Riley Riethman
NAVY PUNTER NAMED GO BOWLING
MILITARY BOWL STEM SCHOLAR-ATHLETE
Navy punter Riley Reithman, a senior majoring in aerospace engineering, has been named a Go Bowling Military Bowl STEM Scholar-Athlete.
Riethman, who is from Keller, Texas, has a 3.93 grade-point average. He has been named to the American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team and is an Academic All-District honoree by the College Sports Communicators. He was a semifinalist for the William V. Campbell Trophy, which honors the nation’s top college football student-athlete.
Riethman’s capstone project at Navy is building a done capable of withstanding Arctic temperatures and that has infrared sensors to detect polar bears and their dens.
“The point of this is to increase road efficiency in the Arctic because when they are building roads and run into a polar bear den, they must divert the road and it is very costly,” Riethman said. “This will allow them to identify where the bears are and plan ahead.”
Previously, Riethman did wind tunnel testing to identify the best configuration for a football to fly, in order to optimize height and distance for punting a football. He also interned at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California, studying the effects of hypervelocity impacts on aerospace structures to simulate what a hypersonic missile could do to a plane or other missile. This past summer, Reithman was the logistics officer as he and six other Midshipmen traveled to Nepal for a three-week trekking adventure.
“He is exceptionally mature, very well read, socially capable and adapts to any environment quickly,” said Dr. Joe Thomas, director of the Vice Admiral James B. Stockdale Center for Ethical Leadership at the Naval Academy. “I’m very confident Riley will be successful in whatever he chooses to do in life.”
U.S. Navy Captain (Ret.) Robert J. Niewoehner, a Naval Academy professor of aerospace engineering said: “Riley Reithman has chosen the challenging academic path that produces the most Navy test pilots. It’s the path of Naval aviators who want to engineer our future rather than merely operate it.”
The Go Bowling Military Bowl is proud to announce the members of the fourth annual STEM Scholar-Athlete Program, recognizing some of the brightest minds competing on the gridiron in the ACC and the American Athletic Conference.
“The Go Bowling Military Bowl STEM Scholar-Athlete Program honors an amazing group of young men who truly showcase what it means to be a student-athlete,” Military Bowl Foundation President & Executive Director Steve Beck said. “We are thrilled to honor this group of talented players for their success on and off the field while continually challenging themselves in the classroom.”
The Go Bowling Military Bowl STEM Scholar-Athlete Program honors one football player at each university that is a member of the ACC and the American Athletic Conference – the two conferences that are represented in the Go Bowling Military Bowl college football game. These players are studying STEM (science, technology, engineering, math) subjects and/or aspire to STEM careers.
The two players whose teams compete in the 2024 Go Bowling Military Bowl will be recognized at the game, which takes place on Saturday, Dec. 28 at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium in Annapolis, Md. Kickoff is at 5:45 p.m. ET and the game will be televised on ESPN. Bowl tickets are on sale now. A donation will be made in th
Navy punter Riley Reithman, a senior majoring in aerospace engineering, has been named a Go Bowling Military Bowl STEM Scholar-Athlete.
Riethman, who is from Keller, Texas, has a 3.93 grade-point average. He has been named to the American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team and is an Academic All-District honoree by the College Sports Communicators. He was a semifinalist for the William V. Campbell Trophy, which honors the nation’s top college football student-athlete.
Riethman’s capstone project at Navy is building a done capable of withstanding Arctic temperatures and that has infrared sensors to detect polar bears and their dens.
“The point of this is to increase road efficiency in the Arctic because when they are building roads and run into a polar bear den, they must divert the road and it is very costly,” Riethman said. “This will allow them to identify where the bears are and plan ahead.”
Previously, Riethman did wind tunnel testing to identify the best configuration for a football to fly, in order to optimize height and distance for punting a football. He also interned at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California, studying the effects of hypervelocity impacts on aerospace structures to simulate what a hypersonic missile could do to a plane or other missile. This past summer, Reithman was the logistics officer as he and six other Midshipmen traveled to Nepal for a three-week trekking adventure.
“He is exceptionally mature, very well read, socially capable and adapts to any environment quickly,” said Dr. Joe Thomas, director of the Vice Admiral James B. Stockdale Center for Ethical Leadership at the Naval Academy. “I’m very confident Riley will be successful in whatever he chooses to do in life.”
U.S. Navy Captain (Ret.) Robert J. Niewoehner, a Naval Academy professor of aerospace engineering said: “Riley Reithman has chosen the challenging academic path that produces the most Navy test pilots. It’s the path of Naval aviators who want to engineer our future rather than merely operate it.”
The Go Bowling Military Bowl is proud to announce the members of the fourth annual STEM Scholar-Athlete Program, recognizing some of the brightest minds competing on the gridiron in the ACC and the American Athletic Conference.
“The Go Bowling Military Bowl STEM Scholar-Athlete Program honors an amazing group of young men who truly showcase what it means to be a student-athlete,” Military Bowl Foundation President & Executive Director Steve Beck said. “We are thrilled to honor this group of talented players for their success on and off the field while continually challenging themselves in the classroom.”
The Go Bowling Military Bowl STEM Scholar-Athlete Program honors one football player at each university that is a member of the ACC and the American Athletic Conference – the two conferences that are represented in the Go Bowling Military Bowl college football game. These players are studying STEM (science, technology, engineering, math) subjects and/or aspire to STEM careers.
The two players whose teams compete in the 2024 Go Bowling Military Bowl will be recognized at the game, which takes place on Saturday, Dec. 28 at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium in Annapolis, Md. Kickoff is at 5:45 p.m. ET and the game will be televised on ESPN. Bowl tickets are on sale now. A donation will be made in the name of these two players to their respective school’s general scholarship fund.