small, with an average size of fewer First-Team Academic All-America than 18 students and a student-faculty ratio of 8:1. All selection for men‘s tennis in 2011, as courses at the Naval Academy are taught and graded by well as the overall 2010-11 Patriot faculty members, not by graduate assistants. League Scholar-Athlete of the Year. Our 600-member faculty is an integrated group of offi - cers 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 the m ian faculty members give continuity to the educational 2010 Lowe’ s Senior CLASS Award winner for o program and form a core of professional scholarship and 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 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 O Students at the Naval Academy can select one of 38 differ - the ninth honoree from the Naval Academy.
P ent majors within 23 fields of study. The 23 fields of study are grouped into three different divisions: Division of S Engineering and Weapons (aerospace engineering, com -
Y puter engineering, electrical engineering, general engi - neering, mechanical engineering, naval architecture, V ocean engineering, systems engineering), Division of A Math and Science (chemistry, computer science, general science, information technology, mathematics, oceanogra - N
. phy, physics) and the Division of Humanities and Social Science (Arabic, Chinese, economics, English, history, w political science, quantitative economics). In addition to
w graduating with a Bachelor’s of Science, students can attain a minor in one of seven different languages. w Students who excel at the Naval Academy have many opportunities to challenge and advance themselves through several special programs -- Trident Scholars, Honors Programs, and Voluntary Graduate Education Program (VGEP). GRADUATION SUCCESS RATE For the sixth year in a row, the United States Naval Academy 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 Subdivision 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 All-American in 2010-11, following a Second-Team Subdivision, becoming the second Navy student-ath - Alex Foskett (‘11) was named Second-Team lete to win the award. The Lowe’s Senior CLASS Academic All-America by the Collegiate Sports Academic All-America honor in 2009-10. Award was started in 2001 by Dick Enberg in response to Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). the growing trend of men's basketball players leaving
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school early for the NBA. The award honors the attributes of senior student-athletes in four areas: classroom, com - munity, character 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 inaugu - ral 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 USNA the country, students at the Naval Academy annually are valedictorian, Nick Birger (‘11) was a in competition for several prestigious scholarships. Since First-Team Academic All-America Navy's first Rhodes Scholar, E. Van Meter ('28), a total of selection for men‘s tennis in 2011, as 46 Naval Academy graduates have received the Rhodes well as the overall 2010-11 Patriot Scholarship, including 13 since 2001. Among Navy's most League Scholar-Athlete of the Year. recent recipients is former baseball player Trevor Thompson ('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 w Football’ s Ricky Dobbs (‘11) was named the Medford ('11), heavyweight rower Mike Shea ('11) and rifle w 2010 Lowe’ s Senior CLASS Award winner for standout Kenan Wang ('11) were each honored as
the Football Bowl Subdivision. Bowman Scholars. 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 League Women’ s Swimming Scholar-Athlete C. Marshall Scholarships, which paved the way for A
of the Year in 2011. her to study for two years in the United Kingdom. V Former women's track and cross country runner
Kayla Sax ('10) became just the ninth student from Y
the Naval Academy to be awarded a Gates S Cambridge Scholarship, which has enabled her to contribute to research focused on alternative energy P
sources at the University of Cambridge. O R Men's tennis standout Nick Birger ('11) was awarded an R T 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 . c will be able to pursue graduate degrees before resuming c
their respective naval careers on a full-time basis. o m ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICANS m Naval Academy student-athletes have totaled 80 Cody Rome (‘12) earned Academic All-America certificates over the years, with 47 Second-Team Academic of those awards coming since the start of the 1999-2000 All-America honors in 2010-11, academic 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- American 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 academ - Academic All-America honor in 2009-10. First-Team Lowe‘s Senior All-Americans as ic year include Rome for indoor track & field, swimmer part of the Lowe‘s Senior CLASS Award. 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 several 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 FOOTBALL c
. While in San Diego, Calif., prior to the Poinsettia Bowl,
S several members of the football team attended a Make-A-
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 O strong partnership as more than 500 members of “Wish Families”, including wish children, their parents and 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 V addressed students at Mount St. Joseph High School
A in 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 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 coach - es and players from both teams provided instruction 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 Academy in Washington, D.C. The Mids taught the chil - dren 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 tra - dition of offering free learn-to-swim lessons to any - one 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 w Navy 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 - R tion. As a tradition each time Navy visits, every time a R youth defeats a Mid, the Navy player has to immediately T T do 10 pushups. S . c c o m m
Kellie Darmody, Women’s Swimming
Glenn Shober, Wrestling
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We expect to win in everything we do – on and off the **** field of competition. The Blue & Gold provides the supple - PROMOTE YOURSELF TO ADMIRAL! mental resources necessary to assist JOIN ADMIRAL’S ROW our coaches and Midshipmen to realis - tically pursue the highest level of suc - cess within the context of their physical Support Navy Athletics at the highest level challenges. We are an institution invest - and receive our prime benefits. ed in a mission that educates future leaders in moral, mental and physical RESERVED FOOTBALL PARKING SPACE AT excellence. The Blue & Gold enables our NAVY-MARINE CORPS MEMORIAL STADIUM * Personalized with your name Midshipmen to pursue the highest goals * possible as members of varsity or junior Exclusive parking area * Prime location just outside stadium gates varsity teams. * Reserved for your use on football game days * The Naval Academy Athletic Association All-weather asphalt location is a 501 (c) (3) non-profit organization charged with providing resources to sup - TOP TICKET PRIORITY FOR SEASON TICK - ET HOLDERS AT AWAY AND NEUTRAL SITE m port 45 varsity and junior varsity pro - grams offered by the Naval Academy. The GAMES o * NAAA operates with the guidance of the Ability to purchase Club Seats to the c Army-Navy game . Naval Academy’s Board of Control, whose * Exclusive seating area S members report to the Superintendent of * the United State Naval Academy. Climate-controlled concourse T * Club Level concessions and amenities * R Over 90 percent of funding support for the Priority for away football game tickets NAAA programs is through external O O sources of revenue (i.e. Blue & Gold mem -
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V programs is provided by the Academy via games of the year. Navy opens the season government funding. on September 3 against Delaware and A plays host to Air Force on October 1 at
N Therefore, the Blue & Gold memberships Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium. . are critical in providing our teams with the The Army-Navy football game is
w supplemental dollars necessary to close the December 10 at FedExField in Landover, “resource gap” between the Naval Academy Md. w teams and our Division I competition. Your B support is critical to our continued success. ecoming a Blue & Gold member is the w best way to secure tickets to the games. Membership in the Blue & Gold contributes Season ticket holders that are Blue & to 120 years of supporting the Brigade of Gold members receive top priority when Midshipmen and is the Margin of Athletic it comes to location of seats. Excellence 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.
TAX INFORMATION Since your membership includes an option to purchase tickets, 80 percent of your membership is tax deductible. Only the individual paying for the membership is eligible to take the tax deduction. The Blue & Gold members will receive a receipt for tax purposes at the end of the year.
MORE INFORMATION For more information, please visit www.NavySports.com or call (410) 293-8708.
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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 Golf Gymnastics V Y S P O R R T T S . c 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 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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Wyatt Middleton, Football
At the Naval Academy, beating Army is important. Plebes yell “Beat Army!” in Bancroft Hall, “Beat Army!” is on every weight in the Naval Academy weight rooms, and alums and fans alike scream “Beat Army!” at the end of Blue & Gold, the Naval Academy’s alma mater.
Navy has dominated Army in all sports, posting a winning record against the Black Knights in 37 of the last 40 years and has not lost the N-Star series in 15-consecutive years.
23 of Navy’s 32 varsity sports have the potential to take part in the Army-Navy rivalry each year.
The annual showdown between the two rivals in each m sport is deemed the Star Game with the players from the
o winning team receiving a Star for their lettersweaters.
c For those sports that face Army multiple times in a sea - . son, the Star Game is designated prior to the start of the S year. Aaron Kalil, T ARMY–NAVY ALL-TIME SERIES Wrestling R All-Time Army– Navy Record Mac Anthony, O O Navy leads ...... 934-711-39 (.566) Men‘s Swimming P Army–Navy - The Last 15 Years (1996-97 to 2010-11)
S Michael Rakoczy, Overall Record vs. Army ...... 289-171-6 (.627) Men‘s Soccer Y Star-Game Record vs. Army ...... 215-108-6 (.663)
V Army–Navy - The 2010-11 Season
A 2010-11 Overall Record vs. Army ...... 17-15 (.531) 2010-11 Star-Game Record vs. Army ...... 11-11 (.500) N
. Navy’s 2010-11 Star Game Victories
w Men’s Soccer, Golf, Men’s Cross Country, Men’s Swimming & Diving, Women’s Swimming & Diving, w Football, Women’s Indoor Track & Field, Gymnastics, Men’s Basketball, Wrestling, Women’s Outdoor Track & w Field 2010-11 STAR GAME HIGHLIGHTS
FOOTBALL Senior quarterback Ricky Dobbs threw for 186 yards and two touchdowns and ran for a team-high 54 yards as Navy defeated Army for the ninth consecutive time, 31-17, at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia. Senior safety Wyatt Middleton gave Navy a 24-7 lead just before half - time when he returned a fumble 98 yards for a touch - down, marking the longest fumble return in Navy history. MEN’S SOCCER Michael Rakoczy scored the only goal of the game in the 60th minute and the Navy defense held strong as the Midshipmen recorded their second consecutive Star Game victory over the Black Knights. GOLF Laura Gorinski, Women‘s Swimming Junior Tim Shield sank a 12-foot putt on the 15th hole of the West Point Golf Course as Navy won four of seven Jess P alacio, singles matches and defeated Army, 6-5, to claim the Star. Women‘s Track & Field
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MEN’S CROSS COUNTRY Wyatt Middleton, Behind a dominant performance from senior Andrew Football Hanko, Navy defeated Army, 20-41, for the 11th time in the last 14 meetings. Hanko led the entire race and Navy run - ners took 10 of the top-12 spots. MEN’S SWIMMING & DIVING Luke Hoffer, Mac Anthony and Steve Dukleth all won mul - Mark Veazey, tiple events as the Midshipmen won their 20th-consecu - Mens ‘Basketball tive meeting with Army by defeating the Black Knights, 246-54. WOMEN’S SWIMMING & DIVING Sophomore Laura Gorinski set a Navy and Patriot League record in the 200 breaststroke and was one of five Mids to win multiple events as Navy won its 22nd-consecutive dual meet over Army in convincing fashion, 240.5-59.5. MEN’S BASKETBALL Mark Veazey came off the bench to score 17 points and grab nine rebounds and the Midshipmen held Army to just 18-of-52 shooting as Navy defeated Army, 75-58, in a sold-
out Alumni Hall. It marked the 27th time in the last 31 sea - w sons Navy won the Star. w GYMNASTICS w Navy won its third-consecutive Star Meet as it defeated
Army, 324.1-322.8. Trailing going into the final event of the . N day, Andrew Faulk and Dylan Parrott tied for first place in
the high bar competition to give Navy the win. A
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The Midshipmen won seven of 10 bouts, including the last Y
four, to secure a 24-9 victory over Army. Coach Bruce Bur - S nett improved to 11-0 against the Black Knights as Navy P claimed its 11th-consecutive win over Army. O WOMEN’S INDOOR TRACK & FIELD R Tim Shield, Navy won 12 of 17 events as it won the indoor Star Meet Golf for the sixth-consecutive year with a 103.5-77.5 victory T
over Army. Junior Jess Palacio, junior Amanda Phelps S
and senior Ashley Bucholz each doubled in individual . events to pace the Mids. c o WOMEN’S OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD m Competing in a downpour at Ingram Field, Navy domi - nated Army, 129-73, to complete its third-straight in - door/outdoor Star Meet sweep of the Black Knights. The 56-point margin of victory was the largest for Navy in an indoor or outdoor Star Meet.
Andrew Hanko, Mens ‘Cross Country
Andrew Faulk, Gymnastics
Jess P alacio, Womens ‘Track & Field
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