Army West Point Athletics
Retired Jerseys
| The Army Athletic Association has retired 14 numbers in four sports, football, women's basketball, men's basketball and hockey. Take a look at the retired numbers below. |
Football
 | #12 The Corps of Cadets |
| While the number 12 is not retired, it is rarely worn as a tribute to the United States Military Academy Corps of Cadets. |  |
 | #24 Pete Dawkins Retired on Oct. 25, 2008 |
| One of the most dynamic players in Army football history, Pete Dawkins became the third Army player to win the Heisman Trophy Award when he claimed the prestigious honor in 1958. Dawkins was selected a First Team All-American, and named Player of Year by the Maxwell Club, Sports Illustrated and Sport magazines that year as well. A two-time First Team Academic All-American (1957-58), Dawkins served as Class President and Cadet Brigade Commander in 1958 and was a member of Army's last undefeated football team. In addition to his football prowess, Dawkins graduated as Army's leading career scorer among defensemen in hockey, earning three varsity letters in that sport. He was named a Rhodes Scholar recipient in 1959. A former White House Fellow, Dawkins received the NCAA Silver Anniversary Award in 1983. He was elected to the Academic All-America Hall of Fame in 1988, inducted into the National Football Foundation College Hall of Fame in 1975 and presented the Doak Walker Legends Award in 2000. |  |
 | #35 Doc Blanchard Retired on Oct. 10, 2009 |
| A three-time First Team All-American (1944-46), Felix "Doc" Blanchard, "Mr. Inside," teamed with Glenn Davis, "Mr. Outside," to form one of the most heralded backfields in college football history. Blanchard became the first junior to win the Heisman Trophy (1945) and the first football player to win the Sullivan Award (1945). Named "Outstanding Player of the Year" by both the Maxwell Club and Walter Camp Foundation in 1945, Blanchard starred on three national championship teams (1944-46). He graduated in second place on Army's career rushing list and finished with 38 career touchdowns. Blanchard was inducted into the National Football Foundation College Hall of Fame in 1959 and was presented with the Doak Walker Legends Award. |  |
 | #41 Glenn Davis Retired on Nov. 11, 2005 |
| A three-time First Team All-American (1944-46), Glenn Davis, "Mr. Outside," teamed with Felix "Doc" Blanchard, "Mr. Inside," to form one of the most heralded backfields in college football history. Davis captured the Heisman Trophy in 1946, one year after Blanchard copped the honor. Davis finished second in the Heisman voting that season. Selected "Outstanding Player of the Year" by the Helms Foundation in 1944 and 1945, Davis was also selected "Outstanding Player of the Year" by the Maxwell Club in 1944. He graduated as Army's all-time leading rusher with 2,957 yards and still holds the NCAA record for most yards gained per carry in a career (8.3). A vital component in three consecutive national championship teams (1944-46), Davis set six other Academy career records on the gridiron and two more in track and field. Davis finished his career with a school-record 59 touchdowns, 354 points and 5,161 all-purpose yards. In all, he earned 10 varsity letters while at West Point, including four in football, three in baseball, two in track and field and one in basketball. Davis was inducted into the National Football Foundation College Hall of Fame in 1961. |  |
 | #61 Joe Steffy Retired on Sept. 19, 2009 |
| Army's only Outland Trophy winner, Joe Steffy dominated the trenches as a two-way lineman when Army ruled the college football landscape during the 1940s. Steffy capped his brilliant career by accepting the 1947 Outland Trophy, awarded to college football's most outstanding lineman. That same year, Steffy served as football team captain and was named a first-team All-American guard. During his three-year varsity career, Steffy helped the Black Knights to a 23-2-3 (.875) record, including national championships in 1945 and 1946. He was part of the front line that opened holes for back-to-back Heisman Trophy winners Felix "Doc" Blanchard (1945) and Glenn Davis (1946). |  |
Women's Basketball
 | #5 Kelsey Minato Retired on Feb. 24, 2016 |
| Kelsey Minato became the first active player in Army West Point basketball history to have her jersey retired. The banner was revealed at Christl Arena after the team's 72-38 victory over Boston University on senior night on Feb. 24, 2016 Minato has scored more points than any player in Army basketball history. |  |
 | #32 Julie Del Giorno Retired on Jan. 24, 2015 |
| Julie Del Giorno was a four-year letterwinner on Army's women's basketball team and earned the prestigious Army Athletic Association Award. A second-team All-America selection in 1986, she was an honorable mention choice the previous season. At the time of her graduation, Del Giorno ranked second on the Black Knights' career scoring list with 1,270 points. She also grabbed 827 rebounds. Del Giorno posted a career scoring average of 11.8 points per game and helped the Black Knights to the 1983-84 Division II NCAA Tournament. A veteran of the Gulf War, Del Giorno earned the Bronze Star Medal. She served as an Assistant Athletic Director at West Point from 1993 to 1995 before moving to East Stroudsburg University. There she worked as Academic Coordinator for athletics, Assistant to the President and as interim Vice President of Student Affairs. After overseeing the athletics program at Moravian College as part of her Chief of Staff duties for seven years, Del Giorno was appointed as the first Athletics Integrity Officer at Penn State University. |  |
 | #42 Melody Smith Retired on Jan. 24, 2015 |
| Melody Smith was voted as the Army Athletic Association special award winner prior to her graduation in 1984 after a career that included a host of basketball records, four letters in basketball and two letters in tennis. Smith established Army's career scoring mark with 1,422 points, a mark that was achieved prior to the institution of the three-point line and smaller women's basketball. The scoring record stood for 20 years and now ranks fourth all-time. She made a record 612 field goals over her career and led the team in scoring for three seasons. An All-Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference choice in 1982-83, she posted a career scoring average of 12.6 points per game. Smith was captain of her basketball team for both her junior and senior years at Army. She was part of a 25-3 basketball squad her senior season en route to finishing fifth in the country at the Division II level. |  |
 | #50 Katie Macfarlane Retired on Jan. 24, 2015 |
| Katie Macfarlane, a 2004 West Point graduate, remains Army's all-time scoring leader with 1,941 points and established Army and Patriot League career standards with 1,143 rebounds. The 2004 Patriot League Player of the Year, Macfarlane was a three-time selection by the All-Metropolitan Basketball Writers Association, including first team accolades her final season. The winner of the prestigious Army Athletic Association award in 2004, Macfarlane averaged 16.6 points per game during her career, was a two-time captain and is one of just 12 players to be named all-league in four seasons. She was a 12-time Patriot League Player of the Week selection, posted 48 career double-doubles and was a two-time selection to the league's All-Tournament squad. |  |
Men's Basketball
 | #11 Kevin Houston Retired on Jan. 31, 2015 |
| The most prolific scorer in Army men's basketball history, Kevin Houston graduated with an Academy-record 2,325 career points. Houston led the nation in scoring as a senior, averaging 32.9 points per game during the 1986-87 campaign. Following his remarkable senior year, Houston was named an honorable mention All-American by the Associated Press (for the second straight season) and United Press International, while also claiming third-team All-American plaudits from the National Association of Basketball Coaches. He became the first Army player to receive the Haggerty Award as the Metropolitan Basketball Writers Association's Player of the Year. Houston earned a bevy of additional plaudits during his career, including the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference's rookie of the year award in 1984 and its player of the year citation in 1987. He was a three-time All-MAAC honoree. A four-time letterwinner, he appeared in 113 games, which is tied for the most games played by an Army player. His 53 points against Fordham on Feb. 28, 1987, remain the most scored by a Black Knight. Houston's 63 three-point baskets in 1986-87, which came in the first year that the three-point shot was instituted in the collegiate game, stood as Army's record for seven seasons. |  |
 | #20 Mike Silliman Retired on Jan. 31, 2015 |
| Mike Silliman graduated as Army's all-time leading scorer and still stands 10th in Academy history with 1,342 points, a mark that was achieved prior to the institution of the three-point line. A three-year letterwinner on the hardwood, Silliman was a three-time all-American and earned two honorable mention citations along with a second team selection as a senior. Silliman, who averaged a double-double (19.7 ppg, 11.5 rpg) throughout his four years at the Academy, also earned GTE academic all-American accolades following his decorated career. Silliman went on to captain the 1968 U.S. Olympic Team, which went undefeated en route to capturing the gold medal in Mexico City. |  |
 | #50 Gary Winton Retired on Jan. 31, 2015 |
| Gary Winton led Army in both scoring and rebounding during each of his four varsity campaigns, and graduated as the program's career leader in points (2,296) and rebounds (1,168). He shattered the existing scoring mark by nearly 1,000 points (956), while his rebounding standard still stands today. He earned honorable mention All-America citations in both 1977 and 1978. Winton forged 14 30-point scoring performances in his career, along with 17 contests in which he collected 15 or more rebounds. | |
Hockey
 | #7 Dave Merhar Retired on Feb. 6, 2016 |
| Dave Merhar led Army's hockey team in scoring during each of his three seasons with the varsity, but it was his explosive senior campaign that earned him national acclaim. Merhar erupted for an NCAA-record 57 goals and tallied 50 assists during the 1968-69 season, becoming the first collegiate player ever to surpass 100 points in one year. His 107 points that winter still remain the sixth-highest one-year total recorded in NCAA history while only one player has ever registered more than 57 goals in a season. Still today, Merhar is fourth all-time in NCAA history in points per game in a season (3.82 in 1969); seventh in points per game in a career (3.63 from 1967-69); second goals per game in a season (2.03 in 1969); and ninth in goals per game in a career (1.42 from 1967-69). Merhar's 229 career points rank fifth all-time at Army, while his 117 assists stand tied for eighth on the seasonal chart. He lists third on the Black Knights' career scoring ladder with 112 goals and is one of just four Army players who have reached 100 goals in a career. What is even more impressive about these marks is that Merhar set them in three seasons. |  |
 | #14 Dave Rost Retired on Feb. 6, 2016 |
| No player in NCAA hockey history has scored more points than Dave Rost, who compiled an astounding 330 points during his remarkable four-year career at Army. Rost was tabbed a first-team All-East selection in 1977, capping a sparkling senior season in which he set an Academy record with 108 points, while jointly setting the NCAA single-season scoring mark with Clarkson's Dave Taylor. The Black Knights' career assist leader with 226, Rost tallied 104 career goals to graduate in third place in that category. His 66 assists in 1974-75 remain an Academy record. The Black Knights won at least 18 games during each of his four years on the varsity, compiling a 78-31-3 (.709) record and earning four successive trips to the ECAC Division II Tournament. Rost led the team in scoring during each of his final three campaigns. |  |
 | #16 George Clark Retired on Feb. 6, 2016 |
| One of only four All-Americans in Army hockey history, George Clark still stands as Army's all-time leading goal scorer with 153 markers. A two-time Division II first team All-East selection (1974, 1975), Clark served as team captain during his junior and senior years. He led Army in goals scored during all four years on the ice. Currently ranked third on Army's career scoring list (266 points), Clark stands 10th among the school's all-time assist leaders (113). He etched his name into the NCAA record books and ranks eighth in career goals- per-game (1.40) and his 1.68 goals-per-game average in 1973-74 ranked fourth on the NCAA's single-season chart. He posted a 1.62 goals-per-game to rank fifth among the NCAA's single-season leaders in that category the following year. Clark's 47 goals in back-to-back seasons are tied for the second highest single-season total in Academy history. Clark still holds five Army records as the program's leader in career goals scored (153), career hat tricks (18), consecutive games with a hat trick (4), goals in a single game (7) and points in a single game (9). He currently stands tied for sixth on the NCAA's single-game points scored list. |  |