Nebraska Cornhuskers rifle

The Nebraska Cornhuskers rifle team represents the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in the Patriot Rifle Conference. Rifle became an official sport at the university in 1998 and competed as an independent for six years before joining the Great America Rifle Conference (GARC) in 2004. NU left the GARC for the Patriot Rifle Conference in 2021. The team practices and hosts meets at the ten-point indoor firing range located in NU's Military and Naval Sciences Building (ROTC). The team has been coached by Mindy Miles since 2021.

Nebraska Cornhuskers rifle
Founded1998 (1998)
UniversityUniversity of Nebraska–Lincoln
Athletic directorTrev Alberts
Head coachMindy Miles (3rd season)
ConferencePatriot Rifle Conference
LocationLincoln, NE
Home arenaMilitary and Naval Sciences Building (ROTC)
NicknameCornhuskers
NCAA Tournament appearances
2000, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2021, 2023
Conference championships
GARC: 2005, 2006

Although rifle is classified as a coeducational sport by the NCAA, Nebraska fields an all-female team.

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 Martin2019–2120–28 (.417)
6 Mindy Miles2021–12–11 (.522)

Coaching staff
Name Position First year Alma mater
Mindy MilesHead coach2021TCU
J. T. SchneringAssistant coach2021Alaska

Awards

All-Americans

Nebraska has had twelve first-team and twenty-six second-team National Rifle Association All-American selections.[1]

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
  • Nicole Allaire – 2000 (SB)
  • Kristina Fehlings – 2006 (AR)
  • Rachel Martin – 2015 (SB)[2]

Season-by-season results
Tournament champion
Year Coach Overall Conference Postseason
Independent (1998–2004)
1998–99Karen Anthoney3–7
1999–0020–6NCAA 3rd
2000–0116–6NCAA 6th
2001–024–6
2002–03Launi Meili7–5
2003–0410–10NCAA 6th
Great America Rifle Conference (2004–2021)
2004–05Launi Meili21–41stNCAA 3rd
2005–0622–11stNCAA 2nd
2006–0715–93rdNCAA 5th
2007–08Morgan Hicks13–114thNCAA 4th
2008–0913–93rdNCAA 3rd
2009–1012–143rdNCAA 6th
2010–114–156th
2011–1211–133rdNCAA 3rd
2012–13Stacy Underwood17–153rdNCAA 7th
2013–1429–93rdNCAA 5th
2014–15Ashley MacAllister7–53rdNCAA 4th
2015–168–216thNCAA 8th
2016–1713–52ndNCAA 6th
2017–189–85thNCAA 8th
2018–1913–102nd
2019–20Rachel Martin13–114thNCAA[A 1]
2020–217–178thNCAA 6th
Patriot Rifle Conference (2021–present)
2021–22Mindy Miles5–65th
2022–237–53rdNCAA 6th

Notes
  1. Nebraska qualified for the 2020 NCAA Rifle Championship, which was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic

References
  1. "NRA ALL-AMERICAN PROGRAM". National Rifle Association. Retrieved October 26, 2022.
  2. "Martin Takes First at NCAAs, NU Places Fourth". Nebraska Huskers. March 14, 2015. Retrieved May 4, 2015.
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