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West Virginia Mountaineers rifle

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West Virginia Mountaineers
2022 West Virginia Mountaineers rifle team
Founded1951
UniversityWest Virginia University
Head coachJon Hammond (14th season)
ConferenceGreat America Rifle
LocationMorgantown, WV
ColorsGold and blue[1]
   
NCAA Team National Champions
1983, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2009, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
NCAA Team Runners-up
1980, 1981, 1982, 1985, 1987, 1994, 2011, 2018, 2019
NCAA Individual Champions – Smallbore
1983, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1992, 1993, 1997, 2013, 2016, 2017, 2018
NCAA Individual Champions – Air Rifle
1981, 1982, 1985, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1996, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017
Conference Tournament championships
1999, 2000, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
Conference Regular Season championships
1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2010, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018

The West Virginia Mountaineers rifle team is a co-ed intercollegiate varsity sport of West Virginia University. The rifle team participates in NCAA Division I rifle competitions within the rifle-only Great America Rifle Conference.

West Virginia is the most successful college rifle program in the United States, winning a total of 19 NCAA national team championships. They have won 25 individual NCAA championships, produced 65 All-Americans, and 13 Olympians. Jon Hammond serves as the head coach of the rifle team.

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  1. ^ "West Virginia Mountaineers Athletic Identity Logoslick" (PDF). April 15, 2019. Retrieved April 16, 2019.
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