Rifle (Co-ed)

Rifle (Co-ed)
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1950s

02/1958 Rifle team gained varsity status

World War II sparked interest in a rifle team at NC State with both the Army and Air Force ROTC developing teams during the war. The rifle team officially gained varsity status in 1958.

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1958-1959 Paul Hofmann, rifle team head coach

As head coach, civil engineering professor Paul Hofmann helped establish the varsity rifle program in the 1958-1959 season.

1960s

Fall 1965 First women joined co-ed rifle team

Alma Williams of Covington, VA, and Pam Lias of High Point, NC, earned spots on the Wolfpack co-ed rifle team.

1970s

1975-1989 John Reynolds, rifle team head coach

1980s

Spring 1980 Riddick Rifle Range closed

NC State's rifle range was closed after it failed to meet the U.S. Army's rifle range safety specifications. The Craft Center was expanded into the space the rifle range once occupied.

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1980 Rifle team won ACC Championships

NC State's rifle team earned its 11th consecutive ACC championship by 1980.

1982 Rifle team qualified for NCAA championship

The NC State rifle team qualified for the NCAA championship for the first time in program history.

1982 Keith Miller qualified for NCAA individual championship

Keith Miller was on the only NC State rifle team to qualify for the NCAA championship and was one of seven Wolfpack shooters in program history that qualified for the NCAA individual championship.

1990s

1990 Keith Miller, rifle team head coach
1996 Rifle team inducted into Southeastern Air Rifle Conference (SEARC)

2000s

2003-2004 Rifle team won SEARC championship
2006-2007 Rifle team won SEARC championship
2007-2008 Rifle team won SEARC championship
2008-2009 Rifle team won SEARC championship
2009-2010 Rifle team won SEARC championship

2010s

2011-2012 Rifle team won SEARC championship
2012 Dani Foster qualified for NCAA rifle championship

Dani Foster became the first individual in school history to qualify for the NCAA rifle championship since Keith Miller qualified in 1984. As a freshman, Foster won a SEARC individual championship in the smallbore rifle competition.

2012-2013 Rifle team won SEARC championship
2013-2014 Rifle team won SEARC championship
2014-2015 Rifle team won SEARC championship
2015-2016 Rifle team won SEARC championship

2020s

2021 Lucas Kozeniesky competed in Olympics

NC State alumnus, Lucas Kozeniesky, competed for the U.S. Olympic team in the air rifle event. He previously competed in the 2016 Olympics games and earned silver in air rifle at the 2018 Championship of the Americas. Kozeniesky was also the first Wolfpack shooter since 1975 to earn All-America honors.