Nov. 20, 2007

ANNAPOLIS, Md. -- Fresh off its 2007 Eastern Championship and second straight NCAA Tournament berth, several Mids were named to the CWPA All-South and All-East teams announced during the weekend. The Mids have won 19 games in a row and earned the school's 13th NCAA Tournament bid with a program-best 29-5 record.

The CWPA All-South teams were announced last Friday night, and four players were recognized on the two teams. Seniors Aaron Recko and George Naughton and junior Mike Mulvey were selected to the first team, while senior Tyler Hill was recognized as a second-team selection. Mulvey was voted as the Player of the Year. The CWPA All-East teams were then released on Sunday afternoon with Mulvey and Recko earning first-team recognition and Hill and Naughton being named to the second team. Recko was the Eastern Tournament MVP for the second straight season and head coach Mike Schofield was named Coach of the Year.

Recko, a San Antonio, Texas, native, has had a phenomenal year, ranking first on the team in goals with 73, which is good for ninth on the Navy single-season list. He has 86 points on the season (73 g, 13 a) for 211 career points (169 g, 42 a). He tallied a career-high seven points in the CWPA South title game against Johns Hopkins, then scored 11 goals in the three wins during the Eastern Tournament. Recko was a third-team All-American last year and also earned Southern Division MVP and Eastern Tournament MVP accolades in 2006.

Mulvey, a junior from Carlsbad, Calif., has 94 points (72 g, 22 a) on the season, ranking 10th on the Navy single-season goals scored list. He currently has 204 career points (140 g, 64 a) and needs six points to become the 12th Navy player to score 100 points in a season. He has scored 176 points since the start of last year and a pace similar to that next year will give him close to 300 career points. Only five players in Navy school history have scored 300 points.

Naughton, a senior goalkeeper from Deerfield Beach, Fla., is having the finest statistical season for a Navy goalkeeper in school history. He has made 311 saves this season, second on the all-time list, and has stopped a school-record 778 career shots. He tied a school record with 20 saves in the CWPA Eastern Tournament finals against St. Francis (N.Y.) last Sunday. In 2006, Naughton was named an Honorable Mention All-American and earned a spot on the first-team CWPA Eastern All-Tournament and first-team All-Southern Division teams.

Hill, a senior from Houston, Texas, earned first-team All-Southern Division honors and second-team All-Eastern accolades after a strong defensive season. Despite scoring just 15 goals on the season, Hill was instrumental in Navy's defensive effort. He guided a defense that held foes to just 13 goals in three Eastern Tournament games and limited its foes to score just 7.1 goals per game all season long, a total that ranks in the top eight nationally.

The Mids will head to their 13th NCAA Tournament in Palo Alto, Calif., on Dec. 1-2. Pairings for the tournament will be announced Sunday, Nov. 25, at 10:30 pm (ET) on CSTV.

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