Nebraska Cornhuskers rifle

The Nebraska Cornhuskers rifle team represents the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in the Great America Rifle Conference. Rifle, although technically classified as a men's sport by the NCAA, is fully coeducational, with men's, women's, and coed teams competing against one another. Nebraska fields an all-female team. Rifle became an official sport at the university in 1998, led by coach Karen Anthony.

Nebraska Cornhuskers rifle
Founded1998
Head coachRachel Martin (1st season)
ConferenceBig Ten
LocationLincoln, Nebraska
Home arenaMilitary and Naval Sciences Building (ROTC)
NCAA Tournament appearances
2000, 2001, 2004–08, 2010, 2015
Conference championships
GARC: 2006

The team practices and hosts meets at the 10-point indoor firing range located in NU's Military and Naval Sciences Building (ROTC). The team is coached by Rachel Martin, who took over as head coach in 2019 following the departure of Ashley MacAllister. The program has won three individual national titles.

Coaching staff
Name Position First year Alma mater
Rachel MartinHead Coach2019Nebraska
Mindy MilesAssistant Coach2019TCU

All-Americans

Nebraska has had 12 first-team and 26 second-team NRA All-American selections.

First Team
  • Nicole Allaire – 2000 (AR,SB)
  • Amanda Trujillo – 2001 (AR)
  • Melissa Downsbrough – 2002 (AR)
  • Kristina Fehlings – 2004 (AR), 2005 (AR), 2006 (SB)
  • Misty Chanek – 2006 (SB)
  • Andrea Franzen – 2006 (AR)
  • Kirsten Weiss – 2007 (SB)
  • Amanda Jeffries – 2009 (AR)
  • Denise Martin – 2014 (SB)
  • Lauren Phillips – 2014 (SB)

Second Team
  • Amanda Trujillo – 2000 (AR,SB), 2001 (SB), 2002 (AR,SB), 2003 (AR,SB)
  • Nicole Allaire – 2001 (AR,SB)
  • Melissa Downsbrough – 2001 (AR)
  • Terim Richards – 2001 (AR)
  • Misty Chanek – 2004 (AR,SB), 2005 (AR,SB), 2006 (AR)
  • Kristina Fehlings – 2005 (SB), 2006 (AR), 2007 (AR,SB)
  • Stacy Underwood – 2007 (AR,SB)
  • Kirsten Weiss – 2008 (SB)
  • Amanda Jeffries – 2008 (AR)
  • Elisha LaFond – 2008 (AR)
  • Janine Dutton – 2013 (AR)
  • Rachel Martin – 2014 (SB), 2015 (AR), 2016 (SB)
  • Denise Martin – 2015 (SB), 2016 (SB)
  • Dacotah Faught – 2017 (AR), 2018 (AR)

Individual NCAA Championships
Further information: NCAA Rifle Championship
  • Nicole Allaire – Smallbore (2000)
  • Kristina Fehlings – Air Rifle (2006)
  • Rachel Martin – Smallbore (2015)[1]

See also

References
  1. "Martin Takes First at NCAAs, NU Places Fourth". Nebraska Huskers. March 14, 2015. Retrieved May 4, 2015.
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