GARC Awards Announced

OXFORD, Miss. The Great America Rifle Conference Awards were announced on Friday at the conference banquet. Senior Jennifer Lorenzen and junior Shannon Wilson both picked up second team all-conference honors.

Lorenzen, a Memphis, Tenn. native, earned second team All-GARC honors in the smallbore after posting a season average of 575.33. She also earned honorable mention honors in the combined event. Lorenzen earned honorable mention All-GARC honors in the smallbore last season. She was recently selected to compete as an individual in the NCAA Rifle Championships which begin March 9 in Fairbanks, Alaska.

Wilson, a Fairfax Station, Va. native, was named second team All-GARC in the air rifle after posting a season average of 584.50. This is the second straight season Wilson has earned second team all-conference honors in the air rifle. She as recently selected to compete as an individual in the NCAA Rifle Championships which begin March 9 in Fairbanks, Alaska and finished runner-up at last season’s NCAA Championships in the smallbore.

Senior Casey Phillips was named the Ole Miss Scholar Athlete of the Year for the Year.

Kentucky’s Harry Mullins was named GARC Coach of the Year and Army’s Chris Abalo was named the Shooter of the Year.

The GARC Championships begin on Saturday morning at the Patricia C. Lamar National Guard Readiness Center with the smallbore event and run through Sunday afternoon.

GARC Awards

Smallbore

1st Team

Chris Abalo                 Army

Jen Pason                    Kentucky

Tom Csenge                Kentucky

Kirsten Weiss              Nebraska

2nd Team

Stacy Underwood       Nebraska

Jennifer Lorenzen       Ole Miss

Kristina Fehlings         Nebraska

David Amiot               Army

Andrew Roland          Kentucky

Brian Launer               WVU

Honorable Mention  

Brian Kern                  Army

Kim Chrostowski        Nebraska

Air Rifle                     

1st Team

Chris Abalo                 Army

Stacy Underwood       Nebraska

John Fiddes                 Army

Jen Pason                    Kentucky

2nd Team       

Kim Chrostowski        Nebraska

Wesley Hess                Army

Amy Sowash               Kentucky

Shannon Wilson          Ole Miss

Honorable Mention  

Kirsten Weiss              Nebraska

Tom Csenge                Kentucky

Combined                  

1st Team

Chris Abalo                 Army

Jen Pason                    Kentucky

Stacy Underwood       Nebraska

Tom Csenge                Kentucky

2nd Team       

Kirsten Weiss              Nebraska

Kim Chrostowski        Nebraska

John Fiddes                 Army

Amy Sowash               Kentucky

Honorable Mention  

David Amiot               Army

Jennifer Lorenzen       Ole Miss

Shooter of the Year                           

Chris Abalo                 Army

Rookie of the Year                

Jen Pason                    Kentucky

Senior of the Year                  

Stacy Underwood       Nebraska

Coach of the Year      

Harry Mullins              Kentucky

Sportsmanship Award           

Kentucky

Scholar Athletes of the Year  

Amy Sowash               Kentucky

David Amoit               Army

Katie Harington          Nebraska

Allyssa Sullivan          Xavier

Lafe Kunkel                West Virginia

Tori Kostecki              N.C. State

Andrew  Hahn             Memphis

Casey Phillips              Ole Miss

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