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Table of Contents2012 Schedule 1Coaching Staff 22012 Outlook 3Rosters 4Midshipmen Profiles 5-102011 Results 11Navy Women’s Rowing History 12-14Blue & Gold 15US Naval Academy 16-19Hubbard Hall 20-21The Patriot League 22-23Academic Achievement 24-25Annapolis 26-27NAAA Head Coaches 28

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

Women’s Rowing Quick FactsHead Coach Mike Hughes

Alma Mater Wilkes College ’72Year as Head Coach 15thSeason at Navy 21stE-Mail [email protected]

Assistant Coach Nicole StimpsonAlma Mater Washington College ’00Season at Navy 10thE-Mail [email protected]

Volunteer Coach Ellen Gallagher Office Phone (410) 293-2416Varsity Officer Rep. Maj. Kyle Phillips, USMC Novice Officer Rep. Capt. Emma Wood, USMC Team Captain Caitlin SchemenskiAssoc. Dir. of Rowing & Boatman Chris Allsopp

Office Phone (410) 293-5007E-Mail [email protected]

Rowing SID Jeff BarnesOffice Phone (410) 293-8771E-Mail [email protected]

Mailing Address Ricketts Hall566 Brownson Rd.

Annapolis, MD 21401

2012 Navy Women’s Rowing Media GuideThe 2012 Navy women’s rowing media guide is a production of the Navy Sports Informationoffice. The guide was written, designed and edited by Assistant Sports Information DirectorJeff 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.

2011-12 ScheduleDate Opponent Site Time/ResultOct. 8 Navy Day Regatta Philadelphia, Pa. 1st of 20Oct. 23 Head of the Charles Regatta Boston, Mass. 32nd of 37Nov. 5 Head of the Occoquan Regatta Fairfax, Va. 3rd of 25Mar. 24 Murphy Cup Regatta Philadelphia, Pa. All DayApril 1 Occoquan Sprints Woodbridge, Va. 10 a.m.April 7 George Washington Invitational Washington, D.C. All DayApril 8 George Washington Invitational Washington, D.C. All DayApril 14 Georgetown Annapolis, Md. 7 a.m.April 29 Patriot League Championships Cherry Hil, N.J. 8 a.m.May 13 EARWC Sprints Cherry Hil, N.J. All Day

All times Eastern, subject to change

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Navy Women’s Head Coach• Is in his 15th season as the head coach of the women’s team and his 21st yearat the Naval Academy.• Led the Mids to the overall point title and the Directors Cup at the 2011ECAC Championships.• During his tenure, his athletes have totaled 29 CRCA National Scholar-Athleteawards, 14 CRCA All-Mid-Atlantic Region accolades and a trio of Patriot LeagueScholar-Athlete of the Year recognitions.• The Mids have totaled seven individual boat titles at the four Patriot LeagueChampionship regattas, winning the team title in 2005 and tying for first placein the team standings in 2008. The Midshipmen placed second in 2006, ‘07, ‘10and ‘11. • Named league coach of the year in 2005 and again in ’08.• His varsity four’s sixth-place finish at the 2009 Eastern Sprints Championshiprepresented the first time it had competed in the grand final of that event.• Navy’s 2005 team advanced each of its five entries to the petite finals of theEastern Sprints, with its varsity boat placing a Navy-best 10th at the regatta. • Navy’s varsity boat placed 11th at the 2006 Head of the Charles Regatta, thehighest finish for the boat in the program’s history.• His initial two women’s teams combined for a 26-13 varsity boat record, whilehis first novice four boat won a silver medal at the Eastern Sprints.

Additional Navy Experience• Prior to becoming the head coach of the women’s team, served as the varsitylightweight coach for three years followed by another three-year stint as the as-sistant heavyweight coach.• His 1993 lightweight team posted a 5-2 record to achieve a winning record forthe first time in seven years. The following year, his final one with the program,all three lightweight eight crews made the final at the Eastern Sprints Champi-onship.• In the three years he coached on the heavyweight level, his freshman boatsplaced seventh, fifth and eighth at the IRA National Championship, while his sec-ond freshman crew won a gold medal at the 1997 Eastern Sprints.• Also coached the U.S. team at the 1999 World Military Games in Zagreb, Croa-tia. The team won the gold medal in both the women’s double and the women’spair events, as well as a bronze in the women’s singles competition.

Prior to Navy• Began coaching the sport in 1975 and two years later served on the staff ofthe U.S. Junior National Rowing Team.• Went on to manage several national teams from 1978-88, including at the 1988Olympics in Seoul, South Korea.• Worked at numerous rowing clubs from 1977-86, including the Boston Row-ing Club, Viking Rowing Club, Riverside Boat Club, Bachelor’s Barge Club and Ves-per Olympic Training Center.• Started and served as the head coach of the rowing teams at Stockton StateCollege for five years, leading the program to several MIRA championships andto a second and fourth-place finish at the Dad Vail Championship during histenure.•Began coaching the lightweight freshman team at Penn in 1987, leading the

Quakers to winning seasons in four of his five years. His crews earned a bronzemedal at the 1989 Eastern Sprints and a silver the following year.

Navy Women’s Assistant Coach• Has coached Navy’s varsity four boat to three Patriot League titles in the pastfour seasons• Selected as the 2004, ‘05 and ’08 Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association Mid-Atlantic Region Assistant Coach of the Year.• Coached Navy's varsity four boat to an undefeated record during the 2008 reg-ular season and a victory at the Patriot League Championship.

Prior to Navy• Began her coaching career as the assistant varsity and head novice coach atWesleyan in 2000. • Served as the data entry specialist for the 2000 Head of the Connecticut Re-gatta and as the regatta coordinator for the event the following year.• Introduced to the sport as a student at Washington College. She arrived atthe school as a swimmer, but soon also joined the rowing team. She was even-tually selected as the co-captain of both sports and was tabbed as the crewteam MVP.• Was named as the Watchung Hills Optimist Club Athlete of the Year in 2000.

Prior to Navy• Joined the Navy staff in September 2010 as a volunteer assistant coach• Prior to Navy, Gallagher served for four years as assistant rowing coach atGeorge Mason where her responsibilities included recruiting and coaching thenovice rowers. • In her first full year at the helm of the novice program in 2007-2008, she guidedthe Mason novices to a win at the Colonial Athletic Association Championships,a fourth place finish at the ECAC Metro Championships as well as several dualvictories.• Prior to her arrival at GMU, Gallagher coached at The University of Tulsa, BarryUniversity and her alma mater, Boston College from 2002-03. Her notable ac-complishments at Barry include two NCAA Championship appearances, Sun-shine State Conference Championship wins and Dad Vail Gold.

• Gallagher earned Big East Academic Honors, the Boston College DistinguishedScholar Athlete Award.

HughesHead Coach15th Season at NavyWilkes College ‘72

StimpsonAssistant Coach10th Season at NavyWashington College ‘00

GallagherVolunteer CoachSecond Season at NavyBoston College ‘01

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The 2012 SeasonNavy returns six seniors from a team that captured the ECAC title last yearand narrowly missed out on the Patriot League crown. While the seniors willundoubtedly play a large role in the team’s success, it’s the younger Mids thatmight help push the team over the top.

“We’ve got very strong leadership and it starts with our captain, CaitlinSchemenski,” said 15th-year head coach Mike Hughes. “She’s got a great abilityto lead and her teammates all want to do what she says. She has a great lead-ership style.”

Schemenski joins Sarah Brown, Shelby DeLaMora, Christina Lanouette, MaryWalsh, and Codie Younger as seniors on this year’s team.

Walsh, Lanouette and DeLaMora will compete in the first varsity boat againthis season, while Brown and Schemenski will be a part of the second varsityboat.

The strong group of seniors will join an inexperienced group of freshmen thathas had the coaching staff ’s attention since the start of fall practice.

“This group of freshmen produced the best erg scores of any incoming classwe’ve had here,” Hughes said.

With steady improvement during the fall and strong workouts over the winter,the Mids will begin the season with a total of seven plebes rowing in the firstor second varsity boats.

“We’ve got some very good freshmen that have performed very well up tothis point,” said Hughes. “I think we’re a powerful team, but with so manyyoung rowers, we don’t have a lot of finesse yet.”

Even with so many newcomers and first-time rowers on board, the Mids puttogether a very strong fall season. The team opened the fall slate at the NavyDay Regatta where the first varsity took the top spot in the open/collegiateeight final. The Mids ended the autumn on a high note with a pair of top-threefinishes at the Head of the Occoquan. The varsity boat took third place in arace of 25 crews, while the novice boat won its event, topping 23 otherscrews.

Hughes hopes the Mids’ strong fall and subsequent success in offseason train-ing is a sign of things to come this spring. The Mids will open the season withthe Murphy Cup on March 24 where they will get the first opportunity tocompete with some of the competition from the conference.

“The Patriot League is very competitive,” said Hughes. “We’ll get to see Buck-nell in both of our first two weekends of competition, as well as few otherteams from the league early this year.”

The Mids’ varsity four crew captured its third Patriot League title in four yearslast season, but as a team, Navy placed second. Despite falling just short of itsgoal, Navy responded the next week to win the ECAC title by claiming boththe overall points crown and the Directors Cup.

The varsity four boat ended the season by taking first place in the petite finalat the Eastern Sprints Championship.

The success the team experienced at the end of last season has certainlypushed the returning Mids to go even harder in 2012. Since beginning practicein the fall, the team has had one focus.

“The Patriot League title is our goal,” said Hughes. “We’ve got a lot of goals asa team, but that’s the No. 1 goal.”

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2011-12 Navy Women’s Rowing Varsity RosterName Cl. Ht. Hometown/High SchoolKatherine Ashton So. 5-9 Austin, Texas/McCallumAllyn Bennett So. 5-6 Sterling, Va./Deerfield AcademyMichaela Bilotta Jr. 5-5 Washington, D.C./Georgetown Visitation PrepKerri Bortz Jr. 5-5 Mohnton, Pa./Governor MifflinVirginia Brodie Fr. 5-2 Manhasset, N.Y./ManhassetSarah Brown Sr. 5-4 Port Orchard, Wash./South KitsapJacqueline Callahan So. 5-6 Sewell, N.J./Washington, Twp.Megan DeLage Fr. 5-9 Vienna, Va./James MadisonShelby DeLaMora Sr. 5-4 West Sacramento, Calif./St. FrancisMarjorie Ferrone Fr. 5-8 Spring, Texas/Woodlands PrepJacqueline Fisher Jr. 5-6 Newtown, Conn./ImmaculateMolly Hanna Fr. 5-9 Annapolis, Md./St. Mary’sEmily Hornberger Fr. 5-8 Marietta, Ga./George WaltonAnasitasia Ioane Fr. 5-5 Pago Pago, American Samoa/SamoanaChristina Lanouette Sr. 6-0 Appleton, Wis./Conserve SchoolKelsey Lee So. 5-5 Cary, N.C./Cary AcademyAlexandra Lynch So. 5-10 Reisterstown, Md./Bryn MawrBrooke Mackno Fr. 5-10 Fairfield, Conn./Fairfield LudloweKricket Masters Fr. 5-11 Oronogo, Mo./JunctionLauren McCann Jr. 5-8 Bear, Del./Delaware Military AcademyKelsey McCullough So. 5-8 Land O’ Lakes, Fla./Land O’ LakesMarina Nanartowich Jr. 5-6 Williamsburg, Va./Walshingham AcademyCate Oakley So. 5-8 Fairfax, Va./Robinson SecondaryJacqueline Penichet Jr. 4-11 South Salem, N.Y./Holy ChildKatie Quinn Fr. 5-9 Lighthouse Point, Fla./PinecrestCaitlin Schemenski Sr. 5-3 Woodbury, N.J./Bishop EustaceShelby Taylor Fr. 6-0 Fayetteville, N.C./Jack BrittMary Walsh Sr. 5-10 Cherry Hill, N.J./Bishop EustaceCodie Younger Sr. 5-8 Nashville, N.C./Northern Nash

2011-12 Navy Women’s Rowing Novice RosterName Cl. Ht. Hometown/High SchoolAdagray Anderson Fr. 5-5 Edgartown, Mass./Dana HallSarah Behm Fr. 5-2 Wilmington, Del./American School (Japan)Jillian Benson Fr. 5-6 Dover, Mass./Dover-SherbornHeather Bui Fr. 5-4 San Diego, Calif./Mira MesaKatelyn Constantakis Fr. 5-10 Northville, Mich./MercyStefanie Cotner Fr. 5-5 Heath, Texas/Rockwell HeathTiera Daniels Jr. 5-2 Virginia Beach, Va./LandstownKaylin Deppe Fr. 5-4 Almont, Mich./AlmontKristen Ewert Fr. 5-11 Bakersfield, Calif./CentennialWhitney Morey Fr. 5-3 Grosse Pointe Shores, Mich./MercyAbigail Nagel Fr. 5-4 Palmer, Alaska/Colony ParkSara Reynolds Fr. 5-7 Stuttgart, Germany/Patch AmericanTiffany Samia Fr. 5-2 Las Vegas, Nev./Las VegasCessily Skinner Fr. 5-7 Moreland, Ga./NewnanJulie Stapleton Fr. 5-6 Arnold, Md./Archbishop SpaldingJessica Tibbs Fr. 5-6 Laurel, Miss./Lauren ChristianDanielle Torres Fr. 5-4 Ewa Beach, Hawaii/James CampbellLily Van Steenberg Fr. 5-2 Union, Maine/Medomak Valley

Seniors Codie Younger and Caitlin Schemenski

Senior Mary Walsh

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SchemenskiSenior • CaptainWoodbury, N.J. Bishop Eustace

At Navy• Entering her fourth season with the Navy rowing team• Rowed in the second varsity eight boat in each of her first three sea-sons

High School• Rowed for Bishop Eustace Prep and earned three varsity letters inrowing • Also lettered in soccer• Captured the the New Jersey Scholastic Rowing Championship,Philadelphia City Championship, Stotesbury Cup Regatta, and competedin the Henley Women's Regatta in Henley, England in 2007• Won the Philadelphia City Championships and StotesburyCup Regattain 2008

Personal• Daughter of Edward and Nora

At Navy• Named to the 2010 and ‘11 Patriot League Academic Honor Roll• Entering her fourth season as a member of the women’s rowing team• Rowed with the second varsity eight as a sophomore and junior andwith the first novice eight as a freshman

High School• Competed in soccer, track and cross country at South Kitsap HighSchool

Personal• Daughter of Jeff and Marcia

BrownSenior Port Orchard, Wash. South Kitsap

DeLaMoraSenior West Sacramento, Calif. St. Francis

At Navy• Coxswain of the second varsity eight boat in each of her first threeseasons• Named to the 2011 Patriot League Academic Honor Roll

High School• Attended and rowed at Northfield Mt. Hermon prior to the NavalAcademy where she was also a coxswain• Attended St. Francis High School

Personal• Daughter of Thomas and Sally

LanouetteSenior Appleton, Wis. Conserve School

At Navy• Entering her fourth season as a member of the rowing team• Rowed in the varsity eight boat for three seasons• Named to the 2011 Patriot League Academic Honor Roll

High School• Earned three varsity letters each in cross country running, cross coun-try skiing and track and field at Conserve School• Named MVP of cross country running and track and field teams as asenior• Captained the cross country running, cross country skiing and trackand field teams as a senior

Personal• Daughter of Andre and Ruth

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WalshSenior Cherry Hill, N.J. Bishop Eustice

At Navy• Entering her fourth season as a member of the rowing team• Rowed in the varsity eight boat as a sophomore and junior• Member of the second varsity eight her freshman season

High School• Earned three varsity letters in rowing at Bishop Eustace Prep School

Personal• Daughter of Stephen and Patricia• Sister, Kerry, rowed at Drexel University

YoungerSenior Nashville, N.C. Northern Nash

At Navy• Named to the 2011 Patriot League Academic Honor Roll• Entering her fourth season as a part of Navy crew• Part of the varsity four boat that won the Patriot League title in 2011• Rowed with the third varsity eight in 2010 and with the second noviceeight as a freshman

High School• Attended Meredith College in Raleigh, N.C. prior to the Naval Acad-emy

Personal• Daughter of Cole and Kim

Codie Younger, Caitlin Schemenski, Kerri Bortz and Jacqueline Penichet

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BilottaJunior Washington, D.C. Georgetown Visitation Prep

At Navy• Coxswain of the second varsity eight last season as a sophomore• Competed with third varsity and eight as a freshman• Named to Patriot League Academic Honor Roll as a freshman andsophomore

High School• Attended Georgetown Visitation Preparatory School, earning threevarsity letters in crew and cross country• Member of Swim Team senior year• Co-founded triathlon team in 2006• President of Athletic Association senior year

Personal• Daughter of Eileen and John

BortzJunior Mohnton, Pa. Governor Mifflin

At Navy• Part of the varsity four boat that won the Patriot League title in 2011• Rowed with the fourth varsity eight boat as a freshman

High School• Three-year letterwinner in water polo and four-year letterwinner inswimming at Governor Mifflin High School• Earned third-team All-State honors in water polo in 2008• Named water polo team captain in 2008

Personal• Daughter of Thomas and Michele

Christina Lanouette, Sarah Brown

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McCannJunior Bear, Del. Delware Military Academy

At Navy• Rowed in the second varsity eight as a sophomore and the third var-sity eight as a freshman

High School• Four-year letter winner in rowing and named team captain all fouryears• Earned three varsity letters in volleyball and captained the team fortwo years• Garnered second-team all-conference accolades as a junior and sen-ior• Also earned three varsity letters in swimming

NanartowichJunior Williamsburg, Va. Walshingham Academy

At Navy• Named to the 2011 Patriot League Academic Honor Roll• Part of the second varsity four as a sophomore• Rowed with the third varsity eight boat as a freshman

High School• Named team captain of the swim team at Walsingham Academy as asenior• Earned the Coaches Award as junior on the swim team

Personal• Daughter of Ed and Laura

PenichetJunior South Salem, N.Y. Holy Child

At Navy• Named to the 2011 Patriot League Academic Honor Roll• Coxswain of the varsity four that won the Patriot League title in2011• Coxswain of the third and fourth varsity eight as a freshman

High School• Earned a total of nine varsity letters in three different sports at theSchool of the Holy Child in Rye, N.Y.• Earned four varsity letters in both indoor and outdoor track and field,and also earned one letter in soccer• Named MVP of outdoor track and field team in 2008• Named team captain of indoor and outdoor track teams as a senior

Personal• Daughter of Luis and Gina

FisherJunior Newtown, Conn. Immaculate

At Navy• Named to the 2011 Patriot League Academic Honor Roll• Rowed in the second varsity four boat as a sophomore• Rowed with a the third varsity eight boat in her freshman season

High School• Earned a total of 10 varsity letters in indoor track (four), outdoortrack (three) and cross country (three) at Immaculate High School• Captained the indoor track, outdoor track and cross country teamsas a senior• Garnered first-team all-conference honors as a senior on the indoortrack team

Personal• Daughter of James

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AshtonSophomore Austin, Texas McCallum

BennettSophomore Sterling, Va. Deerfield Academy

At Navy• Rowed in the varsity four boat that claimed the 2011 PatriotLeague championship

High School• Won four varsity letters each in cross country, basketball and track andtwo in volleyball at McCallum High School• Elected captain of the volleyball and basketball teams as a senior

Personal• Sister, Jennie, played basketball at St. Bonaventure; sister, Sarah, rantrack and cross country at McMurry University; brother Jonathan,played baseball at Austin College; father, Dave, played basketball at Trin-ity University and mother, Susan, ran track at Trinity University

At Navy• Rowed with the novice eight boat as a freshman

High School• Earned a total of 11 varsity letters at Deerfield Academy, winning fivein swimming, four in soccer and two in water polo• Named soccer team MVP in 2008 and team captain in 2009• Garnered team MVP honors (2008) and all-division accolades (2009)in swimming

Personal• Daughter of John and Kit• Father, John, played football and baseball at Harvard

CallahanSophomore Sewell, N.J. Washington Twp.

At Navy• Rowed with the second novice eight boat in her freshman season

High School• Ran cross country at Washington Township High School• Rowed with the South Jersey Rowing Club

Personal• Daughter of John and Tina

LeeSophomore Cary, N.C. Cary Academy

At Navy• Rowed with the novice eight crew in 2011

High School• Earned a combined eight varsity letters at Cary Academy, includingfour in basketball, three in soccer and one in cross country• Helped lead the basketball team to the conference championship in2007 and the cross country team to second place in the 2006 NorthCarolina state championship• Two-time captain and all-conference selection in basketball• Captained the soccer team as a senior and earned all-conference ac-colades

Personal• Daughter of Steve and Sharon

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LynchSophomore Reisterstown, Md. Bryn Mawr

High School• Earned three varsity letters in rowing as part of the varsity eight boatat Bryn Mawr...Helped lead Bryn Mawr to the 2008 Baltimore Cham-pionship• Two-time letterwinner in swimming

Personal• Daughter of Christoper and Maggie

McCulloughSophomore Land O’ Lakes, Fla. Land O’ Lakes

High School• Four-year varsity letterwinner in swimming at Land O’ Lakes HighSchool were she earned all-county honors as a senior• Helped lead swim team to four consecutive district 8 county cham-pionships• Earned varsity letters in tennis, track and weight lifting

Personal• Daughter of Dennis and Lynn

OakleySophomore Fairfax, Va. Robinson Seconday

At Navy• Rowed in the varsity eight boat as a freshman in 2011

High School• Four-year varsity letterwinner in rowing at Robinson Secondarywhere she was part of the varsity eight boat• Helped lead the varsity eight boat to the 2010 Virginia state champi-onship• Two-time team captain• Named to the Washington Post All-Metro first team and earned aspot on the USRowing National Scholastic Honor Roll as a senior

Personal• Daughter of David and Ellie• Sister, Lindsay, rowed for four years at William & Mary

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2011 SPRING RESULTSMurphy Cup Regatta 1st Varsity Varsity Four Novice EightPhiladelphia, Pa. Final Final FinalMarch 26 Rutgers - 6:38.30 Villanova - 7:37.45 St. Josephs - 7:01.68,

St. Josephs - 6:41.44 Colgate - 7:49.30 Drexel - 7:05.21Navy - 6:43.87 Navy - 7:51.70 Villanova - 7:06.52

Drexel - 6:47.12 Drexel - 7:55.86 Delaware - 7:07.54Bucknell - 6:49.03 Delaware - 8:00.17 George Mason - 7:18.42Fordham - 6:54.96 Philadelphia - 8:06.64 Navy - 7:25.55

Princeton, Rutgers 1st Varsity 2nd Varsity 3rd Varsity Varsity Four 2nd Varsity FourNew Brunswick, N.J. Princeton - 6:26.1 Princeton - 6:33.3 Princeton - 6:55.4 Princeton - 7:23.3 Navy - 7:45.9April 2 Rutgers - 6:44.9 Rutgers - 6:51.7 Navy - 7:16.2 Navy - 7:35.0 Rutgers - 7:58.0

Navy - 6:54.1 Navy - 6:53.7 Rutgers - 7:28.5 Rutgers - 7:56.9 George Washington Invite 1st Varsity 2nd Varsity 3rd Varsity Varsity Four 2nd Varsity FourWashington, D.C. Navy - 6.35.2 Navy - 6:52.7 Georgetown Navy - 7:31.6 Columbia - 7:54.7April 9 and 10 MIT - 6:38.2 MIT - 7:21.1 St. Joeseph's Columbia - 7:37.0 Navy - 8:15.0

Navy1st Varsity 2nd Varsity Varsity Four 2nd Varsity Four

Navy - 6:40.2 Navy - 6:43.1 Navy - 7:24.3 Navy - 7:44.0George Washington - 6:41.3 Geo. Washington - 6:56.3 Geo.Washington - 7:44.3 Geo. Washington - 7:53.7

Patriot League Championshp 1st Varsity 2nd Varsity Varsity FourWorcester, Mass. Bucknell - 6:54.2 Bucknell - 6:57.2 Navy - 7:48.0April 24 Colgate - 6:57.2 Navy - 6:59.6 Colgate - 7:57.1Second overall Navy - 6:58.1 Holy Cross - 7:07.4 Holy Cross - 7:58.1

Holy Cross - 6:58.9 Lehigh - 7:17.9 Bucknell - 8:00.1MIT - 7:02.1 MIT - 7:21.6 MIT - 8:36.7

Lehigh - 7:19.9 Colgate - 7:35.8 Lehigh - 9:08.8

ECAC Championships 1st Varsity 2nd Varsity Varsity Four Novice EightWest Windsor, N.J. Navy - 7:02.46 Navy - 7:10.52 Navy A - 7:58.90 Delaware - 7:34.91May 1 Delaware - 7:06.82 Geo.Washington - 7:13.29 Colgate - 8:08.83 Colgate - 7:44.74First overall Colgate - 7:08.22 Delaware - 7:15.36 Delaware - 8:18.20 Navy - 7:58.16

Fordham - 7:08.81 Fordham - 7:30.02 Navy B - 8:20.89 Fordham - 8:08.14 George Washington - 7:13.06 Geo.Washington B - 8:33.28

Fordham - 8:45.09 Geo. Washington - 8:51.39

Eastern Sprints 1st Varsity 2nd Varsity 3rd Varsity Varsity Four 4th VarsityCherry Hill, N.J. 15th overall 10th overall 12th overall Seventh overall Second overallMay 15 Third Level Final Petite Final Petite Final Petite Final Final

Boston University - 6:55.00 Pennsylvania - 6:58.26 Boston University - 6:52.11 Navy - 7:36.04 Georgetown - 7:38.87MIT - 6:58.48 Northeastern - 7:01.74 Radcliffe - 6:53.72 Northeastern - 7:38.01 Navy - 7:48.58

Navy - 7:03.52 Columbia - 7:04.51 Georgetown - 7:03.95 Dartmouth - 7:52.25George Washington - 7:03.88 Navy - 7:05.36 Dartmouth - 7:14.55 Boston University - 7:55.71

Boston College - 7:21.48 Syracuse - 7:09.10 Columbia - 7:26.58 Syracuse - 8:00.92Geo. Washington - 7:19.19 Navy - 7:34.35 Columbia - 8:03.88

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NAVY WOMEN’S ROWING HISTORYThe women's crew program continues to

grow and build upon its winning tradition at theNaval Academy.

The sport made its initial appearance at Navyin the spring of 1978, during the second year womenwere allowed to attend the Academy. In that firstspring, the Midshipmen competed on the junior var-sity level, racing Washington College, Trinity of Wash-ington, D.C., and Virginia's second varsity boats,winning all three regattas.

Women’s crew was elevated to varsity statusthe following year and the Midshipmen won twovarsity races while racing at the Division II level. In1980, in only its second year of varsity status, Navycompeted in the prestigious Dad Vail Regatta, thelargest crew regatta on the East Coast. The varsityeight was third in the Grand Finals and the secondvarsity also earned a third-place finish.

The following year, the Midshipmen womenraced in the well-known San Diego Crew Classicand completed the season with a 6-2 record. Thenext three seasons found the women showcasing an18-3 record, including an unbeaten 9-0 mark in 1984.

In 1987, the Midshipmen won the first of six-consecutive Seitz Trophies for outstanding perform-ances by women’s crews at the Dad Vail Regatta. Itwas in 1992, however, that the Mids enjoyed one ofits grandest moments ever in Navy women’s crewhistory — the Midshipmen not only won the SeitzTrophy at the Dad Vail, but the varsity eight captureda gold medal for the first time and the second var-sity eight won its fifth-straight gold medal. The goldmedal by the varsity eight allowed the women toclaim the Division II national championship in thesport.

In 1991 and '92, the assistant coach for thewomen’s crew team was Lt. Cmdr. Wendy Lawrence,who was a two-year letterwinner in the sport in its

fledgling years at Navy. Capt. Lawrence became anastronaut in the U.S. space program.

In 1994, the Navy women won the Anita De-Frantz Trophy for overall performance by women’screws at the second annual Champion InternationalCollegiate Regatta. In this event, the varsity eightwas first, and with it the honor of being the nationalchampion in women’s crew on the Division II level.The first novice and second novice boats alsoearned first place showings. It was the second timein three years that the varsity eight was recognizedas national champions.

The program took a step up in 1995 by mov-ing to the Division I level and joining the EasternSprints League. Racing in the nation's strongest con-ference, Navy has steadily improved its performance.

In its initial season of 1995, the varsity eightplaced fifth in the Grand Finals and the second var-sity was second at the Champion International Col-legiate Rowing Championships.

The 1998-99 season was Navy's best seasonin the Eastern Association Women's Rowing Con-ference (EAWRC). Despite a slow start, the crewposted a 13-7 spring record. A highlight of the sea-son came when the novice four notched the firstEastern Sprints medal earned in Navy rowing his-tory, capturing a silver medal. Posting victories overconference rivals Georgetown, George Washingtonand Pennsylvania, the varsity eight finished the sea-son by making the petite final of the Eastern Sprints.

The 2005 season marked the first timewomen’s crew was sponsored by the Patriot League,with Navy sweeping the three boat titles and theoverall team championship. In addition, Mike Hugheswas selected as the league’s coach of the year, withNavy’s varsity boat garnering boat-of-the-year hon-ors. Hughes would also be named Patriot LeagueCoach of the Year in 2008.

The women's crew team has a history of pro-ducing world-class athletes in the sport. Currentvolunteer assistant coach Karin Hughes (’91), was amember of the 1997 National Rowing Team andearned a silver medal at the 1999 Pan AmericanGames. Laurie Coffey (’99), represented the U.S. atthe Under-23 World Championship and earned agold medal at the 1999 World Military Games in Za-greb, Croatia, in the women's double.

Former Navy rower Wendy Lawrence (‘81)logged over 1,225 hours on her four tripsinto space aboard the Space Shuttle.

In addition to Lawrence, fellow astronauts who also rowed during their fouryears at Navy include Alan Shepard (‘45) andJames Culberson (‘71).

Navy won the novice eight title at the 1993 Champion Intercollegiate Rowing Regatta.

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1987 Dad Vail Seitz Trophy Overall Women's Champ.

1988 Dad Vail Seitz Trophy Overall Women's Champ.

1988 Dad Vail Seitz Championship•Team Champions

•2nd Varsity 8 Champions

1989 Dad Vail Seitz Championship •Team Championship

•2nd Varsity 8 Champions


•2nd Varsity 8 Champions•1st Novice 8 Champions


•2nd Varsity 8 Champions•1st Novice 8 Champion


•1st Varsity 8 Champions•2nd Varsity 8 Champions

1993 Champion Intercollegiate Rowing Regatta •1st Novice 8 Champions

1994 Champion Intercollegiate Rowing Regatta •Team Champions

•1st Varsity 8 Champions•1st Novice Champions

•2nd Novice Champions

1998 EAWRC Championship•Silver Medal, Novice Four

2005 Patriot League Championship•Team Champions

•1st Varsity 8 Champions•2nd Varsity 8 Champions

•Varsity 4 Champions

2006 Patriot League Championship•2nd Varsity 8 Champions

2008 Patriot League Championship•2nd Varsity 8 Champions

•Varsity 4 Champions

2010 Patriot League Championship•Varsity 4 Champions

2011 Patriot League Championship•Varsity 4 Champions

2011 ECAC Championship• Varsity 8 Champions• Varsity 4 Champions

• Overall points title & Director’s Cup

NAVY WOMEN’S ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS

Navy’s junior varsity boat won the 1988 Dad Vail Seitz Regatta.

Karin Hughes (‘91) was a member of the U.S. Na-tional Rowing Team and won a silver medal at the1999 Pan American Games.

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Patriot League Honors(2005-Present)

Overall Team Champions2005

Individual Boat TitlesFirst Varsity (2005)Second Varsity (2005, '06, ’08)Varsity Four (2005, ’08, ‘10, ‘11)

Coach of the YearMike Hughes (2005, ’08)

Scholar-Athlete of the Year Shaunnah Wark (2005), Madeline Boe (2006), Kerry Hannon (2009)

Patriot League Academic Honor Roll

Presented to the winner of the women’s varsity race between Navy, BostonUniversity and George Washington. The trophy is named after Virginia Play-fair, whose family has ties to each of the three schools –– son, MichaelField, is a USNA graduate and provost at BU; daughter-in-law, LorraineField, is a GW graduate; granddaughter, Sara Field, rowed while a studentat BU.

Boston Univ., 11; Navy, 1; Geo. Washington, 0

Year Winner Navy place2000 Boston University 3rd2001 Boston University 2nd2002* Boston University 2nd2003 Boston University 2nd2004* Boston University 2nd2005 Boston University 2nd2006* Boston University 2nd2007 Navy ––2008 Boston University 2nd2009* Boston University 2nd2010* Boston University 2nd2011* Boston University 2nd* –– results determined by placings at Eastern Sprints

NAVY WOMEN’S ROWING HISTORYThe Playfair Trophy

Danica Adams ('05)Michaela Amore (‘10, ‘11)Nicole Ashton (‘11)Avery Berge (‘10)Michaela Bilotta (‘10, ‘11)Terri Blosser (‘10)Madeline Boe ('05, '06, ‘07)Kerri Bortz (‘10)Sarah Brown (‘10, ‘11)Anna Carpenter (‘10)Kelly Carpenter (‘10, ‘11)Kelsey Cellon (’08)Camille Collett ('06)Diane Cote ('05, '06, ‘07)Amy Davis (‘09, ‘10, ‘11)Shelby DeLaMora (‘11)Katherine DePooter ('06)Hannah Dildine (‘10, ‘11)Gretchen Driessnack (‘07, ’09) Samantha Espinosa (‘11)Jacqueline Fisher (‘10, ‘11)Jennifer Goss (‘10)Emma Hagen ('05)Kerry Hannon ('06, ‘07, ’09)Margaret Hollyfield ('05, ‘07)Darray Hunt (‘07)Heather Ichord ('05)Anne Jones ('06)Mary Elizabeth Kent (‘10)Alexandra Lado (‘11)Elise Lagergren (‘10)

Christina Lanouette (‘09, ‘10, ‘11)Stephanie Lasch (‘11)Kelsey Lee (‘11)Kristin Lyles (‘07, ’08, ’09, ‘10)Johanna Mahoney (‘07, ’08)Abby Maxwell (‘07)Caroline Mayer (‘08)Fiona McFarland ('05, '06, ‘07, ’08)Meredith Meehan (‘08)Abby Mennerich ('06, ‘07)Ashley Meyers (‘11)Kate Mortenson ('05, '06)Marina Nanartowich (‘10, ‘11) Cate Oakley (‘11)Catherine Ortman ('05, '06, ‘07, ’08)Jacqueline Penichet (‘10, ‘11)Kelly Pisano (‘09)Daphne Ponce ('05)Barbara Portigue (‘08)Sarah Roberts (‘08)Stephanie Rockford (‘10)Sierra Rooney (‘08)JoEllen Rose ('05)Allison Scott (‘11)Caroline Scudder ('05)Megan Selbach-Allen (‘08)Shaunna Wark ('05)Patrisha Wilson (‘11)Codie Younger (‘10, ‘11)

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We expect to win in everything we do – on and off the fieldof competition. The Blue & Gold provides the supplemen-tal resources necessary to assist ourcoaches and Midshipmen to realisticallypursue the highest level of successwithin the context of their physical chal-lenges. We are an institution invested ina mission that educates future leaders inmoral, mental and physical excellence.The Blue & Gold enables our Midship-men to pursue the highest goals possi-ble as members of varsity or juniorvarsity teams.

The Naval Academy Athletic Associationis a 501 (c) (3) non-profit organizationcharged with providing resources to sup-port 45 varsity and junior varsity pro-grams offered by the Naval Academy. TheNAAA operates with the guidance of theNaval Academy’s Board of Control, whosemembers report to the Superintendent ofthe United State Naval Academy.

Over 90 percent of funding support for theNAAA programs is through externalsources of revenue (i.e. Blue & Gold mem-berships, ticket sales, corporate sponsor-ship, television revenue, parking, etc.).Less than 10 percent of the operatingbudget for the varsity and junior varsityprograms is provided by the Academy viagovernment funding.

Therefore, the Blue & Gold membershipsare critical in providing our teams with thesupplemental dollars necessary to close the“resource gap” between the Naval Academyteams and our Division I competition. Yoursupport is critical to our continued success.

Membership in the Blue & Gold contributesto 120 years of supporting the Brigade ofMidshipmen and is the Margin of Athletic Ex-cellence funding for all 45 teams!

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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

Johns Hopkins in 2010.

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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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Now in its third decade as an all-sport conference combin-ing academic and athletic excellence, the Patriot Leaguesponsors championships in 23 men and women’s sports.Initially started as an NCAA Division I-AA football confer-ence in 1986, the Patriot League became an all-sport con-ference in 1990 and includes American, Army, Bucknell,Colgate, Holy Cross, Lafayette, Lehigh and Navy as fullmembers, and Fordham, Georgetown and MIT as associatemembers. These institutions are among the oldest andmost prestigious in the nation and their alumni have andcontinue to play leadership roles in shaping our country.

Since 1998, the Patriot League has ranked first each yearamong all Division I conferences awarding athletic aid inthe NCAA Graduation Rate Report. The League finishedat the top spot with nearly all of its teams reporting agraduation rate of 85 percent or higher in the most recentdata. In addition, 82 teams from Patriot League full-mem-ber institutions earned NCAA Academic Performance Pro-gram Public Recognition Awards after posting academicprogress rate scores in the top 10 percent of all squads intheir respective sports.

The Patriot League’s mission is simple, to provide suc-cessful competitive athletic experiences while maintaininghigh academic standards, and to prepare its student-ath-letes to be leaders in society.

During the 2010-11 academic year, Patriot League student-athletes and teams have accomplished the following:

*Patriot League schools came in with glowing marks in thelatest release of the NCAA Academic Progress Rate, as 97percent of Patriot League teams came in at or above thenational Division I four-year average score of 970.

*Six different schools claimed multiple Patriot League ti-tles, led by Navy with seven.

*Navy tennis standout Nick Birger was part of a selectgroup of student-athletes to receive a $7,500 postgraduatescholarship from the NCAA.

*11 student-athletes have been named Capital One/CoSIDAAcademic All-Americans, including Navy’s Sam Miller andAlex Foskett (men’s soccer), Nick Birger (men’s tennis),and Cody Rome (men’s track & field).

*55 Patriot League student-athletes have earned CapitalOne/CoSIDA Academic All-District honors, with 39 on thefirst team.

*The Navy trio of Olaf Olson, Mark Meyer and Justin Vagtsall competed at the NCAA Men’s Swimming and DivingChampionship.

p Mac Anthony, Men’s SwimmingSwimmer of the Meet

p Al Cantello, Men’s Cross CountryCoach of the Year

(Third-Consecutive Honor)

Navy baseball claimed the 2011 Patriot League Regular Season Championship,and then defeated Army in the Tournament Championship Series.

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2010-11 PATRIOT LEAGUE HONORS FOR NAVY

TEAM TITLES• Men’s Cross Country• Women’s Basketball (regular season and tournament)• Men’s Swimming & Diving• Men’s Indoor Track & Field• Women’s Indoor Track & Field• Women’s Lacrosse• Baseball (regular season and tournament)

COACH OF THE YEAR• Al Cantello, Men’s Cross Country• Stefanie Pemper, Women’s Basketball• Bill Roberts, Men’s Swimming• Steve Cooksey, Men’s Indoor Track & Field• Carla Criste, Women’s Indoor Track & Field• Keith Puryear, Women’s Tennis• Paul Kostacopoulos, Baseball

PLAYER OF THE YEAR• Andrew Hanko, Men’s Cross Country• Mac Anthony, Men’s Swimming• Jess Palacio, Women’s Indoor Track & Field (runner)• Owen Bullard, Men’s Tennis• Jess Palacio, Women’s Outdoor Track & Field (runner)• Amanda Phelps, Women’s Outdoor Track & Field (field)• Jasmine DePompeo, Women’s Lacrosse (offensive)

ROOKIE OF THE YEAR• C.J. Elward, Men’s Cross Country• Jade Geif, Women’s Basketball• Zach Ingold, Men’s Swimming• Rheanna Vaughn, Women’s Swimming• J.J. Avila, Men’s Basketball• Tucker Hull, Men’s Lacrosse• David Hall, Golf• Taylor Cato, Baseball• Lauren Allam, Women’s Outdoor Tack & Field

SCHOLAR-ATHLETE OF THE YEAR• Laura Gorinski, Women’s Swimming & Diving• Cody Rome, Men’s Indoor Track & Field• Nick Birger, Men’s Tennis and Overall• Peter Reilly, Men’s Golf

TOURNAMENT MOST VALUABLE PLAYER• Jade Geif, Women’s Basketball• Jasmine DePompeo, Women’s Lacrosse

p David Hall, Men’s GolfRookie of the Year

Jasmine DePompeo, Women’s LacrosseOffensive Player of the Year and

Patriot League Tournament Most Valuable Player

p Jade Geif, Women’s BasketballRookie of the Year and

Patriot League Tournament MVP

p Jess Palacio, Women’s Track & FieldIndoor and Outdoor Runner of the Meet

p Nick Birger, Men’s TennisOverall Patriot League

Scholar-Athlete of the Year

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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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