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 (2nd season)
ConferenceGARC
LocationLincoln, Nebraska
Home arenaMilitary and Naval Sciences Building (ROTC)
NCAA Tournament appearances
2000, 2001, 2004–10, 2012–18
Conference championships
2005, 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.

Coaches

Coaching history
No. Coach Tenure Overall Accomplishments
1 Karen Anthoney1998–200243–25 (.632)
2 Launi Meili2002–0775–29 (.721)GARC Tournament champion (2005,2006)
3 Morgan Hicks2007–1253–62 (.461)
4 Stacy Underwood2012–1446–24 (.657)
5 Ashley MacAllister2014–1950–49 (.505)
5 Rachel Martin2019–13–11 (.542)

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

Awards

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 – 2000 (SB)
  • Kristina Fehlings – 2006 (AR)
  • Rachel Martin – 2015 (SB)[1]

Season-by-season results
Conference tournament champion
Year Coach Overall Conf. NCAA Finish
Independent (1998–2004)
1998–99Karen Anthoney3–7
1999–0020–63rd
2000–0116–66th
2001–024–6
2002–03Launi Meili7–5
2003–0410–106th
Great America Rifle Conference (2004–present)
2004–05Launi Meili21–41st3rd
2005–0622–11st2nd
2006–0715–93rd5th
2007–08Morgan Hicks13–114th4th
2008–0913–93rd3rd
2009–1012–143rd6th
2010–114–156th
2011–1211–133rd3rd
2012–13Stacy Underwood17–153rd7th
2013–1429–93rd5th
2014–15Ashley MacAllister7–53rd4th
2015–168–216th8th
2016–1713–52nd6th
2017–189–85th8th
2018–1913–102nd
2019–20Rachel Martin13–114thCanceled

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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