Contact Information
HEAD COACH-Tom Falzone
Tom.Falzone@usma.edu
(845) 938-4019
NCOIC-SSG(P) Marc Owens
Marc.Owens@usma.edu
(845) 938-4314
OIC-MAJ Katie Blue
Katie.Blue@usma.edu
(845) 938-6099
CIC-CDT Dan Seagroves Daniel.Seagroves@usma.edu
Welcome to the Black Knights!
The West Point Parachute Team, known as the Black Knights, is composed of thirty six cadets from the United States Military Academy. Cadets join the team during their Plebe year and train six days a week with coaches from West Point's Department of Military Instruction. The team competes at the national and collegiate level in several parachuting and skydiving disciplines, provides demonstrations for the academy and the surrounding community, and jumps the game ball into Michie Stadium for every Army home football game.
West Point Parachute Team with LTC Tony Dill, Commander of the U.S. Army Golden Knights.
Competition
The highlight of the sporting year is the Collegiate National Skydiving Competition where the team faces off against a number of universities, including the Air Force Academy, in formation skydiving, vertical relative work, class accuracy, sport accuracy, and 6-Way Speed. Last year, the Black Knights walked away with a remarkable 29 medals, taking first place in 2 way, Novice Accuracy and Intermediate Accuracy.
Demonstration
The West Point Parachute team represents the Academy by performing demonstration jumps into multiple venues. Members of the team jump into every Army home football game and all the parades. In 2008, the team jumped into the Texas A&M football game in front of 80,000 screaming fans. This was the highlight of many first class cadets team careers. We are always looking for new opportunities to both promote the Academy and make any event that much better.
Plans are already underway to jump into Yankees Stadium in 2010 when the Black Knights meet the Fighting Irish of Notre Dame. Read about it HERE.