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ANNAPOLIS, Md.—Navy senior quarterback Keenan Reynolds has been named one of 17 semifinalists for the Sullivan Award, which honors the outstanding amateur athlete in the United States whose outstanding athletic accomplishments are complemented by qualities of leadership, character and sportsmanship.
The Sullivan Award is determined by fan voting which begins on Monday, March 7 and lasts through Sunday, March 13 at 11:59 PM. Six finalists will move on to a second round of voting from March 16-23. The voting results will be kept secret until the award presentation on Sunday, April 10 at the prestigious New York Athletic Club in Manhattan.
Reynolds finished his career with a 32-13 record, which are the most wins in school history by a quarterback. He finished fifth in the Heisman Trophy voting this year and was named a Third-Team All-American by the Associated Press.
He led Navy to a school record 11 wins against just two losses in 2015, which included wins over Air Force and Army to win the Commander-In-Chief’s Trophy and a victory over Pitt to win the Military Bowl. The Mids won the Lambert Trophy, which signifies the best team in the East, for the first time since 1963.
Reynolds was 7-1 in Service Academy games, including a 4-0 mark against Army. He is the only quarterback in the history of the Army-Navy game to win four games. His seven career touchdowns scored are the most in the history of the Army-Navy game.
Reynolds scored 88 touchdowns in his career (all rushing), which are the most rushing touchdowns in Division I history and the most total touchdowns in FBS (Football Bowl Subdivision) history. He scored three or more touchdowns in a game 17 times in his career, the most in FBS history. He is the first player in FBS history to score 23 or more rushing touchdowns in a season three different times. His 530 career points scored are the most in FBS history.
His 4,559 career rushing yards are the most in FBS history by a quarterback and the most in school history by any player. He is just the sixth player in FBS history to rush and pass for 4,000 yards in a career. His 22 career 100-yard rushing games are the most in school history.
Reynolds also set the school record for passing touchdowns with 31, while throwing just eight interceptions in 462 career attempts giving him the lowest interception percentage in school history.
On Feb. 28 he became just the fourth player in school history and the first as a current midshipman to have his number retired (#19).
Other semifinalist for the Sullivan Award include: Andrew Benintendi (Arkansas Baseball), Simone Biles (Olympic Gymnast), Brittany Bowe (Olympic Speedskater), Jordan Burroughs (Olympic Wrestler), Nirra Fields (UCLA Basketball), Nikaela Foecek (Nebraska Volleyball), Adeline Gray (Olympic Wrestlng), Jamie Greubel Poser (Olympic Bobsled), Derrick Henry (Alabama Football), Ashleigh Johnson (Olympic Water Polo), Christian McCaffrey (Stanford Football), Kelsey Minato (Army West Point Basketball), Ben Simmons (LSU Basketball), Breanna Stewart (UConn Basketball), DeShaun Watson (Clemson Football), Jordan Wilimovsky (Olympic Swimming).
The AAU Sullivan Award has been given out every year since 1930 and Reynolds will try and join the illustrious list of past winners that include Bobby Jones (1930), Bob Mathias (1948), Rafer Johnson (1960), Wilma Rudolph (1961), Bill Bradley (1965), Jim Ryun (1966), Mark Spitz (1970), Frank Shorter (1972), Bill Walton (1973), John Naber (1977), Tracy Caulkins (1978), Kurt Thomas (1979), Eric Heiden (1980), Carl Lewis (1981), Mary Decker (1982), Edwin Moses (1983), Greg Louganis (1984), Jackie Joyner-Kersee (1986), Jim Abbot (1987), Florence Grifith-Joyner (1988), Janet Evans (1989), Bonnie Blair (1992), Charlie Ward (1993), Peyton Manning (1997), Rulon Gardner (2000), Michelle Kwan (2001), Michael Phelps (2003), JJ Redick (2006), Tim Tebow (2007), Shawn Johnson (2008) and Missy Franklin (2012).
No Naval Academy athlete has ever won the award, while West Point has had three winners: Don Blanchard (1945), Arnold Tucker (1946) and Andrew Rodriguez (2011).
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