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Matt Sanchez
by Joe Swan
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SO. • 5-7 • TAMPA, FLA. • PAUL R. WARTON HS
2020-21 (FR.)
• Junior olympics National futures Team • All-GARC Air Rifle and Combined Second Teams • All-GARC Smallbore Honorable Mention Team • Placed sixth in air rifle (597) at the GARC Championships • Posted season averages of 1,169.786 (aggregate), 577.5 (smallbore) and 592.286 (air rifle) • Shot a season-best 585 in smallbore against
Akron, ole Miss and Navy on Jan. 30 • Also totaled a season-best aggregate score (1,178) in the Jan. 30 match • Tallied a season-high 598 in air rifle against Akron on Jan. 16
HIGH SCHOOL
• Member of the United States National Team and has represented Team USA at the 2018
International Shooting Sport Federation (iSSf) Changwon World Championships • Also competed in a trio of iSSf World Cups and a pair of iSSf Junior World Cups • Appeared in four consecutive USA Junior olympic Championships and won Gold in the men’s 50m rifle prone event (2016), men’s 50m 3-positions event (2018) and the men’s 10m air rifle event (2019); also earned a runner-up finish in the men’s 50m 3-positions event in 2019 • Two-time Eley High School All-
American in smallbore and air rifle • Claimed back-to-back titles in both the junior men’s 10m air rifle event and the men’s 50m 3-positions event at the USA Shooting
Junior Olympics State Qualifiers (2018-19)
PERSONAL
• Son of freddy and Elizabeth Sanchez • Has one sister • Birthday is September 2 • Majoring in finance
SANCHEZ’S PERSONAL BESTS
Air Rifle
Smallbore
Career Air Rifle
year Matches Avg. High 2021 11 596.556 598
Career Smallbore
year Matches Avg. High 2021 11 581.333 587