When three of your five shooters each fall just one point short of perfection, the math tends to work out in your favor.
West Virginia posted a 2395-211X to win the air rifle team championship at the 2026 NCAA Rifle Championship at Ohio State’s Covelli Center in March, matching the NCAA record in the discipline. The score gave the Mountaineers an eight-point cushion over runner-up TCU and provided the decisive push in WVU’s run to a 21st overall NCAA rifle championship title.
WVU’s Griffin Lake led the way with 599-57X, followed by Océanne Muller at 599-55X and Jennifer Kocher at 599-54X—three shooters each one shot away from perfection. Camryn Camp rounded out the team total with 598-45X.
Two WVU shooters also finished inside the top five on the individual aggregate leaderboard: Lake led the championship field at 1194-101X, with Muller fourth at 1191-92X.
TCU claimed second in the air rifle team standings with 2387-207X. Katie Zaun and Mikole Hogan both posted 598 for the Horned Frogs, with Zaun edging her teammate 55X to 53X.
Kentucky took third at 2383-197X, led by Elizabeth Probst’s 598-52X.
2026 NCAA AIR RIFLE TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP LEADERBOARD
| Rank | School | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | WVU | 2395-211X |
| 2 | TCU | 2387-207X |
| 3 | Kentucky | 2383-197X |
| 4 | Ole Miss | 2382-197X |
| 5 | Nebraska | 2382-190X |
| 6 | Alaska-Fairbanks | 2380-190X |
| 7 | Georgia Southern | 2379-202X |
| 8 | Navy | 2376-184X |
The air rifle performance proved to be the difference in the overall championship. West Virginia entered Saturday’s session in fourth place after smallbore, but the record-tying air rifle score vaulted the Mountaineers to the top with a 4748-355X aggregate—an NCAA championship record and seven points clear of runner-up TCU.
West Virginia finished the 2025-26 season with an 18-1 regular-season record and went undefeated at 5-0 in Great America Rifle Conference competition. Prior to the NCAA Championship, the Mountaineers secured their 18th GARC tournament title and 17th regular-season conference crown.
With 21 NCAA titles, WVU holds more championship victories than any other rifle program in the country.
See the full results of the 2026 NCAA Rifle Championship at ncaarifle.org.
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