2012 NCAA Rifle Participants Announced

Last week, NCAA announced the teams and individual competitors selected to shoot in the 2012 NCAA Rifle Championships next week at Ohio State.

Eight teams are invited to compete in the championships. Participants are determined by adding the average of the three highest regular-season scores to the results from the designated qualifiers.

A total of 48 shooters are invited to the tournament. The first 40 come from the rosters of the eight selected teams, while the final eight are chosen by the NCAA Men’s and Women’s Rifle Committee, who look at the scores submitted from qualifiers.

The Smallbore Championships are Friday, March 9, and will be followed by the Air Rifle Championships Saturday, March 10. Overall team and individual champions are determined by the highest combined aggregate from the two championships.

NRAblog will be there providing coverage of the matches, award ceremony and presentation of the 2012 NRA All-American awards Saturday night, so keep checking back.

Team rosters and individual qualifiers listed below:

Team Qualifiers

Alaska-Fairbanks

Ryan Anderson
Mats Eriksson
Anna Hjelmevoll
Michael Liuzza
Julia Redzia

Jacksonville State

Andrea Dardas
Monica Fyfe
Cole Tucker
Daniel McCall
Samuel Muegge

Kentucky

Heather Greathouse
Emily Holsopple
Henri Junghanel
Ethan Settlemires
Stacy Wheatly

Nevada

Haunani Akana
Dempster Christenson
Chelsie Hata
Clif Little
Olivia Pennell

UTEP

Jennifer Armendariz
Alix Moncada
Hannah Muegge
Andrea Palafox
Andrea Vautrin

Army

Kelly Buck
Richard Calvin
Michael Matthews
William Mengon
Joseph Todaro

TCU

Sarah Beard
Mattie Brogdon
Catherine Green
Caitlin Morrissey
Sarah Scherer

West Virginia

Taylor Ciotola
Meelis Kiisk
Thomas Kyanko
Justin Pentz
Petra Zublasing

Individual Qualifiers

Smallbore Three-Position

Dani Foster – North Carolina State
Katie Fretts – Kentucky
Amanda Furrer – Ohio State
Daniel Hermsmeier – Memphis

Air Rifle

Kelsey Emme – Murray State
Abbey Stanec – Mississippi
Keely Stankey – Mississippi
Zachary Wells – Army

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