2005-06 Navy Sports Year-In-Review Overall Record: 299-150-5 (.664

2005-06 Navy Sports Year-In-Review

Overall Record: 299-150-5 (.664)

Army-Navy Record: 18-14 (.563)

Army-Navy Star Record: 14-8 (.636)

All-Americans (14) *MIDN 3/C Josh Albright (2nd team Smallbore, Honorable Mention Air Rifle)

*MIDN 2/C Sarah Bergman (1st Team Air Rifle)

*MIDN 1/C Jon Birsner (2nd Team, Lacrosse)

*MIDN 3/C Jordan DiNola (Honorable Mention, Lacrosse)

*MIDN 3/C Mitch Harris (3rd Team, Baseball)

*MIDN 3/C Charlotte Hill (IC Sailing)

*MIDN 4/C Lisa Kunzelman (2nd Team Air Rifle)

*MIDN 2/C Billy Looney (2nd Team, Lacrosse)

*MIDN 1/C Steve Looney (Honorable Mention, Lacrosse)

*MIDN 1/C Alex Ratcliffe (3rd Team, Water Polo)

*MIDN 1/C Matt Russell (3rd Team, Lacrosse)

*MIDN 2/C Chris Schneider (1st Team, Smallbore Rifle)

*MIDN 2/C Katie Whitman (Intercollegiate Sailing)

*MIDN 2/C Andrea White (Intercollegiate Sailing)

Academic All-Americans (2) *MIDN 2/C Kirsten Andrews (Second Team, Track & Field)

*MIDN 2/C Sean Blackman (Third Team, Gymnastics)

Conference Athlete of the Year Awards (9) *MIDN 1/C Jon Birsner (Offensive Player of the Year, Lacrosse)

*MIDN 3/C Mitch Harris (Pitcher of the Year, Baseball)

*MIDN 3/C Paul Harris (Men©ˆs Track)

*MIDN 1/C Alex Ratcliffe (Water Polo) *MIDN 1/C Matt Russell (Goalkeeper of the Year, Lacrosse)

*MIDN 2/C Danielle Still (Women©ˆs Track)

*MIDN 1/C Joe Smutz (Swimming)

*MIDN 2/C Kevin Teague (Diving)

*MIDN 1/C Theo Williams (Sprint Football)

Conference Coach of the Year (1) *Rich Miranda (Soccer)

National Assistant Coach of the Year (1) *Craig Holt (Gymnastics)

Conference Rookie of the Year Awards (5) *MIDN 4/C Joe Atzenbeck, ECAC Co-Rookie of the Year (Gymnastics)

*MIDN 4/C David Guthmann (Men©ˆs Swimming)

*MIDN 4/C Mike Mulvey (Water Polo)

*MIDN 4/C Nate Nelms (Tennis)

*MIDN 4/C Ryan Wielgus (Golf)

Conference Championships (4) *Sprint Football

*Lacrosse

*Rifle

*Men©ˆs Swimming

National Honors *Lightweight Crew (finished sixth at the IRA Championship)

*Football (30th in the country, won the Poinsettia Bowl)

*Lacrosse (ninth in the country)

*Navy Athletics-No. 2 in the country in Division I graduation rate (No.1 among Division IA schools)

*Offshore Sailing-National Champions *Rifle (finished fourth at the NCAA Championship)

*Women©ˆs IC Sailing Team earned a No. 1 national ranking during the year.

*Water Polo (12th in the country)

*Wrestling (22nd in the country)

Major Award Winners *MIDN 1/C Matt Russell (Lacrosse)-NAAA Sword for Men

*MIDN 1/C Ashley Musser (Volleyball)-Vice Admiral Lawrence Sword for Women

*MIDN 1/C Joe Smutz (Men©ˆs Swimming)-Thompson Trophy

*MIDN 1/C Tanner Garrett (Wrestling)-Men©ˆs Coaches Calvert Award

*MIDN 1/C Andrea Wernecke (Volleyball)-Women©ˆs Coaches Calvert Award

Baseball (32-21-1/ 8-12 Patriot League) * Head Coach: Paul Kostacopoulos

* Second-highest win-total in school history

* Largest win improvement over previous season©ˆs total in school history (tied for largest in Patriot League history)

* Most wins recorded by a first-year coach in Navy history

*24 non-league wins were the most in program history

*MIDN 3/C Mitch Harris named third-Team All-American

* MIDN 3/C Mitch Harris fired the fifth complete-game no-hitter in school history against Coppin State on May 10

* MIDN 3/C Mitch Harris led the Patriot League with 10 wins, a 1.74 ERA and 113 strikeouts)

* MIDN 3/C Mitch Harris was named to the 2006 Roger Clemens Award Watch List

* MIDN 1/C Ryan Hefner broke Navy©ˆs single-season (10) and career (11) saves record

* MIDN 1/C Jonathan Johnston broke Navy©ˆs single-season stolen base record with 35 * MIDN 1/C Joe Koessler broke Navy©ˆs career appearances record with 68

* MIDN 3/C Mitch Harris: Patriot League Pitcher of the Year

* MIDN 1/C Jonathan Johnston and MIDN 1/C Ryan McGinn: Second-Team All-Patriot League

* MIDN 1/C Joe Koessler: ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District II Baseball Team

Men's Basketball (10-18/3-11 Patriot League, Won N-Star) *Head Coach: Billy Lange

* First time Navy has won 10 games since 2001-02

* Finished the season with a 7-6 non-conference record, Navy's first winning record against non-Patriot League opponents since 1999-00 when Navy was 10-4

* MIDN 4/C Kaleo Kina was named to the Patriot League All-Rookie Team

* MIDN 4/C Kaleo Kina finished fifth on Navy's all-time freshman scoring list with 292 points

* MIDN 3/C Greg Sprink became just the 18th different player in the program's 99-year history to score 400-plus points in a season (416)

* MIDN 3/C Greg Sprink topped 30 points twice, becoming only the ninth player in school history to score 30 points multiple times in their career.

* MIDN 3/C Greg Sprink tied the school record for three-pointers with nine at Brown

* MIDN 3/C Greg Sprink finished the year ranked 33rd in the nation in free throw percentage, shooting 85.6 percent

Women's Basketball (14-14, 7-7 Patriot League) * Head coach: Tom Marryott

* Recorded the most Patriot League wins and the highest league placing (fourth) by a Navy team since 1999.

*MIDN 1/C Lauren Skrel named Second-Team All-Patriot League

Heavyweight Crew (11-5)

* Head Coach Rick Clothier

* Placed ninth in the varsity division and 11th as a team at the Eastern Sprints Championship * Won the varsity race and the team title at the George Washington Invite

*Won the Maxwell Stevenson Trophy race

*Varsity boat placed 11th at the IRA National Championship

Lightweight Crew (7-1 regular season)

* Head Coach Rob Friedrich

* Placed second in the varsity division and first as a team at the Eastern Sprints Championship. It was the first Eastern Sprints team title won by the Mids.

*Won the Callow Cup and Haines Cup trophy races

*Varsity boat placed sixth at the IRA Championship

Women's Crew (19-8)

* Head Coach Mike Hughes

* Placed second in the varsity race and second as a team at the Patriot League Championship

* Placed 13th in the varsity division at the Eastern Sprints Championship

* Won the varsity division at the Murphy Cup

* MIDN 2/C Madeline Boe named ESPN the Magazine First-Team Academic All-District II, while MIDN 1/C Kate Mortenson named to second team

* MIDN 3/C Fiona McFarland named Second-Team All-Mid-Atlantic Region by the Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association

* MIDN 1/C Kate Mortenson, MIDN 2/C Diane Cote and MIDN 3/C Fiona McFarland selected as National Scholar-Athletes by the Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association

Men's Cross Country (0-1) *Head Coach: Al Cantello

*MIDN 1/C Joshua Sink, First-Team All-Patriot League

*MIDN 1/C Ty Rose, Second-Team All-Patriot League

*Team placed third at Patriot League Championship *Team finished in 11th-place at NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional

Women©ˆs Cross Country (6-1) *Head Coach: Karen Boyle

*MIDN 2/C Justine Whipple, First-Team All-Patriot League. She finished in 10th-place at NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional

*Team finished fifth at Patriot League Championship

*Team placed 10th at NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional

Football (8-4, Won N-Star) *Head Coach: Paul Johnson

*Posted an 8-4 record. It is just the third time in school history and the first time since 1906-08 that Navy has had three-straight years of winning eight or more games.

*Navy©ˆs 18 wins over the last two years ties the school record for wins over a two-year span. Navy_s 26 wins over the last three years are tied for the second most in school history.

*Finished the season ranked 30th in both the Associated Press and USA Today/Coaches polls.

*Defeated Colorado State, 51-30, in the Poinsettia Bowl. It was just the sixth bowl victory in school history and the first time that Navy has won bowl games in successive years.

*Played in a third-straight bowl game for the first time in school history.

*Won the Commander-In-Chief©ˆs Trophy for a third-straight year for the first time in school history.

*The Class of 2006 became just the sixth class in school history to go 4-0 against Army.

*Reggie Campbell tied an NCAA bowl game record with five touchdowns. The five touchdowns are the fourth most in school history in any game.

*Navy and Colorado State set an NCAA bowl game record with 1,183 yards of total offense.

*MIDN 3/C Reggie Campbell was named Offensive MVP and MIDN 2/C Tyler Tidwell was named Defensive MVP of the Poinsettia Bowl.

*Navy is one of just seven teams to win a bowl game in each of the last two years joining Southern Mississippi, Ohio State, Boston College, Utah, Texas and Arizona State.

*MIDN 3/C Reggie Campbell, MIDN 2/C James Rossi, MIDN 2/C Matt Pritchett and MIDN 3/C Antron Harper were named to various all-bowl teams.

*MIDN 1/C Lamar Owens, MIDN 2/C Rob Caldwell and MIDN 3/C Joey Bullen named All-East.

Sprint Football (7-0, Won N-Star) Head Coach: Maj. Jerome Rizzo, USMC

*MIDN1/C Theo Williams, CSFL MVP

*Only fourth-time in program history team finished season with seven wins

*Fewest points in allowed in a seven-game season in program history

Golf (0-1) *Head Coach: Pat Owen

* MIDN 3/C Erich Schoen led the Mids to victory in the Navy Spring Invitational. It was Navy's first tournament victory since winning the Patriot League Championship on April 27, 2003. Schoen won the individual title, his first-collegiate championship.

* MIDN 2/C Bryan Stoniecki, MIDN 3/C Chris Renninger and MIDN 4/C Ryan Wielgus garnered All-Patriot League recognition.

* MIDN 4/C Ryan Wielgus was named the Patriot League Rookie of the Year after his eighth-place finish in the league tournament where he was the highest-placing freshman.

Men©ˆs Gymnastics (13-6, Won the N-Star) *Head Coach: Sho Fukushima

*Defeated Army to claim the N-Star for first time since 2003

*Finished second in the ECAC Championship. Best finish in the conference championship since 1997

*MIDN 4/C Joe Atzenbeck, ECAC Co-Rookie of the Year

*Navy earned five medals at the ECAC Championship

*The Midshipmen claimed 13 USAG Collegiate Championship All-America honors

*MIDN 2/C Sean Blackman named First-Team Academic All-District *MIDN 2/C Sean Blackman named Third-Team Academic All-American

*Craig Holt named USA Gymnastics Assistant Coach of the Year

Lacrosse (11-4/5-1 Patriot League, Won N-Star) *Head Coach: Richie Meade

* Earned the program's third-straight Patriot League Tournament title.

* Earned its third-consecutive NCAA Tournament berth, the first time it's made back-to-back-to-back tournament appearances since 1992-93-94.

*Richie Meade directed the Mids to their third-straight 10-plus win season marking the first time Navy has put together three-straight double-digit win seasons since Dick Slazsa led the Mids to 10-plus wins in 1975-76-77-78. It's the first time ever in which Navy has won 11 or more games in three-consecutive years.

*Extended its winning streak over Army to 11 in a row, defeating the Black Knights in the Star Game and again in the Patriot League Championship Game.

*MIDN 1/C Jon Birsner, Second-Team All-American

*MIDN 2/C Billy Looney, Second-Team All-American

*MIDN 1/C Matt Russell, Third-Team All-American

*MIDN 3/C Jordan DiNola, Honorable Mention All-American

*MIDN 1/C Steve Looney, Honorable Mention All-American

*11 players garnered All-Patriot League recognition: First Team : MIDN 1/C Jon Birsner, MIDN 2/C Ian Dingman, MIDN 3/C Jordan DiNola, MIDN 1/C Ward Hackett, MIDN 2/C Billy Looney, MIDN 1/C Matt Russell, MIDN 2/C William Wallace Second Team: MIDN 2/C Victor Barger, MIDN 2/C Andrew Dow, MIDN 1/C Steve Looney, MIDN 3/C Brendan Teague

* MIDN 1/C Matt Russell set the NCAA career (6.28) and single-season (5.45 in 2006) goals-against average records.

*Navy led the country in scoring defense, giving up 5.47 goals per game, and MIDN 1/C Matt Russell was No. 1 in goals-against average, surrendering 5.45 goals per game.

Rifle (9-2) *Head Coach: Bill Kelly *Finished first in the MAC Conference and fourth at the NCAA Tournament. The NCAA finish was Navy's second top-four finish in three years.

*MIDN 3/C Josh Albright 2nd team All-American in Smallbore and Honorable Mention All-American in Air Rifle

*MIDN 2/C Sarah Bergman 1st Team All-American in Air Rifle

*MIDN 2/C Chris Schneider, 1st Team All-American in Smallbore

*MIDN 4/C Lisa Kunzelman, 2nd Team All-American in Air Rifle

*Seven Mids earned All-MAC recognition, including four shooters that were named to both the air rifle and smallbore teams.

Intercollegiate Sailing * Head coach: Gavin O©ˆHare

*Finished sixth at Women©ˆs ICSA National Championship.

*Won the Washington College Women©ˆs Open.

*Women©ˆs team earned No. 1 national ranking on March 21

*Women©ˆs team won the Navy Spring Intersectional.

*Co-ed team won the NOKIA Sugar Bowl Regatta.

Offshore Sailing *Head coach: Jahn Tihansky

*Claimed the McMillan Cup (Intercollegiate Big Boat East Coast Championship)

*Won US Sailing Offshore National Championship (Amateur Sailing Big Boat National Championship)

*Won the Intrepid Trophy

*Won the Kennedy Cup

*Five Midshipmen crews will compete in the 100th anniversary of the Newport-Bermuda Race in June.

Men's Soccer (8-6-2 overall / 3-3-1 Patriot League, Won N-Star) *Head Coach: Rich Miranda

*All-Patriot League: MIDN 2/C Addy Strasdas (2nd team) *Rich Miranda named Patriot League Coach of the Year

*Beat Army, 4-2, in front of a national-television audience. With the win, Navy improved to 2-0-3 in the last five games with Army.

*Scored a league-best 81 points (27 goals, 24 assists).

*Scored at least two goals in a game nine times in 2005.

Women's Soccer (10-8-2)

*Head Coach: Carin Gabarra

*MIDN 2/C Meggie Curran, First-Team All-Patriot League

*MIDN 2/C Molly Burd, Second Team All-Patriot League

*MIDN 3/C Lauren Griebel, Second Team All-Patriot League

*MIDN 2/C Meggie Curran, Third-Team NSCAA All-Mid-Atlantic Region

*MIDN 2/C Meggie Curran, Third-Team SoccerBuzz All-Mid-Atlantic Region

*MIDN 2/C Meggie Curran ranked No. 8 in the nation in assists per game (0.70).

*MIDN 2/C Meggie Curran recorded a school-record 14 assists, tied (Nadia Sheikh 1999-02, Stephanie Parker 2001-04) the program record for career assists with 27

*MIDN 2/C Meggie Curran became just the fifth player in program history to score 75-career points and is one of only five players to produce 30-plus points in a season.

*Head coach Carin Gabarra earned her 150th win as a collegiate coach (Goergia State, 3-0) and her 150th win at Navy (Howard, 5-1).

*11th-straight season recording double-figure wins and finishing with a winning record

Squash (19-8) *Head Coach: Craig Dawson

* Finished 15th at the College Squash Association Team Championship

*MIDN 3/C Tucker George and MIDN 3/C Jeff Sawin competed at the College Squash Association Individual Championship Men's Swimming & Diving (10-5, Won N-Star) * Head Swimming Coach: Bill Roberts

* Head Diving Coach: Joe Suriano

* Won the Patriot League title for the third straight year

* Placed sixth at the Eastern Intercollegiate Swimming League Championship

* Placed third nationally in the final CollegeSwimming.com Mid-Major Dual Meet Ranking

* MIDN 2/C Kevin Teague placed 33rd on the one-meter and 29th on the three-meter springboard events at the NCAA Swimming and Diving Championship

* MIDN 2/C Kevin Teague selected as the Patriot League Diver of the Meet for the third straight year

* MIDN 1/C Joe Smutz selected as the Patriot League Swimmer of the Meet

* MIDN 4/C David Guthmann selected as the Patriot League Rookie of the Meet

* MIDN 3/C Danny Flemming won the 500 freestyle title at the Patriot League Championship

* MIDN 1/C Joe Smutz won the 50 freestyle and 200 freestyle titles at the Patriot League Championship

* MIDN 1/C Mike Linn won the 100 butterfly and 100 freestyle titles at the Patriot League Championship

*MIDN 2/C Kevin Teague won the one-meter and three-meter springboard titles at the Patriot League Championship (third-straight titles in both events)

*MIDN 4/C David Guthmann won the 1650 freestyle title at the Patriot League Championship

*MIDN 3/C Tyler Hill won the 200 butterfly title at the Patriot League Championship

* Navy also won four relay titles at the Patriot League Championship

* MIDN 1/C Mike Linn set Navy and Patriot League Championship records in the 100 butterfly and 100 freestyle

* MIDN 3/C Tyler Hill set a Navy, Patriot League and Patriot League Championship record in the 200 butterfly

* MIDN 1/C Kevin Mukri, MIDN3/C Kevin Kysiak, MIDN 1/C Mike Linn and MIDN 1/C Joe Smutz set a Navy and Patriot League record in the 200 medley relay * MIDN 1/C Kevin Mukri, MIDN 3/C Kevin Kysiak, MIDN 1/C Mike Linn and MIDN 1/C Joe Smutz Navy set a Navy and Patriot League record in the 400 medley relay

Women's Swimming & Diving (6-7, Won N-Star)

* Head Swimming Coach: John Morrison

* Head Diving Coach: Joe Suriano

* Placed third at the Patriot League Championship

* Placed 23rd nationally in the final CollegeSwimming.com Mid-Major Dual Meet Ranking

* MIDN 4/C Kelly Zahalka won the 400 individual medley title at the Patriot League Championship

* MIDN 4/C Jennie Spencer, MIDN 2/C Aubra Thomas and MIDN 4/C Kelly Zahalka named First-Team All-Patriot League

* MIDN 3/C Katie Griffin named Second-Team All-Patriot League

* MIDN 4/C Jennie Spencer set a Navy record in the 200 backstroke

* MIDN 4/C Kelly Zahalka set a Navy and Patriot League Championship record in the 400 individual medley

Tennis (14-10, Won the N-Star)

Head Coach: John Officer

* Completed regular season with a third-place finish in the Patriot League, and its most wins since the 2002 season. Six of its 10 losses came to nationally-ranked programs.

* MIDN 2/C Adrian Lai (April) and MIDN 4/C Johnny Waters (February) were named Patriot League Players of the Month

* MIDN 4/C Nate Nelms was named Patriot League Rookie of the Year and earned a spot on the All-Patriot League first team, the lone freshman on the team. MIDN 2/C Adrian Lai earned a spot on the All-Patriot League second team.

* Five players scored at least 10 wins during the spring season.

* Defeated Army for the first time since the 2002 season. * Had separate streaks of six- and four-match winning streaks during the season.

*Won the N-Star for the fifth-consecutive year

*MIDN 3/C Paul Harris, Most Outstanding Track Athlete of the Meet in the Patriot League Championship

*Team finished second in Patriot League Championship

*Midshipmen placed ninth at the IC4A Championship

*Six Midshipmen earned First Team All-Patriot League honors

* MIDN 3/C Paul Harris: qualified for NCAA Championship in the 800-meter run, becoming the first Midshipman to qualify in the event since 1945

* Navy made its 32nd appearance in the NCAA Championship and second in the last-three years

* MIDN 3/C Paul Harris broke the 32-year old school record in the 800-meter run twice in 2006

* Finished second at the Patriot League Tournament

* Finished 38th at the IC4A Championship

* Finished 42nd at the NCAA East Regional Championship

* MIDN 3/C Paul Harris, MIDN 2/C Michael Niemi and MIDN 2/C Stephen White earned First-Team All-Patriot League honors

* MIDN 3/C Dante Marshall, MIDN 3/C John Olsen and MIDN 1/C Samuel Spletzer: were named Second-Team All-Patriot League

Head Coach: Carla Criste *Completed the regular season with a perfect record for the first time since 1997

*Finished third in the Patriot League Championship

*Finished 19th at ECAC Championship

*Six Midshipmen earned First Team All-Patriot League honors

*MIDN 3/C Danielle Still broke the school record in the 55-meter hurdles

*MIDN 3/C Justine Whipple broke the school record in the 5,000-meter run

*MIDN 2/C Kirsten Andrews named Third-Team Academic All-American

* MIDN 2/C Kirsten Andrews was the first Midshipman to compete in two events at the NCAA East Regional Championship (100-meter hurdles and pole vault)

* MIDN 2/C Danielle Still broke the school and Patriot League Championship records in the javelin and heptathlon during the 2006 league championship

* MIDN 2/C Kirsten Andrews became the first Midshipman to run the 100-meter hurdles in less than 14.00 seconds in program history

* Finished second at the Patriot League Championship

* Finished 18th at the ECAC Championship

* MIDN 2/C Kirsten Andrews, MIDN 2/C Priscilla Lewis, MIDN 1/C Yasmin Sauls, MIDN 2/C Danielle Still and MIDN 2/C Justine Whipple named First-Team All-Patriot League

Volleyball (21-8, 10-4 Patriot League, 2nd Place, Won N-Star) *Head coach: Mike Schwob

*MIDN 1/C Ashley Musser, First Team All-Patriot League

*MIDN 2/C Beth McArthur, First Team All-Patriot League

*MIDN 3/C Rachel Dougherty, ESPN the Magazine Academic All-America District 2 Second Team

*Became first Navy team to defeat Army twice in one season *Became the first Navy team to defeat Air Force

*First back-to-back 20+ win seasons in Division I history

*10 league wins are the most in the program's history

Water Polo (22-7 overall / 9-1 CWPA Southern Division) *Head Coach: Mike Schofield

*MIDN 1/C Alex Ratcliffe, Third-Team All-American

*MIDN 1/C Alex Ratfcliffe, Southern Division Player of the Year

*CWPA Southern Division Rookie of the Year: Michael Mulvey

*Southern Division Champions

*Finished the season ranked No. 12 in the country.

*Recorded at least 19 wins for the 24th straight season.

*Mike Schofield won his 450th game at Navy with an 8-5 victory over UC-Davis on Sept. 18. He currently owns a 464-184-1 record.

*22 wins were the 10th most in school history and Navy claimed the Southern Division Championship for the ninth time.

*MIDN 3/C Mike Mulvey was named to the 2006 Junior National Water Polo Team.

Wrestling (13-2, Won N-Star) *Head Coach: Bruce Burnett

*Sixth-best record in school history

*Finished the season ranked 22nd in the country

*Finished 4th in EIWA, 34th at NCAA Tournament.

*Five NCAA Qualifiers

*Beat Army (24-9) for the sixth straight year and now own a 40-5-5 all-time record against Army

*Had four wrestlers win 30 matches for the first time ever

*MIDN 1/C Tanner Garrett (HWT) finished his senior season with a 43-5 record, which were the second-most wins in school history. His 114-34 career record accounted for the fourth-most wins in a career. *MIDN 4/C Joe Baker (133) became the first Navy freshman since 1992 to reach the NCAA Tournament.