Navy Sports

Simmons' dream leads him to the Naval Academy

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When Tyler Simmons was in ninth grade, sitting around the pool one day with his mother, the future Washington High standout looked over and asked her a serious question.

"Do you ever think I'll ever be a Navy SEAL, Mom, or do you think it's something that's going to pass?” Simmons asked.

"Oh, it'll pass,” Linda Simmons replied....
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Navy Water Polo - Schofield Welcomes Class of 2011

Navy welcomes Class of 2011

For Immediate Release
Thursday, June 28, 2007
Men's Water Polo Contact: Chris Forman (410) 293-8774


Navy Introduces 15 Water Polo Newcomers

ANNAPOLIS, Md. - Fifteen freshman water polo players representing six states are among the Naval Academy's Class of 2011, Navy men's water polo coach Mike Schofield has announced. The class officially began their stay in Annapolis with Wednesday's induction ceremony that signifies the start of plebe summer.

"We're looking forward to adding what we feel is a very solid class to our returning team this fall" said Navy men's water polo coach Mike Schofield. "There will be some excellent competition for playing time all season, and we plan to give every one of these guys a great shot at earning it."

Navy will open the 2007 fall campaign when it plays host to the 24-team Navy Labor Day Open on September 1-2 in both Lejeune and Scott Pools. Defending NCAA Champion California headlines what is always a very formidable field. The Midshipmen joined the Bears in the NCAA Final Four a year ago after winning the program's seventh Eastern title.

Navy Water Polo Class of 2011
Name Hometown/High School
Luke Baldwin La Grange Park,Ill. / Fenwick
Alex Buck Lisle,Ill. / Naperville North
Jordan Carter Bloomfield Hills,Mich. / Wylie E. Groves
Eric Chang Hacienda Heights,Calif. / Glen Wilson
Joel Cuda San Antonio,Texas / Alamo Heights
Garrett Griffin San Diego,Calif. / Mar Vista
Stephen Hicks Cupertino,Calif. / Menlo Atherton
Alex Kofsky Los Angeles,Calif. / Harvard Westlake/Northwestern Prep
Nathan Le Roy Arlington Heights,Ill. / Loyola Academy
Alex McCoy Texarkana,Texas / Texas
Kyle McGhie Newport Beach, Calif. Newport Harbor
Robert Newman Bonita,Calif. / Bonita Vista
Jason Peck Irvine,Calif. / Northwood
Ryan Shipley Arlington,Va. / Gonzaga
Chris Vahey Oakland Park, Fla. / Northeast
 
Lange adds 5 recruits

Newcomers could bolster frontcourt

http://www.hometownannapolis.com/cgi-bin/read/2007/06_28-24/NAS

Navy's basketball program had a pair of promising frontcourt players transfer at the end of the school year. Head coach Billy Lange believes he's landed two capable replacements as part of a five-man recruiting class that was announced yesterday.

Lange called 6-foot-10 Mark Veazey and 6-foot-9 Jeremy Wilson "traditional" centers and expects both to compete for a starting job next season. Navy lost a starting forward in Trey Stanton, a Patriot League All-Rookie selection who was the team's third-leading scorer and rebounder....
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Navy Baseball: Matt Reynolds Added to Coaching Staff

For Immediate Release
Thursday, July 5, 2007
Contact: Jonathan Maggart (410) 293-8771

Matt Reynolds Added to Navy Baseball Coaching Staff

ANNAPOLIS, Md. - Navy baseball head coach Paul Kostacopoulos has announced the addition of Matt Reynolds to the coaching staff. Reynolds will work with the outfielders, hitters and help with recruiting.

"I have known Matt for many years and he will be a great fit here at the Naval Academy," stated Kostacopoulos. "He has proven himself as a highly accomplished coach at UMass for three years, both in recruiting and on the field."

“Having the opportunity to work at the Naval Academy, an extremely prestigious institution, is something I’m quite excited about,” said Reynolds. “I am looking forward to be a part of a baseball program that is steeped in a tradition of success.”

For the past three seasons, Reynolds served as a graduate assistant coach at UMass, where he worked with the infielders, hitters and helped in recruiting. This past year, the Minutemen ranked seventh in the nation with 1.17 double plays turned per game and boasted a .968 fielding percentage.

Reynolds spent his final-two seasons at UMass and graduated in 2005 with a bachelor's degree in communications. While donning the Maroon and White, he batted .279 with seven home runs and 52 RBI, earned Atlantic 10 All-Tournament Team honors in 2003 and was named team MVP as a senior. Prior to his arrival in Amherst, he played under Kostacopoulos for two seasons at Maine from 2001-02.
 
Army-Navy proposal alive on Big East table

http://www.wvgazette.com/section//2007063025

Since the Atlantic Coast Conference’s raid of the Big East in 2003, rumors have swirled in regard to the latter’s membership.

The Big East quelled some of that by adding Cincinnati, Louisville and South Florida in all sports and DePaul and Marquette in all but football.

Still, talk of Big East expansion remains. There’s Internet banter. And, really, with good reason....
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Little doubt WVU likes Army-Navy proposal

http://www.wvgazette.com/section//2007070330

I used this space last Sunday to outline the one proposal that seems to have legs in regard to Big East football expansion.

The idea is a joint football-only membership (or “association’’ if you will) for Army and Navy. The two service academies would play four games apiece each season against Big East schools. The setup would help all involved in the area of scheduling. The association could even extend to bowl games.

Multiple Big East officials confirmed the idea is alive, although one said it is “not full-blown yet.’’ When reached on Tuesday, however, West Virginia University athletic director Ed Pastilong hinted he’d like to see the idea mushroom....
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Florida State could eventually become fifth men's lacrosse member of ACC in 2010 (CSTV.com)

Florida State could eventually become fifth member of ACC in 2010

June 27, 2007

By Josh Herwitt

CSTV.com


Bill Harkins wants nothing more than to be No. 57.

He craves what Dave Petriemala, John Danowski and every Division I lacrosse coach has, and he's prepared to do whatever it takes for that happen.

But sometimes there are things you can't control, and for Harkins, that's simply the case when it comes to talking with school administrators for the past two years about an eventual Division I men's lacrosse program at Florida State.

For the school's club lacrosse coach, it's been one long back-and-forth conversation with boosters, athletic director Dave Hart, Jr. and president T.K. Wetherell for the past two years.

The lacrosse community, however, has waited even longer for its next Division I men's program to pop up.

It was three years ago when Bellarmine officially announced that it was adding men's lacrosse to its athletics department as the 57th team at the Division I level. That's the last time that anyone has heard a school speak of starting a varsity men's lacrosse team, and in the interim, another team was lost when Butler dropped its program back in January.

Harkins, with his relentless attitude and continued success at the club level on the other hand, believes he can make the Seminoles the new No. 57 in due time.

But as always, there are several hurdles standing in the way.

"We've had tremendous support from the administration," the fourth-year coach said. "They'd like to see the program elevated along with women's."

And that's just the thing. If Harkins has any realistic thoughts of developing Division I men's lacrosse at Florida State, it will not come until a women's team hits the field first.

It's legislation like Title IX that has made the course that much more difficult for Harkins, but it hasn't got him losing hope of eventually coaching the ACC's fifth team.

"He's put lacrosse as the next Division I sport in the minds of the boosters at Florida State," Florida State team president Todd Matherly said of Harkins. "But I don't think it's as easy as that because if they're going to do that, they have to add another women's sport."

While women's lacrosse seems to be the likely choice to complement the men's program for now, gender equity concerns are only half the battle for Harkins, who has guided the Seminoles to the national championship game at the club level three out of the last four years.

What swing in the balance even more than Title IX are the budgeting and funding issues that Harkins has no say on.

"The Division I program that will actually start has nothing to do with our program," Matherly continued. "It has everything to do with the boosters, the school, Title IX and all that kind of stuff."

So, while Title IX regulations have forced universities to offer the same number of opportunities for men and women, Harkins says the gender equity issues don't outweigh the financial necessities that are keeping Florida State from announcing a men's lacrosse team sooner than 2010.

"The magic that makes everything happen like almost everything else in life is the money," he said matter-of-factly. "They do not want to start the program unless they're endowed... If we had a commitment for endowing the program, we'd probably have an announcement."

And until a foundation can be set up and that endowment finally comes through, Harkins' vision for a Division I program must continue to simmer while discussions progress further with the school's administration.

"We're really in the earlier stages than I thought we would [be]," admitted Harkins, who has acted as the program's primary advocate.

If there's one thing that Harkins has, though, it's support.

Support from the school's administrators. Support from his past and present players. And most of all, support from his colleagues, guys that have been around the sport for a long time in Virginia coach Dom Starsia, Maryland coach David Cottle and Navy coach Richie Meade among others.

In fact, it's been Harkins who has managed to excite the school about lacrosse enough to get his team its own field, something that no other club sport at Florida State has.

"We get as much support as any school gets at our level," Harkins assured. "Florida State is a phenomenal school...It's got a lot of things going for it."

And with all the history and tradition that Florida State athletics has produced over the years to go along with the constant dose of sunshine, don't think Harkins will have any trouble stealing kids away from the perennial Northeast powers to join him in Tallahassee.

On second thought, it's a situation that would capture the interest of any top-rated high school recruit from Long Island, Baltimore or any other lacrosse hot bed.

So as the buzz grows larger and the talk of college lacrosse spreads deeper into the state of Florida, it's Harkins who's still holding on to his chance to be the new No. 57.

It's a good thing he isn't loosening his grip.
 
Timchal's wins record takes backseat to players (ESPN.Com)

By Lauren Reynolds
ESPN.com
(Archive)


Editor's note: This week, ESPN.com is profiling a few of the NCAA's winningest coaches in their respective sports.

In 16 years at the helm of Maryland's women's lacrosse program, Cindy Timchal lost just 45 games.

To say Timchal doesn't like to lose is an understatement. She guided the Terps to eight national titles (including an unprecedented seven straight) and four undefeated seasons (1885, '96, '99, 2001).

But the record-setting coach -- Timchal has amassed 336 Division I wins, 77 more than Princeton's Chris Sailer -- likes a challenge even more than she dislikes losing. What else could have inspired her to leave the top spot at the lacrosse powerhouse to build a new program at the Naval Academy?

"I always try to get through to my players that it's not necessarily about beating the other team, but striving to show how good you can be," Timchal said, explaining her coaching philosophy and in many ways, also her approach to her career. "You have to keep doing things that are new and different, and get your players to buy in."

From the outside, Timchal's move to Navy makes little sense. Why would you give up coaching at a school that has shown a real commitment to women's athletics, as well as a team that boasts numerous All-Americans? But in talking with Timchal, it's clear that she demands the same excellence from herself that she does from her players. And after spending her career at two major universities, the Mids offer a unique opportunity: to put her mark on a program. Although Timchal was wildly successful at Maryland the Terps had won two national championship and boasted a 201-69-3 (.736) record before her arrival. Timchal played a key role in the Terps dynasty, but the program wasn't all her own.

Navy, on the other hand, has long had a successful men's team but has competed at the club level on the women's side. Located in the hotbed of lacrosse, and now with the game's most successful coach calling the shots, many are expecting big things from the women in navy and gold. And while Navy's tough academic standards may have scared off other coaches, Timchal sees only opportunities.

"Most lacrosse players are good students because they realize there are few opportunities to play after college," she explained. "We're focused on finding the right student-athletes for this program. We have a lot of fine athletes here, and we have a chance to be in the hunt in a few years."

Since her first days in coaching at Northwestern University, Timchal's focus has always been on the experience. While she has undoubtedly been successful on the field, her greatest accomplishment has been developing her players off of it.

"Winning championships is really a byproduct of getting the players to believe in themselves, getting them to put it all on the line and play unselfishly," Tinchal said. "And when it all comes together, it's magical.

Winning championships is really a byproduct of getting the players to believe in themselves, getting them to put it all on the line and play unselfishly. And when it all comes together, it's magical.

Cindy Timchal

"Too much credit is given to the coach. My job is just to give the players the courage and the confidence to compete. That's what is most satisfying: giving the players the tools they need to go out and compete."

That dedication to her players has inspired many of them to follow her into coaching. Kelly Amonte Hiller, a 1996 Maryland graduate who revived Northwestern's lacrosse program in 2000, has won the past three NCAA championships. Former players and assistant coaches Cathy Reese and Jen Adams are trying to recreate Timchal's success at Maryland. Her coaching tree even extends outside of lacrosse and into field hockey, a sport in which former player Jennifer Averill has built Wake Forest into a national champion (2002, '03, '04) and perennial tournament contender.

Listening to Timchal's former players, it's no surprise that they still sound very much like their coach:

"Of course, our style of play is similar to those Maryland teams," Amonte Hiller said prior to the 2007 season. "It's where I came from, it's where most of my staff came from. [The teams] share some similar characteristics. But I wouldn't want to compare myself to Cindy. She had a tremendous run. [That's where] I learned what it takes to take the game to the next level."

"Jen [Adams, associate head coach] and I loved our experience as players at Maryland, and we're dedicated to giving our players that same atmosphere," Reese said. "We want them to have fun and be proud to represent their school and their program."

Timchal's numbers are staggering: five time ACC Coach of the Year; two time national Coach of the Year; eight national championships; a 309-74 (.807) career record; has coached 70 All-Americans; and has guided her teams to the NCAA finals in 11 of the last 17 years.

But as many games and titles as Timchal has won in her 25 years in coaching, her legacy is her players.

Lauren Reynolds is the editor of ESPNU.com. She can be reached at Lauren.K.Reynolds@espn3.com.
 
Captain America (Macomb Daily)

CHIPPEWA VALLEY’S DELIZ ASSUMES LEADERSHIP ROLE FOR NAVY’S FOOTBALL TEAM

Everything, Jeff Deliz believes, has proven worthwhile. All the hard work has
paid off — the earlymorning training sessions, the gruel of plebe summer, the transition to college football and the adjustment to a military mind-set.

Now Jeff Deliz can call himself captain of the Navy Midshipmen, one of the nation’s most storied college football programs.

“I like to say I came full circle,” said Deliz, a Clinton Township resident and graduate of Chippewa Valley High School.

“I left high school on top as a captain and had some success,” he said. “I got here, and it was straight to the scout team. It was right on block one.”

Deliz rose back, though, overcoming disappointments, doubts and injuries to earn two varsity letters and claim the starters’ spot at free safety on Navy’s depth chart following spring practice.

In addition, teammates selected Deliz and senior slot back Reggie Campbell as captains for the upcoming season.

“It really made me feel good,” Deliz said. “I worked hard.”

Still, there’s more work for Deliz.

He wants more.

For himself. And, most importantly, for his team.

After all, Jeff Deliz is a leader among leaders at the United States Naval Academy.

——

Four-thirty a.m., a time in the morning when most people — and certainly most of his classmates at Chippewa Valley would still be asleep — proved a vital time for Deliz in high school.

At that early hour, Deliz always was training, riding his stationary bike, jogging through the early darkness or lifting weights to improve his strength
and quickness.

At first, Jeff wanted to be just like his idol, his older brother Jimmy, who played quarterback at Chippewa Valley and played baseball at Michigan State.

“I really looked up to him,” Jeff said. “Whatever he was doing to make himself the athlete he was, I wanted to do it.”

Soon, though, Jeff had other, more personal motivations. He wanted to earn an athletic scholarship to play Division I college football.

To do that, he knew he had to improve his time in the 40-yard dash to attract the notice of colleges at summer camps.

So Deliz started working with Tommie Boyd, a former Detroit Lion who now coaches track and field at Fraser High School.

“He knows what it takes to get the job done,” Deliz said.

The training helped as Deliz thrived at the high school level.

As a sophomore, he started at safety on Chippewa Valley’s Division 2 state championship in 2001, though an injury suffered in the playoffs forced him out of the title game victory over Jenison.

By his senior year, he had started three seasons for the Big Reds, served as the captain on a team that won a regional championship in 2003 and lift a lasting impression on Chippewa Valley coach Mike Carr.

“I still remember after his last game — I never do this because I don’t want to slight anyone — I called his parents and left a message on their machine saying he was the finest person I ever coached for,” Carr said.

“He would do anything for the team,” Carr added. “On most teams, he would’ve been a running back, but we used him as a blocking back. He never complained. He was always about the team.”

In the winter of his senior year, Deliz realized his dream of receiving a football scholarship from a Division I program when he signed a national letter of intent with Navy.

“Everybody thought he wasn’t a Division I football player — except for Navy,” Carr said. “It never bothered him, but he proved them wrong.”

——

Summertime. Jeff Deliz had just graduated from Chippewa Valley, and while many of his friends were enjoying life, Deliz went through an experience called plebe summer, a demanding, boot camp-like orientation for incoming Midshipmen.

Eventually, the process promoted leadership, confidence and motivation skills, but it proves tough on everybody, and it was difficult for Deliz to endure.

Plebe year — or freshman year at other colleges — also proved tough, with few, if any, privileges.

The football field offered little solace for Deliz. He was relegated to the scout team, and he did not play in any varsity games, and he wasn’t sure if the rigors of a military academy were right for him.

“That first year was extremely difficult,” Deliz’s father, Jim, said. “I don’t care how gung-ho they are. Plebe summer, that military indoctrination is different.”

“I must have called my mom twice a week,” Deliz said. “One day I was all high on life, things were going great. The next day, I wanted to get out of there right then.”

——

But with the support of his family, Deliz hung in at Annapolis.

After his plebe year, he reported for duty on the aircraft carrier U.S.S. Dwight D. Eisenhower. “It was a great experience,” Jim Deliz said.

On the football field, Jeff made some strides, seeing action on special teams and appearing in all 12 games in the 2005 season.

But he suffered an ankle injury just before spring practice and fell, Jeff said, completely off the depth chart.

“It was a roller-coaster ride from freshman to sophomore to junior year,” he said.

He went into summer camp feeling that he had to make an impression on the coaching staff, but he didn’t play at all — even on special teams — in Navy’s season-opening victory over East Carolina.

Nevertheless, Deliz kept working. He started playing special teams, and he worked his way up to No. 2 on the depth chart at safety.

Then, against Stanford in Navy’s third game of the season, the coaches put Deliz in at nickel back late in the first half.

“My name was called, and I didn’t want to waste that opportunity,” he said. “From there on out, I played nickel back the rest of the way.”

Deliz’s play improved as the season went on. He made five tackles against Tulsa, then made three tackles in a game against Eastern Michigan at Ford Field.

Against Army, he made two tackles, including a sack, and intercepted a fourth-quarter pass as the Midshipmen prevailed over their arch-rivals 26-14.

For Deliz, he had found validation on the field.

“I wanted to play Division I football,” Deliz said. “I did whatever it took to get a Division I scholarship to play football. That stuck in my head.

“It really is an indescribable feeling that I started out at dirt level and I just built myself up,” he added. “It didn’t come easy, but at the same time I didn’t do it by myself.”

——

Jeff Deliz only comes home for a few weeks now, mostly for holidays and spring break.

Still, there isn’t too much time to relax as he still finds time to work out for Boyd, getting his body ready for football and his military duties.

“When he does rest,” Jim Deliz said, “his mind tells him to train.”

He wants another challenge, another duty, another responsibility.

This summer, Jeff has stayed at Annapolis to work as a detailer, one of the people in charge of plebe summer.

“You have to be the one to take them everywhere and show them how to conduct themselves as Midshipmen,” Deliz said. “It’s been fun.”

In addition, it is a huge responsibility as is his role as captain on the football team.

Coach Paul Johnson has led a football revival at Navy, guiding the Midshipmen to three straight winning seasons and three consecutive bowl games. Navy also has gone to the White House in all three of Deliz’s seasons to pick up the Commander-In-Chief’s Trophy for defeating Army and Air Force.

Deliz would like to see the Midshipmen continue those streaks — and more.

“Why can’t it be to win a bowl game?” he said. “Why not go for it all?”

Off the field, he also has work to do.

He is finishing up his major in quantitative economics, and he wants to become a pilot. Both will require more studying and more training.

So far, all his hard work has paid off and he appreciates what he has given up as well as what he has gained.

“Personally it has really made me grow up a lot faster,” Deliz said. “It’s not a regular college environment. Reality really hits you. Once you graduate from here, you are going to the battlefields to fight the war on terror.”
 
Navy Athletics Year-In-Review

Overall Record:
297-156-3 (.655)

Army-Navy Record:
20-12 (.625)

Army-Navy Star Record:
15-7 (.682)

All-Americans (19)
  • MIDN 4/C Jeromy Miles (Football, Honorable Mention Freshman All-American)
  • MIDN 1/C Meggie Curran (Women's Soccer, Third-Team)
  • MIDN 4/C Shelly Moeller (Women's Soccer, Freshman All-American)
  • MIDN 4/C Cassie Barbaresi (Women's Soccer, Freshman All-American)
  • MIDN 2/C Aaron Recko (Water Polo, Third-Team)
  • MIDN 2/C George Naughton (Water Polo, Honorable Mention)
  • MIDN 1/C Katie Whitman (Intercollegiate Sailing, skipper)
  • MIDN 2/C Charlotte Hill (Intercollegiate Sailing, skipper)
  • MIDN 1/C Andrea White (Intercollegiate Sailing, crew)
  • MIDN 2/C Matt Stolpinski (Wrestling)
  • MIDN 1/C Chris Schneider (Rifle, First-Team)
  • MIDN 1/C Sarah Bergman (Rifle, First-Team)
  • MIDN 2/C Josh Albright (Rifle, Second-Team)
  • MIDN 3/C Lisa Kunzelman (Rifle, Second-Team)
  • MIDN 2/C Paul Harris (Men's Track & Field, 800 meters)
  • MIDN 1/C Billy Looney (Men's Lacrosse, First-Team)
  • MIDN 2/C Jordan DiNola (Men's Lacrosse, Honorable Mention)
  • MIDN 1/C Lindey Spiese (Women's Crew, Second-Team)
  • MIDN 3/C Mitch Harris (Baseball, Third-Team)
Academic All-Americans (6)
  • MIDN 3/C Lizzie Barnes (Women's Soccer, First-Team by ESPN The Magazine and the College Sports Information Directors of America)
  • MIDN 2/C Kari Weniger (Women's Soccer, Second-Team by ESPN The Magazine and the College Sports Information Directors of America)
  • MIDN 2/C Chris Renninger (Golf, Second-Team by ESPN The Magazine and the College Sports Information Directors of America)
  • MIDN 3/C Kelly Zahalka (Women's Swimming, Third-Team by ESPN The Magazine and the College Sports Information Directors of America)
  • MIDN 1/C Michael Niemi (Men's Track & Field, Second-Team by ESPN The Magazine and the College Sports Information Directors of America)
  • MIDN 1/C Kirsten Andrews (Women's Track & Field, First-Team by ESPN The Magazine and the College Sports Information Directors of America)
Other Academic Awards (5)
  • MIDN 1/C Chris Marsh (Sprint Football, First-Team by USA Today)
  • MIDN 1/C Colin Finnegan (Men's Lacrosse, by USILA)
  • MIDN 2/C Matt Stolpinksi (Wrestling, National Wrestling Coaches Association)
  • MIDN 1/C Dan Hellier (Squash, College Squash Association)
  • MIDN 2/C Tucker George (Squash, College Squash Association)
Conference Athlete of the Year Awards (12)
  • MIDN 1/C Meggie Curran (Women's Soccer, Patriot League Offensive)
  • MIDN 3/C Lizzie Barnes (Women's Soccer, Patriot League Goalkeeper)
  • MIDN 4/C Shelly Moeller (Women's Soccer, Patriot League Co-Defensive)
  • MIDN 1/C Kevin Teague (Men's Diving, Patriot League)
  • MIDN 3/C Kelly Zahalka (Women's Swimming, Patriot League)
  • MIDN 2/C Katie Griffin (Women's Diving, Patriot League)
  • MIDN 1/C Loni Forsythe (Women's Indoor Track & Field, Patriot League Track Athlete)
  • MIDN 1/C Kirsten Andrews (Women's Indoor Track & Field, Patriot League
    Field Athlete)
  • MIDN 3/C Nate Nelms (Tennis, Patriot League)
  • MIDN 2/C Paul Harris (Men's Outdoor Track & Field, Patriot League Track
    Athlete)
  • MIDN 1/C Justine Whipple (Women's Outdoor Track & Field, Patriot League Track Athlete)
  • MIDN 1/C Kirsten Andrews (Women's Outdoor Track & Field, Patriot League
    Field Athlete)
Conference Coach of the Year (7)
  • Carin Gabarra (Women's Soccer, Patriot League and Mid-Atlantic Region)
  • Mike Schofield (Water Polo, Southern Division and Eastern Collegiate)
  • Joe Suriano (Diving, Patriot League, Men's and Women's)
  • John Morrison (Swimming, Patriot League)
  • Craig Holt (Gymnastics, ECAC Assistant Coach of the Year)
  • Richie Meade (Men's Lacrosse, Patriot League)
  • John Officer (Tennis, Patriot League)
Conference Rookie of the Year Awards (5)
  • MIDN 4/C Jeromy Miles (Football, ECAC Rookie of the Year)
  • MIDN 4/C Cassie Barbaresi (Women's Soccer, Patriot League Co-Rookie)
  • MIDN 4/C Chris Horel (Men¹s Cross Country, Patriot League Rookie of the Year)
  • MIDN 4/C Mallory Dietrich (Women's Swimming, Patriot League)
  • MIDN 4/C Ramsey Lemaich (Tennis, Patriot League)
Conference Championships (7)
  • Women's Soccer
  • Water Polo
  • Men's Swimming & Diving
  • Women's Swimming & Diving
  • Rifle
  • Men's Lacrosse
  • Tennis
National Team Honors (8)
  • Football team qualified for a fourth-consecutive bowl game
  • Women's Soccer finished the year ranked 19th in the country and advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament game for the first time in school history
  • Water polo team advanced to the Final Four for the 12th time in school history
  • Squash team finished the year ranked 10th in the country
  • Wrestling team finished 18th at the NCAA Championship and was ranked 21st in the final NWCA poll
  • Rifle team finished fifth at the NCAA Championship
  • Men¹s Lacrosse qualified for the NCAA Tournament for the fourth-consecutive year and finished the year ranked 8th in the final USILA poll
  • Tennis team qualified for its first NCAA Tournament in eight years and for just the second time since 1977
Major Award Winners
  • MIDN 1/C David Mahoney (NAAA Sword for Men, Football)
  • MIDN 1/C Meggie Curran (NAAA Sword for Women, Women's Soccer)
  • MIDN 2/C Mitch Harris (Thompson Trophy, Baseball)
  • MIDN 1/C Todd Carlson (Men's Calvert Award, Water Polo)
  • MIDN 1/C Justine Whipple (Women's Calvert Award, Women's Cross Country and Women's Track & Field)
 
Navy swimmers climb list of top Maryland performers

http://www.hometownannapolis.com/cgi-bin/read/2007/07_08-67/NAS

Eight swimmers from the Naval Academy Aquatic Club made the recent Maryland Top-5 swimming list. The list compiled the best times achieved by Maryland swimmers through the end of June.

Taylor Gill was ranked in all but four of the girls 10-and-under events. She was as high as second in the 50-meter free, the 50- and 100-meter backstrokes, and the 200-meter individual medley....
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Brigham Named to Patriot League Academic Honor Roll

For: Immediate Release
Date: Monday, July 9, 2007
Contact: Chris Forman - 410-293-8774

ANNAPOLIS, Md. -- Rising junior Bryce Brigham (Bellevue, Wash.) was Navy's lone representative on the Patriot League Men's Basketball Academic Honor Roll, the league office announced last week. In all, 27 student-athletes were named to the squad. Holy Cross led the way with six honorees.

Brigham, an economics major, posted a 3.38 GPA during the spring semester this last year. He currently owns a 3.18 cumulative grade-point average. On the court, Brigham averaged 3.7 ppg while playing in 29-of-30 games and added 1.9 rpg and 0.6 apg in all games. Brigham avergaed 3.5 ppg and 2.6 rpg in Patriot League play. He was one of Navy's top long-range threats, connecting on 24-of-64 (.375) three-point attempts for the season. He also recorded an assist-to-turnover ratio of 1.2 as he dished out 18 assists with 15 turnovers. He scored a season-high nine points in games against Penn (Dec. 7) and Bucknell (Feb. 28) and pulled down a career-high seven rebounds against Lehigh (Jan. 10). He currently ranks sixth on the school's career three-point percentage list (.376; 50-of-133).

Brigham will be one of six returning letterwinners next year when the Mids take the court.
 
Navy Golf - Six Mids earn honors for academic success

Renninger named Patriot League Scholar-Athlete of the Year

For Immediate Release
Monday, July 9, 2007
Men's Golf Contact: Stacie Michaud (410) 293-8773


Renninger Named Patriot League's Golf Scholar-Athlete of the Year

ANNAPOLIS, Md. - Navy's Chris Renninger (Darnestown, Md.), a 2007 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-American, was named the Patriot League's Golf Scholar-Athlete of the Year, while five other Midshipmen were named to the league's Academic Honor Roll it was announced on Monday afternoon. Renninger is the third Naval Academy golfer to garner the honor in the last five years, joining Brian Crum (2003) and All-American Billy Hurley (2004).

Among the 42 student-athletes honored by the Patriot League, Renninger, a rising senior, was one of only two who earned a 4.00 grade-point average during the spring semester. Renninger, who is a chemistry major, stands No. 1 in his class of more than 1,000 students. He has earned a 4.00 GPA in seven consecutive semesters, while being named to the Commandant's List five times, the Dean's List four times and the Superintendent's List twice.

Renninger earned First-Team All-Patriot League honors last April after turning in a 3-over par 213 at the Patriot League Championship to finish second, just a stroke behind medalist Matt Czarnecki of Holy Cross. The two-time All-Patriot League selection finished the year with team's low average, posting a 75.6 over 21 rounds. He finished among the top 20 in five of the 10 events in which he played, while posting three top-10 finishes and a pair of top-five marks. Renninger was Navy's top finisher in four events, including his second-place finish at the Patriot League Championship and a fourth-place mark at the Navy Fall Invitational.

Five additional Navy golfers were also recognized by the Patriot League for their success in the classroom, including three repeat winners. Sophomores David Miller (Chillicothe, Ohio), Eric Stinson (Spotsylvania, Va.) and Ryan Wielgus (Bethesda, Md.) are making their second appearance on the honor roll. Miller, who earned a 3.84 GPA in quantitative economics, owned a 77.7 stroke average last year and turned in his best finish, 19th, at the Towson Fall Invitational.

Stinson produced five top-20 finishes and two top-10 marks, including his sixth-place finish at the Rehoboth Beach Invitational last fall. An oceanography major who posted a 3.53 GPA, Stinson was second on the team in stroke average with a 76.0.

After being named the Patriot League Rookie of the Year in 2006, Wielgus was equally impressive in '07, where he turned in a 76.6 stroke average. He was one of three players on the roster who pitched a top-five effort last season, a fourth-place showing at the annual Service Academy Golf Classic in Texas. Wielgus was named to the honor roll after finishing the spring semester with a 3.75 GPA in economics.

Second-year standout Chip Hardie (Arnold, Md.) enjoyed a successful spring campaign both on and off the links. Hardie was named an All-Patriot League performer after placing sixth in the conference meet, while now being recognized for his 3.63 GPA in ocean engineering.

Navy's final member of the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll is rising senior Ryan Sload (Lancaster, Pa.) who boasts a 3.85 GPA in chemistry. Sload experienced his best season in a Navy uniform, producing a trio of top-20 finishes and completing the year with a 76.7 stroke average.

To be eligible for the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll, a student-athlete must be a varsity letterwinner, while maintaining a 3.20 grade-point average during the spring semester.
 
Recruits bolster Mids’ frontcourt

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Navy’s loss could eventually be Mark Veazy and Jeremy Wilson’s gain.

Both freshmen frontcourt players are expected to see significant playing time this season for the Midshipmen following the departure of starting forward Trey Stanton, who left Navy after one season.

Veazy and Wilson are part of Navy Coach Billy Lange’s five-man recruiting class-one that Lange hopes helps him lead the Midshipmen to their first winning record since 2001....
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Miranda Announces Men's Soccer Recruits

Miranda Welcomes Nine Newcomers to Program

For: Immediate Release
Date: Tuesday, July 10, 2007
Contact: Chris Forman - 410-293-8774

ANNAPOLIS, Md. -- Navy men's soccer head coach Rich Miranda announced his second full recruiting class on Wednesday, welcoming nine new players that will join the squad when pre-season practice begins in August. The nine players represent eight different states and figure to compete for playing time immediately after six starters have departed from last year's team.

Raphael Asenime • 6-1 • 185 • Sweeper / Midfielder • Irving, Texas • Irving Nimitz
A 2007 graduate of Irving Nimitz High School, Asenime (pronounced ah-SIN-neh-may) lettered four times on the soccer field ... was a three-time All-District honoree and was a team MVP as a senior ... served as a team captain seven times on his club team, the Texas Longhorns ... also lettered once in basketball ... was a member of National Honor Society and student council ... full name is Raphael Asenime, Jr. ... son of Raphael Sr., and Vernell Asenime ... born Oct. 14, 1988, in Irving, Texas.

Will Craven • 6-1 • 185 • Goalkeeper • Raleigh, N.C. • Sanderson
A 2007 graduate of Sanderson High School, Craven lettered three times ... led team to 2006 CAP7 Conference Tournament title and regular-season title ... was a two-time All-State selection ... served as the team captain as a senior ... was a four-time Academic All-Conference honoree ... led club team to the 2007 State Cup ... was a member of student council and National Honor Society ... full name is William Brian Craven ... son of Tommy and Nancy Craven ... born June 8, 2007, in Raleigh, N.C.

Alex Foskett • 5-10 • 160 • Defenseman • Manassas, Va. • Osbourn Park
Foskett lettered four times in soccer at Osbourn Park High School, graduating in 2007 ... was a member of four district title teams ... led team to the 2004 and 2007 regional championship and was a state finalist in 2007 ... was a three-time All-Area selection, two-time All-Region and was honorable mention All-State ... was the 2007 area scholar-athlete of the year ... led club team, Magnum, to a pair of Virginia State Cup titles ... also lettered four times in swimming ... was a member of the National Honor Society, was a Wendy's High School Heisman nominee and won the AP Physics Top Student Award ... full name is Kevin Alexander Foskett ... son of Kevin and Kathy Foskett ... born Dec. 1, 1988, in Fairfax, Va. ... father, Kevin, was a two-letterwinner in lacrosse at Navy, graduating in 1973.

Gaylan Greenawalt • 5-8 • 147 • Midfield / Forward • Tulsa, Okla. • Thomas Edison
Lettered three times in soccer at Thomas Edison High School, graduating in 2006 ... spent the last year at NAPS ... was a 2006 All-State honoree and team captain and was a two-time offensive MVP award winner ... was a two-time All-District selection ... was the fourth-leading goal scorer in Oklahoma as a junior ... scored 138 points (51 g, 36 a) in his high school career ... was part of the team that won the 2002 state title, and was a member of the Olympic Development Program state team ... also lettered in cross country and football at Thomas Edison ... was a member of the student council and national honor society ... full name is Gaylan Michael Greenawalt ... son of James III, and Kathy Greenawalt ... born Oct. 7, 1987, in Oklahoma City, Okla. ... is an accomplished musician.

Andy Hampson • 6-1 • 185 • Defenseman • Woodinville, Wash. • Eastside Catholic
Lettered four times in soccer at Eastside Catholic High School, graduating in 2007 ... was a two-time team captain and received three All-League honors ... led team to the Region IV championship game ... was part of two Washington state club titles in 2006 and 2007, compiling a record of 71-6-9 ... also lettered twice in football, garnering All-League honors twice ... was a five-time Student of the Month, the 2007 Economics Student of the Year and won Washington state academic honors in 2007 ... was a club teammate of Bucknell's Scott Greenburg ... full name is Andrew John Hampson ... son of Greg and Elaine Hampson ... born Sept. 27, 1988, in San Mateo, Calif.

Jason Kremers • 5-10 • 160 • Midfielder • Frederick, Md. • Gov. Thomas Johnson
A 2007 graduate of Gov. Thomas Johnson High School, Kremers lettered four times in soccer ... led team to four country championships, three conference titles and two regional championships ... team was co-State Champs in 2006 with a 17-1-1 record ... was a two-time All-Conference and All-Area honoree ... earned second-team All-State recognition as a senior and was team captain, MVP and Defensive Player of the Year ... member of National Honor Society and graduated with honors ... full name is Jason Edward Kremers ... son of Peter and Lauren Kremers ... born May 10, 1989, in Frederick, Md.

Sam Lepley • 6-0 • 165 • Midfielder • Des Moines, Iowa • Roosevelt
A four-year lettewinner at Roosevelt High School, Lepley graduated in 2007 ... was a two-time first-team All-Conference selection ... served as a tutor for the Boys & Girls Club ... full name is Samuel Burk Lepley ... son of John and Julie Lepley ... born Nov. 10, 1988, in Des Moines, Iowa.

Josh Pike • 5-8 • 160 • Defenseman • Gaithersburg, Md. • Watkins Mill
A 2006 graduate of Watkins Mill High School, Pike lettered four times on the soccer field ... spent the last season at NAPS ... led team to a pair of Division Championships ... was a second-team All-State selection, as well as first-team All-County and first-team All-Metro by the Washington Post ... led club team, Bethesda United Soccer Club, to a pair of Maryland state titles and two fourth-place finishes at the national tournament ... was a team captain as a senior ... was a member of the Best Buddies, Latin Club and National Honor Society ... full name is Joshua David Pike ... son of Gregg and Amy Pike ... born Oct. 14, 1988, in Rockville, Md. ... mother, Amy, was the first female member of the Ithaca College men's heavyweight crew team.

Mike Porcelli • 6-0 • 191 • Forward • West Islip, N.Y. • West Islip
A 2007 graduate of West Islip High School, Porcelli lettered four times in soccer ... led team to a pair of league titles ... earned All-State and All-Region honors and was a team captain in 2007 ... was a four-time All-County selection ... also lettered twice in basketball and once in track ... was a 2007 All-League selection in track (pentathlon) ... was a member of National Honor Society and student council ... full name is Michael Anthony Porcelli ... son of Anthony Porcelli and Dianne Canavan ... born April 20, 1989, in New York City.
 
Navy Swimming & Diving -- Academic Honor Roll Members Announced

For Immediate Release
Sent Tuesday, July 10, 2007
Swimming & Diving Contact Justin Kischefsky (410) 293-8772

Navy Swimmers and Divers Earn League Academic Honor

CENTER VALLEY, Pa. -- The Navy men's and women's swimming and diving programs placed 22 student-athletes onto the 2007 Patriot League Academic Honor Roll for their sport, it was announced recently by the league office.

A total of 178 swimmers and divers from throughout the league qualified for the academic accolade this season, which required student-athletes to earn a varsity letter during the 2006-07 season and post a minimum 3.20 grade-point average during the 2007 spring semester.

The Navy men's team placed 14 members of its squad onto the team, including 10 who have now made multiple appearances on the list. Recent Navy graduate John Kennedy (Richmond, Va.), who was one of three men's athletes in the league to achieve a 4.00 grade-point average for the spring term, qualified for the honor for the fourth-straight season.

On the women's side, Navy's rising junior Kelly Zahalka (Richmond, Va.) headlines the list of eight Navy women's performers who earned their way onto the squad. In addition to being one of nine women's swimmers or divers from the league to post a 4.00 GPA this spring, Zahalka was previously named as the Patriot League Scholar-Athlete of the Year for her sport and to the ESPN the Magazine Academic All-America At-Large Third Team by the College Sports Information Directors of America.

Joining Zahalka with a 4.00 GPA this spring was teammate and fellow rising junior Darby Driscoll (Pennington, N.J.).

Navy's Patriot League Academic Honor Roll Members -- Swimming and Diving
Men (14)
Kyle Abner, So., Glenwood, N.J., economics, 3.38 GPA, first appearance
Andy Bockus, Sr., Oklahoma City, Okla., international relations, 3.50, third
Danny Flemming, Sr., Loganville, Ga., history, 3.36, third
David Guthmann, So., Waxhaw, N.C., systems engineering, 3.35, second
John Kennedy, Sr., Richmond, Va., honors political science, 4.00, fourth
James Lascara, Fr., Charlotte, N.C., ocean engineering, 3.39, first
John Lyles, Jr., Fairfax Station, Va., economics, 3.44, second
Adam Niekras, Jr., Liverpool, N.Y., information technology, 3.65, second
Christian Nielsen, Jr., Port Charlotte, Fla., mechanical engineering, 3.73, second
Joe Unruh, So., Orinda, Calif., English, 3.79, first
Andrew Plumb, Sr., Altadena, Calif., economics, 3.29, second
Greg Schmucker, Sr., Chicago, Ill., American politics & law/math, 3.65, third
Kevin Teague, Sr., Lexington, Ky., ocean engineering, 3.40, third
Matt Wood, Jr., Evergreen Park, Ill., mechanical engineering, 3.31, first

Women (8)
Allison Aichele, Fr., Middletown, Md., math, 3.65, first
Jamie Call, Jr., Valdez, Alaska, history, 3.86, third
Darby Driscoll, So., Pennington, N.J., political science, 4.00, second
Kalea Middendorf, Fr., Aurora, Ill., Math, 3.50, first
Lauren Milliron, So., Richmond, Va., oceanography, 3.50, first
Hollace Mulliken, Sr., Ephraim, Wis., economics, 3.86, second
Rachel Walker, Sr., Katy, Texas, history, 3.36, first
Kelly Zahalka, So., Richmond, Va., mechanical engineering, 4.00, second
 
Navy Offshore Sailing

Offshore Sailing Team Wins International Event

Last week, a team of sailors from both the IC and Offshore Sailing teams won first place overall in the Regate des Ecoles Navales Etrangeres, a three-day competition among International Naval Academy teams in Brest, France. This is the second consecutive year Navy has won this event.

The crew was led by skipper Andrew Vann and included Kevin McGill, Mike Mullee, Matt Libby and Noah Gray.

This same team then traveled to Newport, R.I., where they also won the Newport Tall Ships Festival Intercollegiate Regatta this past weekend.

For more information contact Jahn Tihansky at Navy Sailing.
 
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