Nebraska Cornhuskers rifle

Nebraska Cornhuskers
Founded	1998; 27 years ago (1998)
University	University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Athletic director	Troy Dannen
Head coach	Richard Clark (1st season)
Conference	Patriot Rifle Conference
Location	Lincoln, NE
Home arena	Military and Naval Sciences Building (ROTC)
Nickname	Cornhuskers
Colors	Scarlet and cream[1]
NCAA Tournament appearances
2000, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2021, 2023, 2024
Conference championships
GARC: 2005, 2006

The Nebraska Cornhuskers rifle team represents the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in the Patriot Rifle Conference. Rifle became an official sport at the university in 1998^[2] and competed as an independent for six years before joining the Great America Rifle Conference (GARC) in 2004. NU left the GARC for the Patriot Rifle Conference in 2021. The team practices and hosts meets at the ten-point indoor firing range located in NU's Military and Naval Sciences Building (ROTC). The team has been coached by Richard Clark since 2024.

Although rifle is classified as a coeducational sport by the NCAA, Nebraska fields an all-female team.^[3]

In 2023, Huskers captain Cecelia Ossi won the USA Shooting Women's Smallbore National Championship.^[4]

Coaches

Coaching history

No.	Coach	Tenure	Overall	Accomplishments
1	Karen Anthoney	1998–2002	43–25 (.632)
2	Launi Meili	2002–07	75–29 (.721)	GARC Tournament champion (2005,2006)
3	Morgan Hicks	2007–12	53–62 (.461)
4	Stacy Underwood	2012–14	46–24 (.657)
5	Ashley MacAllister	2014–19	50–49 (.505)
5	Rachel Martin	2019–21	20–28 (.417)
6	Mindy Miles	2021–24	21–22 (.488)
	Liz Schmeltzer	2024	No games coached
7	Richard Clark	2024	0–0 (–)

Coaching staff

Name	Position	First year	Alma mater
Richard Clark	Head coach	2024	Kentucky

Awards

All-Americans

Nebraska has had twelve first-team and twenty-six second-team NRA All-American selections.^[5]

First-team Nicole Allaire – 2000 (AR,SB) Amanda Trujillo – 2001 (AR) Melissa Downsbrough – 2002 (AR) Kristina Fehlings – 2004 (AR), 2005 (AR), 2006 (SB) Misty Chanek – 2006 (SB) Andrea Franzen – 2006 (AR) Kirsten Weiss – 2007 (SB) Amanda Jeffries – 2009 (AR) Denise Martin – 2014 (SB) Lauren Phillips – 2014 (SB)

Second-team Amanda Trujillo – 2000 (AR,SB), 2001 (SB), 2002 (AR,SB), 2003 (AR,SB) Nicole Allaire – 2001 (AR,SB) Melissa Downsbrough – 2001 (AR) Terim Richards – 2001 (AR) Misty Chanek – 2004 (AR,SB), 2005 (AR,SB), 2006 (AR) Kristina Fehlings – 2005 (SB), 2006 (AR), 2007 (AR,SB) Stacy Underwood – 2007 (AR,SB) Kirsten Weiss – 2008 (SB) Amanda Jeffries – 2008 (AR) Elisha LaFond – 2008 (AR) Janine Dutton – 2013 (AR) Rachel Martin – 2014 (SB), 2015 (AR), 2016 (SB) Denise Martin – 2015 (SB), 2016 (SB) Dacotah Faught – 2017 (AR), 2018 (AR)

Individual NCAA Championships

• Nicole Allaire – 2000 (SB)
• Kristina Fehlings – 2006 (AR)
• Rachel Martin – 2015 (SB)^[6]

Season-by-season results

Tournament champion

Year	Coach	Overall	Conference	Postseason
Independent (1998–2004)
1998–99	Karen Anthoney	3–7
1999–00		20–6		NCAA 3rd
2000–01		16–6		NCAA 6th
2001–02		4–6
2002–03	Launi Meili	7–5
2003–04		10–10		NCAA 6th
Great America Rifle Conference (2004–2021)
2004–05	Launi Meili	21–4	1st	NCAA 3rd
2005–06		22–1	1st	NCAA 2nd
2006–07		15–9	3rd	NCAA 5th
2007–08	Morgan Hicks	13–11	4th	NCAA 4th
2008–09		13–9	3rd	NCAA 3rd
2009–10		12–14	3rd	NCAA 6th
2010–11		4–15	6th
2011–12		11–13	3rd	NCAA 3rd
2012–13	Stacy Underwood	17–15	3rd	NCAA 7th
2013–14		29–9	3rd	NCAA 5th
2014–15	Ashley MacAllister	7–5	3rd	NCAA 4th
2015–16		8–21	6th	NCAA 8th
2016–17		13–5	2nd	NCAA 6th
2017–18		9–8	5th	NCAA 8th
2018–19		13–10	2nd
2019–20	Rachel Martin	13–11	4th	NCAA[A 1]
2020–21		7–17	8th	NCAA 6th
Patriot Rifle Conference (2021–present)
2021–22	Mindy Miles	5–6	5th
2022–23		7–5	3rd	NCAA 6th
2023–24		9–11	4th	NCAA 8th

Notes

1. Nebraska qualified for the 2020 NCAA Rifle Championship, which was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic

References

1. "The Power of Color" (PDF). Nebraska Athletics Brand Guide. Retrieved June 17, 2024.
2. "1998-1999 Season in Review". Huskers.com. University of Nebraska. 29 June 1999. Archived from the original on 20 June 2023. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
3. "1999-2000 Season in Review". Huskers.com. University of Nebraska. 29 July 2000. Archived from the original on 20 June 2023. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
4. "Ossi wins USA Shooting Smallbore National Championship". 1011Now. Gray Media Group. 7 June 2023. Archived from the original on 7 June 2023. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
5. "NRA ALL-AMERICAN PROGRAM". National Rifle Association of America. Retrieved October 26, 2022.
6. "Martin Takes First at NCAAs, NU Places Fourth". Nebraska Huskers. March 14, 2015. Retrieved May 4, 2015.