Former Navy linebacker Diego Fagot, seen in this undated Navy Football photo, is among four Naval Academy athletes who have received permission from the Department of Defense to pursue professional sports, the academy announced Sunday. Fagot was offered a contract as an undrafted free agent by the Ravens following the 2022 NFL draft in April 2022.
Linebacker Diego Fagot among 4 Naval Academy athletes who receive permission to pursue professional sports
Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin III issued the approval Saturday in accordance with Directive-Type Memorandum 19-011. That policy allows service academy graduates to pursue employment in professional sports immediately following graduation.
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Europe Scoreboard: May 22, 2022
Stuttgart senior Marcus Laine earned the win against the Wiesbaden Warriors in the winners' bracket round on Friday, May 20, 2022, by pitching a complete game with 15 strikeouts at the 2022 DODEA-Europe baseball championships.
Pitching duel highlights elimination day in baseball
Stuttgart takes on Ramstein today for D-I title, while Naples faces off against Aviano for DII/III crown.
The Sigonella Jaguars celebrate after defeating Rota 8-5 on Friday, May 20, 2022, at Ramstein Air Base to stay alive in the DODEA-Europe Division II/III softball elimination tournament. Sigonella plays Spangdahlem on Saturday morning for the right to take on Naples for the championship.
Six teams left to battle it out for softball titles
Naples and Vilseck enter Saturday’s play as favorites and have to be beaten twice.
Stuttgart’s Haley Wells scores her team’s 1-0 in the girls Division I final at the DODEA-Europe soccer championships in Kaiserslautern, Germany, May 19 2022. Ramstein answered quickly with the 1-1. The game ended 1-1 and the teams were named co-champions after a lightning storm stopped the game.
Everyone (but sunshine) a winner in girls championship
Stormy weather forces end to Division I girls contest with Ramstein, Stuttgart tied at 1-1. Both are named champions.
The Ramstein Royals celebrate after beating Stuttgart 1-0 in the boys Division I final at the DODEA-Europe soccer championships in Kaiserslautern, Germany, May 19 2022.
Royals reign after more late-game heroics
Ramstein wins second straight 1-0 contest late in game to become kings of boys Division I soccer.
Aviano’s Kylee Carol sends the ball upfield as Vicenza’s CeCe Janssens defends in the girls Division II final at the DODEA-Europe soccer championships in Kaiserslautern, Germany, May 19 2022. Vicenza defeated Aviano 2-0 to take the title.
Vicenza finishes dominant run wearing the crown
Cougars outscore opponents 16-0 through tournament on way to victory.
American Overseas School of Rome’s Lorenzo Di Gregorio upends Tommy Egan of Naples in the boys Division II final at the DODEA-Europe soccer championships in Kaiserslautern, Germany, May 19, 2022. Naples defeated their Italy rivals 1-0.
Naples grabs bragging rights for Italy - and all mid-sized schools
Wildcats win rubber match with American Overseas School of Rome to capture Division II crown.
Stuttgart Panthers’ #9 Caiden Ray hits his second double against the Wiesbaden Warriors' pitcher in the team’s opening game of the tournament at the 2022 DoDEA-Europe Baseball Championship.
It’s time to play ball again with championships on the line
After two years lost to coronavirus protocols and less than two months of a regular season, teams battling for baseball titles.
The Sigonella Jaguars celebrate their 3-1 win over AFNORTH in the girls Division III final at the DODEA-Europe soccer championships in Kaiserslautern, Germany, May 19, 2022.
It’s all Sigonella as girls cap title sweep
Girls follow boys to hand Jaguars bragging rights for DODEA-Europe’s smaller soccer programs.
Nathan Pierce of Brussels heads the ball away from Sigonella’s Gabriell Naselli, in the boys Division III final at the DODEA-Europe soccer championships in Kaiserslautern, Germany, May 19, 2022.
Jaguars cap perfect tourney run with shutout
Jaguars cap perfect run through tournament by downing Brussels 5-0 in championship game.
The goal in softball is to keep playing until Saturday
Teams open double-elimination tournament, playing for European titles for the first time since 2019.
Track stand-out Ava Stout of the Wiesbaden Warriors, takes the last hurdle to the win at the Kaiserslautern Track and Field Invitational April 16, 2022, in Kaiserslautern, Germany. Stout won both the 100 and 300-meter hurdle heats.
Hundreds take to track for season-ending meet
Competitors vie for personal, team results in two-day, season-ending championships at Kaiserslautern.