Sports at USNA. Tryouts?

NavyHoops said:
kayaker, not sure on your DS size, but if he can make the weight requirements for sprint football highly recommend looking at that squad if he really wants to continue playing football. Rugby is another sport at the club level that gets a lot of football players too.

And yes a lot of Athletes at Navy......The number of female varsity athletes I believe are even higher.
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The USNA website says an astounding 40% of women are on varsity teams!
 
NavyHoops said:
kayaker, not sure on your DS size, but if he can make the weight requirements for sprint football highly recommend looking at that squad if he really wants to continue playing football. Rugby is another sport at the club level that gets a lot of football players too.

And yes a lot of Athletes at Navy. I think they are at 33. If you add in another 10-15 club sports that number is really high. For only having 4,000 students there are a ton of sports teams, not sure any school outside the other SAs can touch that number for a school so small.They have added some since I have left even. The number of female varsity athletes I believe are even higher.
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DS wants to play varsity - I'm not sure why he's not interested in Sprint. He could probably drop down to make weight, but has been working hard in the weight room to go in the other direction. I don't think he has considered rugby. Maybe he will in things don't work out with football. Thanks, NavyHoops!
 
Just some general information on sports at USNA: NAVY supports an unusally large number of varsity sports, generally unmatched by all but a few (fewer than 10) civilian universities - 32 varsity sports! Add several club sports - the count was 10 recently. From the Class of 2018 Profile, 90% of the incoming class played varsity sports in high school, and I have seen a high percentage for current participation in the Brigade. Why the emphasis? My guess is that there are three prime reasons (in no particular order) physical fitness, leadership development, and building an appreciation for the value of teamwork. All of these attributes are very highly valued and critical to the functioning of the armed services, both within the individual branches and among the branches - we all have to know how to work together effectively and efficiently in order to accomplish our missions.
 
reh16 said:
I am wondering the same for Ice Hockey.
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Hi this answer is in regards to men's hockey. I have gone to some of the women's hockey games but don't know much.

Navyhoops is indeed correct. There are two hockey teams. The varsity hockey team is very very hard to make and "the B team" still has deep cuts.

There is no ice over plebe summer. The rink us used as a staging area for computers etc pick up.

You will identify yourself as a hockey player and start working out with the team early in plebe summer. Summer is run typically by recent grads and it is dry land training.

Tryouts are looooonnnggg, like over two wks and start right when the school year starts.

If you have more questions feel free to post them or pm me.

Vista
Navy hockey mom
 
Our son is currently a Plebe at USNA. He was a highly competitive athlete in high school with 3 varsity sports (football, basketball, track), team captain, etc. He, too, had aspirations to walk on the football team, but once he got to the Academy and realized the high level of competition, he chose to try heavyweight crew. He told us that there are maybe 2-4 football 'walk-ons' who make it each year and the quality of kids who tryout are all outstanding. Crew has been an amazing sport for our son as the team camaraderie is phenomenal and the workouts are "twice as hard as anything I've ever done." Over Plebe Summer there were 100+ plebes who tried crew, but by the end of PS it was narrowed down to around 50. The number dropped to 35-40 after the first 2-3 weeks of the academic year and finally landed at around 25 by Christmas.

All varsity sports are a HUGE time commitment at USNA and it is extremely difficult to maintain a high GPA while in-season unless you can live on 3-4 hours of sleep a night! Just keep this in mind when considering whether to commit to varsity sports.

On another note, Navy is in the Top 3 nationwide in terms of # of varsity sports offered. The other two are Stanford and Ohio State -- both of which have significantly larger student populations. In fact, Navy has the highest percentage of varsity athletes out of any other school in the nation. Students are always surrounded by extremely gifted classmates.
 
Thanks for the feedback nrothstarfx, especially on two sports folks ask alot about, football and crew. Great to hear from someone current. Doesn't seem like things have changed much since I left, actually sound exactly the same. The other unique part of Navy is because there are no scholarships, they bring alot of folks. Plebe Summer football with start with 60-80 recruits from NAPS and Direct. Every year during the Senior Recognition game I count how many made it through. There are usually ~30 at the most with maybe half of those with names people in the stands have heard of and seen playing time. Its generally why I ask if someone can make the weight for lightweight football as their chances of making the squad are much higher. Also remember that the Varsity squad only suits up around 60-65 players for a game. They probably have another 40 who are not in uniform and might never suit up for a Varsity game that season. D1 sports are no joke, even at a Service Academy. The time commitment is very large. Heck basketball we started with 9 and finished with 3. The men's team in my class started with around 10 and finished with 2. There are seasons when there are no seniors on the teams. The other part alot don't see as an athlete is not only the lack of time to study and do other things, but the lack of leave and liberty. Yes, athletes get to leave the yard more, but that is a blessing and a curse. There were Saturdays holding local clinics for kids, we give up leave to help summer camps, we miss alot of leave periods for our sports, weekends are often taken up with recruits, practice and games. Its all a matter of what is best for you, what makes you tick as an individual and what you value as important. I tell everyone to give it a shot, but be realistic. Take a look at the website for the teams and current player accomplishments. If you can't touch their stats, realize there are other things out there such as club sports, intramurals and other organizations to get involved in, make friends, and find outlets
 
How difficult is Sprint Football? In terms of making the cut, length of season, and time commitment? Are there intramural flag football teams or something along the lines of that?

I will be honest, I have never played a season of football in my life, but I know the ins and outs of it. It was just something I want to see if I can be a part of.
 
Sprint foot does have tryouts and cuts. You can always give it a shot. Go to Navysports.com and check out the team. They don't play a ton of games. It's not as time demanding as the regular football team but it takes a ton of time. Yes there is flag football. Take a look at the intramural website and you can see what sports they offer intramural wise.
 
We were told at PS that USNA had approximately 1200 varsity/club A (M&W Rugby, M Hockey) athletes. If you consider that we have about 4400 mids total thats about 27%.

Also Hockey is not actually a varsity sport like it is at USMA or USAFA. They do have an A and a B team (my roommate is on the B team) but both are at the club level.
 
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