NCAA Rifle Championship

NCAA Rifle Championship
Current season, competition or edition: 2016 NCAA Rifle Championship

Sport	College rifle
Founded	1980
No. of teams	8 teams, 48 individual shooters
Country	United States
Most recent champion(s)	Team: West Virginia (18) Small-bore: Ginny Thrasher, West Virginia Air rifle: Ginny Thrasher, West Virginia
Official website	NCAA.com

The NCAA Rifle Championship is an annual co-educational rifle national collegiate championship sponsored by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). The tournament includes an individual and team championships consisting of the two-day aggregate scoring of the smallbore competition and air rifle competition. The national championship rounds are contested annually in mid-March. West Virginia and Alaska-Fairbanks combined have won 28 of the 37 Championships, West Virginia leads all with 18, while Alaska Fairbanks has 10.

Under NCAA rules, rifle is technically designated as a men's sport, however it actually has been a coed sport since 1980. Schools sponsoring rifle may field anywhere from one to three teams. If a school chooses to sponsor more than one team, it may have any combination of men's, women's, and coed teams. Two schools field men's and women's teams, two field women's and coed teams, and VMI fields all three types of teams.

The current team national champions are the West Virginia Mountaineers who won their record eighteenth national championship in Akron, Ohio, hosted by the University of Akron on March 11 and 12, 2016. The individual titles in small bore and air rifle were both won by Ginny Thrasher of West Virginia University.

Programs

Main article: List of NCAA rifle programs

Conferences

Great America Rifle Conference
Mid-Atlantic Rifle Conference
Ohio Valley Conference, the only Division I all-sports conference that sponsors rifle
Patriot Rifle Conference

Champions

Prior to NCAA sponsorship in 1980, a collegiate rifle championship was held yearly by the National Rifle Association.
From 1980 to 2004, the championship consisted of 120 shots by each competitor in smallbore, and 40 shots per competitor in air rifle. Since 2005, the championship has consisted of 60 shots for both smallbore and air rifle, equaling a total of 120 shots per team member.^[1]

NCAA Rifle Championships
Year	Site	Venue / Range	Team Championship				Smallbore		Air Rifle
Year	Site	Venue / Range	Winner	Points	Runner-up	Points	Winner	Score	Winner	Score
1980 Details	Johnson City, TN	ETSU Athletic Center	Tennessee Tech	6,201	West Virginia	6,150	Rod Fitz-Randolph (Tennessee Tech)	1,176	Rod Fitz-Randolph (Tennessee Tech)	389
1981	West Point, NY	U.S. Military Academy	Tennessee Tech	6,139	West Virginia	6,136	Kurt Fitz-Randolph (Tennessee Tech)	1,173	John Rost (West Virginia)	391
1982	Lexington, VA	Kilbourne Hall	Tennessee Tech	6,138	West Virginia	6,136	Kurt Fitz-Randolph (Tennessee Tech)	1,167	John Rost (West Virginia)	390
1983	Cincinnati, OH	Xavier University Rifle Range	West Virginia	6,166	Tennessee Tech	6,148	David Johnson (West Virginia)	1,175	Ray Slonena (Tennessee Tech)	389
1984	Murray, KY	Pat Spurgin Rifle Range	West Virginia	6,206	ETSU	6,142	Bob Broughton (West Virginia)	1,172	Pat Spurgin (Murray State)	388
1985	West Point, NY	U.S. Military Academy	Murray State	6,150	West Virginia	6,149	Pat Spurgin (Murray State)	1,168	Christian Heller (West Virginia)	387
1986	Annapolis, MD	Bancroft Hall Rifle Rang	West Virginia	6,229	Murray State	6,163	Mike Anti (West Virginia)	1,167	Marianne Wallace (Murray State)	392
1987	Cincinnati, OH	Xavier University Rifle Range	Murray State	6,205	West Virginia	6,203	Web Wright (West Virginia)	1,174	Rob Harbison (Tennessee–Martin)	392
1988	Lexington, VA	Kilbourne Hall	West Virginia	6,192	Murray State	6,183	Web Wright (West Virginia)	1,168	Deena Wigger (Murray State)	390
1989	Murray, KY	Pat Spurgin Rifle Range	West Virginia	6,234	South Florida	6,180	Deb Sinclair (Alaska)	1,171	Michelle Scarborough (South Florida)	399
1990	Annapolis, MD	Bancroft Hall Rifle Rang	West Virginia	6,205	Navy	6,101	Michelle Scarborough (South Florida)	1,165	Gary Hardy (West Virginia)	393
1991	West Point, NY	U.S. Military Academy	West Virginia	6,171	Alaska	6,110	Soma Dutta (UTEP)	1,171	Ann-Marie Pfiffner (West Virginia)	391
1992	Murray, KY	Pat Spurgin Rifle Range	West Virginia	6,214	Alaska	6,166	Tim Manges (West Virginia)	1,172	Ann-Marie Pfiffner (West Virginia)	390
1993	Lexington, VA	Kilbourne Hall	West Virginia	6,179	Alaska	6,169	Eric Uptagrafft (West Virginia)	1,174	Trevor Gathman (West Virginia)	390
1994	Murray, KY	Pat Spurgin Rifle Range	Alaska	6,196	West Virginia	6,187	Cory Brunetti (Alaska)	1,173	Nancy Napolski (Kentucky)	391
1995	Annapolis, MD	Bancroft Hall Rifle Rang	West Virginia	6,241	Air Force	6,187	Oleg Seleznev (Alaska)	1,177	Benjamin Belden (Murray State)	390
1996	Colorado Springs, CO	Cadet Rifle Range	West Virginia	6,179	Air Force	6,168	Joe Johnson (Navy)	1,170	Trevor Gathman (West Virginia)	394
1997	Murray, KY	Pat Spurgin Rifle Range	West Virginia	6,223	Kentucky	6,175	Marcos Scrivner (West Virginia)	1,176	Marra Hastings (Murray State)	393
1998	Murray, KY	Pat Spurgin Rifle Range	West Virginia	6,214	Alaska	6,211	Karyn Juziuk (Xavier)	1,169	Emily Caruso (Norwich)	393
1999	Northfield, VT	Norwich University Rifle Range	Alaska	6,276	Navy	6,168	Kelly Mansfield (Alaska)	1,185	Kelly Mansfield (Alaska)	396
2000	Lexington, VA	Kilbourne Hall	Alaska	6,285	Xavier	6,156	Nicole Allaire (Nebraska)	1,183	Kelly Mansfield (Alaska)	398
2001	Columbus, OH	Lt. Hugh W. Wylie Range	Alaska	6,283	Kentucky	6,175	Matthew Emmons (Alaska)	1,178	Matthew Emmons (Alaska)	392
2002	Murray, KY	Pat Spurgin Rifle Range	Alaska	6,241	Kentucky	6,209	Matthew Emmons (Alaska)	1,190	Ryan Tanoue (Nevada)	392
2003	West Point, NY	Tronsrue Marksmanship Center	Alaska	6,287	Xavier	6,197	Matthew Emmons (Alaska)	1,191	Jamie Beyerle (Alaska)	395
2004	Murray, KY	Pat Spurgin Rifle Range	Alaska	6,273	Nevada	6,185	Matthew Rawlings (Alaska)	1,179	Morgan Hicks (Murray State)	398
2005	Reno, NV	Nevada Wolf Pack Rifle Range	Army	4,659	Jacksonville State	4,658	Matthew Rawlings (Alaska)	686.5	Beth Tidmore (Memphis)	694.2
2006	Colorado Springs, CO	Cadet Rifle Range	Alaska	4,682	Nebraska	4,666	Jamie Beverle (Alaska)	690.5	Kristina Fehlings (Nebraska)	694.0
2007	Fairbanks, AK	E.F. Horton Rifle Range	Alaska	4,662	Army	4,644	Josh Albright (Navy)	679.5	Michael Dickinson (Jacksonville State)	692.2
2008	West Point, NY	Tronsrue Marksmanship Center	Alaska	4,662	Army	4,652	Chris Abalo (Army)	687.6	Patrik Sartz (Alaska)	696.4
2009	Fort Worth, TX	TCU Rifle Range	West Virginia	4,643	Kentucky	4,638	Brian Carstensen (Jacksonville State)	682.2	Jenna Compton (Akron)	691.6
2010	Fort Worth, TX	TCU Rifle Range	TCU	4,675	Alaska	4,653	Sarah Scherer (TCU)	685	Jonathan Hall (Columbus State)	699.9
2011	Fort Benning, GA	US Army Marksmanship Unit	Kentucky	4,700	West Virginia	4,697	Ethan Settlemires (Kentucky)	691.0	Nicco Campriani (West Virginia)	701.0
2012	Columbus, OH	Lt. Hugh W. Wylie Range	TCU	4,676	Kentucky	4,661	Sarah Scherer (TCU)	688.6	Petra Zublasing (West Virginia)	696.2
2013^[2]	Columbus, OH	Lt. Hugh W. Wylie Range	West Virginia	4,679	Kentucky	4,670	Petra Zublasing (West Virginia)	598	Petra Zublasing (West Virginia)	701.7
2014	Murray, KY	Pat Spurgin Rifle Range & CFSB Center	West Virginia	4,705	Alaska	4,677	Tim Sherry (Alaska)	452.1	Connor Davis (Kentucky)	205.4
2015	Fairbanks, AK	E.F. Horton Rifle Range	West Virginia	4,702	Alaska	4,700	Rachel Martin (Nebraska)	453.3	Maren Prediger (West Virginia)	205.8
2016	Akron, OH	Stile Athletics Field House	West Virginia	4,703	TCU	4,694	Ginny Thrasher (West Virginia)	461.5	Ginny Thrasher (West Virginia)	208.8

Team titles

Team	Titles
West Virginia	18
Alaska Fairbanks	10
Tennessee Tech	3
Murray State	2
TCU	2
Army	1
Kentucky	1

External links

NCAA Sports: Men's & Women's Rifle

NCAA Rifle Championships

Championships	1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Individual events	Air rifle Smallbore

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