BETHLEHEM, Pa. – Four Navy athletes earned 2023-24 College Sports Communicators (CSC) Track & Field/Cross Country Academic All-America honors for their respective athletic and academic endeavors this past season. Senior Braden Presser earned CSC First-Team honors after his successful season in the javelin, while carrying a 3.94 cumulative GPA as a mathematics major. The Mids earned three women’s track and field/cross country honorees. Patriot League Women’s Outdoor Track and Field Scholar-Athlete of the Year Annie Taylor (4.00 GPA | Mathematics) earned first-team honors, while teammates Ellie Abraham (3.81 GPA | History) and McKenna Brophy (3.97 GPA | Ocean Engineering) garnered second-team honors.
The awards are voted upon by College Sports Communicators nationwide to recognize the achievements of student-athletes on and off the track.
Navy's Presser Named CSC Academic All-American
COURTESY OF NAVY ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS
ANNAPOLIS, Md. -- Recent Navy graduate Braden Presser added another achievement to his impressive all-around career this week as he was named a College Sports Communicators (CSC) First-Team Academic All-American for men's track & field / cross country.
Presser is a first-time honoree and the ninth Mid in program history to garner first-team recognition (11 total awards). Sean Casey was the last to do so in 2022 when he received the second of his two back-to-back awards.
The native of Liberty, Mo., finished his academic career with a 3.94 cumulative grade-point average as a mathematics major. Presser was named to his second-straight CSC Academic All-District Team in June.
In the field, Presser became the second athlete in team history to earn at least three All-America honors. This year, he received second-team honors in the javelin with a throw of 69.15m (226' 10"). At the NCAA Championship, his distance placed him 16th overall in the event at the meet. He previously earned All-America accolades in the javelin in 2022 (honorable mention) and 2023 (first team).
The only Mid to have earned more All-America awards than Presser is Leo Williams. He totaled six All-America honors in the high jump at the 1981, '82 and '83 indoor and outdoor national championships.
Presser was one of four Midshipen to compete at the recent U.S. Olympic Team Trials in Eugene, Ore. He recorded a javelin throw of 64.38 meters (211'3") at the meet.
The Navy athletic program has now totaled five Academic All-America awards this year, with four coming from the track & field / cross country programs. The at-large sports awards will be announced later this month.
Three Navy Women’s Track and Field / Cross Country Student-Athletes Named CSC Academic All-Americans
COURTSEY OF NAVY ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS
ANNAPOLIS, Md. – Navy senior standouts Annie Taylor, Ellie Abraham and McKenna Brophy earned 2023-24 College Sports Communicators (CSC) Women's Track & Field / Cross Country Academic All-America honors as announced by the CSC on Tuesday. Taylor garnered first-team recognition, while Abraham and Brophy earned second-team nods. With the three awards, the Midshipmen now boast four Academic All-Americans for the 2023-24 academic year.
Taylor, Abraham and Brophy are first-time honorees and mark the most Academic All-Americans in program history in a single year. Taylor also becomes the second athlete in program history to earn first-team acknowledgment, joining Kirsten Andrews (2006-07).
Taylor ended her academic career as one of 17 members on the All-America team with a perfect 4.0 GPA. The mathematics major repeated as the Patriot League indoor pentathlon and outdoor heptathlon gold medalist during the 2023-24 season, also helping the Mids distance medley relay take first place at this year's indoor championship.
Abraham, a history major, finished her Navy career with a 3.81 GPA. During the season, she won the 3,000m steeplechase at the Patriot League Outdoor Championships for the third-straight year by breaking the meet and Navy record with a time of 10:10.03.
An ocean engineering major, Brophy finished the year with a near perfect 3.97 GPA. Brophy was part of the 4x800m relay quartet that placed second at the Patriot League Outdoor Championships this past May.