NCAA rifle championships

NCAA rifle championships
Most recent season or competition:
2025 NCAA Rifle Championships
AssociationNCAA
SportCollege rifle
Founded1980 (1980)
DivisionDivision I, Division II, and Division III
No. of teams8 teams
48 individual shooters
Country United States
Most recent
champion(s)
Team: West Virginia (20)
Small-bore: Cecilia Ossi, Alaska
Air rifle: Audrey Gognait, Ole Miss
Most titlesTeam: West Virginia (20)
Small-bore: West Virginia (13)
Air rifle: West Virginia (15)
Official websiteNCAA.com

The NCAA rifle championships are contested at an annual competition sponsored by the National Collegiate Athletic Association to determine the team and individual champions of co-educational collegiate rifle among its member programs in the United States. Unlike many NCAA sports, only one National Collegiate championship is held each season with teams from Division I, Division II, and Division III competing together. It has been held in mid-March every year since 1980, except 2020.

The two-day event includes individual and team titles with team scoring based on the aggregate performances of individual shooters across a set of smallbore and air rifle competitions.

West Virginia have been the most successful program at the team and individual levels; the Mountaineers have won 20 team and 28 individual titles.

The current team national champions are West Virginia, who won their twentieth team national championship at the 2025 event, held at the Memorial Coliseum at University of Kentucky in Lexington, KY from March 14-15. Cecilia Ossi of Alaska won the individual championship for smallbore, while Audrey Gognait of Ole Miss won the individual championship for air rifle.