17 Navy Gymnasts Receive ECAC All-Academic Honors

DANBURY, Conn. – The Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) announced its 2025 All-Academic Team for Men’s Gymnastics on Tuesday and Navy’s squad was at the forefront of the release with 17 honorees. First awarded in 2022, the conference has given out these accolades to student-athletes that have a cumulative 3.0 or better GPA and includes freshmen who achieved a 3.0 GPA during their first academic semester in the fall. 

Navy’s 17-man list of honorees consists of seniors William Champagne (Operations Research), Sabastian Gordon (Operations Research), Vishal Mandava (Operations Research), Riley Rose (English) and RJ Spears (Chemistry); juniors Matthew Petros (Computer Engineering), Benjamin Venters (Chemistry) and Danilo Viciana (Quantitative Economics); sophomores Daniel Gurevich (Cyber Operations), Brian Solomon (Data Science) and Benjamin Thurlow Lam (Aerospace Engineering); and freshmen Saran Alexander (Robotics & Control Engineering), Payton Guillory (Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering), Justin Lozano (Mechanical Engineering), Michael Romo (Physics), Jonah Soltz (Aerospace Engineering) and Matthew Zeigler (Chemistry). Of note, Petros stands first in the Class of 2026 in Academic Order of Merit for his perfect 4.0 GPA through five semesters at the Naval Academy.

The Mids rounded out their season over the weekend of April 18-19 at the 2025 NCAA Championship. Competing as a team in the national event for the ninth straight time, four Mids advanced from Friday’s qualifying meet at Michigan to the event finals of the NCAA Championship on Saturday. At the end of Saturday night, Isaiah Drake found himself on the podium as an NCAA All-American in the all-around competition. The individual honor was the second of his career and just the third overall all-american award in program history since 1973.