The 2025 NCAA Rifle Championships was a tournament held to determine the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) rifle shooting champions for the 2024–25 season. The 45th annual edition of the championship was held on March 14 and 15, 2025, at the Memorial Coliseum on the campus of the University of Kentucky in Lexington, Kentucky, United States.

West Virginia won the national championship, winning its 20th tournament with a 4738-point aggregate score. Kentucky finished second with 4737 points, marking the university's seventh runner-up finish in the NCAA championships. Alaska Fairbanks finished third with 4726 points, marking its second straight third-place finish.

Rachael Charles of Alaska Fairbanks was named the Most Outstanding Performer after finishing first in individual aggregate scoring, with 1,191 points. Cecelia Ossi of Alaska Fairbanks won the individual smallbore competition with a score of 464.7 points in the finals, while Audrey Gogniat of Ole Miss won the individual air rifle competition with a finals score of 251.0 points.

Bid selection

Teams were selected by averaging their three highest regular-season match aggregate scores and adding that value to their aggregate score at their designated NCAA qualifier event. The top eight teams would be selected to compete in the national championship. The NCAA hosted its selection show for rifle on February 24, 2025.

+ Team qualifiers for the 2025 NCAA rifle championship Team Appearance Last appearance Air Force 23rd 2024 Alaska Fairbanks 38th 2024 Georgia Southern 1st Never Kentucky 30th 2024 Murray State 36th 2023 Ole Miss 6th 2024 TCU 18th 2024 West Virginia 41st 2024

Five shooters each from the eight selected schools competed in the individual smallbore and air rifle events. Eight individuals from non-qualifying schools also qualified for the national championships based on their marks in their NCAA qualifier event. In the smallbore event, Marleigh Duncan of Navy, Emma Rhode of Nebraska, and Erin Schnupp of Akron qualified. In air rifle, Addison Antwiler of Army, Hayden Bell of Morehead State, Gabriella Sprague of Ohio State, and Carlee Valenta of UTEP qualified. Maddy Moyer of Nebraska qualified for both the smallbore and air rifle events.

Results Smallbore

+ Individual smallbore final results Place Athlete Team Qualifying score Final score Cecelia Ossi Alaska Fairbanks 593 464.7 Rachael Charles Alaska Fairbanks 595 463.6 Katie Zaun TCU 589 453.6 4 Braden Peiser Kentucky 591 442.0 5 Sofia Ceccarello Kentucky 591 431.5 6 Griffin Lake West Virginia 591 420.3 7 Elizabeth Probst Kentucky 589 408.8 8 Natalie Perrin West Virginia 592 407.2

+ Team smallbore results Place Team Aggregate score Centers Alaska Fairbanks 2355 147 Kentucky 2354 135 West Virginia 2350 145 4 TCU 2335 126 5 Ole Miss 2333 124 6 Georgia Southern 2333 113 7 Murray State 2322 111 8 Air Force 2321 117

Air rifle

+ Individual air rifle final results Place Athlete Team Qualifying score Final score Audrey Gogniat Ole Miss 600 251.0 (10.6)* Braden Peiser Kentucky 599 251.0 (9.8)* Ashlyn Blake West Virginia 597 228.9 4 Carlotta Salafia Murray State 598 207.2 5 Natalie Perrin West Virginia 598 185.7 6 Katie Zaun TCU 599 164.9 7 Victoria Leppert Air Force 598 143.8 8 Lauren Hurley Air Force 597 120.9 *Score from shoot-off

+ Team air rifle results Place Team Aggregate score Centers West Virginia 2388 210 Ole Miss 2383 207 Kentucky 2383 198 4 Air Force 2382 198 5 Georgia Southern 2380 189 6 TCU 2377 183 7 Alaska Fairbanks 2371 191 8 Murray State 2371 187

Final Following the air rifle results, West Virginia emerged as the tournament's winner, securing their first championship since 2017 aggregate score of 4738. The win marked 20 tournament wins for the Mountaineers, with this being their seventh title under head coach Jon Hammond. Kentucky finished second with a 4737 score, marking the seventh runner-up finish in the Wildcats' history. Alaska Fairbanks rounded out the podium in third place, with a score of 4726.

Ole Miss finished fourth with a score of 4716, and Georgia Southern finished in fifth with a score of 4713. TCU finished in sixth with a score of 4712. Air Force finished in seventh with 4703, and Murray State finished eighth with 4693.

+ Team final results Place Team Smallbore aggregate Air rifle aggregate Total aggregate Centers West Virginia 2350 2388 4738 355 Kentucky 2354 2383 4737 333 Alaska Fairbanks 2355 2371 4726 338 4 Ole Miss 2333 2383 4716 331 5 Georgia Southern 2333 2380 4713 302 6 TCU 2335 2377 4712 309 7 Air Force 2321 2382 4703 315 8 Murray State 2322 2371 4693 298

In the individual competition, Rachael Charles of Alaska Fairbanks was named the Most Outstanding Performer of the championship, with an aggregate score of 1191 (595 in smallbore and 596 in air rifle).

+ Individual shooter final results Place Athlete Team Smallbore aggregate Air rifle aggregate Total aggregate Centers Rachael Charles Alaska Fairbanks 595 596 1191 101 Braden Peiser Kentucky 591 599 1190 93 Natalie Perrin West Virginia 592 598 1190 90 4 Griffin Lake West Virginia 591 597 1188 94 5 Katie Zaun TCU 589 599 1188 91 6 Sofia Ceccarello Kentucky 591 597 1188 83 7 Audrey Gogniat Ole Miss 587 600 1187 93 8 Gracie Dinh Ole Miss 588 597 1185 85 9 Elizabeth Probst Kentucky 589 595 1184 85 10 Cecelia Ossi Alaska Fairbanks 593 591 1184 83 11 Victoria Leppert Air Force 582 598 1180 79 12 Emme Walrath Georgia Southern 586 594 1180 75 Tori Watts 14 Carlotta Salafia Murray State 581 598 1179 87 15 Ashlyn Blake West Virginia 582 597 1179 82 16 Mikole Hogan TCU 585 594 1179 73 17 Lily Wytko Air Force 582 596 1178 88 18 Gavin Barnick West Virginia 585 592 1177 81 19 Emma Pohlmann Georgia Southern 581 596 1177 7720 Lauren Hurley Air Force 579 597 1176 8321 Bremen Butler Georgia Southern 580 596 1176 75 22 Lauri Syrja West Virginia 579 596 1175 80 23 Rylie Passmore TCU 581 594 1175 78 24 Sam Adkins Kentucky 583 592 1175 72 25 Amanda Pettersen Alaska Fairbanks 581 593 1174 75 26 Scott Patterson Murray State 580 594 1174 67 27 Lucie Kissenberger Alaska Fairbanks 582 591 1173 78 28 Lea Horvath Ole Miss 580 592 1172 78 29 Micah Hames TCU 580 590 1170 75 30 Jordan De Jesus Ole Miss 578 592 1170 71 31 John Blanton Murray State 580 590 1170 67 32 M'Leah Lambdin Ole Miss 575 594 1169 74 33 Maddy Moyer Nebraska 576 593 1169 73 34 Zach Jackson Murray State 581 587 1168 66 35 Scott Rockett Air Force 576 591 1167 69 36 Allison Henry Murray State 575 589 1164 71 37 Martin Voss Kentucky 575 588 1163 67 38 Christina Hillinger TCU 573 589 1162 70 39 Ella Goldfaden Georgia Southern 573 588 1161 65 40 William Steen Air Force 578 581 1159 69 Carlee Valenta UTEP 595 595 51 Gabriella Sprague Ohio State 595 595 47 Addison Antwiler Army 594 594 44 Hayden Bell Morehead State 591 591 45 Emma Rhode Nebraska 586 586 36 Sara Karasova Alaska Fairbanks 585 585 33 Erin Schnupp Akron 582 582 34 Marleigh Duncan Navy 579 579 25

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