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Rifle Year by Year Results

The Citadel Rifle
10x SoCon Champions: 1959, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1974
4x National Champions: 1939, 1953, 1963, 1965
Modern SoCon Era (2016-Present)
Season Record SoCon Finish Women's SoCon Finish All-SoCon Links
2021-22 5-9 Overall
3rd - 4,572 Points
Smallbore
2nd - 2,255 Points
Air Rifle
3rd - 2,317 Points
 
Overall
7th - 4,381 Points
Smallbore
Tied 6th - 2,140 Points
Air Rifle
7th - 2,241 Points
James Hart
Air Rifle Individual Champion
Freshman of the Year
Smallbore First Team
Air Rifle Second Team
Charlotte Welsh
Smallbore First Team
Air Rifle Second Team
Emily Perkins
Air Rifle Second Team
SoCon Results
SoCon Smallbore Recap
SoCon Air Rifle/Final Recap
2020-21 6-8 Overall
4th - 4,568 Points
Smallbore
4th - 2,246 Points
Air Rifle
2nd - 2,322 Points
Overall 
8th - 4,325 Points
Smallbore
8th - 2,095 Points
Air Rifle
7th - 2,230 Points
Charlotte Welsh
Freshman of the Year
Air Rifle First Team
Cameron Bates
Smallbore First Team
Air Rifle Second Team
Max Brabston
Smallbore Second Team
SoCon Results
SoCon Smallbore Recap
SoCon Air Rifle/Final Recap
2019-20 7-12 Overall
4th - 4478 Points
Smallbore
5th - 2,205 Points
Air Rifle
4th - 2,273 Points
Overall 
8th - 4,275 Points
Smallbore
8th - 2,090 Points
Air Rifle
8th - 2,185 Points
Cameron Bates
Smallbore First Team
Alexander McAlear
Air Rifle Second Team
SoCon Results
SoCon Recap
2018-19 10-12 Overall
3rd - 4,556 Points
Smallbore
3rd - 2,249 Points
Air Rifle
4th - 2,307 Points
Overall
8th - 4,036 Points
Smallbore
8th - 1,997 Points
Air Rifle
8th - 2,039 Points
Izzie Blystone
Co-Freshman of the Year
Smallbore Second Team
Max Brabston
Air Rifle First Team
Allison Auten
Air Rifle Second Team
SoCon Results
SoCon Recap
2017-18 14-15 Overall
2nd - 4,567 Points
Smallbore
2nd - 2,241 Points
Air Rifle
2nd - 2,326 Points
Overall
8th - 4,193 Points
Smallbore
8th -  2,031 Points
Air Rifle
8th -   2,162 Points
Allison Auten
Air Rifle Individual Champion
Air Rifle First Team
Smallbore Second Team
Max Brabston
Freshman of the Year
Air Rifle First Team
Alexander McAlear
Smallbore First Team
Air Rifle Second Team
William Smith
Coach of the Year
SoCon Smallbore Results
SoCon Air Rifle Results
SoCon Recap
2016-17 Overall
4th - 4,474 Points
Smallbore
2,191 Points
Air Rifle
2,283 Points
Overall
7th -  4,353 Points
Smallbore
2,139 Points
Air Rifle
2,214 Points
Allison Auten
Smallbore Second Team
Air Rifle Second Team
William Smith
Coach of the Year
SoCon Results
SoCon Recap

SEARC Era
Season Record SEARC Finish SEARC Women's Finish Honors Links
2015-16 Overall
4th - 2,278 Points
Air Rifle 
4th - 2,278 Points
Overall 
6th - 2,232 Points
Air Rifle 
6th - 2,232 Points
SEARC Results
2014-15 Overall
3rd - 2,276 Points 
Air Rifle
3rd - 2,276 Points 

 
SEARC Recap
Scholastic All-America Team
2013-14 Overall
3rd - 4,452 Points
2005-06 Overall
3rd
2004-05
2003-04
2002-03 29-5 Overall 
2nd
2001-02 7-1 Overall 
1st
2000-01 7-1 Overall 
1st
1999-00
1998-99 Overall 
1st
Howard Brown
NRA All-American
Air, Free and Standard Pistol - Second Team
1997-98 Peter Marra
NRA All-American
Air Pistol Second Team
1996-97
1995-96 Howard Brown
NRA All-American
Air Pistol Second Team
1994-95 National ROTC Schools
2nd 
Alan Geboy
NRA All-American
Free Pistol Second Team
1993-94 Hendrick Booraem
NRA All-American
Standard Pistol Second Team
1992-93 Soutsana Ounkham
NRA All-American
Air and Free Pistol First Team
Douglas J. Herr
NRA All-American
Air Rifle Second Team
1991-92 19-5 Douglas J. Herr
NRA All-American
Air Rifle and Smallbore Rifle Second Team
1990-91 Joseph Delvechio
NRA All-American
Air Pistol First Team
1989-90 37-8-1 NCAA Regionals
1st 
NRA Southern Regional
1st
NRA Southern Sectional Championships
1st
Mardi Gras Invitational Championship
4th 
1988-89 64-40 Robert T. Patton
NRA All-American
Air, Free and Standard Pistol First Team
Richard Deer
NRA All-American
Air Pistol First Team
Free Pistol Honorable Mention
1987-88 Robert T. Patton
NRA All-American
Air, Free and Standard Pistol First Team
1986-87 Robert T. Patton
NRA All-American
Free Pistol First Team
Air Pistol Honorable Mention
David Laidler
NRA All-American
Air and Standard Pistol First Team
Richard G. Almes
NRA All-American
Standard Pistol First Team
1985-86 Richard K. Roberts 
NRA All-American
Air and Free Pistol First Team
Standard Pistol Honorable Mention
Richard G. Almes
NRA All-American
Standard Pistol First Team
Dale W. Levering
NRA All-American
Standard Pistol First Team
Air Pistol Honorable Mention
1984-85 Mardi Gras Rifle Tournament
1st
Richard K. Roberts 
NRA All-American
Air and Free Pistol First Team
Richard G. Almes
NRA All-American
Standard Pistol First Team
Dale W. Levering
NRA All-American
Air Pistol First Team
John A. Crawford
NRA All-American
Air Pistol First Team
1983-84 42-17 M. A. Bulcholz
NRA All-American
Air, Free and Standard Pistol First Team
1982-83 M. A. Bulcholz
NRA All-American
Air and Free Pistol First Team
1981-82
1980-81
1979-80
1978-79
1977-78
1976-77
1975-76
1974-75 20-5
1973-74 SoCon 
Overall
1st 
1972-73 SoCon 
Overall
1st 
1971-72 20-10 SoCon
Overall
2nd
1970-71
1969-70
1968-69 SoCon 
Overall
1st 
S.C State Champions
Mike Selders
All-American
Don Johnson
All-American
Ken Elias
All-American
1967-68 SoCon 
Overall
1st 
S.C State 
Overall
1st 
 
J. Eric Sondstrom
NRA All-American
Air Rifle Second Team
1966-67 J. Eric Sondstrom
NRA All-American
Rifle Second Team
Edward Jones
NRA All-American
Rifle Second Team
Wayne Fitzgerald
NRA All-American
Rifle Second Team
1965-66 J. Eric Sondstrom
NRA All-American
Rifle First Team
John T. Collins
NRA All-American
 Rifle Second Team
1964-65 National Champions J. Eric Sondstrom
NRA All-American
 Rifle Second Team
1963-64
1962-63 National Champions
Coast Guard Indivitational Champions
Third Army Area Champions
SoCon
Overall
1st
Dave Edgerly
NRA All-American
Rifle First Team
Keels Dickerson
NRA All-American
Rifle Second Team
1961-62 SoCon 
Overall
1st
Dave Edgerly
NRA All-American
Rifle First Team
1960-61 Third Army Area Champions
S.C. State Champions
SoCon 
Overall
1st
1959-60 Robert C. Metsker
NRA All-American
Rifle First Team
1958-59 Smallbore Sectional Champions
Air Force Team-National Air Force ROTC Chmapions
1957-58
1956-57 SoCon
Overall
2nd
1955-56 S.C. State Champions
1954-55 Varsity S.C. Champions
SoCon
Overall
2nd
1953-54 SoCon
Overall
2nd
1952-53 National Champions
S.C. State Champions
SoCon
Overall
2nd
1951-52 SoCon
Overall
2nd
1950-51 SoCon
Overall
2nd
S.C. State ROTC Champions
1949-50 S.C. State ROTC Champions
1948-49 S.C. State ROTC Champions
1947-48
1946-47
1945-46 Hearst Trophy 
5th 
1944-45 Fourth Service Command 
2nd 
1943-44
1942-43 Hearst Trophy
2nd
1941-42 ROTC Fourth Corps Area Rifle
1st 
1940-41 ROTC Fourth Corps Area Rifle
4th
Hearst Trophy 
3rd
1939-40 ROTC Fourth Corps Area Rifle
1st
1938-39 National Champions
William Randolph Hearst Trophy 
1st
1937-38
1936-37
1935-36
1934-35
1933-34
1932-33
1931-32

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