Rorke Denver won two national championships at Syracuse.
Rorke Denver To Be Honored In Baltimore
5/27/2011 1:13:52 PM | Men's Lacrosse
From NCAA.org: Navy SEALs to be honored at lacrosse championships
SYRACUSE, N.Y. – Former Syracuse men's lacrosse All-American and current Navy SEAL Lt. Commander Rorke Denver will be honored during the NCAA Men's Lacrosse Championships this weekend at Baltimore's M&T Bank Stadium.
SYRACUSE, N.Y. – Former Syracuse men's lacrosse All-American and current Navy SEAL Lt. Commander Rorke Denver will be honored during the NCAA Men's Lacrosse Championships this weekend at Baltimore's M&T Bank Stadium.
Denver is one of four SEALs that will be recognized. The others are: Lt. David Dauphinais and Lt. Commanders Andrew Fortmann and William Gallagher. Dauphinais played lacrosse at Boston College, while Fortmann and Gallagher both played for Navy.
As part of this weekend's festivities, the group will participate in tonight's pep rally at the Inner Harbor and be interviewed on the video boards at M&T Bank Stadium.
Recognizing the SEALs this weekend has special significance. The men's lacrosse championships have long been played on Memorial Day weekend when the nation honors American soldiers who have died during military service.
“The NCAA has been working with the SEALs for more than a year now, and we were committed to recognizing their contributions to our country and showcasing their contributions to their institutions while playing collegiate lacrosse,” Associate Director of NCAA Championships Jeff Jarnecke told NCAA.org.
Currently, Denver is the executive officer of the Naval Special Warfare Center's Advanced Training Command. He's been deployed to countries in Central and South America, Afghanistan, Liberia and Iraq. He's received several awards during his military career, including the Bronze Star with Valor, three Navy Commendation Medals and three Navy Achievement Medals.
A long-stick midfielder at Syracuse, Denver received honorable mention All-America laurels as a senior in 1996. He was a member of the 1993 and 1995 Orange national championship teams and captained the squad his senior season.
A reference to the environments (sea, air and land) in which they work, the SEALs were established by President John F. Kennedy in 1962 as highly trained special-operations units. Insertions, extractions, reconnaissance and direct-action missions against military targets are just some of the duties of a Navy SEAL.
Perhaps more well-known than the unit itself, is the Navy SEAL training program, which is widely considered to be the most physically and mentally demanding military training in existence.
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