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GRADUATION – CLASS OF 2012: Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium

#059-12 May 29, 2012

TOTAL GRADUATES - 1,099

  • Men - 877
  • Women - 222

COMMISSIONS

Navy Ensigns:

  • Men - 634
  • Women - 176
  • Total - 810

Marine Corps 2nd Lieutenants:

  • Men - 224
  • Women - 43
  • Total - 267

Air Force 2nd Lieutenant

  • Men - 0
  • Women - 1
  • Total - 1

Coast Guard Ensign

  • Men - 1
  • Women - 0
  • Total - 1

Graduating but not commissioned - 6

Foreign Officers - 14

*Foreign national students graduating are from the following countries: Algeria, Costa Rica (2), Ecuador, Kazakhstan, Lithuania, Madagascar, Montenegro, Pakistan (2), Peru, Romania, Republic of Singapore, and Taiwan.)

OTHER RACES AND ETHNIC GROUPS

*the number in parenthesis is the number of women in each group

  • Hispanic (includes Puerto Rico) - 116 (22)
  • Asian American (Asian, Pacific Islander, Filipino) - 83 (22)
  • Native American - 25 (10)
  • African American - 53 (13)

TOTAL INDUCTED IN CLASS OF 2012 ON INDUCTION DAY, July 4, 2008: 1,261

  • Men - 1,000
  • Women - 261

TOP GRADUATES

  1. Sam Tan Wei Shen of the Republic of Singapore, is an honors ocean engineering major.
  2. David Paul Baxter of Leesburg, Va., is an honors naval architecture major. He will be commissioned as a Navy ensign and will train as a submariner.
  3. Colin Edward Nevins of Bridgeport, Conn., is a chemistry major. He will be commissioned as a Navy ensign and attend Harvard Medical School after graduation.

ATHLETIC ACHIEVEMENTS

  • Navy wins Patriot League Presidents' Cup for first time in school history
  • Winning percentages for year: .634 (301 wins, 172 losses, and 8 ties)

FACULTY

  • Civilians - 287
  • Military - 230
  • TOTAL - 517

ALUMNI

Since 1845, approximately 78,900 midshipmen have graduated from the Naval Academy (including the Class of 2012). Since 1980, more than 3,900 women (including the Class of 2012) have graduated from the Naval Academy.

GRADUATION CEREMONY

This is the 162nd traditional graduation ceremony. Since graduation ceremonies moved to the stadium in 1966, ceremonies were moved indoors by inclement weather in 1976 and 1987.

GRADUATION HAT TOSS

Today marks the 100th anniversary of the hat toss. Midshipmen of the Class of 1912 were the first to be commissioned as Navy ensigns at graduation June 7, 1912. President Howard Taft was the graduation speaker.

GRADUATION FLYOVER

The Blue Angels fly in Navy F/A-18 Hornets from Pensacola, Fla.

GRADUATION SPEAKER

Secretary of Defense Leon E. Panetta will deliver the graduation address to the Class of 2012.

HONORARY GRADUATES

The Honorary members of the Class of 2012 are:

  • Lt. Cmdr. Seth Phillips, Chaplain Corps, U.S. Navy
  • Greg Klima, Bancroft Hall custodian
  • Midshipman Frederick Henry Eissler, in memoriam
  • Col. John W. Ripley, U.S. Marine Corps, in memoriam

ESTIMATE OF ATTENDANCE

  • Outdoors - 27,000
  • Indoors - 5,700

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