2006-07 citadel rifle media guide

The Citadel Rifle 2006-07

Quick FactsTable of Contents

Quick Facts .............................1Administration ........................22006-07 Outlook ......................3Coach William Smith ...............42006-07 Bulldogs ..................5-82005-06 Recap .........................9The Citadel Rifle History .. 10-11This is The Citadel ................ 12

Each team declares four shooters before each match. Those four scores will count towards the overall team score.

The Collegiate Sectionals NCAA Qualifier is a match that falls within a 4-5 day window. The top eight scores from smallbore and the top eight from air rifle from each sectional around the nation advance to the NCAA Championship.

Air Rifle-- 0.177 caliber pellet (That’s 0.177 inch).-- 10 meters from shooter to target.-- Sixty targets, one shot per target.-- Each shot grades as 1-10.-- Ten is a perfect shot.-- A perfect score is 400.-- Time limit is 1 min. 45 sec. per shot.

Smallbore-- .022 caliber.-- 50 ft. from shooter to target.-- Three shooting positions: (prone, standing, kneeling.)-- Forty targets for each position, one shot per target.-- Each shot grades as 1-10.-- Ten is a perfect shot.-- Perfect score is 1,200 (400 for each position). -- Time limit (per shot): Prone - 1 minute/ Standing - 2 minutes/ Kneeling - 1 1/2 minutes

Rifle Scoring System

Quick FactsLocation ................................................... Charleston, S.C.Founded .....................................................................1842Enrollment ................................................................1,964Colors ...........................................Citadel Blue and WhiteAffiliation ................................................NCAA Division 1Conference ............................................................SEARCNickname ................................................Bulldogs, CadetsPresident ...................................... Lt. Gen. John W. Rosa, Jr.Director of Athletics ..................................... Les RobinsonSr. Associate AD/Internal Affairs .................. Ray WhitemanSr. Assoc. AD/External Affairs ........... Chuck BeddingfieldAssoc. AD/Communications .................... Andy SolomonAsst. AD/Sr. Woman Administrator .............Kelly SimpsonAsst. AD/Compliance ...................................Todd LairAsst. AD/Event Management ................... Robby BennettAsst. AD/Facilities ..................................Mike GroshonFac. Athletic Rep. .....................Lt. Col. William SharbroughDirector of Sports Medicine ..................... Andy ClawsonBusiness Manager ................................... Lynn MeadorRifle Head Coach ...........................................William SmithAthletic Department .............................. (843) 953-5070Media Relations Director ............................. Noelle OrrAssoc. Media Relations Director .................Patrick WalshAsst. Media Relations Director .................. Melanie LongAsst. Media Relations Director/Rifle .................. Erik BellBell’s E-mail ............................... [email protected] Relations Office .................................(843) 953-5120Media Relations Fax .............................. (843) 953-5058Website ..................................www.CitadelSports.comMailing Address ....................................... The Citadel...............................................................171 Moultrie Street........................................................... Charleston, SC 29409

The 2006-07 Citadel Rifle Media Guide was edited and written by Erik Bell us-ing Adobe InDesign CS2 and Adobe Photoshop CS2. Photos are by The Cita-del photographer Russ Pace. A special thanks to Noelle Orr, Patrick Walsh, Melanie Long, Coach William Smith, and The Citadel Print Shop.

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Administration

The Citadel President Lt. Gen. John W. Rosa was born in Springfield, Ill., Sept. 28, 1951. After graduating high school in Jacksonville, Fla., in 1969, he was recruited to play football at The Citadel, the Military College of South Carolina. While at The Citadel, Rosa was the start-ing Bulldog quarterback in 1970 and went on to earn three varsity letters in football. He graduated from The Citadel in 1973 with a degree in business administration and was awarded a commission in the Air Force. A command fighter pilot with more than 3,600 flying hours, Rosa enjoyed an illustrious 32-year career in the Air Force. Among his career highlights, he was stationed in Lossiemouth, Scotland, as an American exchange officer flying the Jaguar for the Royal Air Force. He has commanded at squadron, group and wing levels at air bases in Georgia, Idaho, New Mexico, South Carolina, and South Korea. He served as inspector general for Pacific Air Forces at Hickam Air Force Base in Hawaii and commandant of The Air Command and Staff College at Maxwell Air Force Base in Alabama.

As deputy director for operations for the Joint Chiefs of Staff in Wash-ington, D.C., he was in charge of the National Military Command Center and served as the military spokesman for the Pentagon when U.S. troops were deployed to Afghanistan and Iraq in 2002. In July 2003, he was named superintendent of the U.S. Air Force Acad-emy in Colorado Springs, Colo., and in September of that year, he was promoted to lieutenant general. He remained in that position until his retirement from active duty in November 2005. On Jan. 3, 2006, Rosa returned to The Citadel where he serves as 19th president. Rosa holds a master’s degree in public administration from Golden Gate University. He is a graduate of the Air Force Command and Staff College, the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, and the U.S. Army War College. He has also studied at the John F. Kennedy School of Government and the Harvard Graduate School of Education. His awards include the Distinguished Service Medal, the Defense Superior Service Medal, the Legion of Merit with oak leaf cluster, the Meritorious Service Medal with four oak leaf clusters, the Air Force Commendation Medal and the Combat Readiness Medal with two oak leaf clusters. He has flown the A-7, A-10, Hunter and Jaguar aircrafts, F-16, F-117A, HH-60G and HC-130. He is married to Donna Kangeter, a Charleston native. They have two sons, Jonathan and Brad (’03), and a grandson, Michael Bradley, who is the son of Jonathan and his wife, Elisha.

At a school where leadership is taught and duty is part of the curricu-lum, The Citadel has the right person to lead its Department of Athlet-ics in Les Robinson. A virtual Who’s Who in intercollegiate athletics and one of the region’s most sought-after speakers, Robinson is in his seventh year as the Bulldogs’ Director of Athletics. Possessing more than four decades of college athletics experience to his credit, Robinson, who also served as athletics director and basket-ball coach at North Carolina State and East Tennessee State, is only the fifth athletics director in Citadel history. He served as the Bull-dogs’ basketball coach from 1974-85, having spent the five previous seasons as an assistant coach. In his first six years leading The Citadel’s athletics program, Robin-son’s skills as a proven fundraiser have already benefited The Citadel Brigadier Foundation. During the past four years, the school witnessed the opening of the Altman Athletic Center at Johnson Hagood Stadium and the addition to McAlister Field House for women’s athletics. The Citadel, under Robinson’s guidance, has hosted the Southern Conference cross-country championships, the first two rounds of the women’s basketball championships, the men’s and women’s tennis championships and the baseball tournament. A 1965 graduate of N.C. State, Robinson served five years as a Bulldog assistant coach under Dick Campbell and George Hill, and eventually spent 11 seasons as The Citadel’s head basketball coach from 1974-85. He directed the 1978-79 and 1984-85 teams to 20 and 18 victories, respectively. Robinson was named the Southern Conference Coach of the Year in 1979 and was tabbed South Carolina’s Coach of the Year in 1979 and 1985. Following his tenure at The Citadel, Robinson became the head bas-ketball coach at East Tennessee State, where he coached the Bucca-neers for five years, increasing their win total (7-14-20-27) each year. The West Virginia native remains the only coach in Southern Confer-ence men’s basketball history to earn league coach of the year hon-ors at two different schools, and he ranks fifth on the conference’s list of basketball wins. Robinson earned a bachelor of science degree in education and rec-reation from N.C. State in 1965 and added a master’s degree in educa-tion and guidance from Western Carolina in 1969. Robinson is married to the former Barbara Simon of St. Albans, W.Va. The Robinsons, who have maintained a home on Sullivan’s Island since coaching at The Citadel, have four children and eight grandchildren.

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2006-07 OutlookThe Citadel rifle team is looking to improve upon two straight third-place finishes in the Southeastern Air Rifle Conference (SEARC) in the 2006-07 season.

This is the first full season that the Bulldogs will have access to The Citadel Marksmanship Cen-ter. The range, which was completed in Febru-ary of 2006, hosted an SEARC match as well as the SEARC Champi-onships and an open sec-tional last season.

“We have new range facilities and up-graded equipment, but we also have a much more difficult schedule,” said head coach William Smith. “This sea-son will be our greatest challenge since returning to NCAA status.”

T h e Citadel is at-tempting to

replace former men’s and wom-

en’s team captains Evan Rishel and Amara Atella.

Among those returning for the Cadets

are sophomore Patricia Thibodeau and junior Kevin Medert. Thibodeau and Medert both finished in the top 20 at the SEARC Championships. Chris De-

Witt returns for his sophomore sea-son after being named the most improved shooter in the confer-

ence as a freshman.

Smith en-ters his eighth

season with the program and looks to guide The Citadel to another impressive finish in the SEARC. The Bulldogs have fin-

ished among the top three in the conference every season since rifle became a varsity sport again in 2001.

The 2006-07 schedule includes two SEARC and smallbore matches at The Citadel Marksmanship Center in No-vember and February. The Bulldogs will also host Wofford on Dec. 2 and a non-conference tri-match at the brand new rifle range against VMI and Air Force on Jan. 13. The inclusion of Air Force in the match ties in with Smith’s plan to compete against all of the ser-vice academies in the coming seasons. The SEARC Championships will be held Feb. 17 in Spartanburg, S.C., host-ed by Wofford.

Kevin Medert

Patricia Thibodeau

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Coach William Smith

Native Charlestonian William C. Smith enters his eighth season with The Citadel rifle pro-gram. Smith has made great strides with the team, moving it from a club sport back to an intercollegiate sport and overseeing construc-tion of a brand new, state-of-the-art indoor shooting range in The Citadel Marksmanship Center. Under the direction of Smith, the Bulldogs have finished in the top three of the Southeastern Air Rifle Conference (SEARC) every season since rifle became a varsity sport again in 2001. The Citadel has finished third in back-to-back sea-sons in the SEARC as they placed behind first-place Birmingham Southern and N.C. State in 2006 at the SEARC Championships held at the brand new Citadel Marksmanship Center in February. The Bulldogs also finished 2005 be-hind Birmingham Southern and N.C. State in the SEARC. The Bulldogs finished second in the SEARC in 2004, and ended the 2003 season as runner-up in the conference with five Aca-demic All-American shooters.

The Citadel captured SEARC Championships in 2001 and 2002 under Smith. The Bulldogs had only one loss in 2002 and the 2001 season marked the first time the team won the SEARC Championships since it was reinstated as a varsity sport. The Citadel’s previous title was in 1999 as a club team. Also in 2001, Smith led the Bulldog shooters to individual and team

NCAA sectionals, competing against teams from South Carolina, North Carolina, Georgia and Alabama. To help reach Smith’s goal of becoming an an-nual participant in postseason play, The Cita-del completed construction of The Citadel Marksmanship Center in February of 2006. The indoor shooting range is the premier fa-cility in the SEARC and contains 16 points for smallbore/center fire and air-rifles at 50 feet. The Bulldogs plan to bid on hosting the NCAA rifle championships in the future.

Highlights of Smith’s Tenure

1999 - Led The Citadel club team to SEARC Championship in his first season.

2001 - Rifle is reinstated as a varsity sport. Bull-dogs win SEARC Championship with a record of 7-1.

2002 - Smith leads The Citadel to another one-loss season and SEARC Championship.

2003 - Finished second in the SEARC with five Academic All-American shooters. The Bull-dogs racked up the fifth highest team score in the nation by the Collegiate Rifle Coaches As-sociation and finish with a record of 29-5.

2004 - The Citadel finishes as the runner-up in the SEARC.

2006 - The Citadel finishes third in the SEARC for the second straight year and completes construction on The Citadel Marksmanship Center, a state-of-the-art indoor shooting range and deemed the premier facility in the SEARC.

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2006-07 Bulldogs

2005-06 -- Had a score of 532 at the Southeastern Air Rifle Conference (SEARC) Championships on Feb. 25 at The Citadel Marksmanship Center.

High School -- Member of the rifle team at Greenwood High School in Greenwood, S.C.

Personal -- Majoring in education with a con-centration in social studies…member of the Aca-demic Honor Roll at The Citadel…son of Sandra and Bruce Futch…born Oct. 31, 1984.

2005-06 -- Sixth on the team with a mark of 550 at the Southeastern Air Rifle Conference (SEARC) Championships on Feb. 25 at The Citadel Marks-manship Center…fired a 545 and finished sixth in an open sectional match against Clemson on March 4 at The Citadel Marksmanship Center.

High School -- Attended Stratford High School and was captain of the JROTC Rifle team for three years…earned a letter as a member of the Strat-ford rifle squad…coached at Stratford by First Sgt. Joe Hughes.

Personal -- Majoring in history…son of James and Marjorie Delph…born Sept. 15, 1986.

2005-06 -- Shot a 552 and helped the Bulldogs to a second-place finish at the fifth Southeast-ern Air Rifle Conference (SEARC) match of the season in Spartanburg, S.C., on Jan. 28…fired a 539 at the SEARC Championships at The Cita-del Marksmanship Center on Feb. 25…finished fourth and helped lead the Bulldogs to a victory over Clemson in an open sectional match on March 4 at The Citadel Marksmanship Center with a score of 558.

High School -- Completed four years of com-petition shooting for NJROTC and earned two varsity letters at New Bern High School in New Bern, N.C.…team captain sophomore, junior and senior years.

Personal -- Majoring in history… son of William Hambidge…born Sept. 24, 1986.

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2006-07 Bulldogs

2005-06 – Fired a 560 and helped the Bulldogs to a second-place finish in the fourth Southeast-ern Air Rifle Conference (SEARC) match of the season in Spartanburg, S.C., on Jan. 21…led The Citadel with a mark of 554 in a NCAA smallbore match in Raleigh, N.C., on Jan. 22…paced the Bulldogs with a 574 to lead them to a second-place finish at the fifth SEARC match in Spartan-burg, S.C., on Jan. 28…placed 16th at the SEARC Championships on Feb. 25 at The Citadel Marks-manship Center with a score of 555 and helped the Bulldogs to a third-place finish in the event.

High School – Member of Henry County High School in McDonough, Ga., varsity team for four years and was team captain for two years…two-time Georgia state qualifier…won a semifinal shoot-off match to take Henry County to first state championship in school history…coached at Henry County by Capt. Joe Tucker.

Personal – Majoring in business administra-tion…son of Judy Montgomery and Kenny Med-ert…born Sept. 18, 1985.

2005-06 – Led The Citadel women’s team with a score of 442 in a NCAA smallbore match in Ra-leigh, N.C., on Jan. 22…fired a 546 at the South-eastern Air Rifle Conference (SEARC) Champi-onships at The Citadel Marksmanship Center on Feb. 25.

High School – Member of track and field, swim-ming and water polo teams at Mother McAuley High School in Evergreen Park, Ill.…lettered and was named All-Conference two years in track…lettered four years in swimming, and was named All-Metro Catholic Conference and to the All-Academic team two years…lettered two years in water polo, was named to the All-Academic team, and a member of back-to-back State Champion-ship teams and one state runner-up squad.

Personal – Majoring in criminal justice…an Ac-ademic All-American at The Citadel…daughter of Sue Anne and Lawrence Pastick…born April 22, 1986.

2005-06 – Shot a 500 at the Southeastern Air Rifle Conference (SEARC) Championships on Feb. 25 at The Citadel Marksmanship Center…named the most improved shooter in the conference af-ter putting up scores of 504 and 500 in the final two SEARC matches of the season…had a mark of 504 and finished ninth at an open sectional match against Clemson at The Citadel Marks-manship Center on March 4.

High School – Lettered three years as a mem-

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2006-07 Bulldogs

2005-06 – Had a score of 539 at the Southeastern Air Rifle Conference (SEARC) Championships at The Citadel Marksmanship Center on Feb. 25.

High School – Was a member of the field hockey and swimming teams at Morristown High School in Morristown, N.J.

Personal – Majoring in criminal justice …daugh-ter of Keum Hee and Young Chang…born March 13, 1987.

2005-06 – Helped the Bulldogs to a third-place finish and placed 15th at the Southeastern Air Rifle Conference (SEARC) Championships with a score of 556 at The Citadel Marksmanship

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ber of the track and field team at Chestatee High School in Gainesville, Ga….a member of the honor roll and a Georgia Merit Scholar at Ches-tatee.

Personal – Christopher DeWitt…majoring in political science…son of Douglas and Crystal DeWitt…born Aug. 4, 1986.

Center on Feb. 25…placed fifth in a victory over Clemson at an open sectional at The Citadel Marksmanship Center on March 4 with a mark of 548.

High School – Attended North Hall High School in Gainesville, Ga….was a four-year member of the soccer team and named all-district for three of those seasons…also participated on the vol-leyball squad for one season at North Hall.

Personal – Majoring in history…daughter of Richard and Frances Thibodeau…born Sept. 29, 1986.

High School – Earned three letters in swimming, two in softball and one in volleyball at Bristol Eastern High School in Bristol, Conn….was cap-tain of the swimming and volleyball teams…a three-time member of the All-Academic team in the CCC South Conference.

Personal – Kaitlyn Burns…majoring in heath, ex-ercise and sports science…daughter of Ronald and Lynda Burns…father was a member of The Citadel swimming team…born Nov. 20, 1986.


2006-07 Bulldogs

High School – Earned two letters as a mem-ber of the air rifle team at Osbourn Park High School…coached by Captain James Porter…was also a member of the track squad.

Personal – John Leslie Charlton…majoring in history…son of George and Barbara Charlton…born in Seoul, South Korea on April 12, 1988.

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High School – Earned four letters as a member of the rifle team at North Central High School in Camden, S.C….received the top shooter award at North Central as well as an Athletic/Academ-ic Scholar award…also received four letters as a member of the cheerleading squad…was a cap-tain of both the rifle and cheerleading teams…coached by Col. Butcher and Chief Smith in high school.

Personal – Brandy Michelle Brown…majoring in English…daughter of Theresa Mary Brown…born Nov. 2, 1986 in Stugart, Germany.

High School – Member of the rifle team at Riv-erhead High School in Riverhead, N.Y….also on the crew team at Riverhead High…coached in high school by Master Chief Barber.

Personal – Robert Charles Kozakiewicz…ma-joring in political science and Spanish…son of Robert and Diane Kozakiewicz…father was a football player at Marist College…born Sept. 9, 1987.


2005-06 RecapThe 2005-06 season brought some historic changes to The Citadel rifle program as a brand new, state-of-the-art indoor shooting range was at the program’s disposal after construction was completed on The Citadel Marksmanship Center in February of 2006. The Bulldogs hosted the first event at the new range on Feb. 11 in the sixth and final Southeastern Air Rifle Conference match of the season. The Citadel also hosted the SEARC Championships on Feb. 25 and an open sectional against Clem-son to end the season on March 4.

The Bulldogs began the 2005-06 season at the SEARC Conference Invitational in Fort Benning, Ga. on Sept. 24-25. On the first day of the invitational, the men’s team took first out of the four teams compet-ing with a score of 1464 while the women finished second after fir-ing a mark of 1398. Senior captain Amara Atella was the top shooter on the first day with a 380. The other senior captain, Evan Rishel, paced the Bulldogs on the second day of the invitational as he fired a 570 to lead The Citadel to a sec-ond-place finish with a score of 2219 behind N.C. State. The wom-en’s team placed third out of the four teams competing with a mark of 2138.

A two-day, NCAA match in Clarksville, Tenn. was the next stop for the Bulldogs on Oct. 1-2. The Citadel finished first in the match with a score of 2217-72, ahead of Austin Peay who had a mark of 2169-64. The wom-en’s team placed third with a score of 2099-61. Rishel, Atella and sopho-more Steven Reis tied for the top score on the Bulldogs as they each shot a 563.

The Citadel began conference action on Oct. 8-9 in Augusta, Ga. and finished first in the match with a score of 2248. The men’s team finished first in the NCAA portion of the match as well with a 2204. Atella again paced the Cadets with a 568.

The second SEARC match of the season was held in Birmingham, Ala. on Oct. 22-23 and the Bulldogs finished second out of three teams behind Birmingham Southern. The Citadel’s score of 2246 was just behind Bir-mingham Southern’s mark of 2288-98, while Augusta State placed third with a 2081-35. Rishel fired a 568 to lead the Bullldogs.

The Bulldogs hosted Wofford in a match at Deas Hall on Oct. 29-30 and topped the Terriers with a score of 2286-81. The women’s team also de-feated Wofford as they fired a 2120-44 compared to the Terriers’ mark of 2099-35. Rishel fired the top score of the season for The Citadel at that point as he shot a 578-21.

The third SEARC match of the season was held in Raleigh, N.C. on Nov. 5-6 and N.C. State finished first in both the conference portion and the NCAA section. The Wolfpack had a score of 2266, 24 points ahead of The Citadel. In the NCAA portion, N.C. State had a 2266 while the Bulldogs shot a 2238. Atella led The Citadel with a score of 571-19.

The Bulldogs returned to action in the next calendar year as they trav-eled to Spartanburg, S.C. for the fourth SEARC match of the season on Jan. 21 and finished second to N.C. State. The Citadel was only six points behind the Wolfpack with a score of 2222. Rishel again led The Citadel in scoring with a 568 while sophomore Kevin Medert fired a 560.

The Citadel again traveled to Raleigh, N.C. for a NCAA smallbore match

on Jan. 22 and finished third behind VMI and N.C. State. The Keydets shot a 2238, N.C. State had a 2206 and the Bulldogs fired a 2094. Medert led the Cadets in the match with a 554 and Rishel had a 520. The women’s team finished with a total of 1572, led by sophomore Jacquelyn Pastick, who fired a 442.

The Cadets returned to Spartanburg, S.C. for the fifth SEARC match of the season on Jan. 28-29 and finished second behind Birmingham Southern. The Bulldogs’ score of 2263 was 19 points behind Birmingham Southern. Medert paced the Bulldogs with a 574 and Reis shot a 571. The NCAA portion of the match saw the Bulldogs’ coed team rack up a mark of 2259 while the women’s team had a 2110. Atella’s score of 552 led the women’s squad.

The grand opening and first match in The Citadel Marksmanship Center was next for the Bulldogs as they hosted the sixth and final SEARC match of the season and a NCAA sectional on Feb. 11-12. N.C. State spoiled the occasion for the Bulldogs, however, as they finished first in both the con-ference and NCAA portions of the weekend. The Wolfpack racked up a mark of 2293 while second-place Birmingham Southern fired a 2284. The Citadel finshed third with a score of 2265. The Bulldogs’ coed team finished 26 points behind N.C. State’s mark of 2293 but placed second in the NCAA air rifle sectional after winning a tiebreaker with Birmingham Southern based on center shots. The Citadel’s men’s team finished sixth in the competition with a 2136 while the women’s squad placed seventh at 2061. N.C. State and The Citadel also competed in a NCAA smallbore match during the weekend with the Wolfpack coming out on top with a score of 2247 compared to the Bulldogs’ total of 2141. Evan Rishel fired a personal-best score of 581 to lead the Bulldogs individually on the weekend as 54 competitors representing 10 teams and eight colleges opened The Citadel Marksmanship Center in grand fashion.

The Citadel Marksmanship Center host-ed the SEARC Championships on Feb. 25 and the Bulldogs finished third be-hind conference champion Birmingham Southern, who took the crown for the second straight season with an average of 2282, and N.C. State. The Citadel’s av-erage of 2249.3 was nine points behind second-place N.C. State. Birmingham Southern won the SEARC match with a score of 2274, six points ahead of the Wolfpack. The Bulldogs finished the match with a mark of 2241. Rishel finished fourth in the SEARC after firing a 566 and Reis also cracked the top-10 after plac-ing eighth with a 564. Freshman Patricia Thibodeau finished 15th with a score of 556 and Medert placed 16th after shooting a 555. Freshman Chris DeWitt was named the most improved shooter in the conference after firing scores of 504 and 500 in the final two SEARC matches of the season.

The Bulldogs ended their season by defeating Clemson in an open sec-tional at The Citadel Marksmanship Center on March 4. Rishel had his third straight sterling performance to end his Bulldog career as he shot a 571.

With the end of the season came an end to the impressive careers of se-nior captains Evan Rishel and Amara Atella. Rishel finished fourth at the SEARC Championships, fired a season-best score of 581 for the Bulldogs on Feb. 11, and tied for or led the Cadets in scoring in eight matches during the season. Atella paced or tied for The Citadel lead in scoring during four matches of the 2005-06 season.

Evan Rishel

Amara Atella

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The Citadel Rifle History2006Coach Bill Smith…The Citadel fin-ishes construction on a brand new, state-of-the-art shooting range. The Citadel Marksmanship Center is deemed the premier facility in the SEARC. Bulldogs finish third in the SEARC for the second straight sea-son.

2003Coach Bill Smith…Matt Fussell and Boyd Pritchard named All-Academic Rifle Scholar by the Collegiate Rifle Coaches Association…team ranked fifth highest team score nationwide by Collegiate Rifle Coaches Associa-tion…took second place in SEARC conference…finished 29-5.

2002Coach Bill Smith…Bulldogs win a second straight SEARC Champion-ship after another one-loss season.

2001Coach-Bill Smith... Captain-Janean Tavares... SEARC Champions... 7-1 on season... Reinstated as an intercolle-giate sport... Keith Kacmar twice The Citadel’s Bulldog-of-the-Week... Matt Fussell and Boyd Pritchard named All-Academic Rifle Scholar from Col-legiate Rifle Scholar Association.

1999President-Mike Wood... Vice Presi-dent-Andrew Smith... Secretary-Brian Cowart... Treasurer-Steve Al-verson... Advisor-William C. Smith... SEARC Champions... NRA All-Ameri-can-Howard Brown... (Air, Free and Standard Pistol – 2nd Team).

1998NRA All-American-Peter Marra... (Air Pistol – 2nd Team).

1996NRA All-American-Howard W. Brown... (Air Pistol – 2nd Team).

1995Coach-Douglas Herr.... Ranked 2nd out of National ROTC Schools... Lead by two seniors, Jason Lamar and John McKinney... NRA All-American-Alan Geboy... (Free Pistol – 2nd Team).

1994NRA All-American-Hendrik Boor-aem... (Standard Pistol – 2nd Team).

1993NRA All-American-Soutsana Ounkham... (Air and Free Pistol – 1st Team)... NRA All-American-Douglas J. Herr.... (Air Rifle – 2nd Team).

1992Coach-Colonel G. B. Stackhouse... NRA All-American-Douglas J. Herr...

(Air and Smallbore Rifle – 2nd Team)... Doug Herr first Citadel member to be a two-sport NRA All-American... Team record 1991-1992 seasons through Feb. 1, 19-5.

1991Coach-Colonel G. B. Stackhouse... NRA All-American-Joseph DelVec-chio... (Air Pistol – 1st Team).

1990Coach-Colonel G. B. Stackhouse... (348-105-1 record of last 10 years as head coach)... Team Captain-Leo Sihvonen 1st place sectional match smallbore... Douglas Herr took 2nd place smallbore... Douglas Herr 1st place-air rifle... Leo Sihvonen 2nd place-air rife... David McLeod 3rd place-air rifle... State Champions of South Carolina and North Carolina... First place in NCAA and NRA South-ern Regional and sectional champi-onships... 4th in the prestigious Mar-di Gras Invitational Championship... 37-8-1 record in 1989-1990 season.

1989Coach Colonel G. B. Stackhouse... 64-30 record... Citadel swept North and South Carolina state open champion-ships... Team Captain-Leo Shivonen - First sharp shooter to ever make it to the NCAA Championships in both smallbore and air rifle... David McLeod-1st place Resident State Championship in S.C.... Kevin Lindell-1st Sharpshooter in S.C. State Championship and Individual Cham-pion... NRA All-American-Robert T. Patton... (Air, Free and Standard Pis-tol – 1st Team)... NRA All-American-Richard Deer... (Air Pistol – 1st Team and Free Pistol Honorable Mention).

1988NRA All-American-Robert T. Patton...

(Air, Free and Standard Pistol – 1st Team).

1987NRA All-American-Robert T. Patton... (Free Pistol – 1st Team and Air Pis-tol Honorable Mention)... NRA All-American-David Laidler.... (Air and Standard Pistol – 1st Team)... NRA All-American-Richard G. Almes...

(Standard Pistol – 1st Team).

1986NRA All-American-Richard K. Rob-erts... (Air and Free Pistol – 1st Team and Standard Pistol Honorable Men-tion)... NRA All-American-Richard G. Almes... (Standard Pistol – 1st Team)... NRA All-American Dale W. Levering... (Standard Pistol – 1st Team and Air Pistol Honorable Men-tion).

1985Coach Colonel G. B. Stackhouse... Team won the Mardi Gras Rifle Tour-nament, the nation’s top tournament... (brought the Bulldogs an unofficial

National Championship)... Team Captains-Terry Smith and Rodney West... NRA All-American-Richard K. Roberts... (Air and Free Pistol – 1st Team)... NRA All-American-Richard G. Almes... (Standard Pistol – 1st Team)... NRA All-American-Dale W. Levering... (Air Pistol – 1st Team)... NRA All-American-John A. Craw-ford... (Free Pistol – 1st Team).

1984Coach-Colonel G. B. Stackhouse... Captain-Dale Hall... Record-42-17... Collected 6 out of 9 trophies at the Western Carolina Rifle Conference Match... NRA All-American M.A. Bu-cholz... (Air, Free and Standard Pistol – 1st Team).

1983Coach- Colonel G. B. Stackhouse... Co-captains-Dale Hall and Anthony Morris... NRA All-American-M.A. Bucholz... (Air and Free Pistol – 1st Team).

1982Coach-Colonel G. B. Stackhouse... Team Captains-Frank Gregory and Russell Farmer (Blue Team, White Team).

1981Coach-Colonel G. B. Stackhouse... (1st year) and Citadel Provost Mar-shall... Team Captains-Frank Greg-ory and Ed Kelly (Blue Team, White Team)... Since 1957-the team has

captured 10 Southern Conference Championships.

1980Coach-Commander V.E. Levander, U.S.N., Ret.

1979Coach-Captain Sawtelle... Captain-Matt Burke.

1978Coach-Captain Matthew Sawtelle... Assistant coach-Sgt. Flynn.

1977Coach-Captain Matthew Sawtelle... Team Captain-Bob Turner.

1976Coach Major George Lavezzi.

1975Coach Major George Lavezzi... Record 20-5.

1974Coach George Lavezzi... Southern Conference Champions.

1973Coach-Captain Schremp... Assistant Coach- Sgt. Needman... Co-Cap-tains-Jim Meggs and Mike Pendley... Southern Conference Champions.

197220-10 record... 2nd place in Southern Conference.

1969Coach Major Lape... Team Captain-Mike Selders... All-Americans - Mike Selders, Don Johnson, Ken Elias... S.C. State Champions... Southern Confer-ence Champions.

1968Coaches-SFC Valley and Major Kel-ley... Team Captain-Greg Dalton... NRA All-American-J. Eric Sond-strom... (Rifle – 2nd Team)... First Cit-adel 4 year NRA All-American... S.C. State Champions... Southern Confer-ence Champions.

1967Coaches-Major E.A. Fox and Sgt. D.A. Valley... NRA All-Americans- J. Eric Sondstrom, Edward Jones and Wayne R. Fitzgerald... (Rifle – 2nd Team).

1966Coaches-Major Jerry C. Whitmire and Sgt. Henry Jenks... Team Cap-tain-NRA All-American-J. Eric Sond-strom... (Rifle – 1st Team)... NRA All-American-John T. Collins... (Rifle – 2nd Team)... Team 2nd in the Na-tion.

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The Citadel Rifle History1965National ChampionsWilliam Randolph Hearst Trophy Coaches-Captain Whitmire and Sgt. Willis... NRA All-American-J. Eric Sondstrom... (Rifle – 2nd Team).

1964Coach-Captain Hilbert... Team Cap-tain-Kit Leithiser... Team 2nd in the Nation. 1963National ChampionsWilliam Randolph Hearst Trophy Coach-Captain Hilbert and Sgt. Wil-

lis... Team Captain-NRA All-Ameri-can-Dave Edgerly... (Rifle – 1st Team)... NRA All-American-Keels Dickerson... (Rifle – 2nd Team)... Southern Conference Champions... Coast Guard Invitational Champi-ons... Third Army Area Champions.

1962Coach-Captain Donald C. Hilbert... Team Captain-Bill Fuller... NRA All-American-Dave Edgerly... (Rifle – 1st Team)... NRA All-American-Keels Dickerson... (Rifle – 1st Team)... Keels Dickerson-Top Score Nationwide-at William Randolph Hearst Competi-tion (199 of a possible 200 points)... Southern Conference Champions.

1961Coach-Capt. Richard E. Moore... Team Captain-Joe Syslo... South-ern Conference Champions... Third Army Champions... S.C. State Cham-pions.

1960Coach-Capt. Richard E. Moore... Team Captain-Vici Seiter... Unde-feated Regular Season... NRA All-American-Robert C. Metsker... (Rifle – 1st Team).

1959Coach-1st Lt. Richard E. Moore and Sgt. Lewis L. Crellin... Team Captain-Bob Motsker... Won 3 trophies and 16 individual medals at the NRA Na-tional Indoor and Third Army Area... Smallbore Sectional Champions...

Air Force Team-National Air Force ROTC Champions.

1958Coach-Captain George E. Wood... Co-Captains-Joe Adams and Wyly Watson.

1957Coach-SFC Eynon... Captain-Ted Adams... 2nd place Southern Con-ference... 2nd place NRA Sectional match.

1956Advisors-Col. Coffey and Captain

Wood... Sponsor-Miss Fran-ces Enter... Captain-Derald Smith... SC State Champions... 2nd in NRA Sectional... Es-tablished a memorial award in honor of Richard Polk Caldwell who was co-captain and died in a car accident... The award is for the best marksmanship together with sportsmanship.

1955Coaches-Sgt. Grier and Sgt. John-son... Captain-George Thomas... Sponsor-Miss Cicily Kirchoff... Fresh-men-undefeated regular season... Varsity S.C. Champions... 2nd in Southern Conference.

1954Coaches-Captain T. C. Williams and Sgt. Grier... Captain-Jim Coggins... Sponsor-Miss Patricia Thomas... Cit-adel, Army and Air Force handed the Marines their first defeat in 2 years... 2nd in Southern Conference.

1953National ChampionsWilliam Randolph Hearst Trophy Coach-Sgt. Harvey... Captain-Pete Shoemaker... Sponsor-Miss Mary Grace Shoemaker... Won the J.C. Moore Trophy... S.C. State Champi-ons... 2nd in Southern Conference.

1952Coaches-Major Sgt. Chavious and Major Sgt. Harvey... 2nd in Southern Conference.

1951Coaches-Major Sgt. Chavious and Sgt. Wood... Team Captain-B.E. Bookout... 3rd straight year winning S.C. State ROTC Championship (the W.E. Moore Trophy)... Took honors in William Randolph Hearst Trophy match... 1st year NRA Club was orga-nized at the Citadel... 2nd in South-ern Conference.

1950Won S.C. State ROTC Championship (the W.E. Moore Trophy).

1949Won S.C. State ROTC Championship (the W.E. Moore Trophy).

1948Coach-Major Ralph B. Sessoms, Jr.... Manager-K.F. Kast.

1947Coach-Major John Harden... Cap-tain-D.P. Gaillard... Team Leader-Bob Clement.

1946Coach-1st Lt. J.W. Lewis... Co-Cap-tains-Mickey Burn and M. Pete Mos-er... Manager-Bob Clement... Spon-sor-Mrs. Henrretta L. Moser... 70 tried out, 16 made the team, 3 returned, 7 ended up with letters... Two Citadel teams fired in the Hearst Trophy Matches and were 5th place.

1945Coach-Captain P.F. Byther... Captain-Billy Wells... Sponsor-Mrs. Josie Mc-Cullers Wells... Placed 2nd in Fourth Service Command matches scoring 3,386 out of possible 4,000... 4 out of 10 who made the National Inter-collegiate matches were called to the armed services (World War II)... Citadel finished 20th out of 27.

1943Coach-Captain P.F. Byther... Captain-W.A. Pashley... Manager-W.C. Guier... Sponsor-Miss Jane Kraft... G.K. Webb was the high scorer for the team with 374 out of a possible 400... Hearst Trophy Competition-2nd place, Team: 906 out of a possible 1,000... Webb: team high scorer-189 of pos-sible 200... National Intercollegiate matches fired 7,607 of a possible 8,000.

1942Coach-Lt. P.F. Byther... Captain-W.W. Gates-lost before the season be-gan to the army (World War II)... NEW Captain: Johnny Wooten... Manager-W.A. Pashley... Team-lost only once... Freshmen Squad Cap-tain-B.D.Starkey... Freshmen squad defeated once in 6 matches... Won 1st place-ROTC Fourth Corps Area Rifle Competition by the highest score ever received by the Citadel: 3,718 (tied the school’s high score in 1941).

1941Coach-1st Lt. P.F. Byther... Captain-Edgar Terrell... 180 men tried out for the team, but only 18 could be tak-en... 4th place in ROTC Fourth Corps Area Rifle Competition with score of 3,718... Two five men Citadel teams entered in Hearst Trophy Competi-tion... Team placed 3rd-936pts, won trophy, and several individual med-

als... High Team Scorers for the year-M. Mosteller, W.W. Gates, E.A. Terrell and H. E. Groom.

1940Coach-Major R.J. Kirk Jr.... Captain-Alex Kelly... Alt. Captain-A.L. Broad-water... Sponsor-Miss Kitty McNeil... 1st place-ROTC-Fourth Corps Area Rifle Competition... Undefeated in regular season.

1939National ChampionsWilliam Randolph Hearst Trophy2nd place was 22 pts behind them... Coach-Major Robert J. Kirk... Cap-tain-Harold Chandler... Sponsor-Miss Elle Carswell... No collegiate losses in regular season.

1938Coach- Major Robert J. Kirk... Cap-tain-Tommy Symmes... Alt. Cap-tain-”Speedy” Spedden... Manager-Charlie Begg... Sponsor-Miss Nancy Moorer.

1937Coach-Captain J.S. Robinson... Assistants-Dean McCown and George Rosenburg... Captain-G.V. Rosenburg... lt. Captain/Manager-”Speedy” Spedden... Sponsor-Mrs. S. H. Rosenberg.

1936Coach-Captain Stewart... Assistants-Major McGee and Col. Holliday... Captain-A.H. Ferguson... Manager-McCown.

1935Coach-Lt. Stewart... Assistants-Cadet Cantrell and Cadet Williams... Cap-tain-Etter... Manager-McMillan... Had the best college indoor and outdoor target ranges in the state.

1934Coach-Lt. G.C. Stewart... Captain-Hoyt McMillan... Manager-Starkes... Cadet Coach-Ramsey... Sponsor-Miss Sara Sherwood.

1933Coach-F.D. Austin Jr.... Captain-M.L. Powell, Jr.... Manager-H.M. Reed... Sponsor- Miss Mary Ledbetter. 1932Captain-Bert Hamilton... Manager-Harold Norton... First record of a rifle team.

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Located in historic Charleston, S.C., The Citadel offers undergraduate and gradu-ate degrees in the humanities, business, math, science, engineering and education. The Citadel’s reputation for academic ex-cellence is reinforced by annual rankings from U.S. News & World Report that place The Citadel as number two in public col-leges granting master’s degrees in the South. The engineering school is nation-ally ranked at number 27.

With an enrollment of more than 1,900, the Corps of Cadets is the nation’s largest military college program outside the ser-vice academies. All cadets are educated within a classic military system and about 40 percent of the graduating seniors earn military commissions. The remaining graduates attend graduate school or enter the job market.

The College of Graduate and Professional Studies, which is noted for Citadel excel-lence in a civilian environment, serves about 1,200 residents of South Carolina’s Lowcountry.

Academic programs at the collge are com-plimented by a strong commitment to ser-vice and emphatic support of an honor code that calls upon a cadet not to lie, cheat or steal or tolerate those who do. Since its founding in 1842, The Citadel’s emphasis on character, as well as intel-lect, has produced generations of gradu-ates who have served their nation, their professions and their communities with distinction.

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