MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (Feb. 24, 2025) – The No. 2-ranked West Virginia University rifle team will compete for its nation-best 20th NCAA title at the 2024-25 NCAA Championships, as announced on Monday by the NCAA Rifle Committee.
The NCAA Championships are being hosted by Kentucky and are scheduled for March 14-15. The season-ending event will take place inside Memorial Coliseum in Lexington, Kentucky.
West Virginia has qualified for the NCAA Championships in each of the last 17 postseasons, all of which have come under Jon Hammond's leadership. WVU owns a nation-best 19 national titles and has won six under Hammond, including five straight from 2013-17.
The Mountaineers qualified as the field's second-ranked team with a qualifying mark of 9496. Joining WVU at this year's championships are No. 1 Alaska Fairbanks, No. 3 Kentucky. No. 4 TCU, No. 5 Ole Miss, No. 6 Murray State, No. 7 Georgia Southern and No. 8 Air Force.
This year's field earned championship bids based on the average of its three highest regular-season aggregate scores, with each score recorded at a different range. The average of the three scores was then added to the aggregate total from the team's designated qualifier to determine the final field.
A total of 48 competitors will compete at the championships, with eight selected as individual qualifiers. An NCAA rule stipulates that a school that qualified is prohibited from sending individual qualifiers.
Next up, West Virginia stays at home for the 2024-25 Great American Rifle Conference (GARC) Championships, at the Bill McKenzie Mobile Rifle Range inside the WVU Shell Building. The event will take place on March 1-2 with both sessions beginning at 9 a.m. ET both days.
For more information on the Mountaineers, visit WVUsports.com and follow WVURifle on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook
The NCAA Championships are being hosted by Kentucky and are scheduled for March 14-15. The season-ending event will take place inside Memorial Coliseum in Lexington, Kentucky.
West Virginia has qualified for the NCAA Championships in each of the last 17 postseasons, all of which have come under Jon Hammond's leadership. WVU owns a nation-best 19 national titles and has won six under Hammond, including five straight from 2013-17.
The Mountaineers qualified as the field's second-ranked team with a qualifying mark of 9496. Joining WVU at this year's championships are No. 1 Alaska Fairbanks, No. 3 Kentucky. No. 4 TCU, No. 5 Ole Miss, No. 6 Murray State, No. 7 Georgia Southern and No. 8 Air Force.
This year's field earned championship bids based on the average of its three highest regular-season aggregate scores, with each score recorded at a different range. The average of the three scores was then added to the aggregate total from the team's designated qualifier to determine the final field.
A total of 48 competitors will compete at the championships, with eight selected as individual qualifiers. An NCAA rule stipulates that a school that qualified is prohibited from sending individual qualifiers.
Next up, West Virginia stays at home for the 2024-25 Great American Rifle Conference (GARC) Championships, at the Bill McKenzie Mobile Rifle Range inside the WVU Shell Building. The event will take place on March 1-2 with both sessions beginning at 9 a.m. ET both days.
For more information on the Mountaineers, visit WVUsports.com and follow WVURifle on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook
