WASHINGTON, D.C. ? A military jury on Thursday acquitted a former Naval Academy quarterback of raping a female midshipman in her dormitory room.

But jurors convicted Lamar S. Owens Jr. on two lesser charges: conduct unbecoming an officer and disobeying a lawful order.

Owens, standing at attention as the verdicts were read, showed no emotion. He remains free without bond. He was not allowed to graduate or receive a commission in May, and remains a midshipman.

The trial’s punishment phase will begin this morning. Prosecutors recommended a sentence of two years on the charge of conduct unbecoming an officer. The judge tabled discussion of a sentence on the second count until today.

Owens, 22, of Savannah, Ga., was charged after an incident Jan. 29 in the woman’s room at the academy’s Bancroft Hall. Owens testified that the sexual encounter was consensual; his accuser said she repeatedly rejected his advances.