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Table of ContentsQuick Facts 1Head Coach Karen Boyle 22011 Outlook 3Midshipmen Bios 4-142010 Meet-by-Meet Results 15All-Time Letterwinners 16Year-by-Year & Course Records 17Patriot League Championship History 18Navy Head Coaches 19The U.S. Naval Academy 20-21Chet Gladchuk, Director of Athletics 22-23Academic Achievement 24-25Community Service 26-27The Patriot League 28-29The Blue & Gold 30

General InformationLocation Annapolis, Md.Founded October 10, 1845Enrollment 4,400Nickname Midshipmen, MidsColors Navy Blue and GoldConference Patriot LeagueSuperintendent Vice Adm. Michael H. Miller, USNCommandant Capt. Robert E. Clark II, USNDirector of Athletics Chet GladchukAthletics Website www.navysports.comAcademy Website www.usna.edu

Team InformationHead Coach Karen Boyle

Alma Mater Bowling Green ’79Office Phone (410) 293-5579E-mail [email protected] at Navy (Years) 122-21 (24 years)

Home Course USNA Cross Country CourseFirst Year of Program (Years) 1983 (26 yrs.)Letterwinners Lost/Returning 2/6All-Time Record 145-26 (.848)Captain Jess Palacio

Support StaffOfficer Representative Lt. Katie Colgary, USNFaculty Representative Asst. Prof. Dianne Luning PrakAssociate AD/Compliance/SWA Loretta LamarAthletic Trainer Leah BradleyEquipment Operations Daniel Boeckenhauer

Sports InformationSID Contact Jeff BarnesOffice Phone (410) 293-8771Office Fax (410) 293-8954E-mail [email protected] Mailing Address 566 Brownson Road

Annapolis, MD 21402

2011 ScheduleDate Meet/Opponent Site TimeSat., Sept. 3 UMES Lid-Lifter Invitational Princess Anne, Md. 10:30 a.m.Sat., Sept. 10 James Madison Invitational New Market, Va. 11 a.m.Sat., Sept. 17 Salty Dog Invitational Annapolis, Md. 11:30 a.mFri., Sept. 30 Paul Short Invitational Bethlehem, Pa. 2 p.m.Fri., Oct. 14 Army West Point, N.Y. 4:45 p.m.Sat., Oct. 29 Patriot League Championship Bethlehem, Pa. 11 a.m.Sat., Nov. 12 NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional Champ. Princess Anne, Md. 11 a.m.Mon., Nov. 21 NCAA National Championship Terre Haute, Ind. 12 p.m.Home meet in bold, at USNA Cross Country Course...all times Eastern, subject tochange

2010 Results (0-1)Date Meet/Opponent Result/Top Navy RunnerSept. 3 at Lehigh Invitational 1st of 9/Jess Palacio (1st)Sept. 11 at Harry Groves Invitational 5th of 14/Jess Palacio (6th)Sept. 18 Salty Dog Invitational 3rd of 9/Jess Palacio (1st)Sept. 25 at Roy Griak Invitational 24th of 29/Brigid Byrne (121st)Oct. 1 at Great American Festival 1st of 11/Jess Palacio (1st)Oct. 16 Army 2nd of 2/Jess Palacio (1st)Oct. 30 Patriot League Championship 4th of 8/Jess Palacio (3rd)Nov. 13 NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional Championship 10th of 29/Jess Palacio (3rd)

2011 RosterName Cl. Ht. Hometown / High School / Last SchoolMaria Arnone Fr. 5-6 Wadsworth, Ohio / St. Vincent-St. MaryAlisa Batcher Fr. 5-6 North Bellmore, N.Y. / W.C. MephamAnnie-Norah Beveridge Fr. 5-6 Ann Arbor, Mich. / HuronJacqueline Blackburn Jr. 5-5 Wayne, Pa. / Villa Maria AcademyEmily Blaha Fr. 5-6 Los Altos, Calif. / Valley ChristianChristina Blair Fr. 5-5 Peninsula, Ohio / CuyahogaHannah Bobell Fr. 5-10 Heyworth, Ill. / HeyworthAimee Brenner Jr. 5-2 Charlotte, N.C./South MecklenburgBrigid Byrne Jr. 5-7 Vienna, Va. / James MadisonSamantha Carl So. 5-7 Pittsburgh, Pa. / Mt. LebanonShannon Cuthbert Fr. 5-6 Orange Park, Fla. / Naples American (Italy)Nikki Funkhauser Fr. 5-8 Littleton, Colo. / ColumbineKellie Hall So. 5-2 Stafford, Va. / Brooke PointMollie Hebda Sr. 5-5 Pittsburgh, Pa. / North HillsErica Hippe Fr. 5-6 Caledonia, Mich. / East KentwoodEmily Jensen Fr. 5-4 The Woodlands, Texas / The Woodlands College ParkMary Jordan So. 5-2 Lewisville, Texas / LewisvilleGee Mi Jorde Fr. 5-4 Bremerton, Wash. / Central KitsapZatha Loewen So. 5-6 Hampstead, N.C. / TopsailBreeda Mannion Fr. 5-7 Mt. Kisco, N.Y. / Kennedy Catholic / N.A.P.S.Marina McGrail Sr. 5-7 Manchester, Vt. / St. Andrews School (Del.)Liz Milewski Jr. 5-6 Bryn Mawr, Pa. / Radnor / William & MaryPaige Miller Fr. 5-2 Maineville, Ohio / Kings MillsTori Overton Fr. 5-4 Cheboygan, Mich. / Cheboygan AreaJess Palacio Sr. 5-7 Sun Valley, Nev. / Spanish SpringsRachel Slater So. 5-5 Bend, Ore. / SummitChloe Staab Jr. 5-7 Chino Hills, Calif. / Chino HillsKatie Taylor Sr. 5-3 Salem, Ore. / South SalemEllie Webster So. 5-8 Reno, Nev. / GalenaMadeline Zell Fr. 5-2 Severna Park, Md. / Severna Park

CreditsThe 2011 Navy men’s cross country media guide is a productionof the Navy Sports Information office. The guide was designed,written and edited by Jeff Barnes. Covers and additional layoutand design by Mark Leddy. Photographs provided by Phil Hoff-mann, Tom Connelly, Anne Arundel County Visitors Bureau andNaval Academy archives.

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Year-by-Year Record at NavyYear Record Pct. vs. Army1987 5-2 .714 L, 24-311988 6-0 1.000 W, 23-341989 5-0 1.000 W, 16-451990 4-0 1.000 W, 15-46D-II 20-2 .909 3-1 (.750)1991 4-2 .667 W, 23-361992 6-0 1.000 W, 17-451993 10-1 .909 W, 20-431994 7-1 .875 W, 23-381995 5-3 .625 W, 25-341996 5-0 1.000 W, 27-281997 9-2 .818 L, 23-341998 6-0 1.000 W, 21-361999 5-1 .833 L, 20-422000 6-0 1.000 W, 20-412001 5-1 .833 L, 19-402002 0-2 .000 L, 26-292003 3-2 .600 L, 18-412004 4-1 .800 L, 25-302005 6-1 .857 L, 20-412006 5-0 1.000 W, 21-382007* 4-0 1.000 W, 23-382008* 7-0 1.000 W, 15-482009 5-1 .833 L, 24-312010 0-1 .000 L, 26-29D-I 102-19 .843 11-9 (.550)Totals 122-21 .853 14-10 (.853)*Patriot League Champions

Boyle’s Accomplishments• Recognized as 2007 and ’08 Patriot LeagueCoach of the Year • Named Navy’s 1997 and ’07 Fall Coach of theYear after leading the Mids to an undefeatedseason.• Coached five NCAA Division I Championshipqualifiers in cross country.• Guided Navy’s Marty Shue to a 1,500-meterNCAA Indoor title in 1991.• Served as the president of the NCAA Divi-sion I Women’s Intercollegiate Cross CountryCoaches Association from 1999-2001.• Named head coach of the first women’s crosscountry team at Heidelberg College in 1984.• Coached nine All-Americans and two nationalchampions (high jump and 1500 meters) intrack and field as head coach at Heidelbergfrom 1983-86.

Boyle’s Career Timeline• Bowling Green State

B.S. Physical Education in 1979M.S. Athletic Administration and Recreationin 1982

• Heidelberg Collge (1984-86)Head CoachCross Country and Track & Field

• U.S. Naval Academy (1987-present)Head Coach - Cross CountryAssistant Coach - Track & Field

Karen Boyle has enjoyed much success during her 24 years as Navy’s head coach, guid-ing her teams to a 122-21 (.853) mark over her career.

In 2010, she guided the Mids to a pair of invitational titles as Navy finished first at boththe Lehigh Invitational and the Great American Festival. Boyle also helped tutor one of theconference’s best runners in Jess Palacio. Palacio won four individual titles in the fall of ‘10and became a first-team All-Patriot League honoree by placing third at the conference cham-pionship.

During Boyle’s tenure, five Navy runners have competed at the NCAA Division I Cham-pionship. Boyle’s first national championship qualifier came in 1992 with Kerry O’Neill, fol-lowed by Jackie Hayes in 1995, Rebecca Cline in 1997, Melissa Foon in 2000 and Amy Watsonin 2008.

In 2007, Boyle led Navy to a share of its first Patriot League championship, before claim-ing the title outright in 2008. Boyle was named Patriot League Coach of the Year on bothoccasions.

Boyle has led the Mids to significant honors on both the Division II (1987-1990) and Di-vision I (1991-present) levels. In Navy’s last-four years of Division II competition, Boylecoached the Mids to three-straight undefeated seasons and four-consecutive top-five finishesin the NCAA Division II Championship, with five runners garnering All-America honors.Boyle was named Eastern Region Coach of the Year in three-straight seasons (1988-90).

Boyle guided the program into the Division I ranks in 1991, and the Mids immediatelyachieved success by capturing the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference (ECAC) Cham-pionship. In 1997 and 2007, Boyle was named Navy’s Fall Coach of the Year after she led Navyto an undefeated season.

As a coach with the track team, she guided Marty Shue to a title in the indoor 1,500-meter run at the NCAA Championship.

In 1995, Boyle was selected as team leader for the USA Ekiden International Marathonin Beijing, China. She was also selected to help rewrite the level I track & field certificationcurriculum at the USA Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo. In 1999, she received herC.S.C.S. certification as a nationally accredited certified strength and conditioning special-ist. The summer of 2001 saw Boyle serve as an assistant track & field coach for Team USAin the Deaf Track & Field World Games, held in Rome, Italy.

Boyle, a 1979 graduate of Bowling Green, received her degree in physical education andearned her master’s degree in athletic administration and recreation from her alma materin 1982. Athletically, she competed in both track and lacrosse, specializing in the 400 and4x400-meter relay on the track and was a leading scorer for the Falcons' lacrosse squad.

Her coaching career began at Heidelberg College in Tiffin, Ohio, where she coached thewomen’s cross country and track & field teams from 1984-86, developing two national cham-pions and nine All-Americans.

Boyle is a tenured professor in the Naval Academy’s Physical Education Department,teaching personal conditioning, rock climbing, kayaking and triathlon training. Boyle also par-ticipates in road races and triathlons.

Administratively, Boyle served as the president of the NCAA Division I Women’s In-tercollegiate Cross Country Coaches Association (1999-2001), as well as a committee mem-ber on the USA Track & Field Coaching Education Board and the United States TrackCoaches Association Long Distance Advisory Board.

KARENBOYLEHead Coach • 25th Season25th season at NavyBowling Green ‘79

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Season OutlookYoung Mids Looking to Return to theTop of the Patriot League

Led by senior captain Jess Palacio, the Navy women’s cross coun-try team will look to return to the top of the Patriot League in 2011.After graduating just four seniors from the 2010 squad, the Mids bringback an experienced group this fall.

“It’s nice to have so many experienced runners returning alongwith a strong plebe class,” said Navy head coach Karen Boyle. “Theyshould all contribute right away.”

Another reason for Boyle’s optimism stems from the strong per-formance of the track team this past spring. With the help of severalmembers of the cross country squad, the Mids won the PatriotLeague indoor championship and took second place in the outdoorchampionship.

“It’s a huge springboard for us because so many of our teammembers had such great track seasons,” Boyle said. “They just keptgetting better through last year and when you culminate with a reallygood track season it lifts you up as you begin training for cross coun-try.”

Like last year’s team, the 2011 squad consists of just four seniors- Mollie Hebda, Marina McGrail, Katie Taylor and Palacio - however allhave a significant amount of experience. Hebda, Taylor and Palacio allcompeted in at least six meets in 2010.

“I'm so fortunate to have four very talented seniors,” said Boyle.“Jess, Katie, Mollie, and Marina all score for us in cross country, in-door track, and outdoor track. They can score in the 800 throughthe 5k; it's highly unusual to have all your seniors be such major con-tributors. I'm very excited to continue to watch them improvethrough their senior year and lead such a young, talented squad.”

Palacio had a breakout season last fall as she finished first in fourevents, took third at the Patriot LeagueChampionship and earned NCAA All-Mid-Atlantic Region honors. The Sun Valley, Nev.,native remained consistent throughout theyear as she was the Mids’ top finisher in allseven races in which she competed.

“It’s great to have Jess back for her sen-ior year,” said Boyle. “She’s healthy, she’supped her mileage and is excited to be teamcaptain.”

On a team that includes fifteen fresh-men and five sophomores, Palacio, a two-time First-Team All-Patriot League honoree,will provide proven leadership.

"Jess is a soft-spoken leader,” said Boyle.“She really doesn't need to say anything, sheis, by far, the fittest athlete I've ever had thepleasure of coaching. Just watch her compete- she is a fierce competitor, yet totally poisedonce the race is over.”

Navy returns a total of five juniors, fourof which competed in seven of eight meetsin 2010. Brigid Byrne, Jacqueline Blackburn,Aimee Brenner, and Liz Milewski all provedto be durable runners and are expected tomake an even greater impact this season.

“Brigid just keeps getting better eachyear and she’s ready for another stellar sea-

son,” said Boyle about Byrne, who has lettered in cross country, in-door track and outdoor track since her plebe year. “Jacqueline is avery hard worker and very dedicated; Liz is also a strong talent andwill contribute greatly this year. Aimee, another strong runner, is com-ing off an injury, but will be in the mix in late September.

“We’ve got a lot of competitors in our junior class.”Zatha Loewen was one of the top-performing plebes a year ago

and now in 2011, she is one of several sophomores looking to furthertheir impact on the team.

“I look for some good things out of Samantha Carl, Kellie Hall,Mary Carter Jordan, Zatha Loewen, and Ellie Webster,” said Boyle.

A new edition to the sophomore class is Rachel Slater, who isjoins the squad after a successful spring with the track team.

While the wealth of returning experience bodes well, it may bethe newcomers that determine the degree of success the Mids havethis season.

“Our plebe class is extremely strong,” said Boyle. “We have sev-eral individuals that can compete at a high level and will compete inthe top seven right away, which is very exciting.”

The group of newcomers includes Maria Arnone, Annie-NorahBeveridge and Christina Blair – all of whom won a state championshipor earned all-state honors.

"Shannon Cuthbert has looked very strong in workouts and willbe a factor among the team scoring leaders, along with Annie-Norah,Christina, and Maria," Boyle added.

The freshmen, along with the rest of the squad, will be testedfrom the outset of the season when the Mids open 2011 at the UMESLid-Lifter Invitational.

“We have a very challenging schedule to start the season, begin-ning with our first meet,” Boyle said.

The meet will take place at the UMES cross country course,home of the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional, and will feature six of thenation’s top-15 teams.

“The meet will give our team a greatopportunity to see the course and will bene-fit us later on in the season on our nationalqualifying course,” Boyle said.

The Mids travel the next weekend toNew Market, Va., for the James Madison Invi-tational on Sept. 10, before returning hometo host the Salty Dog Invitational on Sept. 17.

“We have some new teams coming inthis year, it’s going to be a very competitivemeet,” Boyle said. “We look forward to astrong challenge.”

Navy will take the next weekend off andthen travel to Bethlehem, Pa., for the PaulShort Invitational on Sept. 30.

The annual Army-Navy dual will takeplace on Oct. 14 in West Point, N.Y., followedby the Patriot League Championship on Oct.29 back in Bethlehem.

“Our goals are to beat Army, win thePatriot League and have representation atthe NCAA Championships,” said Boyle. “Ifwe can stay healthy, I feel confident we canobtain all of our goals.”

The NCAA Mid-Atlantic RegionalChampionship will take place Nov. 12.

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Career Honors• All-Mid-Atlantic Region (2010)• First-Team All-Patriot League (2008, ‘10)• Patriot League Runner of the Week (Sept. 13, 2010)

2010Date Meet (Distance) Time Place (Navy)Sept. 3 Lehigh Invitational (6k) 21:35.8 1 of 102 (1)Sept. 11 Harry Groves Invitational (6k) 21:08.2 6 of 179 (1)Sept. 18 Salty Dog Invitational (6k) 24:48.6 1 of 115 (1)Oct. 1 Great American CC Festival (5k) 17:35.1 1 of 100 (1)Oct. 16 Army (6k) 22:30.4 1 of 24 (1)Oct. 30 Patriot League Championship (6k) 20:13 3 of 87 (1)Nov. 13 NCAA Regional Championship (6k) 21:10 21 of 204 (1)

2009Date Meet (Distance) Time Place (Navy)Sept. 4 at Mount St. Mary’s 5k Duals (5k) 19:54.36 17 of 66 (10)Oct. 2 at Paul Short Run (6k) 22:31 175 of 363 (8)Oct. 16 at Army-Star Meet (6k) 22:51.8 14 of 24 (8)Oct. 30 at Patriot League Champ. (6k) 24:12.4 21 of 89 (4)Nov. 14 at NCAA Mid-Atlantic Reg. Ch. (6k) 23:54 93 of 190 (5)

2008Date Meet (Distance) Time Place (Navy)Aug. 29 at Mount St. Mary’s Invite (5k) 19:30.51 7 of 66 (6)Sept. 6 at Fordham Invitational (5k) 19:18.05 7 of 233 (4)Sept. 13 Salty Dog Invitational (6k) 23:32 16 of 158 (4)Sept. 27 at Roy Griak Invitational (6k) 23:24.2 95 of 222 (7)Oct. 3 at Paul Short Run (6k) 21:40 57 of 301 (3)Oct. 18 vs. Army - Star Meet (6k) 22:19 2 of 24 (2)Nov. 1 at Patriot League Champ. (6k) 21:42.6 6 of 85 (4)Nov. 15 at NCAA Mid-Atlantic Region (6k) 23:45 57 of 191 (3)

High School: • Attended Spanish Springs High School, where she lettered in crosscountry, track, swimming and rifle• Won the coaches award in cross country in 2004

Personal:• Daughter of Sherry and Romeo Palacio• Served in the U.S. Marine Corps for two-and-a-half years, attaining therank of Corporal (E-4)• Earned Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal• Born Sept. 30, 1986, in Reno, Nev.• Majoring in political science international relations

JESSPALACIOSenior • CaptainSun Valley, Nev.Spanish Springs

Career Honors• Patriot League Academic Honor Roll (2010)

2010Date Meet (Distance) Time Place (Navy)Sept. 3 Lehigh Invitational (6k) 22:49.1 7 of 102 (2)Sept. 11 Harry Groves Invitational (6k) 22:30.9 34 of 179 (3)Sept. 18 Salty Dog Invitational (6k) 23:54.7 26 of 115 (4)Oct. 1 Great American CC Festival (5k) 18:56.8 9 of 100 (3)Oct. 16 Army (6k) 24:02.8 10 of 24 (5)Oct. 30 Patriot League Championship (6k) 21:51 33 of 87 (5)

2009Date Meet (Distance) Time Place (Navy)Sept. 4 at Mount St. Mary’s 5k Duals (5k) 19:23.90 11 of 66 (7)Sept. 12 Salty Dog Open (6k) 24:14.10 35 of 109 (8)Oct. 30 at Patriot League Champ. (6k) 24:32.9 36 of 89 (9)

2008• Did not see any action

High School: • Attended North Hills High School, where she earned four letters incross country, track and swimming• Claimed school's tri-athlete award in 2008• Captained the swimming team during her senior year

Personal:• Daughter of Joanne and J. Christopher Hebda• Born March 9, 1990, in Pittsburgh, Pa.• Sister, Stephanie, is a swimming & diving senior at the U.S. Naval Acad-emy• Majoring in chemistry

MOLLIEHEBDASeniorPittsburgh, Pa.North Hills

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MARINAMcGRAILSeniorManchester, Vt.St. Andrews School (Del.)

Career Honors• First-Team All-Patriot League (2008)• Patriot League Academic Honor Roll (2010)• Patriot League Rookie of the Week (Sept. 30, 2008)

2010Date Meet (Distance) Time Place (Navy)Sept. 3 Lehigh Invitational (6k) 25:42.3 62 of 102 (21)Oct. 1 Great American CC Festival (5k) 21:13.3 50 of 100 (17)

2009Date Meet (Distance) Time Place (Navy)Sept. 4 at Mount St. Mary’s 5k Duals (5k) 19:55.54 18 of 66 (11)Sept. 12 Salty Dog Open (6k) 25:13.53 49 of 109 (12)Sept. 19 at Colgate Invitational (6k) 25:24 39 of 42 (12)

2008Date Meet (Distance) Time Place (Navy)Aug. 29 at Mount St. Mary’s Invite (5k) 19:19.99 6 of 66 (5)Sept. 6 at Fordham Invitational (5k) 19:26.34 10 of 233 (6)Sept. 13 Salty Dog Invitational (6k) 23:21 12 of 158 (3)Sept. 27 at Roy Griak Invitational (6k) 22:56.4 64 of 222 (3)Oct. 3 at Paul Short Run (6k) 22:08 97 of 301 (7)Oct. 18 vs. Army - Star Meet (6k) 22:26 4 of 24 (4)Nov. 1 at Patriot League Champ. (6k) 21:37.7 4 of 85 (3)Nov. 15 at NCAA Mid-Atlantic Region (6k) 23:53 69 of 191 (6)

High School: • Attended St. Andrews School, where she earned four letters in crosscountry and three in crew• Named an all-state and all-conference cross country runner duringher senior year• Broke a school record and was named the team's MVP

Personal:• Daughter of Martine Victor and William McGrail• Born June 19, 1990, in New York, N.Y.• Majoring in English

KATIETAYLORSeniorSalem, Ore.South Salem

Career Honors• Patriot League Academic Honor Roll (2009, ‘10)

2010Date Meet (Distance) Time Place (Navy)Sept. 3 Lehigh Invitational (6k) 23:39.0 19 of 102 (7)Sept. 11 Harry Groves Invitational (6k) 24:15.7 121 of 179 (15)Sept. 18 Salty Dog Invitational (6k) 25:04.7 57 of 115 (12)Oct. 1 Great American CC Festival (5k) 20:04.8 27 of 100 (10)Oct. 16 Army (6k) 25:25.7 22 of 24 (11)Oct. 30 Patriot League Championship (6k) 22:23 57 of 87 (9)

2009Date Meet (Distance) Time Place (Navy)Sept. 4 at Mount St. Mary’s 5k Duals (5k) 20:06.47 22 of 66 (12)Sept. 12 Salty Dog Open (6k) 25:11.41 47 of 109 (11)Sept. 19 at Colgate Invitational (6k) 24:32 28 of 42 (8)Oct. 16 at Army-Star Meet (6k) 23:10.4 17 of 24 (9)Oct. 30 at Patriot League Champ. (6k) 25:39.4 68 of 89 (12)


High School: • Attended South Salem High School, where she lettered four times incross country and once in track• Captained the cross country team as a senior• Helped the cross country squad to district titles in 2006 and '07

Personal:• Daughter of Margaret and William Taylor; Born March 13, 1990, in Portland, Ore.• Uncle, Hugh, graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy• Majoring in ocean engineering

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Career Honors• Patriot League Honor Roll (2009)

2010Date Meet (Distance) Time Place (Navy)Sept. 3 Lehigh Invitational (6k) 24:00.0 23 of 102 (8)Sept. 11 Harry Groves Invitational (6k) 23:17.5 54 of 179 (7)Sept. 18 Salty Dog Invitational (6k) 23:56.8 27 of 115 (5)Sept. 25 Roy Griak Invitational (6k) 24:07.0 203 of 300 (4)Oct. 1 Great American CC Festival (5k) 19:08.9 12 of 100 (5)Oct. 16 Army (6k) 24:11.9 13 of 24 (7)Oct. 30 Patriot League Championship (6k) 22:07 41 of 87 (8)Nov. 13 NCAA Regional Championship (6k) 23:28 120 of 204 (6)

2009Date Meet (Distance) Time Place (Navy)Sept. 4 at Mount St. Mary’s 5k Duals (5k) 20:16.65 27 of 66 (14)Sept. 12 Salty Dog Open (6k) 25:20.96 51 of 109 (13)Sept. 19 at Colgate Invitational (6k) 24:53 34 of 42 (11)Sept. 26 at Colonial Inter-Regional Chall. (6k) 23:52.8 37 of 82 (6)Oct. 16 at Army-Star Meet (6k) 23:35.6 19 of 24 (11)

High School• Attended Villa Maria Academy, where she earned two letters in crosscountry, indoor track and outdoor track• Captained all-three of those teams during her senior year• Helped the track team win the league title in 2008 and '09• Earned the Coaches Award in track as a senior• Member of the National Honor Society, Math Honor Society and LatinHonor Society

Personal• Daughter of Mary Anne and Jeremy Blackburn• Born April 10, 1991, in Wynnewood, Pa.

JACQUELINE BLACKBURNJuniorWayne, Pa.Villa Maria Academy

AIMEE BRENNERJuniorCharlotte, N.C.South Mecklenburg


2010Date Meet (Distance) Time Place (Navy)Sept. 3 Lehigh Invitational (6k) 25:03.2 51 of 102 (17)Sept. 11 Harry Groves Invitational (6k) 24:38.5 133 of 179 (16)Sept. 18 Salty Dog Invitational (6k) 24:52.6 52 of 115 (11)Sept. 25 Roy Griak Invitational (6k) 25:03.0 252 of 300 (8)Oct. 1 Great American CC Festival (5k) 19:45.6 21 of 100 (8)Oct. 16 Army (6k) 25:29.9 24 of 24 (12)Oct. 30 Patriot League Championship (6k) 23:10 77 of 87 (12)

High School• Four-year letterwinner in soccer and cheerleading at South Mecklen-burg High School• Named soccer team's top academic athlete in 2008• Cheerleading All-America selection in 2008

Personal• Daughter of Daniel and Susan Brenner• Born Oct. 31, 1990• Sister, Amanda, graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 2009 andher brother, Ryan, currently attends the U.S. Naval Academy

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BRIGIDBYRNEJuniorVienna, Va.James Madison

Career Honors• Second-Team All-Patriot League (2009)• Academic All-Patriot League Team (2010)• Patriot League Rookie of the Year (2009)• Patriot League Rookie of the Week (Sept. 9, 2009; Sept. 15, 2009)• Patriot Legue Honor Roll (2010)


2009Date Meet (Distance) Time Place (Navy)Sept. 4 at Mount St. Mary’s 5k Duals (5k) 19:17.08 9 of 66 (5)Sept. 12 Salty Dog Open (6k) 23:32.88 14 of 109 (1)Sept. 19 at Colgate Invitational (6k) 23:30 19 of 42 (4)Oct. 2 at Paul Short Run (6k) 21:49 83 of 363 (2)Oct. 16 at Army-Star Meet (6k) 22:00.2 5 of 24 (3)Oct. 30 at Patriot League Champ. (6k) 23:22.5 9 of 89 (1)Nov. 14 at NCAA Mid-Atlantic Reg. Ch. (6k) 22:47 44 of 190 (1)

High School• Attended James Madison High School, where she earned four lettersin cross country, four in track and two in swimming• Captained both the cross country and track teams• Advanced to the state championship in track as a junior and a senior• Earned all-region honors on the track in 2008 and '09• Claimed all-district accolades in cross country as a senior• Helped the track team to a district title as a sophomore in 2007• Member of the National Honor Society, Math Honor Society andSpanish Honor Society

Personal• Daughter of Amy and William Byrne• Mother, Amy (Donovan - maiden name), graduated from the U.S. NavalAcademy in 1987 and earned four varsity letters with the women'scross country team• Father, Bill, graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1987, earnedthree varsity letters with football and co-captained the 1986 team• Uncle, Tom Donovan, graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1996• Grandfather, Francis Donovan, graduated from the U.S. Naval Academyin 1959• Born Sept. 9, 1991, in San Diego, Calif.

LIZMILEWSKIJuniorBryn Mawr, Pa.Radnor/William & Mary


2010Date Meet (Distance) Time Place (Navy)Sept. 3 Lehigh Invitational (6k) 23:02.8 12 of 102 (5)Sept. 11 Harry Groves Invitational (6k) 23:09.8 48 of 179 (6)Sept. 18 Salty Dog Invitational (6k) 24:34.5 41 of 115 (8)Sept. 25 Roy Griak Invitational (6k) 24:17.2 213 of 300 (5)Oct. 16 Army (6k) 24:04.8 11 of 24 (6)Oct. 30 Patriot League Championship (6k) 21:35 24 of 87 (3)Nov. 13 NCAA Regional Championship (6k) 22:50 87 of 204 (4)


Before Navy• Spent two years at the College of William & Mary, where she com-peted one year with the cross country and track teams• Placed 24th overall in the Cavalier Open as a rookie with cross coun-try• Ran the mile, 3,000 meters and 5,000 meters with the track team asa sophomore

High School• Attended Radnor High School, where she earned four letters in crosscountry, indoor track and outdoor track• Earned all-state honors with cross country during her senior year• Three-time all-league and all-conference selection in cross country• Four-time all-league and all-conference runner on the track• Helped the cross country team to a state title in 2006• Captained all-three of those teams• Member of the National Honor Society

Personal• Daughter of Donna and Leonard Milewski• Born Feb. 1, 1989, in Haverford, Pa.

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CHLOESTAABJuniorChino Hills, Calif.Chino Hills

2010Date Meet (Distance) Time Place (Navy)Sept. 3 Lehigh Invitational (6k) 25:28.1 57 of 102 (19)Sept. 18 Salty Dog Invitational (6k) 26:07.0 76 of 115 (17)

2009Date Meet (Distance) Time Place (Navy)Sept. 4 at Mount St. Mary’s 5k Duals (5k) 21:07.07 40 of 66 (20)Sept. 12 Salty Dog Open (6k) 25:39.69 57 of 109 (15)Sept. 26 at Colonial Inter-Regional Chall. (6k) 25:01.6 60 of 82 (10)

High School: • Attended Chino Hills High School, where she earned three letters incross country and track• Captained both squads during her junior and senior years• Helped the team win league titles in cross country in 2007 and '08• Member of the National Honor Society

Personal:• Daughter of Dawn and Timothy Staab• Born Feb. 7, 1991, in Orange, Calif.

SAMANTHACARLSophomorePittsburgh, Pa.Mt. Lebanon

2010Date Meet (Distance) Time Place (Navy)Sept. 3 Lehigh Invitational (6k) 24:59.6 49 of 102 (15)Sept. 11 Harry Groves Invitational (6k) 24:05.9 114 of 179 (13)Sept. 18 Salty Dog Invitational (6k) 25:27.2 65 of 115 (13)Sept. 25 Roy Griak Invitational (6k) 25:15.2 257 of 300 (9)

High School: • Earned four letters in track and four in cross country at Mt. LebanonHigh School• Key member of the cross country team that won the 2006 WesternPennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic League title• Won consecutive Mollenauer Awards in cross country (2007, ‘08) andalso one in track (2008)• Named track team MVP in 2007

Personal• Daughter of Dave and Gail Carl• Born Dec. 2, 1992

KELLIEHALLSophomoreStafford, Va.Brooke Point

2010Date Meet (Distance) Time Place (Navy)Sept. 3 Lehigh Invitational (6k) 24:21.5 30 of 102 (10)Sept. 11 Harry Groves Invitational (6k) 23:39.7 88 of 179 (9)Sept. 18 Salty Dog Invitational (6k) 25:34.3 67 of 115 (14)Oct. 1 Great American CC Festival (5k) 20:21.6 36 of 100 (13)

High School• Earned three letters both in track and cross country• Garnered All-State honors in the 800m and 4x800m relay in 2007• 2008 regional track champion in the 4x800• Captured the track district championship in the 1600m in 2008 and ‘09• Helped track team to district titles in 2007 and ‘08

Personal• Daughter of Billy and Lisa Hall• Born Sept. 17, 1992• Sister, Anna, also attends the U.S. Naval Academy, and sister, Laura, isenlisted in the U.S. Navy

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MARYJORDANSophomoreLewisville, TexasLewisville

2010Date Meet (Distance) Time Place (Navy)Sept. 3 Lehigh Invitational (6k) 24:22.3 31 of 102 (11)Sept. 11 Harry Groves Invitational (6k) 24:07.6 115 of 179 (14)Sept. 18 Salty Dog Invitational (6k) 24:51.7 50 of 115 (10)Sept. 25 Roy Griak Invitational (6k) 25:29.4 268 of 300 (10)Oct. 1 Great American CC Festival (5k) 19:59.7 25 of 100 (9)Oct. 16 Army (6k) 25:17.3 19 of 24 (10)Oct. 30 Patriot League Championship (6k) 22:32 63 of 87 (10)

High School• Two-time regional qualifier in track and cross country (2008 and ‘09)• Named cross country and track team captain three consecutive years(2008-10)• Earned a combined eight letters in cross country and track atLewisville High School

Personal• Daughter of Carter and Mary Lynne Jordan• Born Nov. 11, 1991• Brother, Josh, graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 2010

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ZATHALOEWENSophomoreHampstead, N.C.Topsail


High School• Posted two course-record times as she captured the North Car-olina cross country state championship in 2006 and `07; was the firstTopsail High School state champion in any sport• Finished in second place by less than one second in the 2009 crosscountry state championships• Helped lead the cross country team to its first team state champi-onship in 2007• Four-time regional cross country champion• Four-time cross country all-state selection and four-time crosscountry team MVP• Named cross country team captain as a senior• Part of the 2007 track and field team that won the state champi-onship as she helped the 3200-meter relay team to a third-place fin-ish; also took third in the 1600-meter and the 3200-meter runs• Recipient of the 2008 THS & USMC Distinguished Athlete Award

Personal• Daughter of Eric and Jennifer Loewen• Born May 17, 1992• Niece of CDR John R. Johannesen (USN Ret.) USNA Class of 1981.Granddaughter of CDR Robert E. Johannesen (USN Ret.) USNAClass of 1960. Great-granddaughter of CAPT Philip F. Wakeman (USNRet. Deceased) USNA Class of 1928

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ELLIEWEBSTERSophomoreReno, Nev.Galena

2010Date Meet (Distance) Time Place (Navy)Sept. 3 Lehigh Invitational (6k) 25:04.3 52 of 102 (18)Sept. 11 Harry Groves Invitational (6k) 23:59.5 110 of 179 (11)Sept. 18 Salty Dog Invitational (6k) 25:27.3 65 of 115 (14)Sept. 25 Roy Griak Invitational (6k) 25:02.2 249 of 300 (7)Oct. 1 Great American CC Festival (5k) 20:28.8 37 of 100 (15)

High School• Garnered all-state accolades as she helped Galena High School tothe 2008 Northern Nevada cross country state championship• Part of the 4x800m relay team that won the 2009 Northern Nevadastate championship• 2009 cross country team captain• Earned two letters in cross country and four letters in track

Personal• Daughter of Jeffrey and Bridget Webster • Born Dec. 7, 1991

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RACHELSLATERSophomoreBend, Ore.Summit

High School• Helped the Summit High School track team to four consecutivestate championships• Member of the 2010 4x400 state championship relay team• Earned four varsity letters in track and was named team captain as asenior

Personal• Daughter of Gary and Maureen• Born Nov. 29, 1991

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MARIAARNONEFreshmanWadsworth, OhioSt. Vincent-St. Mary

High School• Twice earned all-state honors as St. Vincent-St. Mary captured back-to-back Ohio State Championships (2009 and ’10)• Two-time Academic All-Ohio honoree• Member of the 2010 state champion 4x800 relay team• Garnered honorable mention all-state honors in basketball in 2010• Earned four varsity letters in cross country, track and basketball

Personal• Daughter of Ray and Tracey• Born Sept. 28, 1992• Father, Ray, played football and Mount Union

ANNIE-NORAHBEVERIDGEFreshmanAnn Arbor, Mich.Huron

High School• Three-time all-state and all-county honoree in cross country andtrack at Ann Arbor Huron High School• Part of the 2011 state champion 4x800 relay team, helping Huronto a second-place finish at the Michigan State Track and Field Champi-onship • 2011 track and field team also won the county, conference and re-gional titles• Earned four varsity letters in both cross country and track and field

Personal• Daughter of Raymond and Alissa• Born July 19, 1993

ALISABATCHERFreshmanNorth Bellmore, N.Y.W.C. Mepham

High School• Led W.C. Mepham High School to four consecutive cross countrydistrict titles (2008-11)• Won four varsity letters in track and three in cross country• Captained the track and cross country teams as a senior

Personal• Daughter of James and Gertrude• Born Jan. 11, 1993• Father, James, competed on the track and field team at the Univer-sity of Niagara

EMILYBLAHAFreshmanLos Altos, Calif.Valley Christian

High School• Captained the Valley Christian High School cross country team in2009 and ‘10 and garnered all-league accolades as a senior• Earned the Farmers Insurance Athlete of Distinction Award fortrack in 2010• Named team captain of the track team as a senior• Collected four varsity letters in cross country and three in track

Personal• Daughter of John and Martha• Born March 16, 1993

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HANNAHBOBELLFreshmanHeyworth, Ill.Heyworth

High School• Named Heyworth High School cross country team captain all fouryears• Captained the cross country team for three seasons and the trackteam as a junior and senior• Earned four varsity letters in both cross country and track

Personal• Daughter of Timothy and Kristina• Born Oct. 7, 1992

SHANNONCUTHBERTFreshmanOrange Park, Fla.Naples American (Italy)

High School• Three-time cross country team MVP (2007-09) and two-time trackMVP (2009-10)• Captained both the track and cross country teams• Helped Naples American High School to the 2010 cross countryDoDDS (Department of Defense Dependent Schools) European title • Played varsity basketball in addition to running cross country andtrack

Personal• Daughter of Douglas and Stefani – both U.S.N.A. graduates• Born Jan. 13, 1993• Father, Douglas, wrestled at the U.S. Naval Academy, while mother,Stefani, was a member of the U.S.N.A. track and cross country teams

NIKKIFUNKHAUSERFreshmanLittleton, Colo.Columbine

High School• Captained the Columbine High School track and cross countryteams all four years• Earned four varsity letters in both track and cross country and twoin swimming

Personal• Daughter of Jack and Elizabeth• Born May 12, 1993

CHRISTINABLAIRFreshmanPeninsula, OhioCuyahoga Valley Christian

High School• Won the 2009 Ohio Cross Country Division II State Championship(18:34)• Captured the 2010 Ohio Track Division II State Championship inthe 1600 (5:00) and the 2011 Ohio Track Division State Champi-onship in the 3200 (11:04)• Four-time cross country team MVP at both Wheeler High Schooland Cuyahoga Valley Christian Academy• Named the Ohio Touchdown Club Cross Country MVP as a senior• Captained the cross country team as the senior and was also amember of the track teams at Wheeler and Cuyahoga Valley ChristianAcademy

Personal• Daughter of Brian and Judith• Born Sept. 25, 1992• Father, Brian, played football at Case Western University

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ERICAHIPPEFreshmanCaledonia, Mich.East Kentwood

High School• Ran varsity cross country and track all four years at East KentwoodHigh School• Led cross country team to back-to-back regional titles in 2009 and‘10• Key part of three regional championship track teams (2009-11)• Captained the cross country and track teams as a senior

Personal• Daughter of John and Laura• Born Oct. 14, 1993

EMILYJENSENFreshmanThe Woodlands, TexasThe Woodlands College Park

High School• Four-time all-district cross country selection at The Woodlands Col-lege Park High School• Garnered all-region cross country honors as a freshman • Helped the cross country team to regional championships in 2007,’09 and ’10• Earned four varsity letters in both cross country and track

Personal• Daughter of Jon and Judy• Born July 30, 1993

GEE MIJORDEFreshmanBremerton, Wash.Central Kitsap

High School• Two-time cross country all-district honoree at Central Kitsap HighSchool• Cross country team captain as a junior and senior• Earned four varsity letters in both cross country and track

Personal• Daughter of Erik and Sun Mi• Born Dec. 9, 1992

BREEDAMANNIONFreshmanMt. Kisco, N.Y.Kennedy Catholic

High School• Two-time all-county honoree (2008 and ’09) and four-time all-leaguehonoree at Kennedy Catholic High School• Lettered all four years in both cross country and track• Named team MVP in 2007 • Attended the Naval Academy Prep School for one year upon gradu-ating from Kennedy Catholic in 2010

Personal• Daughter of Francis and Tammie• Born March 31, 1992• Brother, Luke, is a 2011 graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy

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PAIGEMILLERFreshmanMaineville, OhioKings

High School• Ran varsity cross country and track for all four years and earnedthree letters in indoor track at Kings High School• Three-time All-Ohio academic honoree• Qualified for the cross country state championship all four years• Named cross country team captain as a junior and senior

Personal• Daughter of Chris and Deanna• Born Dec. 16, 1992

TORIOVERTONFreshmanCheboygan, Mich.Cheboygan Area

High School• Four-time all-area selection in both cross country and track atCheboygan Area High School• Garnered all-region honors in cross country and track and was athree-time MVP of both the cross country and track teams• Named captain of the cross country and track teams as a senior

Personal• Daughter of Michael and Lynn• Born May 14, 1993

MADELINEZELLFreshmanSeverna Park, Md.Severna Park

High School• Four-time varsity letterwinner in outdoor track and two-time letter-winner in indoor track at Severna Park High School• Part of the 4x800 relay team that won the county and regional titlesand placed sixth in the state in 2010 and ’11 • Recipient of four varsity letters in outdoor track and two in indoortrack

Personal• Daughter of Bradley and Eileen• Born July 16, 1993• Father, Bradley, is a 1979 graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy

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Lehigh InvitationalSept. 3, 2010 • Bethlahem, Pa. • 6,000M9 teams, 104 runners competed1. Navy 1 7 8 9 12 17 19 -- 37Navy Top-Seven Runners1. Jess Palacio 21:35.87. Mollie Hebda 22:49.48. Rachael Honrath 22:50.19. Brigid Byrne 22:50.912. Liz Milewski 23:02.817. Zatha Loewen 23:37.519. Katie Taylor 23:39.0Top-Five Average: 23:26 Top-Five Spread: 1:27

Harry Groves InvitationalSept. 11, 2010 • University Park, Pa. • 6,000M14 teams, 179 runners competed5. Navy 6 27 34 38 43 48 54 -- 148Navy Top-Seven Runners6. Jess Palacio 21:08.227. Rachael Honrath 22:07.037. Mollie Hebda 22:30.941. Brigid Byrne 22:38.951. Zatha Loewen 23:00.658. Liz Milewski 23:09.865. Jacqueline Blackburn 23:09.8Top-Five Average: 22:17 Top-Five Spread: 1:52.4

Salty Dog InvitationalSept. 18, 2010 • Annapolis, Md. • 6,000M9 teams, 115 runners competed3. Navy 1 14 19 26 27 30 35 -- 87Navy Top-Seven Runners1. Jess Palacio 21:48.614. Rachael Honrath 23:23.319. Brigid Byrne 23:36.326. Mollie Hebda 23:54.727. Jacqueline Blackburn 23:56.830. Bethany Rahall 24:11.035. Zatha Loewen 24:20.4Top-Five Average: 23:20 Top-Five Spread: 2:08.2

Roy Griak InvitationalSept. 25, 2010 • Falcon Heights, Minn. • 6,000M29 teams, 300 runners competed24. Navy 116 137 153 158 164 174 183 -- 728Navy Top-Seven Runners121. Brigid Byrne 23:02.6163. Zatha Loewen 23:35.7194. Bethany Rahall 24:00.2203. Jacqueline Blackburn 24:07.0213. Liz Milewski 24:17.2230. Annie Barry 24:40.4249. Ellie Webster 25:02.2Top-Five Average: 23:48 Top-Five Spread: 1:14.2

Great American Cross Country FestivalOct. 1, 2010 • Cary, N.C. • 5,000M11 teams, 100 runners competed1. Navy 1 7 9 10 12 14 17 -- 39Navy Top-Seven Runners1. Jess Palacio 17:35.17. Brigid Byrne 18:49.09. Mollie Hebda 18:56.810. Zatha Loewen 18:57.312. Jacqueline Blackburn 19:08.914. Bethany Rahall 19:16.017. Annie Barry 19:31.2Top-Five Average: 18:41.5 Top-Five Spread: 1:34.2

Army-Star MeetOct. 16, 2010 • Annapolis, Md. • 6,000M1. Army 2 3 6 7 8 12 14 -- 262. Navy 1 4 5 9 10 11 13 -- 29Navy Top-Seven Runners1. Jess Palacio 22:30.44. Brigid Byrne 23:43.55. Bethany Rahall 23:45.99. Zatha Loewen 24:02.510. Mollie Hebda 24:02.811. Liz Milewski 24:04.813. Jacqueline Blackburn 24:11.9Top-Five Average: 23:37.3 Top-Five Spread: 1:32.4

Patriot League ChampionshipOct. 30, 2010 • Easton, Pa. • 6,000M8 teams, 87 runners competed4. Navy 3 23 24 26 33 36 37 -- 109Navy Top-Seven Runners3. Jess Palacio 20:1323. Brigid Byrne 21:3424. Liz Milewski 21:3526. Rachael Honrath 21:4033. Mollie Hebda 21:5136. Bethany Rahall 21:5637. Zatha Loewen 21:57Top-Five Average: 21:22 Top-Five Spread: 1:38

NCAA Mid-Atlantic Region ChampionshipNov. 13, 2010 • University Park, Pa. • 6,000M29 teams, 204 runners competed10. Navy 21 60 72 87 89 120 129 -- 329Navy Top-Seven Runners21. Jess Palacio 21:1060. Brigid Byrne 22:1872. Bethany Rahall 22:3987. Liz Milewski 22:5089. Rachael Honrath 22:52120. Jacqueline Blackburn 23:28129. Zatha Loewen 23:35Top-Five Average: 22:21 Top-Five Spread: 1:42

2010 MEET-BY-MEET RESULTS

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BKaitlin Baker 2006Mary Balch 1983-86Karen Barker 1988-89Allison Barlow 2003-06Annie Barry 2009Jade Baum 2006Amy Baxter 1997-00Amy Beauman 1991Arwyn Becker 2004, 07Jessica Berlowski 1994-95Anna Bernal 2007-09Brittney Boucher 2007Jacqueline Blackburn 2010Yvonne Bressler 1983Rebecca Bryan 1997Sara Burk 1986Sarah Burns 2009Laura Bush 1985-86Brigid Byrne 2009

CKatie Calhoun 2009Maureen Carr 1999-02Emily Castro 2003-06Zoe Cawlfield 1994-97Jill Cesari 1992, 95Rebecca Cline 1996-97Amy Colvin 1987-89Sara Colvin 1987-89Kelley Conjelko 1991-92Nora Connelly 1990-92April Cooper 1988Patricia Corsello 1985Sarah Crouse 1991-93Candi Cunningham 1990-91, 93

DJeanne Daffron 1995-96Nancy Daigler 1985Jennifer Day 2002Erin Demchko 2003-06Gina DiPiero 2002-03, 05Amy Donovan 1983-86

Maureen Dooley 2006-08

FMaria Filonczuk 1986-89Elizabeth Fitzpatrick 1998-90Kathryn Fitzpatrick 1987-88, 90Sherri Flohr 2002Melissa Foon 1997-00Mary Forehand 1983Gridska Forrest 1997

GJoanna Garciz 1991Sophia Garcia 1998Lexa Gass 2007-09Erika Gompers 1991Kathryn Graves 1990-91Jennifer Graves 1991Lagena Gray 1993-94, 96Stefani Green 1983-84

HCaitlyn Harrington 2006Jackie Hayes 1995-98Mollie Hebda 2010Laura Herath 1990-93Cheryl Herrick 1990Dawn Hillman 1985, 87-88Nancy Honan 1983-84Rachael Honrath 2010Julia House 1992

JNaomi Jackson 1993-95Andria Johnson 1993Juliann Jordan 2006

KNicole Kauzlarich 2009Lori Kelley 1992-95Kristyn Kern 2001, 04 Erica Kolsch 1996Wendy Krom 1983

LMichaele LaForge 1983-84, 86Emily Lai 1985-86Almdale Laura 1993Tanya Lehmann 1994-97Zatha Loewen 2010

MColleen Maloney 2003Kim Marks 1987Marina McGrail 2008Kimberly McGreevy 1993-94Susan McGrill 1983-84Liz Milewski 2010Kyleigh Millhouse 2004-07Michelle Montgomery 1990-93Vicki Moore 2005-07Maureen Moroney 1995Kristine Mun 2008

NErin Neumann 2010Sarah Newport 2004Christine Niebuhr 1991

ONancy Olson 1991-94Erin O'Marr 1998-99Kathleen O’Neill 1984, 86Kerry O’Neill 1990-92

PJess Palacio 2008, 10Sunita Pandya 1984Stephanie Patterson 2000-03Amy Pavlock 1991Ingrid Peterson 1998-00Lisa Procaccini 1999-02

QSarah Quimby 1991-92

RBethany Rahall 2008, 10

Katie Rentz 2007-09Patricia Restrepo 1995Susan Richardson 2006Brauna Rosenberg 1990Jenny Rubin 2007-08SErica Sahler 1983-85Kayla Sax 2008Suzanne Sclafani 1996, 98Jennifer Scott 1988Martha Shue 1988-90Sandra Smith 1997-00Susie Stewart 1988, 90-91Melanie Stock 1998-01

TChristine Taranto 2003-04Tina Terry 2002

VKelly VanDyke 1988-89Jolene Vanyo 1996, 98-99

WJanet Walters 1983-85Sara Waters 2001Amy Watson 2007-09Anne Watt 1984, 86Regina Ware 1997Shevaun Webster 1985-86Justine Whipple 2003-06Abby Wilder 2000-01Aletha Williams 1990, 92-93Ana Wilson 1997-98Katherine Wirtz 2007-08Carol Womack 1985, 88

YRobin Young 1984

ZErica Ziel 2007-09

ALL TIME LETTERWINNERS

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Year Record Pct. Home Pct. vs. Army Site Head Coach Captain(s)1983 3-3 .500 1-2 .333 n/a n/a Maj. Rocky Rosacker, USMC Mary Forehand1984 8-0 1.000 8-0 1.000 n/a n/a Barbara Lawson Nancy Honan1985 6-1 .857 3-1 .750 n/a n/a Barbara Lawson Erica Sahler1986 6-1 .857 5-1 .833 L, 27-29 Navy Barbara Lawson Mary Balch1987 5-2 .714 5-1 .833 L, 24-31 Army Karen Boyle Anne Watt1988 6-0 1.000 6-0 1.000 W, 23-34 Navy Karen Boyle Dawn Hillman1989 5-0 1.000 2-0 1.000 W, 16-45 Army Karen Boyle Maria Filonczuk1990 4-0 1.000 4-0 1.000 W, 15-46 Navy Karen Boyle Kathryn Fitzpatrick1991 4-2 .667 3-0 1.000 W, 23-36 Army Karen Boyle Susie Stewart1992 6-0 1.000 4-0 1.000 W, 17-45 Navy Karen Boyle Kerry O’Neill1993 10-1 .909 9-1 .900 W, 20-43 Army Karen Boyle Michelle Montgomery1994 7-1 .875 4-0 1.000 W, 23-38 Navy Karen Boyle Nancy Olson1995 5-3 .625 2-2 .500 W, 25-34 Navy Karen Boyle Lori Kelley1996 5-0 1.000 4-0 1.000 W, 27-28 Army Karen Boyle Maureen Moroney1997 9-2 .818 3-0 1.000 L, 23-34 Army Karen Boyle Zoe Cawlfield1998 6-0 1.000 4-0 1.000 W, 21-36 Navy Karen Boyle Jackie Hayes1999 5-1 .833 5-0 1.000 L, 20-42 Army Karen Boyle Erin O’Marr2000 6-0 1.000 6-0 1.000 W, 20-41 Navy Karen Boyle Amy Baxter2001 5-1 .833 5-0 1.000 L, 19-40 Army Karen Boyle Melanie Stock2002 0-2 .000 0-1 .000 L, 26-29 Navy Karen Boyle Lisa Procaccini2003 3-2 .600 1-1 .500 L, 18-41 Army Karen Boyle Colleen Maloney2004 4-1 .800 0-1 .000 L, 25-30 Navy Karen Boyle Kristyn Kern2005 6-1 .857 6-0 1.000 L, 20-41 Army Karen Boyle Gina DiPiero2006 5-0 1.000 1-0 1.000 W, 21-38 Navy Karen Boyle Erin Demchko2007 4-0 1.000 0-0 --- W, 23-38 Army Karen Boyle Kyleigh Millhouse2008 7-0 1.000 1-0 1.000 W, 15-48 Navy Karen Boyle Katherine Wirtz2009 5-1 .833 0-0 --- L, 24-31 Army Karen Boyle Erica Ziel2010 0-1 .000 0-1 .000 L, 26-29 Navy Karen Boyle Katie RentzTotals 145-26 .848 92-12 .885 Navy, 14-11 --- ---

YEAR-BY-YEAR HISTORY/ALL-TIME RECORDS

All-Time Top-10 Times on theUSNA Cross Country Course (6K)

Pl. Name School Time Year1. Keira Carlstrom American 21.45.11 20042. Melissa Foon Navy 21:50.1 20003. Tarah McKay Louisville 21:52 20074. Emily Borsare Louisville 21:56 20075. Meghan Braffet Maryland 22:05 20076. Justine Whipple Navy 22:15.13 20067. Kylee Schuler Richmond 22:16 20078. Katie Rentz Navy 22:17 20089. Jess Palacio Navy 22:19 200810. Amy Van Alstine Richmond 22:23 2007Includes times through the 2009 season as the course was redesigned in 2010 and again in ‘11

All-Time Navy Top-10 Times on theUSNA Cross Country Course (6K)

Pl. Name Time Year1. Melissa Foon 21:50.1 20002. Justine Whipple 22:15.13 20063. Katie Rentz 22:17 20084. Jess Palacio 22:19 20085. Erica Ziel 22:24 20086. Amy Watson 22:26 2008

Marina McGrail 22:26 20088. Lexa Gass 22:29 20089. Maureen Dooley 22:46 200810. Arwyn Becker 22:47 2007

Kristine Mun 22:47 2008Includes times through the 2009 season as the course was redesigned in 2010 and again in ‘11 Melissa Foon

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Year Navy Finish Team Champion Top Navy Finisher2003 3rd American Emily Castro (5th)2004 2nd Army Emily Castro (3rd)2005 5th Bucknell Justine Whipple (3rd)2006 2nd Bucknell Justine Whipple (3rd)2007 T-1st Navy & Bucknell Amy Watson (5th)2008 1st Navy Amy Watson (1st)2009 3rd Bucknell Brigid Byrne (9th)2010 4th Colgate Jess Palacio (3rd)

First-Team All-Patriot League2003 Emily Castro, Allison Barlow2004 Emily Castro, Christine Taranto2005 Justine Whipple2006 Justine Whipple, Emily Castro2007 Amy Watson2008 Amy Watson, Marina McGrail, Jess Palacio, Katie Rentz2010 Jess Palacio

Second-Team All-Patriot League2003 Stephanie Patterson2004 Kyleigh Millhouse2007 Kyleigh Millhouse, Arwyn Becker, Lexa Gass2008 Anna Bernal, Maureen Dooley, Lexa Gass2009 Brigid Byrne

Patriot League Coach of the Year2007 Karen Boyle2008 Karen Boyle

Patriot League Rookie of the Year2004 Kyleigh Millhouse2009 Brigid Byrne

PATRIOT LEAGUE HISTORY

Justine Whipple

Emily Castro

Amy Watson

2008 Patriot League Champions

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Paul KostacopoulosBaseball

Ed DeChellisMen’s Basketball

Stefanie PemperWomen’s Basketball

Rick ClothierMen’s Heavyweight Crew

Steve PerryMen’s Lightweight Crew

Mike HughesWomen’s Crew

Al CantelloMen’s Cross Country

Karen BoyleWomen’s Cross Country

Joe SurianoDiving

Ken NiumataloloFootball

Pat OwenGolf

Dr. Sho FukushimaGymnastics

Rick SowellMen’s Lacrosse

Cindy TimchalWomen’s Lacrosse

Bill KelleyRifle

Ian BurmanIntercollegiate Sailing

Jahn TihanskyOffshore Sailing

Dave BrandtMen’s Soccer

Carin GabarraWomen’s Soccer

Maj. Mitch MaurySprint Football

Craig DawsonSquash

Bill RobertsMen’s Swimming

John MorrisonWomen’s Swimming

John OfficerMen’s Tennis

Keith PuryearWomen’s Tennis

Steve CookseyMen’s Track & Field

Carla CristeWomen’s Track & Field

Larry BockVolleyball

Mike SchofieldWater Polo

Bruce BennettWrestling

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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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In his 10 years as Director of Athletics,Chet Gladchuk has overseen a renaissance ofthe Naval Academy athletic program. His admin-istrative leadership has helped lead the programto one of the most successful periods in schoolhistory.

In 2010-11, Navy won 63 percent of its con-tests and claimed the overall series against Armyfor the 18th time in the last 19 years. Navy pro-duced nine All-Americans, 11 conference ath-letes of the year, nine conference coaches of theyear and 11 conference championships.

The Mids also excelled in the classroom,ranking No. 4 in the country in graduation ratefor student-athletes (among Football Bowl Subdi-vision schools) and all 24 of Navy’s NCAA spon-sored varsity sports rank above the nationalaverage in the Academic Progress Report, in-cluding five teams with perfect scores. Navy hadfive Academic All-Americans, four Patriot LeagueScholar Athletes of the Year and an NCAA Post-graduate Scholarship winner. Six of the top 15Naval Academy graduates and 28 of the top 100graduates in the Class of 2011 were involvedwith varsity or club athletics.

The football team had another successfulseason in 2010, posting a 9-4 record and playingin a school-record eighth-consecutive bowlgame. The Mids beat Army for a series-record ninth-consecutive year anddefeated Notre Dame for the third time in four seasons.

Other teams who flourished in 2010-11 included the women’s basket-ball team winning the Patriot League Championship and advancing to theNCAA Tournament for the first time in school history; the rifle team placedseventh at the NCAA Championship; the women’s lacrosse team ad-vanced to the NCAA Tournament for the second-straight season; intercol-legiate sailing placed ninth at the ICSA Nationals; the baseball team wonthe Patriot League Regular Season and Tournament titles and participatedin the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2002; while the water polo,men’s cross country, men’s swimming & diving, men’s indoor track & field,women’s indoor track & field and women’s rowing all won conference titles.

Gladchuk’s efforts have been recognized on a national level as well,as the Division IA Athletic Directors Association named him the 2005Bobby Dodd Athletic Director of the Year. The award is presented in recog-nition of an athletic director’s support and commitment toward the suc-cessful advancement of the department, most specifically in the sport offootball. Additionally, he was recognized by the Secretary of the Navy forhis contributions and service to the Navy and the Naval Academy with theSuperior Public Service Award to the Department of the Navy.

Gladchuk has been able to parlay Navy’s athletic success into an ex-clusive television deal with CBS ports Network that has increased Navy’stelevision exposure both in the United States and internationally. CBSSports Network, the first 24-hour college sports network, televises everyNavy home and select neutral site football games (excluding Notre Dameand Army which are televised nationally by CBS), as well as other Midship-men men's and women's athletic events, original programming and docu-mentaries centered on the storied Navy athletic program. The long-term,multi-media agreement includes internet streaming, broadband and video-on-demand rights and high definition rights. A major part of the agreementwas that all home football games would be played on Saturday for the con-venience of the Navy alumni. Navy sports are seen all over the world withthe international distribution of Navy programming, especially to the troopsserving abroad. Navy’s contract with CBS Sports Network runs through2018.

Gladchuk has also added radio giants WBAL (1090 AM) in Baltimore

and WFED (1500 AM, 1050 AM, 820 AM) inWashington D.C./Northern Virginia to Navy’sradio network.

WBAL Radio, which is also the home ofthe Ravens, is Maryland's dominant and mostpowerful radio station. Since 1925, generationsof Marylanders have turned to WBAL Radio fornews, weather, thought-provoking discussionsand sports. As Maryland's only 50,000-watt AMstation, WBAL's signal travels substantially fur-ther than any other station in the state.

WFED Radio, which is also the home ofthe Washington Nationals, is a 50,000-watt sta-tion that will air a minimum of 10 regular-seasonfootball games. WFED is your source for fed-eral news covering both the Federal Govern-ment and those who do business with thegovernment.

Since being introduced as the Academy's28th Director of Athletics on Sept. 4, 2001, Glad-chuk has pressed forward on numerous frontswith energy and vision. From the hiring of PaulJohnson and Ken Niumatalolo as head footballcoaches to the renovation of Navy-Marine CorpsMemorial Stadium, Gladchuk has made im-provements in several key areas that will provemore success on the athletic fields for years tocome. Recent head coaching hires such as Bill

Roberts in men’s swimming, John Morrison in women’s swimming, PaulKostacopoulos in baseball, Keith Puryear in women’s tennis, Cindy Tim-chal, the all-time winningest women’s lacrosse coach in NCAA history, Ste-fanie Pemper, one of the all-time winningest Division III women’sbasketball coaches, Dave Brandt, the all-time winningest soccer coach inNCAA history, Larry Bock, the all-time winningest coach in collegiate vol-leyball history, Ed DeChellis, the 2009 Big Ten Basketball Coach of theYear at Penn State, and Rick Sowell, who was a two-time America EastCoach of the Year.

During Gladchuk’s tenure at the Naval Academy, he has seen theMidshipmen win 75 conference titles, produce 137 All-Americans and 48Academic All-Americans.

Gladchuk has also worked tirelessly to bring back school spirit, work-ing in conjunction with school officials to encourage midshipmen to attendevents for all sports.

He has embraced the local community and alumni base, and is anoften-requested speaker, visiting areas all over the country as he sharesthe vision of the Naval Academy and the Naval Academy Athletic Associa-tion.

Gladchuk’s biggest impact on the Naval Academy has been the $42million renovation of Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium where underhis leadership the stadium was completely refurbished over a four-yeartime frame. The addition of 6,500 permanent seats on the sidelines and inthe end zones, 32 luxury boxes, dropping the field eight feet and movingthe sidelines closer, two video scoreboards, a memorial plaza, upgradedrestroom and concession areas, a perimeter walking path, new lighting, anew sound system, landscaping the grounds and storm water manage-ment highlight the list of renovations. Gladchuk has worked closely withthe city, county, state and neighborhood associations to ensure propercommunication and sensitivity to issues that benefit both the NAAA andcommunity at large. The NAAA was awarded the Green Star award by for-mer Annapolis Mayor Ellen Moyer for commitment to the environment dur-ing the ongoing renovation of Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium.

Gladchuk and the NAAA have also teamed up with the Naval Acad-emy Foundation to raise over $75 million in private giving for facilities suchas the Brigade Sports Complex (hockey and tennis), Max Bishop Stadium

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(baseball), varsity squash courts, various team locker rooms and a number of prac-tice facilities.

Other highlights during Gladchuk’s tenure at the Naval Academy include therecent renegotiation of the Army-Navy contract which resulted in over $46 million tothe two schools over the next eight years, scheduling Maryland, Notre Dame, OhioState and Army at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore to promote Navy football in thecommunity, negotiating the extension of the Navy-Notre Dame football game televi-sion contract with CBS through 2018 and negotiating bowl deals with the Houston,Emerald, Poinsettia, Meineke Car Care, EagleBank, Texas, Armed Forces and Mili-tary Bowls.

Gladchuk is heavily involved with NCAA and Patriot League committees. Herecently was selected to serve on the NCAA Leadership Council, which is one of thehighest NCAA appointments an athletic director can realize. The council helps setthe Division I legislative agenda and advises the NCAA regarding major legislativeissues being considered. The primary responsibility of the council is to identifythose issues on the horizon that can impact Division I and intercollegiate athleticsas a whole and spends much of its time planning for the future of Division I andhelps set the course for the future. Gladchuk is also on the NACDA (National Asso-ciation of Collegiate Athletic Directors) Executive Committee and has served as theChairman of the Executive Committee in the Patriot League and a member of theNCAA Olympic Sport Liaison Committee.

Gladchuk came to the Naval Academy from the University of Houston, wherehe had been the Director of Athletics since July 18, 1997. Recognized as one of thenation’s top leaders in intercollegiate athletics management, he guided the Cougarsto 19 Conference USA Championships, while making significant strides in the aca-demic success of their student-athletes, gender equity and fiscal management.

Before Houston, Gladchuk was the Director of Intercollegiate Athletics, Intra-murals and Recreation for seven years at his alma mater, Boston College. UnderGladchuk, Boston College emerged as one of the NCAA’s elite programs of the1990s winning numerous Big East and NCAA Championships. The school’s gradua-tion rate for all student-athletes was over 90 percent and the Eagles won the Col-lege Football Association’s Academic Achievement Award for the highest graduationrates among all Division I schools in three of his last five years at Boston College.Gladchuk led the Alumni Stadium expansion effort, which resulted in a $35 millionimprovement to the football stadium.

Prior to rejoining Boston College, Gladchuk served as AD at Tulane Universityfrom 1987-90. During his tenure, he directed the reinstatement of the Green Wavebasketball program to Division I status. In addition, he oversaw the construction ofnew facilities for the athletics administration as well as baseball, track and field andtennis teams after a $25 million athletics campaign was successfully completed.

From 1985-87, he served as Associate AD at Syracuse University, heading op-erations, NCAA compliance, financial aid and facility operations.

Gladchuk lettered in football at Boston College and graduated with honors inbusiness management in 1973. He earned a master’s in sports administration fromthe University of Massachusetts-Amherst in 1974, where he began his career in in-tercollegiate athletics, including serving for seven years as Director of GeneralPhysical Education, Assistant and Associate Athletic Director for the university. Healso has served as Director of Athletics and head football coach for the New Hamp-ton (Prep) School in New Hampshire prior to leaving for UMass.

He and his wife, Kathy, have four children: John, a graduate of Loyola Mary-mount; Katie, a graduate of Boston College; Christie, a graduate of Trinity and Julie,a graduate of the University of North Carolina.

2010-11 Navy Athletics:A Year In Review

Overall Record301-174-8 (.631)

N-Star Record vs. Army11-11 (.500)

Overall Record vs. Army17-15 (.5531)

No. 4 in the Countryin Graduation Rate

9 All-Americans

11 Conference Championships

5 Academic All-Americans

9 Conference Coaches of the Year

National Honors* Football finished 36th in the nation in the final Associ-

ated Press college football poll and played in an eighth-straight bowl game.

* Water polo finished the season ranked 15th in the Col-legiate Water Polo Association Poll.

* Offshore sailing won the McMillan Cup, the big-boatnational championship for the New England and Mid-Atlantic districts.

* Wrestling finished 37th at the NCAA Championship.

* The women’s basketball team competed in the NCAATournament for the first time in program history.

* The men’s swimming & diving team qualified threeMidshipmen for the NCAA Championship.

* Rifle placed seventh at the NCAA Rifle Championship.

* Men’s gymnastics qualified two Midshipmen for theNCAA Championship.

* Women’s lacrosse advanced to the NCAA Tournamentfor a second-consecutive season.

* Intercollegiate sailing placed ninth at ICSA Nationals.

* Baseball earned its first trip to the NCAA Tournamentsince 2002 and made its ninth appearance in programhistory in the national tournament.

Harris Laning 1895 1910-12Arthur P. Fairchild ’01 1912-15Charles Earle Smith ’03 1915-17William F. Halsey Jr. ’04 1917-18Douglas L. Howard ’06 1918-23Byron McCandless ’05 1923-25Jonas H. Ingram ’07 1925-30Henry D. Cook Jr. ’03 1930-31John W. Wilcox Jr. ’05 1931-34Robert C. Giffen ’07 1934-37Ernest W. McKee ’08 1937-40Thomas S. King II ’11 1940-42Harvey E. Overesch ’15 1942Lyman S. Perry ’20 1942-43

John E. Whelchel ’20 1943-44Harles O. Humphreys ’22 1944-46Edmund B. Taylor ’25 1946-48Thomas J. Hamilton ’27 1948Henry H. Caldwell ’27 1949-51Ian C. Eddy ’30 1951-54Charles Elliott Loughlin ’33 1954-57Slade Cutter ’35 1957-59Asbury Coward ’38 1959-62William S. Busik ’43 1962-65Alan R. Cameron ’44 1965-68J. O. Coppedge ’47 1968-88Jack Lengyel 1988-2001Chet Gladchuk 2001-present

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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

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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).

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The men and women of the United States Naval Academyhave committed themselves to the service of our nation.During their four years in Annapolis, the Midshipmendemonstrate their willingness to give by taking part in sev-eral community service events.

From outreach opportunities such as autograph sessionsfollowing athletic events, to working with underprivilegedyouths, the student-athletes at Navy give back to the areathey call home during their college years.

The following are a few examples of community serviceopportunities performed by the men and women of Navyathletics during the 2010-11 academic year.

FOOTBALLWhile in San Diego, Calif., prior to the Poinsettia Bowl,several members of the football team attended a Make-A-Wish Foundation event where players and coaches spenttime with the kids and their families. The bowl game andMake-A-Wish Foundation of San Diego benefit from astrong partnership as more than 500 members of “WishFamilies”, including wish children, their parents andsiblings, attended the game as special guests.

Seniors Andre Byrd and Ricky Dobbs took time tospeak with students at several area schools. Byrd ad-dressed students at Mount St. Joseph High School inBaltimore where he talked about the obstacles heovercame in his life to become a midshipman and amember of the Navy football team.

As he did throughout his career, Dobbs continued tomake several appearances at local schools last year,explaining the importance of doing your best inschool and following your dreams.

The team also continued the tradition of inviting illand special needs children and their families topractices.

MEN’S & WOMEN’S BASKETBALLBoth the men’s and women’s teams combined tohold free skills clinics for local youths. Assistantcoaches and players from both teams provided instruc-tion to over 200 kids from the Annapolis area.

The Navy men’s basketball team was out in full force, vol-unteering for the 2011 Maryland Special Olympics andthen providing area youth with a skills clinic. The teamhas done a number of community-service events in thepast, whether it’s conducting free camps, volunteering forthe Special Olympics or speaking to groups of localyouth.

Members of the men's basketball team also volunteeredtheir time at the St. John's Episcopal School's Field Day,playing basketball with many of the youth and setting updrills and contests for the kids.

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WOMEN’S LACROSSETwenty-one members of the women's lacrosse programconducted a lacrosse clinic at the all-girls Excel Acad-emy in Washington, D.C. The Mids taught the childrenbasic lacrosse skills and also organized drills, relayraces and informal games.

WOMEN’S SOCCERNavy women's soccer players Jessica Grupp, KatieKelly, Alexes Lopez-Shaw and Ashlynn Soellner volun-teered at a youth soccer clinic at the Excel Academy,an all-girls school in Washington, D.C. The AthletesFor Hope organization helped coordinate the event,which was for first and second grade girls.

SWIMMING & DIVINGThe swimming and diving teams continued their tradi-tion of offering free learn-to-swim lessons to anyonein Lejeune Hall during the spring.

BASEBALLThe baseball team continued its strong relationship

with a local child with a brain tumor through the Friends ofJaclyn Organization. The child has been a fixture at Navyhome games for the past two seasons as the team hastaken an even more active role in his and his family’slives. The team and coaches routinely spend time withhim away from the field, attend movies and support him athis band concerts.

MEN’S TENNISThe men’s tennis team again made its annual visit to theMaliVai Washington Kids Foundation, which provides anathletic and educational after school outlet for youths inthe Jacksonville, Fla., area. The Mids first participated in aquestion-and-answer session with the youths before hit-ting the tennis courts for some instruction and competi-tion. As a tradition each time Navy visits, every time ayouth defeats a Mid, the Navy player has to immediatelydo 10 pushups.

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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.

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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

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

�� David Hall, Men’s GolfRookie of the Year

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

Patriot League Tournament Most Valuable Player

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

Patriot League Tournament MVP

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

�� Nick Birger, Men’s TennisOverall Patriot League

Scholar-Athlete of the Year

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