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Table of Contents2012 Schedule 1Roster 2Coaching Staff 3-42012 Outlook 4Midshipmen Profiles 5-142011 Results 15Lightweight Crew History 16-21US Naval Academy 22-25Hubbard Hall 26-27Academic Achievement 28-29Annapolis 30-31NAAA Head Coaches 32

Naval Academy Quick FactsLocation Annapolis, Md.Founded October 10, 1845Enrollment 4,400Nickname Midshipmen, MidsColors Navy Blue and GoldSuperintendent Vice Adm. Michael H. Miller USNCommandant Capt. Robert E. Clark II, USNDirector of Athletics Chet GladchukAthletics Web Site www.navysports.com

Lightweight Rowing Quick FactsHead Coach Steve PerryAlma Mater (Year as Navy HC) Rutgers ’01 (third)E-Mail [email protected]

Assistant Coach Matt SpalluzziAlma Mater (Year at Navy) Loyola ‘08 (second)

Office Phone (410) 293-2418Varsity Officer Rep. Capt. James Smith, USMCFreshman Officer Rep. Lt. Cmdr. Jack Ryan, USNFaculty Rep. Capt. Bill Schulz, USNTeam Captain MIDN 1/C Luke Kerrisk Sport Administrator Dave DavisOffice Phone (410) 293-8741E-Mail [email protected]. Dir. of Rowing & Boatman Chris AllsoppOffice Phone (410) 293-5007E-Mail [email protected] SID Jeff BarnesOffice Phone (410) 293-8771E-Mail [email protected] Address Ricketts Hall

566 Brownson Rd.Annapolis, MD 21401

2011-12 ScheduleDate Opponent Site Time/ResultOct. 8 Navy Day Regatta Philadelphia, Pa. 1st of 9Oct. 23 Head of the Charles Boston, Mass. 7th of 17Oct. 30 Princeton Chase Princeton, N.J. 6th of 27Nov. 5 Rutgers Fall Classic New Bruswick, N.J. 1st of 8Mar. 24 Princeton Annapolis, Md. 7 a.m.Mar. 31 Yale Princeton, N.J. 3 p.m.April 7 at Columbia New York, N.Y. 10 a.m.April 14 Georgetown Annapolis, Md. 7 a.m.April 21 Harvard Annapolis, Md. 7 a.m.April 28 at Penn Philadelphia, Pa. 9 a.m.May 13 EARC Sprints Worcester, Mass. 7 a.m.June 2 IRA National Championship Camden, N.J. 8 a.m.Home races in boldAll times Eastern, subject to change

2012 Navy Media GuideThe 2012 Navy rowing media guide is a production of the Navy Sports Information office. Theguide was written, designed and edited by Assistant Sports Information Director Jeff Barnes.Additional assistance provided by Director of Publications Mark Leddy.Cover and Recruiting PagesThe front, back and inside covers, recruiting pages and layout assistance was provided by Di-rector of Publications Mark Leddy.PhotographyPhotographs were provided by Phil Hoffmann, the Annapolis and Anne Arundel County Con-ference and Visitors Bureau, Ken Mierzejewski, Naval Academy Photo Lab and Naval Academyarchives.

The Class of 2012

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Navy Lightweight Rowing Varsity RosterName Class Ht. Hometown/High SchoolBrendan Adams So. 5-10 Philadelphia, Pa./St. Joe’s PrepBret Anstett Jr. 5-10 Bloomfield Hills, Mich./Orchard Lake St. Mary’sRuthie Bates So. 5-7 Tenants Harbor, Maine/St. Paul’sMark Colby So. 5-10 Houston, Texas/Langham CreekNick Connelly Fr. 6-1 West Chester, Pa./Delaware Country ChristianChris Dinger Sr. 6-0 Galloway, N.J./St. Augustine PrepTimothy Dixon So. 6-0 Shaker Heights, Ohio/Shaker HeightsMike Dominik Jr. 5-11 North Huntingdon, Pa./NorwinSeamus Fish So. 6-0 New Hope, Pa./The Lawrenceville SchoolVincent Granese So. 5-10 Germania, N.J./St. AugustineCharles Harty Sr. 6-2 Cincinnati, Ohio/St. XavierStephen Haury Sr. 6-1 Tallmadge, Ohio/TallmadgeMatthew Huffman So. 5-11 Virginia Beach, Va./ArlingtonJoseph Hussey Jr. 6-1 Goshen, Ind./GoshenRichard Hutyra So. 5-11 Arlington Heights, Ill./St. ViatorLuke Kerrisk Sr. 6-0 Darien, Conn./FairfieldCole Klasinski So. 5-10 Austin, Texas/Cedar ParkMichael Madrid So. 5-11 Vancouver, Wash./Home SchoolJosh Marshall Sr. 6-0 Las Vegas, Nev./DurangoDavid Matasic So. 5-10 West Chester, Pa./Malvern PrepThomas McElwee So. 5-10 Wayne, Pa./Conestoga High School/St. Joseph’s Univ.Capshaw Nagel Jr. 6-2 Butte, Alaska/ColonyPatrick O’Boyle So. 6-2 Pennington, N.J./The Hun SchoolSahil Patel So. 5-11 King George, Va./King GeorgeThomas Paul Sr. 5-9 Norfolk, Va./GranbyJeff Rossman Sr. 6-3 Everett, Wash./EverettJ.C. Russell Jr. 5-10 Vancouver, Wash./Portland ChristianJames Saylor Jr. 6-0 Owings Mills, Md./St. Paul’sCyle Schultz So. 6-0 Las Vegas, Nev./LibertyPhillip Skelley Sr. 6-0 Jacksonville, Fla./Bartram TrailDavid Szabo So. 5-7 Houston, Texas/Carnegie VanguardAndrew Tresansky Jr. 5-11 Trenton, N.J./Notre DameBrandon Ward So. 6-2 Sacramento, Calif./El CaminoWalker Washburn Sr. 6-1 Andover, Mass./Phillips AcademyEric Waskewicz Jr. 6-1 West Orange, N.J./West OrangeAlex Yachanin So. 6-1 Richmond, Va./Godwin

Navy Lightweight Rowing Freshman RosterName Class Ht. Hometown/High SchoolAustin Bentley Fr. 5-11 Mukilteo, Wash./KamiakHenry Bond Fr. 5-11 Colorado Springs, Colo./Naples American (Italy)Erik Boudart Fr. 6-2 Bear, Del./Delaware Military AcademyPhil Ellsworth Fr. 5-11 Middletown, N.J./High TechnologyJake Felton Fr. 5-11 Phoenix, Ariz./Boulder CreekWilliam Gurzynski Fr. 6-3 Walker, La./WalkerDavid Kaye Fr. 5-8 Bowie, Md./BowieChristopher Kent Fr. 5-7 Lynnfield, Mass./Phillips AcademyJeremy Kleiman Fr. 5-10 New City, N.Y./Clarkstown NorthChristopher Leigh Fr. 6-0 San Diego, Calif./La Costa CanyonJames Lights So. 5-6 New York, N.Y./The Bronx High School of ScienceLiam Moffett Fr. 5-10 Buffalo, N.Y./CanisiusJack Morrow Fr. 5-9 Duluth, Ga./McCallie SchoolErik Nordgaard Fr. 6-4 Middletown, N.J./Christian Brothers AcademyGreg Poser So. 5-10 Plymouth, Wisc./PlymouthBryant Renfroe Fr. 6-1 Bomet, Kenya/Home SchoolDan Ryan Fr. 6-2 Charlotte, N.C./Charlotte CatholicPatrick Shaw Fr. 5-10 Grove City, Pa./Grove City AreaPhilip Song Fr. 6-0 Fairfax, Va./Jefferson Science & TechnologyJordan Spear Fr. 6-1 Chicago, Ill./Latin School of ChicagoConor White Fr. 6-0 Ponte Verda Beach, Fla./The Bolles SchoolSam Wolborsky Fr. 5-11 Barrigada, Guam/Harvest Christian Academy

Captain Luke Kerrisk

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At Navy• Enters his third year has head coach of lightweight crew and fifth season,overall, at Navy.• Perry was named Navy's head lightweight coach in August 2009 after spend-ing four years as lightweight head coach at Dartmouth.• 2012 will be his 13th year coaching in the EARC lightweight league.• The varsity eight was the runner-up at the 2010 IRA National Championship.• In his first year as head coach in 2010, the Mids boasted a regular-seasonrecord of 14-7, and won the Johnson Cup (vs. Yale) and Callow Trophy (vs.Penn).• As the lightweight assistant coach at Navy from 2003-05, he coached the firstfreshman boat to an impressive 33-1 record during his three years on staff. • He mentored the Mids' first freshmen boat to first-place finishes at the East-ern Sprints Championship in 2003 and '05, while helping the second freshmenboat to three-consecutive Eastern Sprints titles.

Coaching Prior to Navy• Perry was the head coach of Dartmouth College Lightweight Crew for fouryears and guided the Big Green to a 15-7 record during his tenure. • In 2007, he was named the Eastern Association of Rowing Colleges Coach ofthe Year after his first varsity boat won the Eastern Sprints Championship forthe third time in school history and would later place fourth at the IRA Na-

tional Championship. • Led the varsity eight to the EARC and Ivy League championships• He also helped Dartmouth claim the Biglin Bowl cup over Harvard and MIT,which equaled the number of wins by the Big Green over the Crimson in therace's first-54 years. • Before his first arrival in Annapolis, Perry spent two seasons at Rutgers(2000-01) and one season at Penn (2002) as lightweight assistant coach. • With the Scarlet Knights, he produced an 11-6 record with the first freshmencrew, including a fifth-place finish at the Eastern Sprints Championship. • During his lone season at Penn, he led the Quakers' first freshmen boat to a5-2 record - their first winning season in 10 years.

U.S. National Coaching History• Perry worked with the U.S. Under-23 Women's National Rowing Team in2008 and ‘09. • In the summer of 2009, he served as the head sweep rowing coach, where heselected, prepared and trained the silver medal-winning women's eight boat atthe Under-23 World Championship in Racice, Czech Republic. • In 2008, he served as assistant sweep rowing coach and helped the women'seight crew win the gold medal at the Under-23 World Championship in Bran-denburg, Germany.

Rowing History• Perry graduated from Rutgers in 2001 and spent four years with the light-weight crew team - three of which he was a first varsity oarsman. • He served as the team captain in 1999, during which the Scarlet Knights wonthe silver medal at the IRA National Championship. • In 2001, he traveled with the Rutgers varsity crew to compete in the HenleyRegatta and Britannia Cup. • Three years prior (1998), his New York Athletic Club's lightweight eight boatwon several national championships, as well as the Henley Regatta. • He was a four-year oarsman Woodbridge High School in Woodbridge, Va.

PerryHead CoachThird Season at NavyRutgers ‘01

SpalluzziAssistant CoachSecond Season at NavyLoyola ‘08

Matt Spalluzzi enters his second season as assistant coach of the Navy light-weight rowing team. Spalluzzi came to the Naval Academy after coaching theAnnapolis Rowing Club and Bryn Mawr High School squads for the last threeyears.

Last season, Spalluzzi coached the second freshman boat to a gold medal atthe Eastern Sprints.

Spalluzzi was a member of the lightweight rowing team at Loyola Universitywhere he was a three-time varsity letterwinner. Spalluzzi captained the teamas a senior and was voted "Most Dedicated" by his teammates his junior andsenior seasons.

The Boston native remains active on the water as he currently rows for theBaltimore Rowing Club.

Spalluzzi graduated from Loyola in 2008 with a bachelor's degree in politicalscience.

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Lightweight Rowing Support Staff

Capt. James Smith, USMCVarsity Officer Representative

Chris AllsoppAssoc. Dir. of Rowing/Boatman

2012 Season Preview

The Navy lights enter the 2012 season as one of the deepest teams inSteve Perry’s tenure as head coach. Despite graduating a large and verytalented senior class last spring, the Mids return this season with sev-eral strong crews.

“We left a lot to be desired at the end of last year,” said Perry. “Wewent back to the drawing board and we sort of started from squareone. We’ve had some excellent training and as we enter the season,we’re seeing results from the second varsity and first freshman boatsthat are fantastic. Our team depth is certainly our strongest asset.”

While the Mids’ roster features twice as many sophomores (18) thanboth the junior and senior classes, Navy has a solid group of experi-enced upperclassmen.

“We’ve got very strong junior and senior classes,” said Perry. “Our soph-omores have made great strides and have probably improved the mostfrom last year. However, I would say that our entire team made moreimprovement from last year to this year than at anytime I’ve ever seen.That is very encouraging and motivating for everybody.

“We’re rowing better than I’ve seen us row at this point in the season.”

Entering the season, Navy’s varsity boat features three Mids, in seniorsCharlie Harty and Luke Kerrisk and junior J.C. Russell, that were a partof the same crew last season. They join seniors Josh Marshall, ChrisDinger, Walker Washburn and Thomas Paul and juniors James Laugh-ridge and Andrew Tresansky in the first varsity boat.

“We have a lot of speed because we have some returning guys in thevarsity crew,” said Perry. “They are a very talented group.”

While Perry is encouraged about what he’s seen from the first varsityboat in training for the season, he is equally as excited about the team’ssecond varsity.

“Our second varsity boat has been very strong early on. They are row-ing great right now and have just been getting better and better,” saidPerry.

With the top two varsity boats making solid strides as the season getsready to begin, the youngest Mids have also impressed.

“The freshmen had a terrific fall and went on to post some really strongerg scores in offseason training,” said Perry. “The second freshman crewhas really been rowing well this spring, too.

“From the bottom up, we have some very strong boats.”

Navy’s first freshman boat finished third at the Princeton Chase and thefirst and second freshman crews closed the fall by taking the top twospots at the Rutgers Fall Classic.

The Midshipmen open the season with an always-tough Princeton squadon March 24 in Annapolis. The season opener will be the first of threehome races on the Severn River this season as the Midshipmen will alsomeet Georgetown, on April 14, and Harvard, on April 21, in Annapolis.

Navy will take on Yale (March 31), Columbia (April 7) and Penn (April28) on the road this season before the EARC Sprints take place inWorcester, Mass., on May 13.

The IRA National Championships will be held June 2 in Camden, N.J.

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KerriskSenior • CaptainDarien, Conn. Fairfield Prep

At Navy• Rowed with the first varsity boat at the 2011 IRA Regatta and East-ern Sprints

Of What I’m Most Proud at Navy• Being captain of the team• Majoring in physics

High School• Rowed for Fairfield Prep

Personal• Son of Jeremiah and Jeanne Kerrisk

DingerSeniorGalloway, N.J. St. Augustine Prep

At Navy• Rowed with the second varsity boat at the 2011 Eastern Sprints andwith the four boat at the IRA Regatta• Rowed with the fourth varsity as a sophomore and was in thestroke seat of the first freshman boat as a plebe

Of What I’m Most Proud at Navy• Navy pilot service selection• Majoring in ocean engineering• Being a Plebe Summer detailer for summer 2011• Making the varsity lightweight team

High School• Three-year letterwinner in rowing at St. Augustine Prep

HartySeniorCincinnati, Ohio St. Xavier

At Navy• Rowed with the varsity eight as a junior at both the Eastern Sprintsand IRA Regatta• Part of the varsity eight boat that took second at the 2010 IRA Re-gatta• Rowed with the first freshman boat as a plebe in 2009

Of What I’m Most Proud at Navy• Racing in the varsity boat as a junior• Being on both the Dean’s and Commandant’s lists several times• Earning the honor of Midshipmen of Month numerous times• Being 23rd Company Protocol Officer• Rowed at the Brazilian Naval Academy my sophomore year• Competing at Eastern Sprints• Being chosen as a Plebe Summer detailer

High School• Four-year letterwinner in crew for coach Greg Hull at St. XavierHigh School where he helped the team to four straight MidwestChampionships• Named crew captain in 2008

Personal• Son of Jackson and Stephanie Harty

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HaurySeniorTallmadge, Ohio Tallmadge

At Navy• Part of the third varsity boat that took second in the grand final atthe 2011 Eastern Sprints

Of What I’m Most Proud at Navy• Rowing for the hardest working team on the Yard and getting toknow the best group of guys and teammates I've ever worked with• My teammates. No matter what challenge is presented before them,they always rise to face it and take it head on. They never back downfrom a dogfight and never give up. I'm honored to be a Navy Light.

High School• Three-year letterwinner in cross country and two-year letterwinnerin track at Tallmadge High School• Named captain of track and cross country teams as a senior

Personal• Son of Rick and Susan Haury

MarshallSeniorLas Vegas, Nev. Durango

At Navy• Rowed in the third seat of the second varsity boat as a sophomoreand junior• Part of the first freshman boat as a plebe

Of What I’m Most Proud at Navy• Getting a 3.25 GPA during first semester of my senior year• Making the first freshman boat as a walk-on, the second varsityas a sophomore and now a member of the first varsity boat• Completing the SEAL screener and ranking in the top 25%

High School• Four-year letterwinner in swimming at Durango High School wherehe was named team captain and MVP as a senior

Personal• Son of Thomas Marshall and Kelly Knechel• Attended New Mexico Military Institute before U.S.N.A.

PaulSeniorNorfolk, Va. Granby

At Navy• Served as coxswain of the first varsity boat as a junior in 2011• Coxswain of the third varsity as a plebe and second varsity as asophomore

Of What I’m Most Proud at Navy• Being one of seven Trident Scholars at the Naval Academy• Representing the United States and USNA at an international row-ing regatta in Brazil• Garnering a Critical Language Scholarship by the Department ofState to study Chinese in Shanghai• Member of the Naval Academy’s United Kingdon Scholarship Pro-gram and competing for many graduate scholarships in the UK• Being chosen to be an Honors Mathematics Major and being se-lected to the Superintendent's List three times and Commandant’s listseven times• Being awarded the Gates Cambridge Scholarship

High School• Helped lead Granby High School to the Virginia rowing state cham-pionship in 2008• Four-year letterwinner in crew and team captain in 2007 and ‘08

Personal• Son of Andrew and Barbara Paul, both graduates of U.S.N.A.• Uncle, Chris, also graduated from U.S.N.A

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RossmanSeniorEverett, Wash. Everett

At Navy• Rowed in the second and third varsity boats as a junior

Of What I’m Most Proud at Navy• Being a member of a brotherhood• Being a leader and serving my country• Having a great relationships with my sponsors• My teammates and wearing the red sweatshirt as part of the team

High School• Rowed for the Everett Rowing Association for three years

Personal• Son of William and Nancy Rossman• Sister, Julie, rowed for four years at the University of Washington

SkelleySeniorJacksonville, Fla. Bartram Trail

At Navy• Rowed with the fourth varsity boat as a junior and the third varsityboat as a sophomore• Sat in the fifth seat of the second freshman boat as a plebe

Of What I’m Most Proud at Navy• Being 22nd Company Executive Officer and earning a spot on theSuperintendant’s List during the fall of 2011• Competing at Eastern Sprints• Spending several weeks training and exploring in Hawaii• Getting a marathon row under my belt at 2011 spring break in Ten-nessee• Fighting tooth-and-nail against Harvard at home in 2010

High School• Earned a total of six varsity letters, three in cross country and threein track and field, at Bartram Tail High School• Captained the cross country team as a senior

Personal• Son of William and Karen Skelley

WashburnSeniorAndover, Mass. Phillips Academy

At Navy• Rowed in the seventh seat of the second varsity boat as a junior• Part of the third varsity boat as a sophomore and first freshmanboat as a plebe

Of What I’m Most Proud at Navy• Being coached by my brother, Lt. Hunter Washburn as a freshman• Majoring in mechanical engineering

High School•Attended Phillips Academy, competing in crew and cycling

Personal• Son of Peter and Elizabeth Washburn• Brother, Hunter, is a 2004 graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy

AnstettJuniorBloomfield Hills, Mich. Orchard Lake St. Mary’s

At Navy• Rowed in the bow seat of the varsity lightweight four and rowed inthe four seat of the freshman first boat in 2010

Of What I’m Most Proud at Navy• Being vice president of The Society of Naval Architects and MarineEngineers

High School• Won three consecutive rowing Michigan high school state champi-onships (2007-09) while attending Orchard Lake St. Mary's• Earned two letters in skiing, garnering All-Catholic and all-academichonors

Personal• Son of David and Amy Anstett

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DominikJuniorNorth Huntington, Pa. Norwin

At Navy• Rowed in the second seat of the fourth varsity boat at the 2010Eastern Sprints

Of What I’m Most Proud at Navy• Being a member of 30th Company• Beating Princeton and Yale as a part of the fourth varsity boat in2010

High School• Earned three varsity letters in both football and track• Captained the track team as a senior

Personal• Son of Lawrence and Maryann Dominik

HusseyJuniorGoshen, Ind. Goshen

At Navy• Part of the fourth varsity boat that went undefeated in 2011, includ-ing a first-place finish at the Eastern Sprints• Rowed in the second seat of the second freshman boat in 2010,going undefeated and taking first place at the Eastern Sprints

Of What I’m Most Proud at Navy• Completing a 50km trail run with teammate Greg Nadal

High School• Earned four varsity letters in tennis and one in basketball at GoshenHigh School

Personal• Son of John and Theresa Hussey

LaughridgeJuniorMaitland, Fla. Lyman

At Navy• Rowed with the second varsity crew as a sophomore

High School• Garnered two varsity letters in cross country at Lyman High School• Also rowed for Orlando Area Rowing Society

Personal• Son of Mark and Debra Laughridge

NagelJuniorPalmer, Alaska Colony

At Navy• Rowed in the fourth of the third varsity boat in 2011

Of What I’m Most Proud at Navy• Rowing for the lightweight team

High School• Earned three varsity letters in wrestling and one in football atColony High School

Personal• Son of Peter and Mary Nagel ... father, Peter, played soccer at Yale

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RussellJuniorVancouver, Wash. Portland Christian

At Navy• Rowed in the third seat of the first varsity boat as a sophomore in2011• Sat in the stroke seat of the first varsity boat as a freshman

Of What I’m Most Proud at Navy• Posting a 3.7 GPA• Making the first varsity boat as a freshman

High School• Earned four varsity letters in rowing and was named team captainfor three consecutive years (2007-09)

Personal• Son of Jim and Christina Russell

SaylorJuniorBaltimore, Md. St. Paul’s School

At Navy• Rowed in the seventh seat of the of the fourth varsity boat in 2011• Part of the second freshman boat in 2010

Of What I’m Most Proud at Navy• Majoring in Arabic with a minor in Spanish

High School• Earned four varsity letters in cross country and two in rowing at St.Paul's School• Helped cross country team to conference title in 2006• Garnered all-conference honors in cross country in 2007 and 2008• Named captain of cross country team as a senior

Personal• Son of Lyle and Gloriana

TresanskyJuniorRobbinsville, N.J. Notre Dame

At Navy• Rowed in the sixth seat of the second varsity boat as a sophomorein 2011 and in second freshman boat in 2010

Of What I’m Most Proud at Navy• Earning a varsity letter• Being named to the Superintendant’s List

High School• Three-year varsity letterwinner in track, cross country and swim-ming at Notre Dame High School in Lawrenceville, N.J.

Personal• Son of Tom and Eileen Tresansky

WashkewiczJuniorWest Orange, N.J. West Orange

At Navy• Rowed in the second seat of the third varsity boat as a sophomorein 2011• Rowed in the bow seat of the second freshman boat that took firstplace at the Eastern Sprints in 2010

Of What I’m Most Proud at Navy• Member of the UK International Scholars Program• Member of the Society of American Mechanical Engineers, AmericanNuclear Society, and Society of Automotive Engineers• Maintaining a GPA of 4.0 and earning a spot on the Superintendent'sList in every semester• Pursuing Independent Research and Graduate Education throughthe Bowman Scholarship• Making the lightweight rowing team

High School• Earned four varsity letters in wrestling and was a three-time all-confer-ence selection (2007-09) and three-time letterwinner in cross country• Named captain of wrestling and cross country teams as a senior

Personal• Son of Joseph and Theresa Washkewicz

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AdamsSophomorePhiladelphia, Pa. St. Joe’s Prep

High School• Attended St. Joe’s Prep• Part of the varsity eight boat that was Stonesbury Regatta champi-ons in 2010

ColbySophomoreHouston, Texas Langham Creek

At Navy• Coxswain of the second freshman boat in 2011

Of What I’m Most Proud at Navy• Majoring in aerospace engineering

High School• Graduated Summa Cum Laude from Langham Creek High School

BatesSophomoreTenants Harbor, MaineSt. Paul’s

At Navy• Coxswain of the first freshman boat in 2011

High School• Rowed with the varsity crew as a sophomore, junior and senior• Ran cross country as a senior at St. Paul’s

Personal• Daughter of Richard and Susan Bates• Brother, David, is a 2008 graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy

DixonSophomoreShaker Heights, Ohio Shaker Heights

At Navy• Rowed in the three seat of the first freshman boat in 2011

Of What I’m Most Proud at Navy• Earning a spot on the Superintendant’s List (twice) and the Com-mandant’s List• Walking-on to a varsity sport

High School• Earned Academic All-America honors in swimming at ShakerHeights High School• Named captain of the swim team as a senior

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FishSophomoreNew Hope, Pa.The Lawrenceville School

At Navy• Rowed in the seven seat of the first freshman boat in 2011

Of What I’m Most Proud at Navy• Majoring in Chinese • Being named to the Dean’s List and Commandant’s List

High School• Earned three varsity letters in cross country and two in rowing inthe varsity eight boat• Part of the boat that won a gold medal at the Mid-Atlantic RowingChampionships in 2010 and qualifying for the USRowing Youth Na-tionals

GraneseSophomoreGermania, N.J. St. Augustine

High School• Attended St. Augustine Prep

HuffmanSophomoreVirginia Beach, Va. Arlington

At Navy• Rowed in the four seat of the first freshman boat in 2010

Of What I’m Most Proud at Navy• Being named to the Superintendant’s List

High School• Four-year varsity letterwinner in soccer, three-time letterwinner incross country and earned one letter in wrestling• Captained the soccer and cross country teams as a senior

Personal• Father, Greg, is a 1989 graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy

HutyraSophomoreArlington Heights, Ill. St. Viator

At Navy• Rowed in the bow seat of the first freshman boat in 2011

Of What I’m Most Proud at Navy• Majoring in Naval Architecture

High School• Earned three varsity letters in both cross country and track andcaptained the teams as a senior

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KlasinskiSophomoreAustin, Texas Cedar Park

At Navy• Rowed with the freshman crew in 2011

High School• Played football and baseball at Cedar Park High School

MadridSophomoreVancouver, Wash. Home School

At Navy• Rowed in the stroke seat of the second freshman boat that tookfirst place at the 2011 Eastern Sprints

Of What I’m Most Proud at Navy• Making the Superintendant’s List as an aeronautical engineeringmajor with a minor in Arabic• Serving in the Honor Congress as a Company Representative and asthe Operations Corporal in Third Company

High School• Varsity letterwinner in cross country

MatasicSophomoreWest Chester, Pa. Malvern Prep

At Navy• Sat in the stroke seat of the first freshman boat in 2011

High School• Bowed the varsity lightweight four at Malvern Prep as a senior tothe Philadelphia City Championship, Stotesbury Championship, andSRA Championship• Sat in the stroke seat of the lightweight four that won the Stontes-bury Championship as a junior

McElweeSophomoreWayne, Pa. • Conestoga St. Joseph’s University

At Navy• Rowed in the stroke seat of the third varsity eight in 2011

Of What I’m Most Proud at Navy• Being in the top 100 in my class for Military Order of Merit

High School• Four-year letterwinner in rowing at Conestoga High School• Placed third in the lightweight double at the 2007 USRowing YouthNationals• Finished fourth in the U-23 lightweight double at the 2009 CanadianHenley Regatta• Won the Canadian Schoolboy National Championships in the seniorquad in 2008

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O’BoyleSophomorePennington, N.J. The Hun School

At Navy• Rowed in the first freshman boat

High School• Earned three varsity letters in cross country and two in rowing

PatelSophomoreKing George, Va. King George

At Navy• Coxswain of the second varsity boat as a freshman

Of What I’m Most Proud at Navy• Winning the Rutgers fall race of 2010 because it was my first raceand I felt proud to be a coxswain and enjoyed my job• Beating Princeton in the spring of 2011 (4v) because it was my firstvarsity race• Being a member of the Color Guard• Learning to swim when I came to the Naval Academy

High School• Commander of the NJROTC Unit

SchultzSophomoreLas Vegas, Nev. Liberty

At Navy• Rowed in the second seat of the first freshman boat in 2011

Of What I’m Most Proud at Navy• Presenting the colors with the U.S.N.A. Colorguard at the 2010Poinsettia bowl at Qualcomm Stadium• Making the Commandant's List in the fall of 2011

High School• Competing in the Nevadatrack & field state championships in the800M• Named Athlete of the year in 2010 and scholar athlete all four years• Earned a total of nine varsity letters

SzaboSophomoreHouston, Texas Carnegie Vanguard

At Navy• Rowed in the seventh seat of the second freshman boat in 2011

Of What I’m Most Proud at Navy• Majoring in oceanography

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WardSophomoreSacramento, Calif. • El Camino

At Navy• Rowed with the second freshman boat in 2011

Of What I’m Most Proud at Navy• Being named to the Commandant’s List on two occasions

High School• Named captain of the swim team as a senior

YachaninSophomoreRichmond, Va. • Godwin

At Navy• Rowed with the first freshman boat in 2011

Of What I’m Most Proud at Navy• Maintaining status on the Superintendent's List• 2011 CRC Chemistry Achievement Award• Being a part of the Gospel Choir

High School• Four year letterwinner in tennis that helped lead Godwin to the2009 Virginia state championship• Earned three varsity letters in golf

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Princeton, MIT 1st Varsity 2nd Varsity 3rd Varsity 1st Freshman 2nd FreshmanJoseph Murtaugh Cup Princeton - 6:12.1 Princeton - 6:24.0 Princeton - 6:37.1 Princeton - 6:29.7 Navy - 7:04.3Princeton, N.J. Navy - 6:21.1 Navy - 6:34.0 Navy - 6:39.4 Navy - 6:31.5 MIT - 7:28.3March 26 MIT - 6:43.9 MIT - 7:06.5

4th VarsityNavy - 6:28.9Princeton - 6:47.2

Yale 1st Varsity 2nd Varstiy 3rd Varsity 1st Freshman 4th Varsity/2nd Fr.Eads Johnson Trophy Yale - 6:05.5 Yale - 6:08.7 Yale - 6:12.1 Yale - 6:08.0 Navy 4V - 6:35.3Princeton, N.J. Navy - 6:08.8 Navy - 6:11.8 Navy - 6:25.4 Navy - 6:16.3 Yale 4V/2F - 6:48.3April 2 Navy 2F - 6:55.8Columbia 1st Varsity 2nd Varsity 1st FreshmanAnnapolis, Md. Navy - 6:11.4 Navy - 6:21.0 Columbia - 6:21.4April 9 Columbia - 6:17.4 Columbia - 6:41.4 Navy (1F) - 6:23.0

Navy (2F) - 6:48.8Harvard 1st Varsity 2nd Varsity 3rd Varsity 1st Freshman 2nd FreshmanHaines Trophy Harvard - 5:53.0 Harvard - 5:59.4 Navy - 6:07.8 Harvard - 6:11.4 Navy - 6:28.1Boston Navy - 5:54.2 Navy - 6:02.2 Harvard - 6:17.8 Navy - 6:17.7 Harvard - 6:34.7April 23Penn 1st Varsity 2nd Varsity 3rd Varsity 1st FreshmanCallow Cup Navy - 5:46.9 Navy - 5:58.6 Navy - 6:02.4 Penn - 6:07.4Annapolis, Md. Penn - 5:54.0 Penn - 6:15.3Navy 4V HWT - 6:04.5 Navy - 6:15.8April 30 Navy 4V LWT - 6:05.2 Navy (2F) - 6:28.4

Penn - 6:19.0Eastern Sprints 1st Varsity 2nd Varsity 3rd Varsity 1st Freshman 2nd FreshmanWorcester, Mass. Sixth overall Fourth overall Second overall Eighth overall First overallMay 15 Grand Final Grand Final Grand Final Petite Final Grand Final

Harvard - 5:45.358 Harvard - 6:00.634 Yale - 6:02.536 Harvard - 6:13.531 Navy - 6:17.058Dartmouth - 5:46.848 Princeton - 6:03.401 Navy - 6:05.534 Navy - 6:20.284 Dartmouth - 6:18.690

Yale - 5:46.959 Cornell - 6:03.455 Harvard - 6:12.631 Georgetown - 6:27.050 Cornell - 6:19.260Princeton - 5:49.906 Yale - 6:06.879 Cornell - 6:12.659 MIT - 6:31.997 Harvard - 6:27.773Cornell - 5:51.612 Navy - 6:11.174 Princeton - 6:15.729 Georgetown - 6:31.781Navy - 5:54.464 Dartmouth - 6:11.445 Penn - 6:26.896

4th VarsityFirst overallGrand Final

Navy - 6:23.191Yale - 6:29.802

Princeton - 6:38.262IRA Regatta 1st Varsity Varsity FourCamden, N.J. Seventh overall Fifth overallJune 4 Petite Final Grand Final

Navy - 5:57.474 Harvard - 6:28.562Marietta - 6:07.194 Princeton - 6:32.638

Cornell - 6:32.851Yale - 6:37.113

Navy - 6:38.419

2011 SPRING RESULTS

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1931 Navy lightweights win their dual withSyracuse; lose a dual race to Penn and then placethird at the National Henley Regatta in Philadel-phia, Pa.

1933 Navy lightweights win their only dualwith MIT, then go on to take third place at the Na-tional Henley Regatta in Philadelphia, Pa., behindPrinceton and Columbia.

1934 Navy lightweights win their only dualrace with Columbia.

1935 Navy lightweights win their dual withIthaca College. Navy then finishes a close fourth atthe American Henley Regatta in Philadelphia, be-hind Princeton, Penn and Columbia.

1956 Navy lightweight JV wins bronze medalat the EARC Sprints.

1957 Navy lightweights, coached by HubbellDavidson ’45, win both duals with Penn and MITand lose to Princeton. Navy then goes on to placefifth at the EARC Championships. Navy light-weight JV crew and plebe first boat win the EARCSprints.


1960 Navy lightweight varsity and JV crewswin silver medal at the EARC Sprints.

1961 Navy lightweight varsity wins bronzemedal and JV crew wins gold at the EARC Sprints.

1962 Navy lightweights, coached by Lt. White,go through an undefeated season to win the firstEARC Lightweight Championship in the history ofNavy crew.

1969 Navy lightweight JV team wins bronzemedal at the EARC Sprints.

1970 Navy lightweight JV and first plebe boatwin bronze medals at the EARC Sprints. Navy fin-ishes third in “Jope Cup” (team points standing forEARC League).

1971 Navy lightweight JV wins silver medal atEARC Sprints. Navy finishes third in JopeCup standings.

1972 Navy lightweight varsity and JV teamswin bronze medals at the EARC Sprints. Navy fin-ishes third in Jope Cup.


1975 Navy lightweight varsity wins silvermedal and JV wins bronze medal at the EARCSprints and place second in Jope Cup.

1976 Navy lightweight JV wins silver medal atthe EARC Sprints.

1977 Navy varsity wins silver medal at theEARC Sprints.

1978 Navy first plebe boat wins silver medalat the EARC Sprints.

1979 Navy lightweight JV boat wins silvermedal at the EARC Sprints.

1980 Navy JV boat wins bronze medal andfirst plebe boat wins gold at the EARC Sprints.

1981 Navy lightweights place second at theHead of the Charles, losing only to the CanadianNational Team. They go on to the San Diego CrewClassic for the first time and take fourth place inthe grand finals. Team later wins both the HainesCup (Harvard) and the Callow Cup (Penn) andtake fifth place at the EARC Sprints Championship.

1986 Navy lightweights have a 4-2 record andwin the Callow Cup (Penn) en route to a sixth-place finish at the EARC Sprints.

1987 Patrick Manion takes over as headcoach Navy lightweight crew team. First plebeboat wins bronze medal at the EARC Sprints.

1988 The Navy lightweights have a 2-2record in winning the Callow Cup (Penn) and plac-ing fourth at the EARC Sprints.

1991 Mike Hughes takes over as head coachof Navy lightweight crew team.

1993 Navy wins the Crawford Bay CrewClassic and goes 5-2 en route to taking seventhplace at the EARC Sprints.

1995 Cmdr. Jim Snead '73, takes over as headcoach. Third varsity wins gold medal at the EARCSprints (varsity) and competes in the IRAs for thefirst time, taking fifth place in the Grand Finals.

1996 Major Greg Morrison '77, takes over ashead coach. The Navy lightweights have a 2-2record and place fifth in the grand finals at theIRAs.

1997 Dale Hurley ’89, takes over as headcoach of Navy lightweight crew team.

1998 Lightweight plebes place first and sec-ond at the Belly of the Carnegie.

1999 Navy lightweights win the PatriotLeague Championship. Plebe crew finishes in fifthplace in the first boat and wins gold in the secondboat at the EARC Sprints.

2000 Navy lightweights compete in the SanDiego Crew Classic for the second time in the his-tory of the program, finishing third in grand finals.Plebes capture the top-two slots at the Belly ofthe Carnegie. Varsity secures an automatic bid for2001 Head of the Charles by placing fifth overalland fourth among colleges at 2000 regatta.

2001 Navy placed fifth at the season-endingIRA National Championship Regatta. At the end ofthe spring season, Rob Friedrich replaces DaleHurley as the head coach of the lightweight pro-gram.

2002 Navy's varsity places second at the IRANational Championship. Second varsity wins Cor-nell Trophy for first time since 1961. Navy teamplaces second in Jope Cup team-point standings.

2003 The Mids win three medals at the East-ern Sprints, with the freshman boats sweeping theGold Medals for the first time in Navy history.

2004 The Mids posted the best season in theprogram’s history. The varsity boat ended the reg-ular season with an undefeated record, won theEastern Sprints title and the IRA National Champi-onship. Navy would go on to reach the semifinalround at the Royal Henley Regatta in London, Eng-land. The crew was selected as the EARC’s Crewof the Year, while head coach Rob Friedrich wastabbed as the EARC Coach of the Year. The crewalso qualified for the Navy Hall of Fame.

2005 Navy placed all five of its boats into thegrand finals at the Eastern Sprints, winning bothfreshmen events and winning two additionalmedals.2006 Navy won the program’s first Jope Cup(overall team points title) at the Eastern Sprints.

2007 The Mids repeated as Jope Cup cham-pions, while the second and third varsity crewswon individual boat titles at the Eastern Sprints.

2008 Navy landed all five of its boats in thegrand finals at the Eastern Sprints, winning in thesecond varsity, third varsity and second freshmanraces. The Midshipmen went on to finish second inthe grand finals of both the varsity eight and var-sity four with coxswain races at the IRA NationalChampionship.

2009 Under head coach Nick Baker, the Mid-shipmen went 4-3 and won the Callow Cup forthe ninth-straight year. Navy completed the yearwith a fourth-place showing at the Eastern Sprintsand sixth-place effort at the IRA National Champi-onship.

2010 In his first year as head coach, StevePerry led Navy to a 6-2 record and a second-placefinish at the IRA Regatta. The Mids held on to theCallow Cup for the 10th consecutive season andreclaimed the Eads Johnson Trophy for the firsttime since 2007.

2011 The Mids sent their varsity and secondvarsity crews to the grand finals of the EasternSprints. Navy also posted wins over Columbia andPenn.

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Joseph Baldwin ‘61 Men’s 8+, 1960 Olympics

Andy Bigelow ‘84 Olympic Dev 4+

U.S. Olympic Festival

Julian Bowling ’10 Lightweight Men’s 4-

2009 World U-23 Rowing Championship

Lightweight Men’s 4

2010 Lucerne World Cup Regatta

Lightweight 8+


Russell S. Callow Coach

1952 Olympics, 1957 World Rowing Championship

Sherman R. Clark ‘22 Men’s 8+,

1920 Olympics

Rick Clothier Coach, 1975, ‘83 Pan Am Games;

1987 World University Games

Laurie Coffey '99 Women’s U-23 4X

1998 Nations Cup; World Military Games

Tom Cook ’76 Lightweight Men’s 8+

1976 World Rowing Championship

Sean Couglin ‘87 Men’s 4+


Robert M. Detweiler ‘53 Men’s 8+

1952 Olympics

James R. Dunbar ‘55 Men’s 8+, 1952 Olympics

William B. Fields ‘54 Men’s 8+, 1952 Olympics

Wayne T. Frye ‘54 Men’s 8+, 1952 Olympics

Mike Gaffney ‘87 Men’s 4+


Vincent J. Gallagher ‘22 Men’s 8+

1920 Olympics

Richard A. Glendon Coach

1903, ‘29 World Rowing Championship;

1920 Olympics

Richard J. Glendon Coach

1920 Olympics; 1923 World Rowing Championship

Edwin D. Graves ‘21 Men’s 8+, 1920 Olympics

Tim Griffith ‘81 Mens 4+


J. T. Hall ‘87 Lightweight Men’s 8+


Chad Healy ‘09 Lightweight Men’s 4-



Brian Hood ‘82 Men’s 8+


Pat Flood ‘90 Men’s 8+, 1991 Pan Am Games

Dale Hurley ‘89 Lightweight Men’s 8+, 4-, 2-

1990, ‘91, ‘92, ‘94, ‘95 World Rowing Championship

Karin Hughes ‘91 Women’s 2X

1997 World Rowing Championship;

1999 Pan Am Games

Mike Hughes Coach, World Military Games

Virgil V. Jacomini ‘21 Men’s 8+, 1920 Olympics

Donald H. Johnston ‘22 Men’s 8+

1920 Olympics

William C. Jordan ‘21 Men’s 8+

1920 Olympics

Chad Jungbluth ‘91 Men’s 8+

1991 Pan Am Games

Clyde W. King ‘22 Men’s 8+, 1920 Olympics

Michael Kerrigan ’10 Lightweight Men’s 4


Lightweight 8+


Edward King ’11 Lightweight Men’s 4-


Lightweight Men’s 4


Mike Lambert ‘95 Men’s Spare


Lou Lindsey Coach, 1960 Olympics

William C. Long ‘61 Men’s 8+, 1960 Olympics

Dan Lyons ‘91 Men’s 8, 4-, 2+

1981, ‘83, ‘85, ‘86, ‘87 World Rowing Championship

1988 Olympics

Charles D. Manring ‘52 Men’s 8+

1952 Olympics

Vince McCall ‘07 Men’s 4+


Andrew McMarlin ‘91 Men’s 2X,

1995 National Team

Brad McMillen ‘93 Olympic Dev 8+


Alden Mills ‘91 Olympic Dev 4+


Greg Montesi ‘82 Men’s 4X, 1988 Olympics

Edward P. Moore ‘20 Men’s 8+, 1920 Olympics

Mark Moore ‘61 Men’s 8+, 1960 Olympics

Paul Montanus ‘89 Lightweight Men’s 8+


Richard F. Murphy ‘54 Men’s 8+

1952 Olympics

Lyman S. Perry ‘61 Men’s 8+, 1960 Olympics

Steve Perry Coach

U.S. U-23 World Championships, 2008-09

Tom Phelan ‘89 Olympic Dev. 4+


Dean Phillips ‘97 Men’s U-23 8+

1996 Nations Cup

Henry A. Proctor ‘54 Men’s 8+

1952 Olympic Games

Greg Provencer ‘971999 World Military Games

Matt Provencer ‘931999 World Military Games

Kevin Proctor ‘82 Men’s 8+


Chet Reily ‘94 Olympic Dev. 8+


Lewis Rhodes ‘94 Olympic Dev. 8+


Alden R. Sanborn ‘22 Men’s 8+

1920 Olympics

Tom Savidge ‘82 Men’s 8+


Dan Sayner ‘79 Men’s 4+


1980 Olympic Team

Jim Schofield ‘84 Olympic Dev 4+


Bill Serad ‘89 Men’s 8+, 1991 Pan Am Games

Frank B. Shakespeare ‘53 Men’s 8+

1952 Olympics

John Shields ‘93 Olympic Dev 8+


Jimmy Sopko ‘05 Lightweight Men’s 4


Lightweight 8+


Edward G. Stevens, Jr. ‘54 Men’s 8+

1952 Olympics

Warren Sweetser ‘60 Men’s 8+

1960 Olympics

Ryan Tewell ‘96 Men’s U-23 8+

1996 Nations Cup

Gayle Thompson ‘61 Men’s 8+, 1960 Olympics

William Vuillet ‘05 Lightweight Men’s 4

2005 World Rowing U-23 Championship

Charles S. Walsh Coach


John Walters ‘84 Men’s 8+

1986-87 National Team Member; 1988 Olympics

Robert Wilson ‘60 Men’s 8+, 1960 Olympics

Howard T. Winfree ‘61 Men’s 8+

1960 Olympics

NAVY REPRESENTING THE U.S. NATIONAL TEAM

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Callow CupPresented to the winner of the var-sity race between Navy and Penn.The trophy is Named after Russell“Rusty” Callow, who coached at bothPenn and Navy.

Navy 30; Penn 26

Year Winner1955 Penn1956 Navy1957 Navy1958 Navy1959 Navy1960 Navy1961 Navy1962 Navy1963 Penn1964 Navy1965 Penn1966 Penn

1967 Penn1968 Penn1969 Penn1970 Navy1971 Navy1972 Navy1973 No Race1974 Penn1975 Penn1976 Penn1977 Penn1978 Penn1979 Penn1980 Penn1981 Navy1982 Penn1983 Navy1984 Navy1985 Navy1986 Navy1987 Penn1988 Navy1989 Penn

1990 Penn1991 Penn1992 Penn1993 Penn1994 Navy1995 Penn1996 Navy1997 Penn1998 Penn1999 Penn2000 Penn2001 Navy2002 Navy2003 Navy2004 Navy2005 Navy2006 Navy2007 Navy2008 Navy2009 Navy2010 Navy2011 Navy

NAVY TROPHY RACE RESULTS

Haines TrophyPresented to the winner of the var-sity race between Navy and Harvard.The trophy is named after BertHaines, Harvard lightweight headcoach from 1936-52.

Harvard 44; Navy 8

Year Winner1965 Harvard1966 Harvard1967 Harvard1968 Harvard1969 Harvard1970 Harvard1971 Harvard1972 Harvard1973 Harvard1974 Harvard

1975 Navy1976 Harvard1977 Harvard1978 Harvard1979 Harvard1980 Harvard1981 Navy1982 Harvard1983 Harvard1984 Harvard1985 Harvard1986 Harvard1987 Harvard1988 Harvard1989 Harvard1990 Harvard1991 Harvard1992 Harvard1993 No Race1994 Harvard1995 Harvard

1996 Harvard1997 Harvard1998 Harvard1999 No Race2000 No Race2001 Harvard2002 Navy2003 Navy2004 Navy2005 Harvard2006 Navy2007 Harvard2008 Navy2009 Harvard2010 Harvard2011 Harvard

Eads Johnson TrophyPresented to the winner of the var-sity race between Navy and Yale. Thetrophy is named after Eads Johnson,the captain of the 1934 Yale light-weight rowing team and a 20-yearmember of the U.S. Navy.

Navy 4; Yale 4

Year Winner2004 Navy2005 Navy2006 Yale2007 Navy2008 Yale2009 Yale2010 Navy2011 Yale

Joseph MurtaughCupPresented to the winner of the var-sity race between Navy and Prince-ton. The trophy is named after theformer Princeton and U.S. lightweightrowing coach.

Princeton 3; Navy 1

Year Winner2008 Navy2009 Princeton2010 Princeton2011 Princeton

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NAVY LIGHTS AT CHAMPIONSHIPSNavy Lights Eastern SprintsYear Varsity Team1955 5th n/a1956 n/a n/a1957 5th n/a1958 4th n/a1959 n/a n/a1960 2nd n/a1961 3rd n/a1962 T-1st n/a1963 8th 6th1964 8th 9th1965 10th 8th1966 9th 9th1967 6th 8th1968 7th 8th1969 Did Not Race 8th1970 5th 3rd1971 5th 3rd1972 3rd 3rd1973 4th 4th

Year Varsity Boat Team1974 5th 6th1975 2nd 2nd1976 4th 5th1977 2nd 6th1978 9th 7th1979 7th 5th1980 7th 4th1981 5th 4th1982 6th n/a1983 8th 6th1984 7th 7th1985 4th 6th1986 6th 4th1987 7th n/a1988 6th 8th1989 8th n/a1990 8th 8th1991 7th n/a1992 8th 7th

Year Varsity Boat Team1993 7th 6th1994 6th 5th1995 7th n/a1996 6th n/a1997 11th 10th1998 12th n/a1999 10th n/a2000 9th n/a2001 7th n/a2002 4th 2nd2003 9th 3rd2004 1st 2nd2005 4th 2nd2006 2nd 1st2007 4th 1st2008 4th 3rd2009 4th 5th2010 5th 5th2011 6th 6th

IRA National Championship RegattaYear Varsity Boat1996 5th1997-98 Did Not Race1999 10th2000 8th2001 5th

Year Varsity Boat2002 2nd2003 7th2004 1st2005 6th2006 6th

Year Varsity Boat2007 6th2008 2nd2009 6th2010 2nd2011 7th

Navy narrowly finishing second at the 2010 IRA Regatta

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As the undergraduate college of the Naval service, theNaval Academy prepares young men and women to be-come professional officers and leaders in the U.S. Navyand 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 sciencedegrees 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 Corpsofficers.

Founded in 1845 by Secretary of the Navy George Ban-croft, the Academy started as the Naval School on 10acres of old Fort Severn in Annapolis with an originalclass of 55. In 1850 the Naval School became the UnitedStates Naval Academy. A new curriculum went into effectrequiring midshipmen to study at the Academy for fouryears and to train aboard ships each summer. Congressauthorized the Naval Academy to begin awarding bachelorof science degrees in 1933. Today, the Academy offers 23major fields of study, a wide variety of elective coursesand advanced study and research opportunities.

USNA MISSION STATEMENT“To develop midshipmen morally, mentally and physicallyand to imbue them with the highes t ideals of duty, honorand loyalty in order to graduate leaders who are dedicatedto a career of naval service and have potential for futuredeployment in mind and character to assume the highestresponsibilities of command, citizenship and govern-ment.”

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USNA QUICK FACTSLocation ........................................................... Annapolis, Md.Founded ............................................................................. 1845Superintendent................ Vice Adm. Michael H. Miller, USNCommandant of Midshipmen... Capt. Robert E. Clark II, USNEnrollment......................................................................... 4,400

CLASS OF 2015 FACTSEnrollment................................ 1,229 (993 men, 236 women)Applicants...................... 19,145 (14,652 men, 4,493 women)Class Rank in High School, Top 10% ............................. 52%Class Rank in High School, Top 33% ............................. 85%HS Participation, Student Body Leader ......................... 65%HS Participation, National Honor Society...................... 62%HS Participation, Varsity Athlete ..................................... 90%HS Participation, Varsity Team Captain/Co-Captain .... 65%HS Participation, Community Service............................ 88%

NAVY ASSIGNMENTSGraduates of the Naval Academy entering the Navy do soas ensigns and have the following service options avail-able to them:• Aviation -- pilot, flight officer• Nuclear Propulsion -- ships, submarines• Restricted Line and Staff Corps -- civil engineering,

information warfare, cryptology, intelligence, mainte-nance, medicine, meteorology/oceanography, supply

• Special Operations -- explosive ordinance disposal, ex-plosive ordinance management, mine countermeasures,operational diving and salvage

• Navy SEALs• Surface Warfare -- conventional, nuclear powered• Submarines

MARINE CORPS ASSIGNMENTSGraduates enter the Marine Corps with a rank of secondlieutenant. Those officers entering the Marine Corps havethe 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 lookat just some of the history and traditions that makeNavy 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 Classof 1906, as a fight song for the 1907 graduating class in-stead of the usual class march Zimmermann had com-posed for previous classes. The song made its debut atthe 1906 Army-Navy game, and when the Midshipmenwon the game, the song became traditional at this game.It gained national exposure in the 1920s and 1930s whenit was heard on the radio and was in a number of popularmovies. In 1997 a one-hour documentary on the historyof Navy football, titled "Anchors Aweigh for Honor andGlory", was produced by NFL Films. The film was deemeda success by both critics and fans alike. Here are thewords:

Stand Navy down the field,Sails set to the sky,

We'll never change our course,So Army you steer shy.Roll up the score, Navy,

Anchors Aweigh,Sail Navy down the field,

And sink the Army,Sink the Army Grey

BILL THE GOATThe first recorded use of a goat mascot for Navy athleticteams was in 1893 when an animal named El Cid (TheChief) was turned over to the Brigade by young officers ofthe USS New York. El Cid helped Navy to a 6-4 triumphover Army that year. Two cats, a dog, and a carrier pigeonhave also enjoyed brief reigns as the Navy mascot, butgoats have served without interruption since 1904. BillXXXIII and XXXIV are the current mascots. They are takencare of by 15 goathandlers made up of five midshipmenfrom the first, second and third classes. The goathandlersundergo rigorous training prior to handling Bill on thefield.

BLUE & GOLDThis 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 itsfans with their hands on their heart and sings the follow-ing notes:-

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Now, colleges from sea to seaMay sing of colors true;

But who has better right than weTo hoist a symbol hue?

For sailors brave in battle fair,Since fighting days of old,

Have proved the sailor's right to wearThe Navy Blue and Gold

ENTERPRISE BELLFrom the bridge of the famed World War II aircraft carrier,

it has been a part of the Naval Academy traditionsince 1950. The late Admiral Harry W. Hill, then Super-intendent, was instrumental in bringing the "E" Bell toAnnapolis. It rings during special ceremonies whenNavy scores a majority of victories over Army in anyone of the three sports seasons. The bell also ringsduring Commissioning Week for those teams that beatArmy and have not participated in a previous bell-ring-ing during the academic year. The bell is stationed infront of Bancroft Hall.

MIDSHIPMANThe word midshipman first appeared in English in the17th century in the form of the word midshipman todesignate those men who were stationed "amidships,"i.e. in the waist or middle portion of the vessel, while onduty. By 1687, however, the second 's' had beendropped to give the current form of the word. Midship-men were originally boys, sometimes as young asseven or eight, who were apprenticed to sea captains tolearn the sailor's trade.

In the early days of the American Navy, midshipmentrained aboard ship until they were eventually commis-sioned as ensigns. With the founding of the Naval Acad-emy in 1845, it became possible, as it still is, for amidshipman to enter the Navy directly from civilian life.The name of students at the Naval Academy changedseveral times between 1870 and 1902, when Congress re-stored the original title of Midshipman, and it has re-mained unchanged since.

TECUMSEHThe familiar Native American figurehead facing BancroftHall and Tecumseh Court has been an Annapolis residentsince 1866. Originally, the figurehead of the USS Delawarewas meant to portray Tamanend, the great chief of theDelawares. It developed that Tamanend was a lover ofpeace and did not strike the fancy of the Brigade. Lookingfor another name, Midshipmen referred to the figureheadas Powhatan and King Philip before finally settling onTecumseh, the fierce Shawnee chieftain who lived from1768-1813. The original wooden statue was replaced aftersome 50 years in the open weather by a durable bronzereplica, presented by the Class of 1891. It is considered agood-luck "mascot" for the midshipmen, who in timespast would throw pennies at it and offer left-handedsalutes whenever they wanted a 'favor', such as a sportswin over West Point, or spiritual help for examinations.These days it receives a fresh coat of war paint and isoften decorated in various themes during football weeksand other special occasions such as CommissioningWeek.

t The Blue Angels perform an air show along theSevern River on the northern bank of the Academy

each spring during Commissioning Week.

q The Navy football team gathered forthe traditional singing of the Blue &

Gold following its win over Army in 2010,its ninth-consecutive win over its rival.Below: The men’s lacrosse team sang anemotional rendition of Blue & Gold fol-lowing its overtime victory over rival

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Located on Dorsey Creek just a few hundredyards from the Severn River, construction of “TheBoathouse” was completed in 1930 and wasdesigned to accommodate Navy’s lone men’s rowingteam of 40 members. Since then, however, anadditional two teams have been added to the programand the number of athletes competing hasincreased five-fold to its present day 200 rowers.

To accomodate this increase, the three-storybuilding has undergone several remodeling effortsover the years. In October 2009, Hubbard Hallbegan its $16-million reconstruction process thatwas completed in Fall 2011.

The facility now includes the following state-of-the-artamenities:

• Renovated shell storage area and newsmall boats’ bay

• Larger locker rooms for both the menand women’s teams

• 16-person, state-of-the-art, motor-driven,indoor rowing tank

• Three erg/training rooms holding 100 ergometers

• New video/team meeting room and industriallaundry facility

• Renovated Banquet and Trophy room withbalcony overlooking College Creek

• Expanded offices for the entire Navy coaching staff

• New workshop for rowing shell repair

• Three separate visiting team locker areas

• Cardio/weight area for maintenance training

• Repaired and expanded wharf and floatingdock system

• New geo-thermal heating and cooling system

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FIRST-RATE FACULTY & STAFFThe Naval Academy's philosophy of educationstresses attention to individual students by highlyqualified faculty members who are strongly committedto teaching. Classes are small, with an average size offewer than 18 students and a student-faculty ratio of8:1. All courses at the Naval Academy are taught andgraded by faculty members, not by graduate assistants.

Our 600-member faculty is an integrated group of officersand civilians in nearly equal numbers. Officers bringfresh ideas and experiences from operational units andstaffs of the Navy and Marine Corps. The academy's civil-ian faculty members give continuity to the educationalprogram and form a core of professional scholarship andteaching experience. Working together closely, these mili-tary and civilian faculty members form one of thestrongest and most dedicated teaching faculties of anycollege or university in the United States.

MAJORSStudents at the Naval Academy can select one of 38 differ-ent majors within 23 fields of study. The 23 fields of studyare grouped into three different divisions: Division of En-gineering and Weapons (aerospace engineering, com-puter engineering, electrical engineering, generalengineering, mechanical engineering, naval architecture,ocean engineering, systems engineering), Division ofMath and Science (chemistry, computer science, generalscience, information technology, mathematics, oceanog-raphy, physics) and the Division of Humanities and SocialScience (Arabic, Chinese, economics, English, history, po-litical science, quantitative economics). In addition tograduating with a Bachelor’s of Science, students can at-tain a minor in one of seven different languages.

Students who excel at the Naval Academy have many op-portunities to challenge and advance themselves throughseveral special programs -- Trident Scholars, Honors Pro-grams, and Voluntary Graduate Education Program(VGEP).

GRADUATION SUCCESS RATEFor the sixth year in a row, the United States Naval Acad-emy ranks among nation’s leaders for graduating NCAAstudent-athletes on the Division I level. Navy graduated100 percent of its student-athletes in 10 of the 20 NCAAsports reported on and averaged an overall rate of 96percent for student-athletes in all sports – the fourth-highest mark nationally among Football Bowl Subdivi-sion schools.

LOWE'S SENIOR CLASS AWARDRicky Dobbs ('11) was named the 2010 Lowe's SeniorCLASS Award winner for the Football Bowl Subdivi-sion, becoming the second Navy student-athlete towin the award. The Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award wasstarted in 2001 by Dick Enberg in response to the growingtrend of men's basketball players leaving school early for

u Laura Gorinski (’13) was named PatriotLeague Women’s Swimming Scholar-Athlete

of the Year in 2011.

t Football’s Ricky Dobbs (’11) was named the2010 Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award winner for the

Football Bowl Subdivision.

p Alex Foskett (’11) was named Second-TeamAcademic All-America by the Collegiate SportsInformation Directors of America (CoSIDA).

u Aside from being the 2011USNA valedictorian, Nick Birger(’11) was a First-Team AcademicAll-America selection for men’s ten-nis in 2011. as well as the overall2010-11 Patriot League Scholar-

Athlete of the Year.

t Kayla Sax (’10) was a recipient of theGates Cambridge Scholarship, becomingthe ninth honoree from the Naval Academy.

t John Dowd (’12) was a First-Team AcademicAll-American in 2010-11, following a Second-Team

Academic All-America honor in 2009-10.

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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-teamhonorees in their respective sports over the last fiveyears, highlighted by Dobbs' award in 2010 and 2008 gradEvan Barnes, who was men’s soccer’s inaugural awardwinner in 2007. Additionally, women’s basketball playerKate Hobbs ('07), women's soccer's Lizzie Barnes ('08)and men’s lacrosse’s Andy Tormey (‘09) each were namedto the Lowe's Senior All-America First Team.

SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS In addition to furthering their education at schools acrossthe country, students at the Naval Academy annually arein competition for several prestigious scholarships. SinceNavy's first Rhodes Scholar, E. Van Meter ('28), a total of46 Naval Academy graduates have received the RhodesScholarship, including 13 since 2001. Among Navy's mostrecent recipients is former baseball player Trevor Thomp-son ('05). Also, 24 grads have won George C. MarshallScholarships, including 14 since 2000. A trio of recentgraduates earned Bowman Scholarships to the NavalPostgraduate School. Lightweight rower Chris Medford('11), heavyweight rower Mike Shea ('11) and rifle standoutKenan Wang ('11) were each honored as Bowman Schol-ars.

Standout swimmer Kelly Zahalka ('09) was a recipi-ent of both the Harry S. Truman and Gen. George C.Marshall Scholarships, which paved the way for herto study for two years in the United Kingdom. For-mer women's track and cross country runner KaylaSax ('10) became just the ninth student from theNaval Academy to be awarded a Gates CambridgeScholarship, which has enabled her to contribute toresearch focused on alternative energy sources at theUniversity of Cambridge.

Men's tennis standout Nick Birger ('11) was awarded anNCAA Postgraduate Scholarship in 2011, one year aftersoccer's Beth Reed ('10) and track 's Mark Van Orden('10) also earned the NCAA Scholarship. These athleteswill be able to pursue graduate degrees before resumingtheir respective naval careers on a full-time basis.

ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICANSNaval Academy student-athletes have totaled 80 Aca-demic All-America certificates over the years, with 47 ofthose awards coming since the start of the 1999-2000 aca-demic year. USNA student-athletes have garnered fiveawards during the 2010-11 academic year. The 2010-11honorees included first-team football honoree John Dowd(‘12), first-team men's tennis selection Nick Birger ('11),second-team men's track & field/cross country athleteCody 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-ATHLETESBirger, the 2011 Naval Academy valedictorian, was alsonamed the Patriot League Male Scholar-Athlete of theYear, after earning a second consecutive league scholar-athlete honor for men's tennis. Birger is the fifth male mid-shipman and a league-leading 11th overall to earn thePatriot League's top academic honor. Other PatriotLeague Scholar-Athlete winners from the 2010-11 aca-demic year include Rome for indoor track & field, swim-mer Laura Gorinski ('13) and golfer Peter Reilly ('12).

u Laura Gorinski (’13) was named PatriotLeague Women’s Swimming Scholar-Athlete

of the Year in 2011.

t Football’s Ricky Dobbs (’11) was named the2010 Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award winner for the

Football Bowl Subdivision.

u Aside from being the 2011USNA valedictorian, Nick Birger(’11) was a First-Team AcademicAll-America selection for men’s ten-nis in 2011. as well as the overall2010-11 Patriot League Scholar-

Athlete of the Year.

p Lizzie Barnes (’08) is one of five Navystudent-athletes to have been honored asFirst-Team Lowe’s Senior All-Americans aspart of the Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award.

t Cody Rome (’12) earnedSecond-Team Academic

All-America honors in 2010-11,as well as being named Patriot

League Men’s Indoor Track & FieldScholar-Athlete of the Year in 2011.

t John Dowd (’12) was a First-Team AcademicAll-American in 2010-11, following a Second-Team

Academic All-America honor in 2009-10.

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t The Annapolis State House is the oldest incontinuous legislative use in the country. Itwas here where General George Washingtonresigned his commission in the ContinentalArmy, and where the Treaty of Paris endingthe Revolutionary War was ratified.

u Baltimore’s Inner Harbor is just 30 minutes fromAnnapolis. 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 Oriolesand the NFL’s Baltimore Ravens

u Over 80 million pounds of blue crabwere harvested in Maryland in 2010. TheMaryland crab harvest makes up morethan 50 percent of the annual U.S. catch.

Additional photography credit to www.VisitAnnapolis.org,www.VisitMaryland.org, and www.Baltimore.org.

The Naval Academy is located in historic Annapolis, thecapital of the State of Maryland. Annapolis was founded in1640 as Anne Arundel Town and later became the firstpeacetime capital city of the United States of America in1783.

Annapolis, named to honor Queen Anne of England, wasgranted a royal charter as a city in 1708. Annapolis canalso lay claim to having been a capital of the UnitedStates. From November 1783 to August 1784, the Conti-nental Congress met in the State House. It was here thatthey accepted George Washington’s resignation as com-mander-in-chief and ratified the Treaty of Paris, whichended the Revolutionary War.

The colonial heritage of Annapolis is still evident as thecity boasts more buildings from the 1700s than any othercity in the country.

The heart of downtown Annapolis has also been desig-nated a National Historic District. Many fine examples ofcolonial architecture, including the State House, Ham-mond-Harwood House, Chase-Lloyd House and theWilliam Paca House and Gardens, are open to visitors.

In August, 2009, Annapolis was named a Top Ten finalistfor the International Award for Livable Communities, acompetition focused on creating livable communitiesthrough sound environmental practices.

Annapolis is located on the western shore of the Chesa-peake Bay, the largest estuary in the United States. TheChesapeake provides natural environs, sightseeing, sail-ing, fishing and more, helping Annapolis become the sail-ing capital of the world. The water-lover will alsorevel in the fact that Maryland has nearly 4,000miles 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 residentsand tourists alike.

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t The Annapolis State House is the oldest incontinuous legislative use in the country. Itwas here where General George Washingtonresigned his commission in the ContinentalArmy, and where the Treaty of Paris endingthe Revolutionary War was ratified.

t During the War of 1812, Francis Scott Key witnessed thebombardment of Fort McHenry in Baltimore and was inspired topen the words to a poem entitled “The Star-Spangled Banner,”which eventually became the national anthem.

u Baltimore’s Inner Harbor is just 30 minutes fromAnnapolis. 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 Oriolesand the NFL’s Baltimore Ravens

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

u Pimlico Race Course, home ofthe Preakness Stakes, is locatedin Baltimore. The horse industrycontributes $1.5 billion annuallyto the state’s economy. There areover 20,000 horse farms located inMaryland.

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Paul KostacopoulosBaseball

Ed DeChellisMen’s Basketball

Stefanie PemperWomen’s Basketball

Rick ClothierMen’s Heavyweight Crew

Steve PerryMen’s Lightweight Crew

Mike HughesWomen’s Crew

Al CantelloMen’s Cross Country

Karen BoyleWomen’s Cross Country

Joe SurianoDiving

Ken NiumataloloFootball

Pat OwenGolf

Dr. Sho FukushimaGymnastics

Rick SowellMen’s Lacrosse

Cindy TimchalWomen’s Lacrosse

Bill KelleyRifle

Ian BurmanIntercollegiate Sailing

Jahn TihanskyOffshore Sailing

Dave BrandtMen’s Soccer

Carin GabarraWomen’s Soccer

Maj. Mitch MaurySprint Football

Craig DawsonSquash

Bill RobertsMen’s Swimming

John MorrisonWomen’s Swimming

John OfficerMen’s Tennis

Keith PuryearWomen’s Tennis

Steve CookseyMen’s Track & Field

Carla CristeWomen’s Track & Field

Larry BockVolleyball

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