Tra'ves Bush Class: Senior Hometown: Johnston, S.C. High School: Strom Thurmond Height / Weight: 5-10 / 192 Position: S Experience: **

At Navy: Enters the fall listed as a starter at rover ... a good athlete and has better than average speed ... has been a valuable player on special teams the last two seasons ... has earned one varsity letter.

2010: Played in all 13 contests, while making one start ... finished the year with 44 tackles, an interception returned for 32 yards and a fumble recovery ... produced four tackles in Navy's Poinsettia Bowl loss to San Diego State ... contributed a pair of tackles in Navy's 31-17 victory over Army ... made his first-career start at inside linebacker in Navy's win over Arkansas State ... along with Tyler Simmons, led the Mids with nine tackles, including seven solo stops ... picked off Arkansas St. QB Ryan Aplin in the fourth (2:15) and returned it 32 yards ... it was his first-career interception ... posted four tackles against Central Michigan, including three solo stops ... primarily a member of the Mids' special teams, he earned his first-career start at East Carolina where he made a career-high 14 tackles ... the 14 tackles were more than he had amassed the entire season before that game (11) ... he also recovered a fumble ... part of a defensive unit that forced four East Carolina fumbled, marking the first time the Mids have forced and recovered four fumbles since Oct. 5, 1996, when Duke fumbled five times and the Mids recovered four of the five fumbles ... contributed one tackle in Navy's Homecoming loss to Duke ... posted a career-high tying three tackles on special teams in Navy's victory over Notre Dame ... turned in a solo tackle on special teams against SMU ... added a solo tackle at Air Force ... turned in a career-high tying three tackles at Louisiana Tech ... recorded a pair of solo tackles against Maryland.

2009: Played in 11 contests primarily as a member of special teams ... turned in one tackle against Missouri in leading the Mids to a Texas Bowl win ... made a solo tackle against Hawai'i ... returned to the field for the Mids' final home game of the year against Delaware after sitting out the Wake Forest, Temple and Notre Dame games with an ankle injury suffered against SMU ... made two solo tackles on special teams against the Blue Hens ... was in on a career-high three tackles at Rice ... made one tackle on special teams in the Mids' win over Western Kentucky ... stripped Pitt's Antwuan Reed on the opening kickoff, however the Panthers were able to recover and go on to score a TD ... pitched in a tackle against Pitt ... turned in a solo tackle in his collegiate debut in the Mids' season opener against sixth-ranked Ohio State.

High School / Personal: A 2009 graduate of Strom Thurmond High School, Bush was a three-sport standout earning letters in basketball (3), football (3) and track & field (1) ... an all-region performer in all three sports his senior season, including being named the region's defensive player of the year in football ... named the Aiken Standard Defensive Player of Year, as well as the Augusta Chronicle Player of the Year ... an all-area performer (LB/RB), who also was named All-State (S.C.) ... recipient of the Deon Grant Player of the Year award ... played in the South Carolina North-South All-Star Football Game as a senior ... led the football team to region championships in 2006 and `08 ... basketball team won region titles in 2007 and `09 ... graduated with honors, he was ranked 12th out of 183 students in his class ... served as the Beta Club President ... son of Scotty Brown and Sabrina Bush-Brown ... majoring in economics.