Mid-Atlantic Rifle Conference

2026-2027

Athletes of the Week

Smallbore

September 21, 2026

Grant Miller takes the honor for not only the first Smallbore Athlete of the Week award this season, but also the first-ever for Indiana Tech in their inaugural season as a collegiate rifle program. Miller fired a score of 560 in the event at the Warriors' September 19th match at the University of Akron to earn the accolade. His 560 mark is a strong start for the rookie's career, as less than ten athletes in the conference achieved such a score in smallbore last season.

September 28, 2026

Mount Aloysius junior Kayla Trinkle fired a career high 583 against NCAA Champions West Virginia on September 26th for their postal against Schreiner. Trinkle’s score marks the first time in over 5 years that a Mid-Atlantic Rifle Conference athlete has eclipsed 580 in the event, and sets a new Mount Aloysius College individual smallbore program record by nine points. Her score also bolstered a new individual two-gun aggregate program record of 1168.

October 5, 2026

Molly Miller led the Mounties on Saturday as they set a new program record team aggregate, firing a 572 in Smallbore to achieve the second-highest score in the MAC so far this season.

October 12, 2026

Junior Cora Anderson, the seniormost member of the Schreiner roster this year, fired a 547 to start the year in smallbore and capture Smallbore Athlete of the Week. She led a young Mountaineer squad in both events with a total aggregate of 1114. Anderson's score places her just outside the top ten smallbore averages in the conference so far this year.

October 19, 2026

Taking the Smallbore honor is Mount Aloysius freshman Abigail Chimera. Chimera fired a 562 to place 7th overall in smallbore at the Mounties' NCAA match against VMI and second overall in the MAC postal component against Rhode Island. She currently ranks 5th overall in the conference for smallbore average.

October 26, 2026

Rhody Rifle senior Sophia Wood fired a score of 564 in the Rams' second showing of the season. Wood's score led the team to a season high smallbore team score, which currently has them ranked third in the conference in the event. Individually, she ranks in the top ten in the conference for Smallbore.

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February 22, 2027

Air Rifle

September 21, 2026

Benjamin Roche earns the Air Rifle Athlete of the Week title after firing a score of 588 at the Hillsdale Chargers' match on September 19th at the Civilian Marksmanship Program. This marks both the first career award for Roche and the first Air Rifle Athlete of the Week honor for a Hillsdale College athlete. Roche heads into his junior season, but first in the MAC, looking to add more accolades to an impressive resume which includes national titles in smallbore and aggregate.

September 28, 2026

MIT’s Eleanor Yang had herself a day in the Engineers’ season opener at Norwich on September 26th, setting the Baroffio’s Rifle Range record with a 587 in air rifle to capture the Athlete of the Week award. Her 587 is also a career high and just three points off the MIT program record.

October 5, 2026

James Stevens fired a 583 in Air Rifle on Saturday to contribute to the Mounties’ program record team score and make him one of six MAC athletes to eclipse the 580 mark in the event this year so far.

October 12, 2026

Freshman Cyreniah Hinojosa, in her collegiate debut, fired a 556 in air rifle to take second on the Mountaineers' roster in the event. This score places her in the current top ten for MAC Rookie athletes that have fired a match thus far, which makes her one to watch in the race for the All-MAC Rookie Team honors at the end of the season.

October 19, 2026

Hillsdale's Micah Vawter earns this week's Air Rifle award. The Chargers fired two matches this weekend, with Vawter firing a 583 in both to place second overall in their Wednesday night match against Indiana Tech and on their Saturday morning faceoff with one of the top club rifle teams in the nation, Akron Zips Rifle Club.

October 26, 2026

MIT's William Knowlton fired a career high 578 in air rifle in Sunday's home match against Schreiner and Coast Guard. Knowlton's score, good for second best of the match, helped lead a young MIT team to their second highest team score of the season. Individually, he now ranks in the top 20 in the conference for Air Rifle.

2026-2027