Navy Midshipmen

The United States Naval Academy sponsors 30 varsity-sports teams and 12 club-sports teams (along with 19 intramural-sports teams). Both men's and women's teams are called Navy Midshipmen or "Mids". They participate in the NCAA's Division I-A, as a non-football member of the Patriot League, a Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) independent school, and a member of the Collegiate Sprint Football League (men), Eastern Association of Rowing Colleges (men), Eastern Association of Women's Rowing Colleges, Eastern Intercollegiate Gymnastics League (men), and Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association. Navy is also one of approximately 300 members of the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC).

The most important sporting event at the academy is the annual Armyâ€"Navy Game. The 2013 season marked Navy's twelfth consecutive victory over Army. The three major service academies (Navy, Air Force, and Army) compete for the Commander-in-Chief's Trophy, which is awarded to the academy that defeats the others in football that year (or retained by the previous winner in the event of a three-way tie).

Participation in athletics is, in general, mandatory at the Naval Academy and most Midshipmen not on an intercollegiate team must participate actively in intramural or club sports. There are exceptions for non-athletic Brigade Support Activities such as YP Squadron (a professional surface warfare training activity providing midshipmen the opportunity to earn the Craftmaster Badge) or the Drum and Bugle Corps.

Varsity-letter winners wear a specially-issued blue cardigan with a large gold "N" patch affixed. If they belong to a team that beats Army in any sport designated "Star" competition, they are also awarded a gold star ("N-Star") to affix near the "N" for each such victory.

§Teams

The United States Naval Academy sponsors teams in fourteen men's, eleven women's, and one coed NCAA sanctioned sports:

• ^‡ = Men's heavyweight rowing is sanctioned by the Intercollegiate Rowing Association; men's lightweight rowing is sanctioned by the Eastern Association of Rowing Colleges; neither is sanctioned by the NCAA.
• ^∞ = Sprint football is sanctioned by the Collegiate Sprint Football League, not by the NCAA.
• ^† = Squash is sanctioned by the College Squash Association, not by the NCAA.
• ^~ = Intercollegiate sailing is sanctioned by the Intercollegiate Sailing Association; offshore sailing is sanctioned by various organizations; neither is sanctioned by the NCAA.
• * = Rifle is technically a men's sport, but men's, women's, and coed teams all compete against each other; Navy has a coed team that has competed in the Mid-Atlantic Rifle Conference.
• ^# = The football team competes as an independent but will join the American Athletic Conference as an associate member in 2015.
• ^♦ = The gymnastics team competes in the Eastern Intercollegiate Gymnastics League.
• ^♥ = The water polo team competes in the Collegiate Water Polo Association.
• ^♣ = The wrestling team competes in the Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association.

§Men's varsity sports

§Men's baseball

See footnote. See also: Category:Navy Midshipmen baseball, NCAA Division I Baseball Championship, and United States Navy Baseball

§Men's basketball

The men's basketball team has appeared in the NCAA tournament 11 times and made regional finals (the "Elite Eight") in 1954 and 1986.

• 1986: Elite Eight, NCAA Tournament (7th seed)

The team has won its conference tournament six times: once in the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) (1985), twice in the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) (1986 and 1987), and three times in its current conference, the Patriot League (1994, 1997, and 1998).

§Men's crew, heavyweight

See footnotes. See also: Eastern Association of Rowing Colleges (EARC) and Intercollegiate sports team champions#Rowing

The heavyweight crew won Olympic gold medals in men's eights in 1920 and 1952, and from 1907 to 1995 at Intercollegiate Rowing Association regatta the team earned 30 championships, was runner-up 29 times, and had 31 third-place finishes.

§Men's crew, lightweight

See footnotes. See also: Eastern Association of Rowing Colleges (EARC) and Intercollegiate sports team champions#Rowing

The lightweight crew won the 2004 National Championship and has finished second three times, the most recent being 2010. The lightweights are accredited with two Jope Cup Championships as well, finishing the Eastern Sprints with the highest number of points in 2006 and 2007.

§Men's cross country

See footnote. See also: NCAA Men's Cross Country Championship

§Men's fencing (defunct)

Note: No longer listed as a sport at USNA.

As of 2002, the men's fencing team had won three NCAA Division I championships and was runner-up four times.

NCAA Fencing Team Championship - Division I

§Men's football

• 1926: National Champion

§Men's golf

See footnote. See also: NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championships

§Men's gymnastics

See footnotes. See also: Eastern Intercollegiate Gymnastics League (EIGL) and NCAA Men's Gymnastics championship

§Men's lacrosse

NCAA Men's Lacrosse Championship

• 1975: National Runner-up
• 2004: National Runner-up

§Men's soccer

NCAA Men's Soccer Championship - Division I

• 1963: National Runner-up
• 1964: National Champion

Intercollegiate Soccer Football Association

• 1932: National Champion (with University of Pennsylvania)

§Men's sprint football

See footnote See also: Collegiate Sprint Football League (CSFL)

§Men's squash

See footnote. See also: Intercollegiate sports team champions#Squash

The men's squash team was the national nine-man team champion in 1957, 1959, and 1967.

§Men's swimming and diving

See footnotes. See also: List of college swimming and diving teams

2010 â€" seventh straight Patriot League title and second consecutive Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) championship. Will Norton was named ECAC Co-Swimmer of the Year. Head coach Bill Roberts was named ECAC Coach of the Year.

2011 â€" Navy Men moved into the top 25 in NCAA Division I polling. The 2010-11 team handed Princeton its first ever loss in Denunzio Pool at Princeton, 167-133. The team also won its eight straight Patriot League title and third straight ECAC title.

§Men's tennis

See footnotes See also: NCAA Men's Tennis Championship

§Men's track and field

See footnote. See also: NCAA Men's Indoor Track and Field Championship

NCAA Men's Outdoor Track and Field Championship

• 1945: National Champion

§Men's water polo

See footnote. See also: NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship

§Men's wrestling

The Navy Midshipmen Wrestling team is coached by Navy '97 Alum Brian Antonelli. The wrestling team at the United States Naval Academy have competed beginning since 1920 and have been competing for the NCAA Championships starting in the 1931 season. The team has placed as high as 5th at the NCAA Championships back in 1942 and most recently 18th both in 2007 & 2008. With 44 wrestlers placing 61 times as All-Americans at the NCAA Division I Championships and 6 overall four-time All-Americans throughout its time. The Navy Midshipman compete on campus at the Wesley A. Brown Field House for home dual meets and tournaments competing in the Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association.

See footnote. See also: Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association (EIWA) and NCAA Wrestling Team Championship

§Women's varsity sports

§Women's Basketball

The head coach of the Navy team is Stefanie Pemper.

See footnote. See also: NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Championship

§Women's Crew

See footnotes. See also: Eastern Association of Women's Rowing Colleges (EAWRC) and Intercollegiate sports team champions#Rowing

§Women's Cross Country

See footnote. See also: NCAA Women's Cross Country Championship

§Women's Lacrosse

See footnote. See also: College lacrosse and WDIA

The women's lacrosse team was U.S. Lacrosse WDIA national runner-up in 2001 and 2007.

US Lacrosse Women's Division Intercollegiate Associates (WDIA) Championship

• 2001: National runner-up
• 2007: National runner-up

§Women's soccer

See footnote. See also: NCAA Women's Soccer Championship

§Women's swimming and diving

See footnote. See also: List of college swimming and diving teams

§Women's tennis

See footnotes See also: NCAA Women's Tennis Championship

§Women's track and field

See footnote See also: NCAA Women's Indoor Track and Field Championship

§Women's volleyball

See footnote See also: NCAA Women's Volleyball Championship

§Co-ed varsity sports

§Alpine skiing

The alpine ski team competes in the United States Collegiate Ski and Snowboard Association, and has made regular appearances in this decade at the USCSA National Championships.

§Rifle

See footnote

In intercollegiate shooting, the Naval Academy has won nine National Rifle Association rifle team trophies, seven air pistol team championships, and five standard pistol team titles.

NCAA Rifle Championship

• 1990: National runner-up
• 1999: National runner-up

NCAA Rifle Individual Champions

• 1996 Joe Johnson
• 2007 Josh Albright

§Sailing (intercollegiate)

See footnotes. See also: Middle Atlantic Intercollegiate Sailing Association (MAISA), Inter-Collegiate Sailing Association (ICSA), ICSA National Championships, and Intercollegiate sports team champions#Sailing

The ICSA College Sailing Hall of Fame is located in the Robert Crown Sailing Center. Also on display in the Hall are the Naval Academy's sailing trophies and awards.

§Sailing (offshore)

See footnote

§Men's club sports

See footnote

§Men's Boxing

See footnote. See also: National Collegiate Boxing Association#Midwest Collegiate Boxing Association

§Men's Hockey

See footnote. See also: College ice hockey

Navy Hockey plays at the McMullen Hockey Arena and currently competes at the ACHA Division I level in the Eastern Collegiate Hockey Association. Although not currently a member of NCAA Division I ice hockey, Navy co-hosted the 2009 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament with The Greater Washington Sports Alliance at the Verizon Center located in nearby Washington, D.C., USA.

§Men's Rugby

See footnote. See also: College rugby and Intercollegiate sports team champions#Rugby

Founded in 1963, Navy plays its regular season in the Atlantic Coast Rugby League and its post-season in the Varsity Cup Championship. With 88 registered players as of 2009, Navy was ranked as the largest college rugby program in the United States.

Navy's rugby program is one of the most successful college rugby programs in the country. Navy's best season was 1994, when Navy reached the national finals before losing to Cal 27-13. Since the inception of the national collegiate championship in 1980, Navy men's rugby reached the national semifinals twice in the 1980s and reached the semifinals 7 times during the 12 year span from 1996-2007. More recently, in the 2010-11 season Navy reached the national quarterfinals and finished the season ranked 9th in the country. Navy finished the 2012-13 season first in the Atlantic Coast Rugby League, and ranked 11th in the country.

Navy has been successful in rugby sevens. Navy plays each year in the Collegiate Rugby Championship (CRC), reaching the quarterfinals in 2010 and again in 2012. The CRC, played every year in early June at PPL Park in Philadelphia, is the highest profile college rugby competition in the U.S. and is broadcast live on NBC. Navy also played in the 2012 USA Rugby Sevens Collegiate National Championships, advancing to the quarterfinals and finishing with a 4-2 record, including a win over rival Air Force.

§Men's Volleyball

See footnote. See also: NCAA Men's Volleyball Championship

§Women's club sports

See footnote

§Women's Rugby

See footnote. See also: Intercollegiate sports team champions #Rugby

§Women's Softball

See footnote. See also: Intercollegiate sports team champions#Softball (Fastpitch), Women

§Co-ed club sports

See footnote

§Cycling

See footnote. See also: Intercollegiate sports team champions#Cycling

§Karate

See footnote. See also: Intercollegiate sports team champions#Karate

§Marathon

See footnote

§Pistol

See footnote. See also: Intercollegiate sports team champions#Pistol

§Powerlifting

See footnote. See also: Intercollegiate sports team champions#Powerlifting

§Triathlon

See footnote. See also: Intercollegiate sports team champions#Triathlon

§Intramural sports

See footnote

§Other

§Croquet

There is an unofficial (but previous National Champion) croquet team. Legend has it that in the early 1980s, a Mid and a Johnnie (slang for a student enrolled at St. John's College, Annapolis), were in a bar and the Mid challenged the Johnnie by stating that Midshipmen could beat St. John's at any sport. The St. John's student selected croquet. Since then, every April on the St. John’s lawn, thousands attend the annual croquet match between St. John's and the 28th Company of the Brigade of Midshipmen (originally the 34th Company before the Brigade was reduced to 30 companies). As of 2008, the Midshipmen had a record of 5 wins and 21 losses to the St John's team.

§National team championships

As of July 2, 2014, Navy has 5 NCAA team national championships.

• Men's (5)
  • Fencing (3): 1953, 1960, 1963
  • Outdoor Track & Field (1): 1945
  • Soccer (1): 1964

• see also:
  • American Athletic Conference national team championships
  • List of NCAA schools with the most NCAA Division I championships

§Athletic Hall of Fame

See footnote. See also: USNA #Campus, Anders Hall of Honor (soccer), and USNA sailing trophies and awards

The Athletic Hall of Fame is housed in Lejeune Hall. Among the exhibits are two Heisman Trophies â€" won by Joe Bellino in 1960 and Roger Staubach in 1963 â€" and the Eastman Award won by basketball-star David Robinson in 1987.

§Awards

• Lt. Donald McLaughlin Jr. Award (national men's lacrosse award; named for a member of the Class of 1963)
• NCAA Award of Valor (2008) â€" Doug Zembiec (Class of 1995), a USMC major who demonstrated heroism in several incidents before his death in Iraq.
• NCAA Theodore Roosevelt Award:
  • 1976 â€" Thomas J. Hamilton (football, basketball, baseball)
  • 1984 â€" William P. Lawrence (basketball, football, tennis)
  • 2000 â€" Roger Staubach (football)

§Alumni

See: USNA alumni #Athletes, USNA alumni #Olympics competitors, and USNA alumni #Other sports figures

§Facilities

See footnote

• Alumni Hall (built 1991) (basketball)
• Brigade Sports Complex (built 2007)
• Dyer Tennis Clubhouse (built 2000)
• Fisher Rowing Center â€" see Hubbard Hall (below)
• Fluegel-Moore Tennis Stadium â€" see Tose Family Tennis Center (below)
• Glenn Warner Soccer Facility (built 2002)
• Halsey Field House (built 1957) (indoor track and field)
• Hooper Brigade Sports Complex â€" see Brigade Sports Complex (above)
• Hubbard Hall (built 1930; renovated 1993) (crew) â€" see USNA #Halls and principal buildings
• Jack Stephens Field at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium (football, lacrosse)
• Lejeune Hall (built 1982) (swimming, water polo, wrestling) â€" see USNA #Halls and principal buildings
• MacDonough Hall (built 1903; renovated 1982) (boxing, gymnastics) â€" see USNA #Halls and principal buildings
• Max Bishop Stadium â€" see Terwilliger Brothers Field at Max Bishop Stadium (below)
• McMullen Hockey Arena (ice hockey) â€" see Brigade Sports Complex (above)
• Naval Academy Golf Club
• Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium â€" see Jack Stephens Field (above)
• Ricketts Hall (built 1966; renovated 2004) â€" see USNA #Halls and principal buildings
• Rip Miller Field (sprint football)
• Robert Crown Sailing Center (sailing)
• Scott Natatorium (built 1923; renovated 1982)
• Terwilliger Brothers Field at Max Bishop Stadium (renovated 2005) (baseball)
• Tose Family Tennis Center â€" see Brigade Sports Complex (above)
• Wesley Brown Field House (built 2008) (cross country, track and field, sprint football, women’s lacrosse, sixteen club sports)

§See also

• Military World Games
• List of NCAA schools with the most Division I national championships
• Sports in Maryland#United States Naval Academy
• List of college athletic programs in Maryland#Division I

§References

§External links

• USNA Athletics (including club sports)
• Patriot League
• What It Takes To Be a Navy Student-Athlete. Athletics Department webpage (Naval Academy Varsity Athletics official website). Retrieved 2010-02-13.
• Traditions: The Blue & Gold (Naval Academy Athletic Association). Naval Academy Varsity Athletics official website. Retrieved 2010-02-13.

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