2015 NCAA Rifle Championships

The 2015 NCAA Rifle Championships were contested at the 36th annual NCAA-sanctioned competition to determine the team and individual national champions of co-ed collegiate rifle shooting in the United States.[1]

2015 NCAA Rifle Championship
Tournament information
SportCollegiate rifle shooting
LocationAlaska Fairbanks, AK
Host(s)University of Alaska Fairbanks
Venue(s)E.F. Horton Rifle Range
Participants8 teams
Final positions
ChampionsWest Virginia (17th title)
1st runners-upAlaska
2nd runners-upTCU
Tournament statistics
Smallbore
champion		Rachel Martin,
Nebraska
Air rifle
champion		Maren Prediger,
West Virginia

The championships were held at the E.F. Horton Rifle Range at the University of Alaska Fairbanks in Fairbanks, Alaska.

Two-time defending champions West Virginia again won the team championship, the Mountaineers' seventeenth NCAA national title in rifle.

Qualification

With only one national collegiate championship for rifle shooting, all NCAA rifle programs (whether from Division I, Division II, or Division III) were eligible. A total of eight teams contested this championship.

Results
  • Scoring: The championship consisted of 60 shots for both smallbore and air rifle per team.

Team title
  • (DC) = Defending champions
  • Italics = Inaugural championship
  • † = Team won center shot tiebreaker
RankTeamPoints
1st place, gold medalist(s)West Virginia (DC)4,702
2nd place, silver medalist(s)Alaska4,700
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)TCU4,667†
4Nebraska4,667
5Jacksonville State4,664
6Kentucky4,657
7Air Force4,642
8Murray State4,637

Individual events
Event Winner Score
Smallbore Rachel Martin, Nebraska 453.3
Air rifle Maren Prediger, West Virginia 205.8

References
  1. "NCAA Rifle Championships Results" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
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