Tag: USNA
Army Navy 2011 Video
On Saturday, Army lost their tenth straight game to the Navy Midshipmen at Fedex Field in Landover, Maryland. The video below contains some pre-game ceremonies, some game action and just some sights around the field. Were you there? Do you have any photos to share or a memory? Please leave a comment!
Navy’s Win Over Army Closes A Decade Of Dominance (PHOTOS)
On Saturday, Navy defeated Army for the tenth time in the past ten years. The game was a lot closer than games in the past, but in the end, thanks to two field goals in the fourth quarter by Seinor Jon Teague, the Navy Midshipmen defeated Army’s Black Knights by a score of 27-21. This [...]
Navy Gets Their Groove Back (PHOTOS)
After a seemingly endless losing streak, Navy Football got their groove back on Senior Day, Saturday, as they defeated Troy 42-14. The game marked the return of quarterback Kriss Proctor who suffered a dislocated elbow in the East Carolina game on October 22, 2011. Navy has two more games (SMU and San Jose State) before [...]
USNA Announces 65th Annual Messiah Concert
The U.S. Naval Academy Men’s and Women’s Glee Clubs will perform the 65th annual Handel’s Messiah choral concert with the Annapolis Symphony Orchestra and soloists from the Metropolitan Opera Company Saturday, Dec. 3 at 8 p.m. and Sunday, Dec. 4 at 3 p.m. in the academy’s Main Chapel. Tickets are on sale to the public [...]
Midshipman Action Group To Participate In Local Volunteer Projects
The midshipmen members of the Naval Academy’s Midshipmen Action Group (MAG) will participate in numerous local volunteer and community service programs throughout the fall and spring semester. Last academic year, they logged 20,000 hours participating in community service projects, and this year they will participate in 30 core projects. MAG midshipmen will volunteer in the [...]
Navy Loses In A Big Way To Southern Mississippi
Without their star fullback, Alexander Teich (benched for disciplinary reasons), Navy fell hard to the Golden Eagles of Southern Mississippi. Southern Mississippi came out of the gate strong and quickly scored 14 points early in the game. Navy had difficult answering any of the scores until late in the game. The final score was 63-35. [...]
Navy Loses Close One To Air Force (Images)
<–Please share these images with google, your facebook friends and twitter followers by clicking the icons to the left! Navy lost to rival Air Fore on Saturday in overtime 35-34 which was attributed to a questionable call against quarterback Kriss Proctor for excessive celebration. The following photos were take by Kevin Carroll for Eye On [...]
USNA Halloween/All Saints Day Concert
The U.S. Naval Academy will present its annual Halloween/All Saints’ Day Concert Friday, Oct. 28, and Saturday, Oct. 29, at 8 p.m. in the academy’s Main Chapel. This event is open to the public. Tickets are on sale now. Tickets are all general admission and cost $25 for adults and $7 for children under age [...]
Navy-40, Delaware-17
In the first home game of the season, Navy seemed pretty unstoppable. The first 90 seconds had them up by 7 points and they rolled on from there to a 40-17 win over the University of Delaware and the no-so-mighty Blue Hens. Navy’s next home game is October 1, 2012 against Air Force. Southern Mississippi [...]
Expanding Your Horizons Conference For Girls To Be Held At USNA
Registration is now open for the Expanding Your Horizons conference for middle school-aged girls scheduled Saturday, Oct. 15 from 8 a.m.- 4 p.m. at the Naval Academy. This day-long event is sponsored by the Office of Naval Research and will include hands-on activities to nurture interest in science and math courses in order to encourage [...]
Plebes Reunited With Parents
<–please share this post with your facebook friends, twitter followers, and google by clicking the icons to the left! Thanks! After a grueling six weeks, nearly 1500 United States Naval Academy plebes were reunited with their families this afternoon. Right after the noon meal formation, the class of 2015 was dismissed into the crowd of [...]
Navy Fan Fest August 6th
Navy fans are invited to the 2011 Navy Football Fan Fest/Media Day on Saturday, August 6 from 10 a.m.-12 noon at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium. Players on the offensive side of the football will be signing autographs on the blue side (press box side) concourse from 10:00-10:45 a.m., while the defensive players are down on [...]
Navy Football Players Give Back
Fourteen Navy football players gave back to the community last week by appearing at the Outer Annapolis Recreation and Sports Football Camp. Senior safety Brian Blick was the guest speaker and gave a very motivating speech to the youngsters. Joining Blick at the camp was Alexander Teich, Jabaree Tuani, Max Blue, Mason Graham, Mike [...]
Nave Extends Notre Dame Rivalry
Naval Academy Director of Athletics Chet Gladchuk and Notre Dame Director of Athletics and Vice President Jack Swarbrick announced today that Navy’s football series with Notre Dame, which is the longest continuous intersectional rivalry in college football, has been extended to 2026, which will be the centennial year for the series. “Our institutional relationship [...]
Marshall To Play Navy In 2016
Marshall University Director of Athletics Mike Hamrick has announced that the Thundering Herd football team has signed a deal to play Navy in a home-and-home football series starting in 2016. “We are very excited in the future to host a program with the history and tradition of the U.S. Naval Academy,” Hamrick said. “It is [...]
Navy Football 2011
You have to love an offense whose idea of flash is the forward pass. Navy’s offense reads like the back of a shampoo bottle: run, run, repeat. Devotees of option football, rejoice. And the Midshipmen would have it no other way. The program is in the midst of its finest stretch in modern history, having [...]
Has Annapolis Seen The Last Of The Blue Angels?
As disappointing as it is, I believe that Annapolis may have seen their last Blue Angels airshow in May 2010. While thousands of families (including my own) consider the show a public holiday, I believe that with the canceled show this year, coupled with the canceled show for next year will result in this fabulous [...]
USNA Graduation-Commissioning Video 2011
<–please share this post with your facebook friends and twitter followers by using the icons to the left! Thank you! This video contains some of the highlights of this morning’s ceremony. It begins with the march on of the graduating class, the singing of our National Anthem, some remarks from Secretary of Defense Robert M. [...]
USNA Graduation 2011 (PHOTOS)
<–Please share this post with your facebook friends and twitter followers by clicking the links to the left! This morning, 1006 1st Class Midshipmen marched onto the field at the Navy-Marine Corps Stadium. This afternoon, they walked off as Ensigns in the US Navy or 2nd Lieutenants in the US Marine Corps. As with all [...]
Herndon Climb 2011 (VIDEO)
<–if you enjoyed this video, please share this post with your facebook friends and twitter followers by clicking the icons to the left. This video was shot during the 2011 Herndon Monument Climb at the United States Naval Academy. The climb is the culmination for the freshman (plebe) class. The monument is slathered with 200 [...]
USNA Herndon Monument Climb (PHOTOS)
<–please share this post with your facebook friends and twitter followers by using the icons to the left. The Naval Academy’s Class of 2014’s Herndon monument climb began yesterday at 1:30 p.m., near the front of the Naval Academy Chapel. Each year, the roughly 1,000 members of the academy’s plebe (freshman) class form a human [...]
USNA Color Parade (PHOTOS)
<–Please share this post with your facebook friends and twitter followers by using the icons to the left. The US Naval Academy’s annual Color Parade, honoring the fall and spring color companies was held on Worden Field, yesterday morning. Rep. Rob Wittman, R-Va., chairman of the Naval Academy Board of Visitors; Naval Academy Superintendent Vice [...]
