2025 Pull for Navy Banquet - SOLD OUT - Thrasher Award and Keynote Speaker
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BANQUET TICKETS ARE SOLD OUT
We are pleased to announce Dave Frost '75 will receive our 2025 Craig Thrasher Service to Rowing Award. We are also excited to share that LtGen Roberta Shea, USMC, will be our keynote speaker at the banquet. The Pull for Navy Banquet is set for Saturday (evening), February 22nd, 2025. Tickets are on sale now at the link below. If you are unable to attend the banquet, please consider donating a Midshipman ticket or becoming a banquet sponsor (information at the link below).
After Dave Frost '75 graduated as the heavyweight rowing team captain from the Naval Academy and then retiring as a US Navy Captain from the Surface Warfare community, he settled in San Diego where he became a pillar of the local rowing community. Dave served as president of the San Diego Rowing Club and later co-founded Community Rowing San Diego, a non-profit organization dedicated to connecting the sport of rowing to underprivileged youth and families in the San Diego area. As the chief grant writer and fundraiser for CRSD, he partnered with USRowing, the George Pocock Foundation, and Concept2 to provide ergometer instruction and on-water training at recreational and competitive levels. Dave is also a longtime supporter of Wounded Warrior and Freedom Rows projects, providing rowing lessons for hundreds of adaptive athletes and Veterans. As a Steward of the San Diego Crew Classic, Dave hosted many visiting Navy rowing teams that competed at the annual event. Dave founded USNA's San Diego Parents Club and is a former VP of the Alumni Association's local chapter. As a masters rower, Dave won two CRASH-B Hammers, one FISA Masters World Championship, and multiple Masters National Championship gold medals. Dave will be presented the Craig Thrasher Award at the Pull for Navy Banquet in February.
Lieutenant General Bobbi Shea '91 enlisted in the Marine Corps in January 1985. Trained as a ground support equipment mechanic, she served with 2d Marine Aircraft Wing at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, NC before attending the U.S. Naval Academy and commissioning as a Marine Corps communications officer. Lieutenant General Shea assumed her current duties as the Commander, United States Marine Corps Forces Command; Commanding General, Fleet Marine Force Atlantic; and Commander, Marine Corps Forces North in August 2024. As a Navy Women's Crew varsity letterwinner and long-time supporter of Hubbard Hall, we are excited to have her back as our guest speaker at the Pull for Navy Banquet.
The Class of 1975 Erg Room and RADM Brian Davies Memorial Flagpole dedications are also planned for Saturday, February 22nd at Hubbard Hall. More information on timing, directions and parking to come after the holidays.
2025 Pull for Navy Banquet Details
Date: February 22, 2025
Time: 6PM Cocktails, 7PM Dinner
Venue: VADM Lawrence N-Room, Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium
Dress: Letter Sweaters, Jacket/Tie, SDBs and Marine Equivalent
Tickets: SOLD OUT
Sponsor Options available (please email friedric@usna.edu for more information)
*Directions and Parking information will be emailed to all ticket holders as we get closer to the event.
After Dave Frost '75 graduated as the heavyweight rowing team captain from the Naval Academy and then retiring as a US Navy Captain from the Surface Warfare community, he settled in San Diego where he became a pillar of the local rowing community. Dave served as president of the San Diego Rowing Club and later co-founded Community Rowing San Diego, a non-profit organization dedicated to connecting the sport of rowing to underprivileged youth and families in the San Diego area. As the chief grant writer and fundraiser for CRSD, he partnered with USRowing, the George Pocock Foundation, and Concept2 to provide ergometer instruction and on-water training at recreational and competitive levels. Dave is also a longtime supporter of Wounded Warrior and Freedom Rows projects, providing rowing lessons for hundreds of adaptive athletes and Veterans. As a Steward of the San Diego Crew Classic, Dave hosted many visiting Navy rowing teams that competed at the annual event. Dave founded USNA's San Diego Parents Club and is a former VP of the Alumni Association's local chapter. As a masters rower, Dave won two CRASH-B Hammers, one FISA Masters World Championship, and multiple Masters National Championship gold medals. Dave will be presented the Craig Thrasher Award at the Pull for Navy Banquet in February.
Lieutenant General Bobbi Shea '91 enlisted in the Marine Corps in January 1985. Trained as a ground support equipment mechanic, she served with 2d Marine Aircraft Wing at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, NC before attending the U.S. Naval Academy and commissioning as a Marine Corps communications officer. Lieutenant General Shea assumed her current duties as the Commander, United States Marine Corps Forces Command; Commanding General, Fleet Marine Force Atlantic; and Commander, Marine Corps Forces North in August 2024. As a Navy Women's Crew varsity letterwinner and long-time supporter of Hubbard Hall, we are excited to have her back as our guest speaker at the Pull for Navy Banquet.
The Class of 1975 Erg Room and RADM Brian Davies Memorial Flagpole dedications are also planned for Saturday, February 22nd at Hubbard Hall. More information on timing, directions and parking to come after the holidays.
2025 Pull for Navy Banquet Details
Date: February 22, 2025
Time: 6PM Cocktails, 7PM Dinner
Venue: VADM Lawrence N-Room, Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium
Dress: Letter Sweaters, Jacket/Tie, SDBs and Marine Equivalent
Tickets: SOLD OUT
Sponsor Options available (please email friedric@usna.edu for more information)
*Directions and Parking information will be emailed to all ticket holders as we get closer to the event.
Navy Crew Excellence Fund Campaign - Help Support Navy Crew
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Dear Navy Crew Alumni, Parents, and Friends:
As we enter another season of competition for our Navy rowers, we are excited to announce a new initiative designed to provide the resources needed for Navy Crew – heavyweights, lightweights, and women - to continue to compete and win on the water. The Navy Crew Excellence Fund (NCEF) was established in 1998 with a goal of augmenting the capital (equipment) budget at the boathouse. Over the last twenty-five years, your generosity has provided more than $5 million currently invested in our inventory of racing shells. In fact, nearly every shell currently in the boathouse has been funded by your philanthropy. With careful stewardship of your gifts, we have preserved the corpus of those funds to provide nearly $200,000 annually for shells, oars, ergs, trailers, and launches. However, as you might expect, our program needs have grown as competition among our peer elite rowing programs has gotten tougher. In addition to the capital budget, additional funding is needed to recruit and retain top notch assistant coaches who develop the skills of recruited rowers and walk-ons alike. As well, we want to provide additional funding for our spring break training trips to minimize out of pocket costs for the midshipmen, and for travel for emerging competition opportunities like our Kings Cup championship trip to the 2019 Henley Royal Regatta. In all, we hope to grow the NCEF to $7.5 million by 2030 to generate $300,000 each year for shells and equipment, assistant coaches’ salaries, and travel opportunities for all three of our programs. To donate, read through our fundraising brochure or go directly to our donation link within the USNA Alumni Foundation (make sure it lists "CREW" in the dropdown menu!). If you are mailing in a donation, please make sure it is earmarked for "Crew" and sent to the Foundation's new address: USNA Foundation, 301 King George St., Annapolis, MD 21402. Our sincere thanks for your consideration. Row Navy! |
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Craig Thrasher Service to Rowing AwardThe Craig Thrasher Service to Rowing Award will be given out annually to a member of the Navy Crew alumni in recognition for their outstanding service to the rowing community.
This award is created in memory of Craig L. Thrasher (USNA 1963) for his extraordinary contributions to the rowing community. Craig spearheaded the creation of the Navy Masters Rowing Program and the establishment of the Navy Crew Fund. In Buffalo, New York, he formed and coached the women’s program at the West Side Rowing Club, collecting numerous national and international awards. Craig was a driving force behind the design and build of the Buffalo Scholastic Rowing Association Boathouse, and with the introduction of the sport to otherwise underserved minorities. He will be remembered as an Eastern Sprints and IRA Champion, and as a finalist with the Class of 1963 Plebe Crew in the 1960 U.S. Olympic Rowing Trials. Each year, the Navy Rowing Alumni Stewards will review the nomination list to select a winner of the Craig Thrasher Award and present it at our annual Pull for Navy Banquet. You can nominate a rowing alumnus/ae for this award using the following Craig Thrasher Award Nomination Form. Nominations are due by December 1st each year. If a nominee is not selected, they will roll over for consideration in future years. Craig Thrasher Award Recipients 2023 - Lyman S. A. Perry '60 2024 - David W. Kucik '73 2025 - David Frost '75 |
2021 Pull for Navy Video
Navy Wins King's Cup at Prestigious Henley Royal Regatta
Navy Crew Letter Winners Plaque
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Navy Crew has finalized a new project in Hubbard Hall that displays all varsity letter winners and four-year squad members in Navy Crew history. We've worked hard to collect names dating back to the late 1800's.
After researching the athletic department archives and cross referencing Lucky Bags and the N-Room bronze plaques, we have compiled a comprehensive list that will be displayed on plaques surrounding the erg room hallways on the second deck of Hubbard Hall. Pleas stop by the boathouse to check out the new plaque and reminisce on your times at Hubbard Hall. |
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Navy Crew Commemorative Locker Program
