The University of Mississippi Athletics
2021-22 Rifle Roster
Jillian Zakrzeski
- Class:
- Senior*
- Hometown:
- Constantia, N.Y.
- High School:
- Paul V. Moore
- Experience:
- 3L
| CAREER HIGHLIGHTS |
| ย โข 2022ย GARC Air RIfle Honorable Mention ย โข 2022ย GARCย Combinedย Honorable Mention ย โข 2021 GARC Smallbore Honorable Mention |
| ACADEMIC HIGHLIGHTS |
| ย โข CRCA Scholastic All-American (2019, 2020, 2021, 2022) ย โข SEC Winter Academic Honor Roll (2019,2020, 2021, 2022) |
2021-22 (SENIOR): Helped Ole Miss finish fourth at the NCAA Rifle Championship, firing an aggregate score of 1171 โฆ Guided the Rebels to back-to-back postseason appearances for the first time in school history โฆ Capped off her career with a pair of GARC Honorable Mention honors in air rifle and combined disciplines โฆ Ranked fourth on the team with a 1174.2 aggregate average on the season โฆ Was one of two Rebels to compete in all 15 matches, serving as a counter in every contest โฆ Fired a 580 or better in smallbore and a 590 or better in air rifle in 12 matches โฆ Turned in a 1175 aggregate score against NC State (10/30) โฆ Posted a 1179 as the Rebels nearly knocked off No. 1 Alaska Fairbanks on the road โฆ Had a career day, tying her smallbore high with a 590 and finishing with a 1188, the 11th best mark in school history at Army (1/29) โฆ Also helped Ole Miss post a program record score of 4737 against the Black Knights โฆ Was one shot shy of perfection, dropping a nine in her second series before closing her afternoon out with four perfect strings of 100 (1/30) โฆ Tallied a 1174 aggregate score on Senior Day in the NCAA Qualifier match (2/19) โฆ Was productive in the classroom, being named to the SEC Winter Academic Honor Roll and the CRCAโs Scholastic All-American list.
2020-21 (JUNIOR):ย Picked up All-GARC Smallbore Honorable Mention laurels โฆ One of three Rebels to compete in all 13 matches, serving as a counter in 11 contests โฆ Led the Rebels to a third-place finish at the 2021 NCAA Rifle Championship, firing an aggregate score of 1172 โฆ Helped Ole Miss receive its first ever No. 1 national ranking in the CRCA Poll, a mark that they held for four weeks during the regular season โฆ Had a career day on the range at Ohio State, smashing her lifetime best with a 590 in smallbore and an aggregate score of 1185 โฆ Became the third Rebel ever to eclipse the 590 mark in smallbore in program history โฆ Fired a 1170 aggregate score as the Rebels shattered the program record with team score of 4734 (2/13) โฆ Turned in a career-high 597 in air rifle to help Ole Miss set a new air rifle program record of 2383 in its NCAA Qualifier match (2/20) โฆ Guided the Rebels to a share of the GARC Regular Season title for the first time in program history โฆ Helped Ole Miss qualify for its first NCAA Rifle Championship in 15 years as the No. 2 seed โฆ Excelled in the classroom, being named to the SEC Winter Academic Honor Roll and the CRCAโs Scholastic All-American list.
2019-20 (SOPHOMORE):ย Competed in all 14 matches for the second consecutive season โฆ Finished with a season- and match-high 593 air rifle against Navy on Jan. 17 โฆ Was a top-four counter in air rifle against UT Martin (Oct. 13) and at Kentucky (Nov. 8) as well as in smallbore against Nebraska (Feb. 14) โฆ Posted a season-best 580 smallbore vs. Akron in Lexington, Ky. on Nov. 8 โฆ Recorded 1170 total points for an aggregate season-high on Jan. 25 vs. NC State โฆ Ended the campaign with a 573.4 average in smallbore, 582.8 in air rifle, and 1156.1 in aggregate ... Recognized as the Ole Miss Army ROTC Cadet of the Month for March โฆ Part of a team-wide sweep of the SEC Winter Academic Honor Roll ... Honored as a CRCA Scholastic All-American for the second time. ย
2018-19 (REDSHIRT FRESHMAN):ย Named GARC Air Rifle Honorable Mention after posting the 12th-highest average in league matches with a 589.1 โฆ Toed the line in all 14 Ole Miss matches, leading the team in air rifle (589.7 overall) and aggregateย averageย (1165.3) โฆ Fired an impressive 595 on two occasions to tie the fourth-highest air rifle mark in program history โฆ Fell two points shy of qualifying for the NCAA Rifle Championships as an individual with a 584 at the NCAA Qualifier on Feb. 16 โฆ The 584 and 595 points were career-highs and season highs for any Rebel โฆ Finished with a career mark of 1174 at the NCAA Qualifier, which was second highest Ole Miss total of the season โฆ Was a counter for air rifle 13 times and counted 12 times in smallbore โฆ Qualified for second National Junior Olympic Rifle Championships where she finished seventh for air rifle and 10th for smallbore โฆ Part of a team sweep of CRCA Scholastic All-Americans โฆ One of a record 10 Ole Miss rifle student-athletes named to the SEC Winter Academic Honor Roll.
2017-18 (REDSHIRT):ย Redshirted while participating in three matches unattached โฆ Tallied best aggregate score of 1154 at Gamecock Open โฆ Fired highs of 584 for air rifle (Oct. 7), and 561 for smallbore (Nov. 18).
HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB: Three-time New York State Champion ... 2017 Junior Olympics Competitor ... Junior Army National Championships Competitor ...Four-year member of high honor roll ... NSHSS (National Society for High School Scholars) Inductee.ย
PERSONAL:ย Daughter of Krista Bottorff and Jeffrey Zakrzeski ... Born July 27, 1999 ...ย Participated inย rifle, lacrosse, soccer, and track and field in high school as well as MMA and ballet ... Loves to go camping with family ... Loves hiking, fishing, hunting, kayaking and boating ... Majoring in Criminal Justice.ย
| YEAR-BY-YEAR AVERAGES | |||
| Year | Smallbore | Air Rifle | Aggregate |
| 2018-19 | 575.6 | 589.7 | 1165.3 |
| 2019-20 | 573.4 | 582.8 | 1156.1 |
| 2020-21 | 581.1 | 590.7 | 1171.8 |
| 2021-22 | 582.7 | 591.5 | 1174.2 |
| CAREER HIGHS | |||||||||||
| Smallbore | 590, 2x, MR at Army (1/29/22) | ||||||||||
| Air Rifle | 599, vs. John Jay Collegeย (1/30/22) | ||||||||||
| Aggregate | 1188,ย at Armyย (1/29/22) | ||||||||||
