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The University of Mississippi Athletics
Ole Miss Rifle Picks Up Two All-America Honors
3/14/2006 | Rifle
March 14, 2006
OXFORD, Miss. - Capping off its first trip to the NCAA Championships, two members of the Ole Miss rifle team picked up All-America honors over the weekend. Junior Jennifer Lorenzen and sophomore Shannon Wilson received All-America honors from the National Rifle Association Collegiate Program.
Wilson, a Fairfax Station, Va. native, received first team All-America honors in the air rifle. The sophomore tied the school record of 587 to finish second in the smallbore at the NCAA Rifle Championships. Wilson also tied Lorenzen's school record of 590 in the air rifle earlier this season. She won the junior women's air rifle portion of the 3x Air and Top Gun Championships in December and earned a spot on the U.S. National Development Team.
Lorenzen picked up the second All-America honor of her career, when she was named honorable mention All-America in smallbore. The Memphis, Tenn., native became the program's first All-America last season, when she received the same honor from the NRA. Lorenzen is also a member of the U.S. National Development Team.
Head coach Valerie Boothe was recognized as the National Coach of the Year by the Collegiate Rifle Coaches Association over the weekend. Boothe led the Rebels to their first appearance in the NCAA Championships, the program's first NCAA sectional victory and saw Ole Miss set or tie school records for team aggregate, air rifle and smallbore scoring, as well as individual air rifle and smallbore marks.
