Assistant Coach Soren Butler

Division i Women’s At-Large first team She also was awarded the Dr Prentice gautt Postgraduate Scholarship and the Dr gerald Lage Academic Achievement Award from the Big 12 Conference

PLAYER DEVELOPMENT

Responsible for restoring the glory and tradition to the storied WVU rifle program, Hammond has recruited not only elite athletes to compete in the old gold and Blue, but he also has continued to teach and foster his team’s talents, so each student-athlete is a stronger competitor upon graduation Athletic accolades and recognitions go hand-in-hand with such advancements the Mountaineers have earned a combined 210 All-America honors, including 87 first-team recognitions, since Hammond became head coach The 2015 National Champion team earned 23 All-America honors, a program-high under Hammond Following a four-year drought, five Mountaineers scored five All-America honors in 2008, including first-team recognition for Lafe Kunkel and Brandi Eskew Hammond’s leadership also propels the Mountaineers toward fruitful futures four Mountaineers competed at the 2016 Rio Summer olympics, including 2016 nCAA champion thrasher, who won the first Gold medal of the games with a victory for the United States in the women’s 10m air rifle. Additionally, Campriani pushed his individual olympic medal count to four with gold-Medal showings in the men’s 10m air rifle and 50m rifle 3 positions. He previously won Gold in the men’s 50m 3 positions and silver in the men’s 10m air rifle at the 2012 London Summer Olympics. Four Mountaineers competed at the 2014 ISSF World Championships, including a USA Junior team invite for Spurgeon Additionally, Bryant Wallizer was invited to train at the US olympic training Center immediately following his 2010 graduation in 2021, Molly Mcghin competed for team USA at the iSSf World Championships, where she brought home a gold medal in the three positions event at the women’s team junior finals. McGhin also won a silver medal in the mixed team, 50-meter rifle prone event

ATHLETIC ACHIEVEMENTS

in addition to his busy coaching schedule, Hammond competed for more than a decade for the great Britain national team Hammond started shooting when he was nine years old As a junior, Hammond won both domestic and international honors, highlighted by the 50m rifle prone World Junior Champion title in Barcelona in 1998 Hammond has competed in a wealth of senior international competitions since then, including the 2008 and 2012 Summer olympics, representing great Britain He also has competed in numerous iSSf World Cups throughout the world, as well as the last two iSSf World Championships in 2010 and 2014. one of his highlights was representing Scotland at the 2010 Commonwealth games in Delhi, india, where he became the most successful Scottish Athlete in a single Commonwealth games, winning four medals – two gold, one silver and one bronze

PRIOR TO COACHING AT WVU

Hammond earned his bachelor’s degree from the University of Leeds while competing for its rifle team Hammond then journeyed to West Virginia to spend the 2002-03 season competing for the WVU rifle team, while working toward his master’s degree in sport management Hammond returned to Morgantown in 2006 and began his coaching career as a volunteer assistant with the Mountaineers in addition to his highly successful career as a shooter, Hammond also has volunteered his time to help others While a member of the Leeds squad, he helped coach beginning shooters and assisted the team with organizational tasks Hammond also helped initiate Blind Shooting in Scotland with his father He worked closely with a group from the grampian Society for the Blind to teach basic rifle techniques. He gave the shooters positional and mental advice and undertook the task of raising funds for all the equipment, as well as organizing a venue to hold the club’s matches Hammond is married to the former Lindsay Brooke they have three sons, Lewis and twins, Archie and Hugh

ASSISTANT COACH JEAN-PIERRE LUCAS

nine-time All-American Jean-Pierre Lucas joined the WVU rifle team as an assistant coach on June 20, 2022 Lucas returns to Morgantown after spending the last five seasons at Ole Miss, where he was named the Great American Rifle Conference’s (GARC) Assistant Coach of the Year four times and was the Collegiate Rifle Coaches Association’s (CRAC) national Assistant Coach of the Year in each of the last two seasons In his final season at Ole Miss, Lucas helped lead the Rebels to a 10-3 record in the regular season, including a 7-1 mark inside the GARC. After the squad placed third at the 2022 gARC Championships, ole Miss moved on the 2022 nCAA Championships in Colorado Springs, Colorado, where they placed fourth with an aggregate total of 4713. Lucas once again was named the gARC Assistant Coach of the Year and the CRCA national Assistant Coach of the Year after assisting six shooters to 12 All-gARC honors, including Lea Horvath, who was honored as the conference’s Shooter of the Year Additionally, Lucas also helped three shooters collect five All-America honors. in 2020-21, Lucas helped ole Miss qualify for the NCAA Rifle Championship for the first time in 15 years, earning the no 2 seed, and went on to place third overall, its highest finish in school history. Horvath also earned a pair of third-place finishes in smallbore and air rifle. The Rebels opened the season with a bang, firing an NCAA record smallbore score of 2361 and the top score in program history by over 40 points on October 10. In doing so, Ole Miss received its first No. 1 ranking in the CRCA poll in school history in January, the Rebels topped defending gARC Champions, no 2 Kentucky, at home 4727-4713. After posting an 11-1 record, Ole Miss also earned a share of the gARC regular-season title along with Kentucky and West Virginia, marking the most conference wins for the Rebels in school history (seven) and their first conference championship. Lucas led a program-record four Rebels to a combined nine All-American honors from the CRCA Horvath was a unanimous first team All-American and garnered Rookie of the Year honors after she first the first perfect air rifle score in Ole Miss history and the 12th ever in nCAA history After the historic season for the Rebels, Lucas was named national Assistant Coach of the Year by the CRCA and gARC Assistant Coach of the Year for the third time in his career