WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS
RIFLE
MOLLY MCGHIN 30
WVUSPORTS.COM
12-1/7-1 GREAT AMERICAN RIFLE CONFERENCE (T-1ST)
• West Virginia finished with a 12-1 record, including a 7-1 mark inside the Great American Rifle Conference (GARC) • The Mountaineers finished the season by capturing a share of the 2021-22 GARC regular-season title, along with Kentucky, marking the second consecutive season that WVU has brought home the regular-season crown • During the regular season, West Virginia defeated eight top-10 opponents, including two top-five teams • WVU also won 10 or more matches for the 12th time under coach Jon Hammond, who improved his career record to 169-17 (.908) • Against TCU on Nov. 6, sophomore Molly McGhin became the sixth shooter in program history to shoot a perfect 600 in air rifle. The mark also tied the school and NCAA record in the relay • The Mountaineers shot an NCAA Qualifying Score of 9441, which helped them earn their 14th consecutive bid to the NCAA Rifle Championships. WVU entered the field as the sixth-ranked team • At the 2022 GARC Championships, hosted by Army, West Virginia shot a 2345 smallbore and a 2387 in air rifle for a combined score of 4732 to finish second at this year’s championships • Prior to the GARC Championships, nine Mountaineer shooters earned a combined 25 honors on this year’s All-GARC teams • Of WVU’s 25 All-GARC honors, eight student-athletes made the smallbore team, seven made the air rifle team and eight were a part of the combined (smallbore and air rifle) team • Additionally, freshman Natalie Perrin was named the GARC’s Rookie of the Year, after averaging scores of 582.5 in smallbore, 593 in air rifle and 1175.5 overall in 2021-22 • The Coopersville, Michigan, native is the first Mountaineer to win GARC Rookie of the Year since Milica Babic in 2017 and the eighth in program history • Senior Verena Zaisberger represented West Virginia in the GARC’s Scholar-Athlete category for the second consecutive season • Zaisberger also received her second NCAA Elite 90 Award for Division I Rifle, the sport’s top academic honor, in 2021-22 • The Hohenems, Austria, native joins Elizabeth Gratz, who took home the honor in 2017 and 2018, as the second different shooter in program history to receive the Elite 90 Award twice
