WEST POINT, N.Y. Ole Miss senior All-American Shannon Wilson capped an outstanding career by placing tenth in the air rifle at the NCAA Rifle Championships over the weekend. Wilson fired a score of 586 at the event host by Army.
Wilson’s score of 586 missed qualifying for the finals by one point. Her score actually tied the eighth-place finisher, but Wilson lost out on a tie-breaker of the next best shot.
“I think Shannon preformed well in her last collegiate match,” said Ole Miss head coach Valerie Boothe. “She probably wanted to do better, but I couldn’t be more proud of her.”
The Fairfax Station, Va. native, finished 14th in the air rifle at last year’s NCAA Championships. She owns the school record in both the air rifle (592) and smallbore (587). Wilson finished runner-up at the 2006 NCAA Championships in the smallbore and won the Great America Rifle Conference smallbore championship earlier this year. She took home the gold medal in smallbore at the 2006 U.S. Junior Olympics and won the junior women's air rifle portion of the 3x Air and Top Gun Championships.
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