2020-21 Season Review

2020-21

SEASON REVIEW

• 7-1, 5-1 (GaRC) • West Virginia qualified for its 14th straight NCAA Rifle

Championships and finished the year ranked No. 4 nationally. • The Mountaineers finished first at the 2020 Great America Rifle

Conference (GARC) Championships with a two-day total of 4727. WVU finished second in smallbore (2346) and second in air rifle (2381). • Program record nine shooters earned a combined 22 College

Rifle Coaches Association (CRCA) All-America honors. • Nine shooters claimed 21 All-GARC honors. • Verena Zaisberger was named the Elite 90 Award winner for NCAA Division

I Rifle. Four Mountaineers have claimed this honor since 2011-2012, while Elizabeth Gratz most recently won the award in 2017 and 2018. • Zaisberger was also named the Mountaineers’ GARC Scholar

Athlete, which was the first career award for the music major. • Five student-athletes were named to the 2021 Academic

All-Big 12 At-Large First Team. Zaisberger claimed the recognition with a 4.00 grade point average (GPA).

MALORI BROWN

• CRCA All-America Smallbore Honorable Mention • Academic All-Big 12 At-Large First Team

JARED EDDY

• Matched WVU smallbore school record of 595 (Ole Miss) • Tied smallbore standing record of 199 (Ole Miss) • CRCA All-America Smallbore and Aggregate First Teams • CRCA All-America Air Rifle Second Team • All-GARC Smallbore and Combined Score First Team • Fourth place, smallbore, NCAA Championship • Second place overall at GARC Championships • Third place, smallbore, GARC Championships • Fourth place, air rifle, GARC Championships • Academic All-Big 12 At-Large First Team

TAL ENGLER

• CRCA All-America Smallbore Second Team • CRCA All-America Aggregate Honorable Mention Team • All-GARC Smallbore Honorable Mention • Fourth place overall at GARC Championships • Second place, smallbore, GARC Championships

BECCA LAMB

• CRCA All-America Air Rifle Second Team • CRCA All-America Air Rifle Second Team • All-GARC Air Rifle Second Team • All-GARC Smallbore and Aggregate Honorable Mention Team

MOLLY MCGHIN

• CRCA All-America Air Rifle First Team • CRCA All-America Smallbore Second Team • CRCA All-America Aggregate Honorable Mention Team • All-GARC Smallbore, Air Rifle and Combined Second Teams

SARAH OSBORN

• CRCA All-America Air Rifle First Team • CRCA All-America Aggregate Third Team • CRCA All-America Smallbore Honorable Mention Team • All-GARC Air Rifle Second team • All-GARC Combined Honorable Mention team • Academic All-Big 12 At-Large First Team

MATT SANCHEZ

• All-GARC Air Rifle and Combined Second Teams • All-GARC Smallbore Honorable Mention Team • Sixth place, air rifle, GARC Championships

AKIHITO SHIMIZU

• All-GARC Air Rifle First Teams • All-GARC Combined First Team • All-GARC Smallbore Second Team • CRCA All-America Air Rifle First Team • Ninth place, air rifle, NCAA Championship • Tenth place overall at GARC Championships

CALISTA SMOYER

• CRCA All-America Air Rifle First Team • CRCA All-America Aggregate Second Team • CRCA All-America Smallbore Honorable Mention Team • All-GARC Air Rifle First Team • All-GARC Combined Score Honorable Mention Team • All-GARC Smallbore, Air Rifle and Combined Score First Team • Second place, air rifle, GARC Championships • Academic All-Big 12 At-Large First Team

VERENA ZAISBERGER

• CRCA All-America Air Rifle and Smallbore Second Teams • CRCA All-America Aggregate Honorable Mention Team • All-GARC Smallbore, Air Rifle and Combined Second Team accolades. • GARC Scholar Athlete • Elite 90 Award • First place, air rifle, GARC Championships • Third place overall at GARC Championships • Sixth place, smallbore, GARC Championships • Academic All-Big 12 At-Large First Team (4.0 GPA)