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Baseball Has claimed the Patriot League title five times and advanced to the NCAA Tournament on eight occasions Has totaled 1,651 victories in its 113-year program history (a .602 all-time winning percentage) Has won 30-plus games in each of the last-three seasons, marking a first in program history and giving the Mids six 30-win seasons all time Has won more games over the last four years (111), three years (99) and two years (67) than any other respective span in program history Has won 191 games in Patriot League play since joining the league in 1993, the second-highest total in league history Six Midshipmen have been recognized as All-Americans, including two-time All-American Mitch Harris '08 (2006-07). Navy players have earned the Patriot League Pitcher-of-the-Year award six times and Patriot League Player-of-the-Year award four times, while coaches have earned Patriot League Coach-of-the-Year distinction on five occasions Five Midshipmen have been honored as CoSIDA Academic All-Americans in program history, with Bob Dishman '85 (1984-85) and Mike Leeney '86 (1985-86) both earning the distinction twice in their careers Former Heisman Trophy winners Joe Bellino '61 and Roger Staubach '65 served as the team captain of the baseball squad in 1961 and 1965, respectively The Midshipmen own an all-time advantage of 100-88 against Army, including a 50-38 record against their service academy foe in Annapolis

Men's Basketball 11 NCAA Tournaments, including two appearances in the Elite Eight (1954 and '86) 13 All-America selections, including 2008 honoree Greg Sprink '08 Navy has spent 23 weeks ranked among the Associated Press Top 25 teams, the second-most weeks of any Patriot League team Named as the 87th best men's basketball program in the country according to Street & Smith's Magazine Eight Patriot League regular-season and tournament championships, the most of any team in Patriot League history David Robinson earned consensus National Player of the Year honors in 1987 and was that year's NBA No. 1 Draft pick Has had 16 Patriot League All-Rookie Team honors in the 17 years in the league, five of which have been during Billy Lange's four years at the helm Nine All-Patriot League first-team performers 2008 Patriot League Coach of the Year Billy Lange 2008 Patriot League Player of the Year Greg Sprink

Women's Basketball Advanced to the title game of the Patriot League Tournament in 1998 and '99 Shared the Patriot League regular season title in 1998 Four players have been tabbed as the Patriot League Rookie of the Year, including 2008 recipient Cassie Consedine '11 Courtney Davidson '04 holds both the Navy scoring record with 1,857 career points and the Navy and Patriot League career three-point mark with 245 triples to her name Shelly Laurilla '87 (1987, second team) and Courtney Davidson (2003, first team; '04, second team) were named as Academic All-Americans Six different players have been selected as the recipient of the Vice Adm. Lawrence Sword, presented annually to the member of the graduating class who has personally excelled in athletics during their career

Men's Cross Country Has advanced to the NCAA Championship as a team 10 times in program history - all of which have come with head coach Al Cantello at the helm Among the 10 trips to the national championship, the Midshipmen have finished among the top-10 teams in the country twice (1985 and '92 squads both finished seventh) Finished among the top-five teams at the NCAA regional championship 10 times - with the most recent occurrence coming in 2007 (fifth place) Holds a 42-27-1 all-time advantage over Army in Star Meet competitions, including a 30-8-1 record during the Al Cantello era John Lawlor '67, Ron Harris '87, Greg Keller '93 and Jon Clemens '97 all have earned All-America status on the cross country trails with Navy Ron Harris was a 1996 Olympian for the United States and also competed at the U.S. Olympic trials in 1988 and '92 Aaron Lanzel '03 (2004), Erik Schmidt ' 04 (2004) and John Mentzer '98 (2008) all competed at the U.S. Olympic Trials The USNA Cross Country Course served as the host to the 1989 NCAA Championship (the Midshipmen placed 21st)

Women's Cross Country Claimed a share of the 2007 Patriot League Championship - its first since joining the Patriot League in 2003 All of its scoring five runners finished among the top-15 competitors at the 2007 league championship Has boasted back-to-back undefeated seasons in dual-scored races to improve its all-time mark to 133-24 (a .847 winning percentage) Is 91-11 in all-time dual-scored meets in Annapolis (a .892 winning percentage) Owns a 13-8 all-time advantage over Army in the annual Star Meet, including back-to-back N-Star victories entering the season Head coach Karen Boyle, the 2007 Patriot League Coach of the Year, has guided the Midshipmen for 21 of the program's 25 years and has accumulated a 110-19 mark over her career Kerry O'Neill '93, Jackie Hayes '99, Rebecca Cline '98 and Melissa Foon '01 all represented Navy as individual competitors at the NCAA Division I Championship Justine Whipple '07 finished among the top-25 competitors at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Region Championship in 2005 and 2006 to earn all-region accolades in both seasons

Football Won the 1926 National Championship Has had two Heisman Trophy winners (Joe Bellino in 1960 and Roger Staubach in 1963) Has appeared in 14 Bowl Games, including a school-record five-straight seasons (2003-07) Has won 10 Commander-in-Chief's Trophies, including each if the last five seasons (2003-07) Is ranked #1 in the country in graduation rate among Division I-A (Football Bowl Subdivision) programs Has totaled 616 all-time victories Has earned six NCAA rushing titles, including an NCAA record four-straight seasons (2004-07) Players have received 34 First-Team All-American accolades Has placed 21 former players or coaches into the College Football Hall of Fame Has totaled 52 wins over Army
Golf Five-time Patriot League champions 10 NCAA Tournament appearances, five since 1998, including the spring of 2008 Head coach Pat Owen has received Patriot League Coach of the Year honors six times, including in the spring of 2008 Six Patriot League individual title winners, including 2008 champion Erich Schoen 2004 recipient of the Byron Nelson Award, Billy Hurley '04 represented the United States in August of 2005 as a member of the Walker Cup

Gymnastics Has claimed the ECAC/EIGL Championship 13 times in program history In 2008, won the USAG Collegiate Division Championship - highlighted by seven Midshipmen earning USAG All-America status - and an All-Academy Championship Has sent at least six gymnasts to the NCAA Qualifying Meet during each of the last-four years Head coach Sho Fukushima was named the National Association of Collegiate Gymnastics Coaches (NACGC) Coach of the Year in 1998, 2000 and '05 Assistant coach Craig Holt has been named the USAG Collegiate Division Assistant Coach of the Year in 2006 and '08, as well as the NCAA East Region, ECAC and CGA Regional Assistant Coach of the Year in '07 Has ranked among the nation's five-highest performers in the classroom in three of the last-four years. Eric Swanson '73 and Peter DiTullio '83 were both nominees for the Nissen-Emery Award, which is presented to the nation's top senior collegiate gymnast

Men's Lacrosse 25 NCAA Tournament Appearances, the fifth most in Div. I lacrosse Five consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances 17 National Championships Two NCAA Championship appearances, including in 2004 12 National Hall of Fame Members, including 2008 inductee George Tracy '63 23 National Award winners, including three national goalkeepers of the year under head coach Richie Meade 424 All-Americans, including Jordan DiNola '08 who is just the 33rd Navy player to earn All-America kudos three times Four recipients of the Morris Touchstone Memorial Award presented to the national coach of the year, including 2004 recipient Richie Meade Five Patriot League Regular-Season titles and four Patriot League Tournament crowns since joining the league in 2004 Three former Team USA members

Women's Lacrosse Posted a 13-4 overall record in its first full season (2008) on the Division I level, the most for a team in its first season of Division I play in NCAA history Finished with a 4-2 mark in the league play, which was good for a third-place tie and a berth in the Patriot League Tournament Five players were named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll Three players earned All-Patriot League honors (Erin Rawlick '10 and Meg Decker '11, first team; Katrina Nietsch '11, second-team) Averaged 16.65 goals per game in 2008, which stands second in NCAA history, and scored a Patriot League record 283 goals. Led the country in draw controls per game (17.12), a number that ranks second on the all-time NCAA list Erin Rawlick's 91 points ranked sixth nationally and her 5.35 points per game was second in the country Meg Decker ranked among the nation's leaders in goals, points, and draw controls, earning All-Rookie All-America honors from WomensLacrosse.com and LaxPower.com's Rookie of the Year award Decker was invited to the 2008 U.S. Lacrosse National Team Tryouts

Rifle 17 consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances Placed second at the NCAA Tournament in 1990 and 1999 and has recorded five top-four finishes at the NCAA Tournament Two individual smallbore NCAA champions in Josh Albright '08 (2007) and Joe Johnson '96 (1996) 109 All-America honors since 1936, including 28 in nine years under head coach Bill Kelley 10 straight MAC Championships 93-12 dual-meet record in Bill Kelley's nine years in charge Lisa Kunzelman '09 set the school record for highest air rifle average in a season at 589.7

Heavyweight Rowing Navy rowers have comprised the eight-man boats that represented the U.S. at three Olympic games (1920, Gold; 1952, Gold; 1960, fifth place) 28 Navy oarsmen have represented the U.S. in international competition Has won the Jim Ten Eyck Trophy (most team points) at the Intercollegiate Rowing Association National Championship 11 times Won the varsity race at the IRA National Championship on 13 occasions Has claimed the Rowe Cup (most team points) at the Eastern Association of Rowing Colleges Championship six times Varsity crew has won the Eastern Sprints Championship five times

Lightweight Rowing Won the Jope Cup (most team points) at the Eastern Association of Rowing Colleges Championship in 2006 and '07 Winners of the varsity race at the Eastern Sprints Championship in 1962 and 2004 Won the varsity race at the Intercollegiate Rowing Association National Championship in '04 on its way to advancing to the semifinal round at the Royal Henley Regatta in London, England Varsity boat is a combined 16-4 in trophy races over the last seven years William Vuillet '05 became the latest Mid to compete internationally when he was a member of the U.S. lightweight 4 crew at the 2005 U-23 World Rowing Championship

Women's Rowing Swept the three individual boat titles at the inaugural Patriot League Championship in 2005 to win the team title, while tying for the league crown in '08 Has tallied six boat titles in the four years of the Patriot League Championship Placed a school-best 11th at the 2006 Head of the Charles Regatta Since 2001, rowers have totaled 26 National-Scholar Athlete awards and 14 All-Mid-Atlantic Region accolades from the Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association Fiona McFarland '08 became the first Mid who competed exclusively for the women's rowing team to earn the Vice Adm. Lawrence Sword, presented annually to the member of the graduating class who has personally excelled in athletics during their career in 2008 Karin Hughes '91 won a silver medal at the 1999 Pan American Games

Intercollegiate Sailing 119 collegiate All-Americans, including 2008 honoree Charlotte Hill '08, who earned the honor for a third time 38 collegiate All-America crew accolades, including 2008 recipient Kristin Sproat '08 Four collegiate Sailor of the Year award winners Eight members of the College Sailing Hall of Fame The dinghy and women's team have each won six national championships The team racing and sloop teams have won six titles, as well, and Navy has been the singlehanded champion seven different times Has won the Fowle Trophy (given to the best overall collegiate team performance) 10 times, more than any other school in the nation The Navy intercollegiate sailing team has 241 available boats in its fleet

Offshore Sailing 13 Kennedy Cup titles, including the 2007 race Seven major Ocean Race victories 15 McMillan Cup victories, including four in a row from 2004-07 Won both the 2007 Kennedy Cup and McMillan Cup Offshore sailing team utilizes 88 boats, including 10 offshore boats, including the Zaraffa, Allegiance and Dreadnought

Men's Soccer Five-time National Champion (1932, 1943, 1944, 1945 and 1964) 10 NCAA Appearances 45 All-Patriot League selections 57 NSCAA All-Americans and nine Intercollegiate Soccer Football Association first-team All-Americans Evan Barnes '08 was the recipient of the 2007 Lowe's Senior CLASS Award, the inaugural winner of the award One of 12 schools nationally to record 600 all-time wins Entering 2007, Navy was one of four schools nationally to have three coaches with at least 100 wins 18 seasons of 10 or more wins

Women's Soccer Owns an all-time record of 186-89-22 (.663) in 15 seasons as a varsity program Made its second consecutive appearance in the NCAA Tournament and third overall in 2007 (2003, '06, 07) Reached double figure wins and turned in a winning record for the 13th consecutive year in '07 Has produced three All-Americans, nine Academic All-Americans and 75 All-Patriot League selections In '03, became the first women's team in any sport at the Academy to earn an NCAA Tournament berth and is the only Service Academy to play in the NCAA Women's Soccer Tournament In '06, Navy recorded the most successful season in program history, eclipsing the 20-win plateau for the first time in school history (21-2-1) en route to the program's second NCAA Tournament appearance Advanced to the second round of the '06 NCAA Tournament for the first time in school history by way of penalty kicks (5-4) vs. William & Mary After attaining a Navy and league-best national ranking of No. 11 during the season, ended the '06 season ranked No. 17 by Soccer America

Sprint Football Has won the Collegiate Sprint Football League (CSFL) Championship 32 times in the program's 62-year history (25 times outright), the most among any school in league history Has won 303 games in program history (an .822 all-time winning percentage) Has outscored the opposition by 6,627 points in its history, including a 1,204 advantage over the last-six seasons (39 games) Owns a 43-3 (.934) overall record, including a 26-2 (.929) mark in CSFL play, over the last seven seasons Holds a 35-30-1 all-time advantage over Army in the all-time series, including an eight-game winning streak entering the 2008 season Has a perfect 7-0 all-time record in the Pride Bowl, with five of those victories coming against service academy foe Army Has totaled 149 All-CSFL honors over the last-seven years, with a Navy player being selected as the league's MVP five times during this span Quarterback Chris Marsh '07 was named t0 the All-USA College Academic First Team in 2006-07

Squash 51 All-Americans, including 2008 selection Tucker George '08, Navy's first All-American since Jamie Slough in 1994 Two College Squash Association Hall of Fame members Recipient of the College Squash Association Coaches Award seven times (teams honoring their peers for their sportsmanship) Host of the 2007-08 College Squash Association Men's and Women's Individual National Championship which drew a championship record 2,329 fans 20-win seasons twice under head coach Craig Dawson, including a 24-7 record in 2004-05 Tucker George twice represented the United States in international competition - 2006 World Collegiate Squash Championship and the 2007 Under-23 Can-Am Challenge

Men's Swimming & Diving Has won the Patriot League title in each of its five years of competing at the championship Has won a league-best 52 event titles at the league meet during this time (the most in the league by 33 titles) Athletes have earned 63 Patriot League accolades since joining the league Joe Smutz '06, Kevin Mukri '07 and Adam Meyer '10 all qualified for the 2008 U.S. Olympic Trials Holds a 41-29 advantage in the series with Army and has defeated the Black Knights in 17 consecutive seasons Diver Nate Smith '96 totaled 11 All-America certificates during his four-year career and was selected as a First-Team Academic All-American by CoSIDA as a senior Noah White '04 was named as the 2004 Patriot League Swimmer of the Year, the '04 league scholar-athlete of the year for his sport and competed at the '04 U.S. Olympic Trials A pair of relay teams earned Honorable Mention All-America accolades at the 2004 NCAA Championship

Women's Swimming & Diving Has won a league-best nine Patriot League team titles, with the most recent crown coming in 2007 Athletes have combined to win 35 event titles at the Patriot League Championship over the past five years, the most in the league during this span (second place is 20) Navy swimmers have been named as the Patriot League Swimmer of the Year 12 times, while divers have been tabbed as the diver of the year at six championship meets Thuy-Mi Dinh '10 became the first swimmer in Navy and Patriot League history to attain an 'A' cut qualifying time for the NCAA Championship in 2008 Mallory Dietrich '10 and Thuy-Mi Dinh competed at the 2008 U.S. Olympic Trials Kelly Zahalka '09 is a two-time Patriot League Scholar-Athlete of the Year, has twice been selected as an Academic All-American, was the 2007 Patriot League Swimmer of the Year and was named as a '08 Truman Scholar Stacia Johnson '92 won the 1991 NCAA Division II title on the three-meter springboard Holds a 23-4 advantage in the Army-Navy series and has defeated the Black Knights 19 straight times

Tennis Has won six Patriot League titles, including crowns in 2007 and '08 Previously won a trio of Colonial Athletic Association titles between 1984-87 Has made NCAA Tournament appearances in 1999, 2007 and '08 Mitchell Koch '00 was named as the Patriot League Player of the Year in 1997 and '99, was selected as a First-Team Academic All-American in 2000 and earned an at-large invitation to the 2000 NCAA Championship in singles Navy players have been selected as the Patriot League Freshman of the Year four times in the five years of the award Joe Hunt '42 won the NCAA Championship in singles in 1941 and the U.S. Open title in '43 Navy holds a 53-30 advantage in the all-time series with Army and won 22 consecutive matches from 1970-91 Adrian Lai '07 was selected as an ITA National Scholar-Athlete following his senior year

Men's Track and Field 1945 NCAA Champions Three Navy athletes have claimed a total of five individual NCAA titles (William Kash '47, 440-yd. dash, 1945; John VanVelzer, '47 100-yd. dash, 1945; Leo Williams '83, indoor high jump, 1981 & '82; outdoor high jump, 1981) The men's track and field program has produced four United States Olympians (James Dare '68, steeplechase (Alt.), 1972; Joe Patterson '36, 400 Hurdles (4th place), 1936; Leo Williams '83, high jump (Alt.), 1984; Ron Harris '87, 5,000 meters, 1996) 26 athletes have earned a total of 46 All-America honors, most recently Paul Harris '08 in the 800-meter run in 2007 Has captured four Patriot League titles, including three indoor titles in the last four years and sweeping the two crowns in 2008 Head coach Stephen Cooksey is a four-time Patriot League Coach of the Year recipient and earned USTFCCCA Mid-Atlantic Region Coach of the Year honors for the '08 indoor season The Mids have compiled at least 10 combined victories for 16-straight seasons under Cooksey, while owning an overall mark of 151-11 (.932) over the last decade Eleven individuals have earned a total of 18 All-America honors during Cooksey's tenure, with four earning Academic All-American honors

Women's Track & Field Has registered a 175-23 combined record (88.3%) over the last decade Has won 68 consecutive home indoor dual meets and 33 of its last 34 dual-scored outdoor meets The 2006-07 squad was awarded the Naval Academy Athletic Director's Cup for being the most successful all-around team on The Yard Kirsten Andrews '07 became the program's first Academic All-American in 2006 and earned the nod again the following year, as well as the first to be named as the Patriot League Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year (2006, '07) Class of 2008 valedictorian Vicki Moore garnered indoor and outdoor scholar-athlete-of-the-year accolades in 2007-08 Both Kirsten Andrews and Vicki Moore received NCAA Postgraduate Scholarships Nine Navy track and field athletes have been awarded the Vice Admiral Lawrence Sword For Women, which is presented to the woman of the graduating class by the Association's Athletic Council to have personally excelled in women's athletics during her years of varsity competition

Volleyball Has appeared in the Patriot League Tournament 12 times during its 17-year tenure in the league Advanced to the championship match of the tournament in 1996 and '99 The Class of 2008 ended their careers with a record of 74-49, the most wins and highest winning percentage recorded by any class during the program's Division I era Rachel Shropa '00 and Jen Williams '00 both recorded over 1,000 kills and digs during their respective careers Jessie Sims '09 needs 47 kills to reach 1,000 for her career and with 133 more digs will break Shropa's career mark of 1,270 Rachel Dougherty '08 knocked down a school-record 500 kills during her senior season to be named First-Team All-Patriot League, while also garnering Patriot League Scholar-Athlete of the Year and Second-Team Academic All-America accolades Marissa Watson's '09 1,220 assists last year ranks second in school history Aimee' Burns '08 became the sixth volleyball player to be selected as the recipient of the Calvert Award, presented annually to the member of the graduating class who has persevered the most in their careers

Water Polo 13 NCAA Tournament appearances, the sixth most in NCAA history Recorded a third-place finish at the 2007 NCAA Tournament, its best finish ever Won a school-record 30 games in 2007, and enjoyed a school-record 19-game winning streak 26 consecutive seasons of at least 19 wins 24 All-American honors since 1984 43 All-Eastern Division accolades since 1982 10 Eastern Championship MVPs 11 CWPA Southern Division Championships, including three straight (entering the 2008 season, Navy has won 35 straight games against CWPA Southern Division foes) Eight CWPA Eastern Division Championships, including two straight (entering the 2008 season, Navy is 44-2 against teams from the East Coast over the last two seasons) Head coach Mike Schofield is the second-winningest coach in any sport in Navy history with 518 wins, just behind baseball's legendary Joe Duff (595)

Wrestling 60 NCAA Tournament appearances Back-to-back top-20 finishes (2006-07 and 2007-08) at the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 1981-82, 1982-83. Three Individual National Champions 58 All-Americans, including Joe Baker '09, Ed Prendergast '08 and Matt Stolpinski '08 who garnered recognition in 2007-08. It marked the first time Navy has sent three wrestlers to the podium in one year since 1966-67 21 Olympians 85 EIWA Individual Champions, including 2007-08 winners Joe Baker, Ed Prendergast and Matt Stolpinski 13 EIWA Team titles Scott Steele '09 placed third at the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials and will be the second alternate at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China Matt Stolpinski smashed the school wins record (127) by producing a 141-43 record during his four-year career. Matt Stolpinski became the 12th different Navy wrestler to be invited and wrestle in the NWCA All-Star Classic since its inception in 1967.