WEST POINT, NY - Cole Johnson finished with a career-high eight points to lead the Army West Point lacrosse team to a 16-7 win over Holy Cross in Patriot League action on Saturday afternoon at Michie Stadium. Johnson contributed a career-high eight points, on four goals and four assists, for the Black Knights. Click here to watch the video recap. He is the first player to tally eight points since John Glesener '15 had eight against Lafayette in 2013. Jones and Connor Cook added four goals and three goals, respectively. In all, seven different players netted goals in the win. Read More
Men's Lacrosse Pushes Past Holy Cross
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Athletic Director's Update
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Cadets Colaborate with Dr. Chan Analyzing Radiation
LTC Rob Prins recently took Physics and Nuclear Engineering Cadets Justin Hall, Katie Williams, and Tirone Young on a visit to Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center - Basking Ridge Hospital in Basking Ridge, NJ to collaborate with Dr. Maria Chan on a Capstone Project. The team has been developing a computational model for predicting and analyzing radiation dose deposits, and welcomed the opportunity to collect experimental data and compare it against that of imaging systems currently in use. Dr. Larry Dauer from MSKCC in New York City is also working with our students on this project.
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Cadet First Captain Coleman ’16 in His Words
“I think perspective has helped me the most. I honestly don’t try to make a big deal about anything if I can help it. It usually does not help a situation if you are worried, stressed out or consumed by feeling overwhelmed, and staying calm will help those around you and yourself make better decisions. Personally, if I am not focused on being a relaxed person, I become very irritable and agitated, leading toward bad decisions. You have to work on managing your effort and time. I am a big complainer – I have been since BEAST. However, I have made it a point because I am a big complainer to try and actually put myself into a position where I can change things or be complained about myself, and that is a motivating factor.
My mom, in particular, has always pushed me to do more and be better. She was the external motivation before I found internal motivation. Before I started pre-K she was already trying to teach me to read. Without her I wouldn’t be here today. She is also an influence not to complain too much. I remember at one point, yuc year, I was failing a class for the first time in my life and I couldn’t realize why. I had been excited for the class and ended up being distraught. I dramatically called my mom and told her I was filling out a Common App and going somewhere else. Always the voice of reason, she just said, “Mmmm Hmmm… tell me how that goes,” and of course everything turned out alright. I learned then that I had to get over being a child, stop throwing tantrums, and start becoming productive, and how you balance stress is a large part of that.”
Cadet First Captain Coleman would also like the Corps to know that his grades are not frozen and that he still goes to class, though before becoming brigade commander he too believed these myths true. Courtesy of Faces of West Point
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Grabher Earns Second Weekly League Award
WEST POINT, NY - Junior Dan Grabher won 11-of-12 faceoffs in Army's 16-7 win over Holy Cross and was named the Patriot League Faceoff Specialist of the Week on Monday. Grabher won the award for the second time this season and won the fifth weekly award for the Black Knights this season. In addition to the 11 faceoff wins, he picked up a game-high seven ground balls against the Crusaders. He also had a goal and an assist for two points on the day. He has a pair of multi-point games this season.
Grabher has a .726 winning percentage in faceoffs with 69 wins on 95 opportunities. He is second in the nation in winning percentage and while teamed with Alex Daly, John Ragno and Robby Woodings, the Black Knights are the top-ranked team in the country in winning percentage at .706. Grabher is also 16th in the country in ground balls per game at 5.38 per contest. Read More
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Gray Earns League Athlete of the Week Recognition
CENTER VALLEY, PA - Sophomore designated player Emily Gray has been named the Patriot League's Athlete of the Week after her 11-for-17 performance for the Army West Point softball team last week. This is the third week in a row that a Cadet has earned a weekly honor from the league. "Emily is a big part of our lineup so it's been great to have her back," said head coach Michelle DePolo. The Naples, FL, native notched a homerun and four doubles last week to total six RBI. In the team's 11-2 (5 inn.) win over Rider, Gray was a perfect 4-for-4 at the plate and tallied three triples. She went 11-for-17 overall to amass a batting average of .647 and a slugging percentage of 1.059. Gray batted over .500 in all five contests last week and hit over .647 in all but one contest. Read More
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Men's Lacrosse Joins National Rankings
WEST POINT, NY - The Army West Point men's lacrosse is riding a four-game winning streak and has jumped into a pair of national polls this week. The Black Knights are ranked 16th in the Cascade/Maverik Media Poll and earned the 18th spot in the United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association (USILA)/Nike National Poll. It's Army's first appearance in either poll this season. The Black Knights are receiving votes in the Nike/Lacrosse Magazine National Poll. Army is joined by Patriot League schools Navy (No. 14) and Loyola (No. 17) in this week's media poll. In the USILA/Nike Poll, the Greyhounds are the highest ranked Patriot League school at No. 15, followed by Navy at No. 16. Read More
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Women’s Lacrosse Races Past Howard
WEST POINT, NY - Ten different Black Knights found the back of the net on Tuesday afternoon as the Army West Point women's lacrosse team collected a 20-8 victory over Howard in a nonconference matchup at Michie Stadium. Army improves to 5-4 on the year after the win, while Howard slips to 0-6. Click here for the video recap. Sophomore Rachel Hornick finished with a season-best five points, with four goals and an assist, and was successful on all three of her free-position attempts. Junior Erin Jollota registered the first hat trick of her career after netting three goals and adding an assist. Read More
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Plomb Garners ECAC All-Star Honor
WEST POINT, NY - The Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) announced its 2016 Division I Men's Basketball All-ECAC selections on Tuesday and Army West Point men's basketball senior Tanner Plomb was honored with a second-team selection. Plomb, a First Team All-Patriot League choice, finished his career ranked 11th in academy history in scoring with 1,359 career points. Plomb led the Patriot League in scoring as a senior with 19.8 points per game and ranks 37th in the country in that category. He was third in the conference in three-point field-goal percentage at 35.2 percent and his 80 threes also ranked third in the league. The Mukwonago, Wis., native was second on the team with 5.8 rebounds per game as a senior. Plomb was the lone Patriot League player represented on the ECAC All-Star Teams. Read More
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Bares Named Field Athlete of the Week
CENTER VALLEY, PA - Sophomore Lee Bares was named the Field Athlete of the Week in the Patriot League's first week of action outdoors, it was announced by the league Monday afternoon. Bares won the pole vault in Army's first two competitions of the year at UC Irvine. Starting at the Anteater Four-Way on March 12, Bares topped the ten-man field with a mark of 5.20m, the fourth-best in the region thus far. The Lakeville, Minn., native continued that success the next week with his second individual championship at the Spring Break Invitational. Bares was recognized once in the indoor season with this honor on Jan. 11, which was joined with the ECAC Athlete of the Week on the 13th. Read More
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Model UN at the Harvard World Model UN Championship
Eight members of the West Point Model United Nations team traveled to Rome, Italy during spring break to compete in the Harvard World Model United Nations Championship. Between an audience with Pope Francis and tours of the Colloseum Rome Italy, the cadets debated and negotiated with 2,400 college students from over 110 countries on topics ranging from the European refugee crisis to the reunification of Cyprus to water-borne diseases and non-state terrorist groups. The team walked away with a very close second place finish out of all small delegations and 100% recognition. Cadets Megan McNulty, Jesse Nelson, Jack Bagdadi, Sneha Singh and Shiv Arya won 1st place Diplomacy Awards while Cyrus Cappo, Brad Torpey and John Govern won verbal recognitions.
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Softball Holds off Fairfield in Home Opener
WEST POINT, NY - The Army West Point softball team held off Fairfield in the top of the seventh to defeat the Stags 5-3 in the team's home opener on Wednesday evening. Kristen West earned her eighth win from the circle, while Renee Poirier picked up her fifth save of the season.
"Today's win was a product of how we have been playing as a team," said head coach Michelle DePolo. "I thought we hit the ball well. We really focused on coming out to a great start and our offence kept punching the ball throughout the whole game. Defensively, I thought we played strong, and despite the score at the end, our pitchers shut Fairfield down in some sketchy situations. Overall the win was a great product of how well we played all around today."
Out of the gate, Army (15-11) led Fairfield (9-10) early off a home run by lead-off hitter Kasey McCravey which set the tone for the game. Also in the bottom of the first, Emily Gray doubled to center field sending Ashley Yoo home. Alee Rashenskas then singled up the middle to send Gray home giving Army the early 3-0 lead. Read More
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Cadet Trollan ’16 on his Sailing Club Experience
Because of you, Cadet James Trollan ’16 has been able to strengthen his leadership development by participating on the Sailing Club, one of more than 100 extracurricular clubs included within the For Us All Campaign. Click here for the video. All cadet clubs are Margin of Excellence needs that are supported by donations to West Point and go above a beyond the core elements of a cadet’s training. Hear why Cadet Trollan sees the Sailing Club as “great learning experience for when I do become an officer.”
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Minato to Compete in College 3-Point Championship
Army West Point's Kelsey Minato has been selected to the women's 3-point roster for the 28th annual State Farm College Slam Dunk & 3-Point Championships at Berry Center in Cypress, Texas on March 31, Intersport announced today. She is one of eight women's college basketball players chosen for the event that will air live on ESPN at 8 p.m. CT. Minato was invited to take part in the 3-Point Championship after being recognized as one of the finest shooters from three-point territory during 2015-16. Read More
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USMA to Host 2016 DoD Warrior Games
The 2016 Department of Defense Warrior Games will take place at the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, June 14-22. This is the first year the Army is hosting the Warrior Games, an annual sporting competition bringing together wounded, ill and injured service members and veterans from across the country.
"The United States Military Academy and the entire West Point community are honored to host the 2016 DoD Warrior Games," said Army Lt. Gen. Robert L. Caslen Jr., USMA superintendent. "These warrior-athletes competing in the games, who at one time answered their nation's call to service, exemplify the very best of America. They embody the resiliency, discipline, mental and physical toughness to overcome adversity and achieve their goals -- all traits we aspire to instill in our graduates, who will lead America's sons and daughters as Army officers."
DoD Warrior Games 2016 will feature eight sporting events: archery, cycling, shooting, sitting volleyball, swimming, track and field, and wheelchair basketball in a paralympic-style competition. About 200 athletes representing teams from the Army, Marine Corps, Navy, Air Force and U.S. Special Operations Command will compete. Each military service hosts trials in the months leading up to the games to determine their teams. Read More
Photo courtesy of EJ Hersom
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Class of 2016 50 Year Affiliation Dinner
Yesterday evening, the Class Officers of the USMA Class of 2016 attended a dinner at Herbert Alumni Center, sponsored by their affiliation Class of 1966. The purpose of the Class Officers Dinner is to provide an intimate environment for one-on-one discussions about the WPAOG mission to serve cadets, graduates, and the Long Gray Line; and, to learn about what they can do as graduated class officers to cultivate their classes to stay engaged with each other, WPAOG, and the Academy.
Class of 2016 from Left to Right: Thomas Huxtable – Information Systems Officer, Eugene Coleman III – President, Matthew Ziegler – Historian, Joshua Murphy – Vice President, Kieran McMahon – Ring & Crest Chair and Tom Eisiminger III – Treasurer
Affiliation Class of 1966 from Left to Right: LTC (Ret) Alan Nason- Secretary, LTC (Ret) Bill Traubel , LTC (Ret) Norm Cooney- President, LTC (Ret) Douglas Sims - Historian and LTC (Ret) Cooper Wright
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Women’s Tennis Wins Twice in Return to Court
WEST POINT, NY - The Army West Point women's tennis team played for the first time in over two weeks and showed little signs of rust defeating both LIU Brooklyn and Holy Cross 5-0. The Cadets have now won eight straight and stand at 15-3 this season. The Blackbirds slip to 0-9 and the Crusaders drop to 0-3 this spring with all three matches in the Patriot League.
Army did not drop a singles set against LIU Brooklyn among the four completed matches. Freshman Kirby Einck extended her winning streak in singles to nine straight topping Malin Leysen 6-3, 6-2 in the third singles slot. She is now 11-3 in dual matches. The pairing of senior Carolyn Pitman and Einck remained perfect in doubles with two wins today with a 6-4 win against the Blackbirds and 6-2 against Holy Cross. They now stand at 11-0 this season while Pitman increases her career doubles win total to 102. Read More
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Director of the CIA Visits the Corp of Cadets
Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, John Brennan, waves to the U.S. Corps of Cadets from the poop deck in the Cadet Mess Hall Tuesday. Brennan addressed U.S. Military Academy cadets, staff and faculty on agency and departmental cooperation, security and systems engineering during his visit.
Photo courtesy of Anthony F. Battista/ West Point DPTMS
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Athletic Director's Update
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Feature Friday: Men's Tennis, The Culture of Winning
The office has a multitude of racquets propped up against the desk. Boxes of tennis balls sit on a chair waiting to be opened while a few more are scattered individually along the floor. The walls are fashioned with a number of papers, a few of which contain inspirational quotes ranging from the likes of tennis legend Andre Agassi to war hero William A. Foster, along with various photos and pictures. There is no mistaking this is the office of Army West Point men's tennis coach Jim Poling. He is in his 15th season at the Academy and 29th as a head coach. He loves the game of tennis and there is more that illustrates that than just the décor of his office. There is an uptick in his inflection when Poling talks about the sport, as he speaks passionately about tennis and the program at Army. Read More
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