Season In Reviews
Program Highlights from the 2007-08 Season in Review
Overall Record:
315-157-7 (.665)
Army-Navy Record:
17-13 (.567)
Navy won the overall series for the third-straight year
Army-Navy Star Record:
15-7 (.682)
Navy won the overall series for the 12th-straight year
All-Americans (27)
*MIDN 1/C Aaron Recko, Second-Team All-American in water polo
*MIDN 2/C Mike Mulvey, Honorable Mention All-American in water polo
*MIDN 1/C Ed Prendergast, First-Team All-American in wrestling
*MIDN 1/C Matt Stolpinski, First-Team All-American in wrestling
*MIDN 2/C Joe Baker, First-Team All-American in wrestling
*MIDN 1/C Greg Sprink, Associated Press Honorable Mention All-American and Mid-Major All-American by collegehoops.net in men's basketball
*MIDN 1/C Josh Albright, First-Team All-American in smallbore rifle
*MIDN 2/C Lisa Kunzelman, First-Team All-American in air rifle
*MIDN 3/C Thuy-Mi Dinh, Mid-Major All-American by CollegeSwimming.com
*MIDN 4/C Erik Hunter, Honorable Mention Mid-Major All-American by CollegeSwimming.com
*MIDN 3/C Adam Meyer, Honorable Mention Mid-Major All-American by CollegeSwimming.com
*MIDN 3/C Tara Chapman, Honorable Mention Mid-Major All-American by CollegeSwimming.com
*MIDN 4/C Allison Ranzau, Honorable Mention Mid-Major All-American by CollegeSwimming.com
*MIDN 2/C Kelly Zahalka, Honorable Mention Mid-Major All-American by CollegeSwimming.com
*MIDN 1/C Tucker George, First-Team All-American in squash
*MIDN 2/C Adam Stanton, USAG Collegiate Division All-American in men's gymnastics
*MIDN 2/C Joseph Atzenbeck, USAG Collegiate Division All-American in men's gymnastics
*MIDN 4/C Dylan Parrott, USAG Collegiate Division All-American in men's gymnastics
*MIDN 1/C Isaac Olson, USAG Collegiate Division All-American in men's gymnastics
*MIDN 1/C Brandon Cook, USAG Collegiate Division All-American in men's gymnastics
*MIDN 1/C Christopher Tam, USAG Collegiate Division All-American in men's gymnastics
*MIDN 4/C Grant Waldron, USAG Collegiate Division All-American in men's gymnastics
*MIDN 1/C Jordan DiNola, Second-Team All-American in men's lacrosse
*MIDN 1/C Nick Mirabito, Honorable Mention All-American in men's lacrosse
*MIDN 1/C Charlotte Hill, ICSA Crew All-American
*MIDN 1/C Kristen Sproat, ICSA Crew All-American
*MIDN 4/C Meg Decker, Freshman All-American by womenslacrosse.com
Academic All-Americans (6)
*MIDN 1/C Kari Weniger, First-Team Academic All-American in women's soccer
*MIDN 1/C Rachel Dougherty, Second-Team Academic All-American in women's volleyball
*MIDN 1/C Evan Barnes Third-Team Academic All-American in men's soccer
*MIDN 1/C Eric Gardiner First-Team Academic All-American in water polo
*MIDN 1/C Chris Renninger, First-Team Academic All-American in golf
*MIDN 2/C Kelly Zahalka, First-Team Academic All-American in women's swimming
Other Academic Awards (22)
*MIDN 1/C Rachel Dougherty, Patriot League Scholar-Athlete of the Year in women's volleyball
*MIDN 1/C John Kress, Patriot League Scholar-Athlete of the Year in men's cross country
*MIDN 2/C Kelly Zahalka, Patriot League Scholar-Athlete of the Year in women's swimming and diving
*MIDN 1/C Vicki Moore, Patriot League Scholar-Athlete of the Year in women's indoor track & field
*MIDN 1/C Vicki Moore, USA Today All-Academic Second Team
*MIDN 1/C Chris Renninger, Patriot League Scholar-Athlete of the Year in golf
*MIDN 3/C Kelsey Cellon, named a National Scholar Athlete by the Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association
*MIDN 2/C Kerry Hannon, named a National Scholar Athlete by the Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association
*MIDN 1/C Fiona McFarland, named a National Scholar Athlete by the Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association
*MIDN 1/C Catherine Ortman, named a National Scholar Athlete by the Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association
*MIDN 1/C Sarah Roberts, named a National Scholar Athlete by the Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association
*MIDN 2/C Megan Selbach Allen, named a National Scholar-Athlete by the Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association
*MIDN 1/C Vicki Moore, Patriot League Scholar-Athlete of the Year in women's outdoor track & field
*MIDN 1/C Vicki Moore of the women's track & field team, Class of 2008 Valedictorian
*MIDN 1/C Vicki Moore of the women's track & field team, NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship Award winner
*MIDN 1/C Eric Gardiner of the water polo team, NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship Award winner
*MIDN 1/C John Kress of the men's cross country team, USTFCCCA All-Academic Team
*MIDN 1/C John Olsen of the men's cross country team, USTFCCCA All- Academic Team
*Women's Cross Country team was named an All-Academic team by the USTFCCCA for posting a 3.28 cumulative GPA
*MIDN 1/C Spencer Manley of the wrestling team, National Wrestling Coaches Association All-Academic Team
*MIDN 1/C Matt Stolpinski of the wrestling team, National Wrestling Coaches Association All-Academic Team
*MIDN 1/C Dan Decker won the 2008 William H.G. FitzGerald Scholarship, named after the former Navy baseball standout who was a member of the Class of '31. Decker was ranked No. 1 in military order of merit in his class of 1,056, 31st in academic order of merit and graduated 10th in overall order of merit
Conference Athlete of the Year Awards (12)
*MIDN 1/C Aaron Recko, Eastern Player of the Year in water polo
*MIDN 2/C Mike Mulvey, Southern Division Player of the Year in water polo
*MIDN 2/C D.J. Green, CSFL Player of the Year in sprint football
*MIDN 2/C Jon Galinski, Patriot League Men's Diver of the Year
*MIDN 4/C Olaf Olson, Eastern Intercollegiate Swimming League Co-Diver of the Year
*MIDN 3/C Tara Chapmon, Patriot League Women's Swimmer of the Year
*MIDN 1/C Katie Griffin, Patriot League Women's Diver of the Year
*MIDN 1/C Greg Sprink, Patriot League Men's Basketball Player of the Year
*MIDN 1/C Ron Belany, Patriot League Field Athlete of the Meet in men's indoor track & field
*MIDN 1/C Jordan DiNola, Patriot League Defensive Player of the Year in men's lacrosse
*MIDN 1/C Erich Schoen, Patriot League Golfer of the Year
*MIDN 1/C Darryl Hunter, Patriot League Field Athlete of the Meet in men's outdoor track & field
National/Conference Coach of the Year (13)
*Mike Schofield, Eastern Water Polo Coach of the Year
*Karen Boyle, Patriot League Coach of the Year in women's cross country
*Joe Suriano, Patriot League Coach of the Year in men's and women's diving
*John Morrison, Patriot League Coach of the Year in women's swimming
*Billy Lange, Patriot League Coach of the Year in men's basketball
*Steve Cooksey, Patriot League Coach of the Year and USTFCCCA Mid-Atlantic Region Coach of the Year in men's indoor track & field
*Steve Cooksey, Patriot League Coach of the Year in men's outdoor track & field
*Sho Fukushima, NACGC Regional Coach of the Year in men's gymnastics
*Craig Holt, USAG Collegiate Division Assistant Coach of the Year in men's gymnastics
*Mike Hughes, Patriot League Coach of the Year in women's crew
*Nicky Stimpson, Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association Mid-Atlantic Region Assistant Coach of the Year in women's crew
*Pat Owen, Patriot League Coach of the Year in golf
*John Officer, Patriot League Coach of the Year in tennis
National/Conference Rookie of the Year Awards (6)
*MIDN 4/C Andrew Hanko, Patriot League Rookie of the Year in men's cross country
*MIDN 4/C Cassie Consedine, Patriot League Rookie of the Year in women's basketball
*MIDN 4/C Alex Buck, Patriot League Rookie of the Year in men's swimming & diving
*MIDN 4/C Ben Hayes, Patriot League Rookie of the Year in golf
*MIDN 4/C Owen Bullard, Patriot League Rookie of the Year in tennis
*MIDN 4/C Meg Decker, Laxpower.com National Rreshman of the Year in women's lacrosse
Conference Championships (12)
*Women's Soccer-Patriot League
*Water Polo-CWPA Eastern Division
*Women's Cross Country-Patriot League Co-Champions
*Sprint Football-CSFL Champions
*Men's Swimming & Diving-Patriot League
*Rifle-MAC
*Men's Indoor Track & Field-Patriot League
*Men's Lacrosse-Patriot League Co-Champions
*Men's Tennis-Patriot League
*Women's Crew-Patriot League
*Golf-Patriot League
*Men's Outdoor Track & Field-Patriot League
National Team Honors (15)
*Football team participated in a bowl game for a fifth-straight year and became the first team in NCAA history to lead the nation in rushing three straight years
*Women's Soccer team participated in the NCAA Tournament
*Water Polo finished third at the NCAA Championship
*Wrestling finished 18th at the NCAA Championship
*Squash finished 12th at the College Squash Association Team Championship
*Rifle finished seventh at the NCAA Championship
*Women's Lacrosse set the NCAA record for most wins by a first-year program with 13
*Men's Tennis team advanced to the NCAA Tournament for the secondconsecutive year
*Men's Lacrosse team advanced to the quarterfinals of the NCAA Tournament. Navy has made the NCAA Tournament five-consecutive years for the first time since making it 12-consecutive years from 1971-82
*Golf team qualified for the NCAA Championship for the 10th time in school history and for the fifth time under the direction of head coach Pat Owen
*Navy won the Patriot League Men's President's Cup for the first time in school history
*Intercollegiate Sailing team finished eighth in the team racing national championship
*Intercollegiate Women's Sailing team finished 11th at the national championship
*Heavyweight Crew finished 11th at the Intercollegiate Rowing Association National Championship
*Lightweight Crew finished second at the Intercollegiate Rowing Association National Championship
Major Award Winners (8)
*MIDN 1/C Evan Barnes won the inaugural Lowe's Senior CLASS Award for men's soccer.
*MIDN 1/C Zerbin Singleton won the FedEx Orange Bowl Courage Award and the Walt Disney World Spirit Award for football.
*MIDN 2/C Kelly Zahalka of the women's swimming team was selected as a Truman Scholar.
*MIDN 1/C Matt Stolpinski of the wrestling team was awarded the NAAA Sword for Men, which is presented to that man of the graduating class
who is considered by the Association's Athletic Council to have personally excelled in men's athletics during his years of varsity competition.
*MIDN 1/C Fiona McFarland of the women's crew team was awarded the Vice Admiral Lawrence Sword for Women, which is presented to that woman of the graduating class who is considered by the Association's Athletic Council to have personally excelled in women's athletics during her years of varsity competition.
*MIDN 1/C Zerbin Singleton of the football team was awarded the Thompson Trophy, which is presented to that midshipman, male or female, who has done the most during the year to promote athletics at the Naval Academy.
*MIDN 1/C Eric Gardiner was awarded the men's Coaches' Calvert Award, which is presented to that man in the graduating class who has persevered the most in his career.
*MIDN 1/C Aimee' Burns of the women's volleyball team was awarded the women's Coaches' Calvert Award, presented to that woman in the graduating class who has persevered the most in her career.
