The University of Mississippi Athletics
2022-23 Rifle Roster
Kristen Derting
- Class:
- Senior*
- Hometown:
- Salem, Ore.
- High School:
- South Salem
- Experience:
- 3L
| CAREER HIGHLIGHTS |
| ย โข 2024 GARCย Air Rifle Second Team ย โข 2024 GARC Smallbore Honorable Mention ย โข 2024 GARC Combined Honorable Mention ย โข 2023ย CRCAย Second Team Smallbore All-American ย โขย 2023ย CRCAย Firstย Team Air Rifle All-American ย โขย 2023ย CRCAย Second Team Aggregate All-American ย โข 2023ย GARCย Smallboreย Firstย Team ย โข 2023ย GARCย Combined First Team ย โข 2023ย GARCย Air Rifle First Team ย โข 2022ย CRCAย Second Team Smallbore All-American ย โข 2022ย GARCย Smallboreย First Team ย โข 2022ย GARCย Combinedย Secondย Team ย โข 2021 CRCAย First Team Smallbore All-American ย โข 2021 CRCAย Second Team Air Rifle All-American ย โข 2021 CRCAย Second Team Aggregate All-American ย โข 2021 GARCย Smallbore Second Team ย โข 2021 GARCย Combined Second Team ย โข 2021 GARCย Air Rifle Honorable Mention |
| ACADEMIC HIGHLIGHTS |
| ย โข CRCA Scholastic All-American (2020, 2021, 2022, 2023) ย โข SEC Winter Academic Honor Roll (2021, 2022, 2023) ย โข SEC First Year Academic Honor Roll (2020) |
2023-24 (SENIOR): Huge contributorย to the Rebels making their fourth straight NCAA Championship appearance ... Helped the team take third at the GARC Championships for the third consecutive season ... Earned All-GARC Second Team in air rifle and Honorable Mention in smallbore and combined ... Led the team in air rifle average with a 593.4 per match ... Served as the counter for smallbore and air rifle in all 15 matches, including GARC and NCAAs ... Fired a season high 589 in smallboreย at Murray State (10/7) ...ย Hit a season-high 1181 aggregate at Kentucky (11/5) ... Tied her career high 598 in air rifle in a win at Army (1/27) ... Shot the highest air rifle score for the Rebels in five matches, including at the NCAA Championship with a 594 ... Amassed the highest score for the Rebels in three matchesย for smallbore ...ย Hit the highest aggregate score among Ole Miss shooters in three matches.ย
2022-23(SENIOR*): Led Ole Miss to their second straight fourth place finish at the NCAA Rifle Championships after shooting an 1182, which was seventh overall ... Guided the Rebels to their third straight championship appearance ... Helped Ole Miss grab second place at the GARC Championships for the first time, firing a 1177 and finishing eighth in air rifle withย a 595 ... Named First Team Air Rifle and Second Team Smallbore and Combined from the College Rifle Coaches Association ... Earned First Team All-GARCย in smallbore, air rifle and combined ... One of the best shooters in the country again, ranking eighth in the nation with a 1182.7 aggregate average ... Also ranked eighth in air rifle with a 595.6 average ... Appeared and served as a counter in all 13 matches in both smallbore and air rifle ... Never shot below a 591 in air rifle and 582 in smallbore ... Started the season off strong, hitting a career mark of 598 air rifle in just her third match of the season agaisnt UT Martin (10/16) ... Tied her career-high 1185 aggregate three times then broke it twice ... Broke aggregate career-high with a 1187 at Memphis first, which helped the Rebels break a program record score of 4743 then again with an 1188ย during the NCAA Qualifier ... Named to the SEC Winter Academic Honor Roll ...ย Honored on the CRCAโs Scholastic All-American list.
2021-22 (JUNIOR): Helped Ole Miss finish fourth at the NCAA Rifle Championship, tying her aggregate career-high score of 1185 and appearing in both the smallbore and air rifle finals โฆ Went on to finish seventh overall in smallbore and fourth in air rifle โฆ Guided the Rebels to back-to-back postseason appearances for the first time in school history โฆ Earned Second Team Smallbore All-American Honors from the College Rifle Coaches Association โฆ Also garnered First Team GARC Smallbore Honors and a Second Team Combined nod โฆ Continued to cement her spot as one of the nationโs top smallbore performers, ranking 12th in the country with a 586.0 average โฆ Finished second on the team with a 1176.5 aggregate average โฆ Appeared and served as a counter in 14 matches, only missing the season opener as she competed with Team USA at the Junior World Championship โฆ Never shot lower than a 580 in smallbore and posted air rifle scores of 590 or better in nine matches โฆ Fired a 591 in smallbore in her first match of the season โฆ Tallied a 591 in smallbore and finished with an 1184 at Kentucky (11/6), as the Rebels took down the Wildcats for the second consecutive season โฆ Turned in a 1183 aggregate score at Army (1/29), helping the Ole Miss post a program record score of 4737 โฆ Was productive in the classroom, being named to the SEC Winter Academic Honor Roll and the CRCAโs Scholastic All-American list.
2020-21 (SOPHOMORE):ย Named to a trio of All-American teams, earning CRCA First Team Smallbore honors and second team laurels in air rifle and aggregate โฆ Competed in all 13 matches, serving as a counter in 12 of those contests โฆ Led the Rebels to a third-place finish at the 2021 NCAA Rifle Championship, firing the ninth-best aggregate score with a 1178 โฆ Garnered All-GARC honors in smallbore, air rifle and aggregate โฆ Was a member of an NCAA Record smallbore relay that fired a score of 2361, posting a school record mark of 594 (10/11) โฆ Also turned in a career-high aggregate score of 1185 in the season opener against UT Martin (10/11) 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 Posted a career-high mark of 597 in air rifle against NC State (1/17) โฆ Fired a 1181 aggregate score as the Rebels shattered the program record with team score of 4734 (2/13) โฆ Recorded a 593 in air rifle to help Ole Miss set a new air rifle program record of 2383 in its NCAA Qualifier match (2/20) โฆ Eclipsed the 1180 aggregate mark six times on the season 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 (FRESHMAN):ย Became a major contributor as a rookie and was a strong competitor in all 14 matches for Ole Miss โฆ Counter on 11 occasions for smallbore and in seven matches for air rifle โฆ Finished with a sixth-place smallbore performance and 582 points at the GARC Championships on Feb. 28 in Memphis โฆ Marked the highest Rebel finish in the three-event discipline at the league championships since 2012 โฆ Ended the season with the third-highest smallbore average on the team (576.1) โฆ Posted impressive air rifle and aggregate averages as well (585.7 and 1161.9, respectively) โฆ Recorded 582 smallbore at TCU on Feb. 1 โฆ Tallied a match-high 580 smallbore vs. Alaska Fairbanks on Jan. 11 โฆ Tallied career-bests with a 593 air rifle and 1172 aggregate against Nebraska on Feb. 14 โฆ Key in helping Ole Miss post seven of the top-10 scores in program history โฆ Earned CRCA Scholastic All-America status in the classroom ... Named to the First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll.
HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB:ย Finished second in the Junior Finals and fifth overall for Juniors at the 2019 Rifle/Pistol National Championships โฆ Competed in the National Junior Olympics six times โฆ Named a 2019 Eley High School All-American โฆ 2016-17 Oregon rifle state champion โฆ Placed third in the B category at the 2018 open nationals โฆ Received eight varsity letters for rifle โฆ Graduated on the honor roll, earning an IB certificate in literature.
PERSONAL:ย Daughter of Roderick and Wendy Derting โฆ Born June 29, 2001 โฆ Enjoys culinary arts, painting, playing the ukulele โฆ Attended South Salem High School โฆ From Salem, Oregon โฆ Majoring in Hospitality Management.
| YEAR-BY-YEAR AVERAGES | |||
| Year | Smallbore | Air Rifle | Aggregate |
| 2019-20 | 576.1 | 585.7 | 1161.9 |
| 2020-21 | 585.3 | 593.0 | 1178.3 |
| 2021-22 | 586.0 | 590.5 | 1176.5 |
| 2022-23 | 587.1 | 595.6 | 1182.7 |
| 2023-24 | 582.3 | 593.4 | 1175.7 |
| CAREER HIGHS | |||||||||||
| Smallbore | 594, vs. UT Martin (10/11/20)^ | ||||||||||
| Air Rifle | 598, 2x, MR at Army (1/26/24) | ||||||||||
| Aggregate | 1188, NCAA Qualifiersย (2/18/23) | ||||||||||
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