RIFLE TEAM
From Knob Knowledge
The Citadel rifle team competes in international three-position small bore and air rifle N.C.A.A. matches.
The team won both the North and South Carolina State Championships for six years straight, from 1992-1997. (Source: The Guidon, 1998-1999)
The Rifle Team--which for several years was a club sport--had the first female athlete competing for The Citadel: Rosa-Lee Maris Nasso. She shot in an air rifle match at Wolfe Creek in Atlanta in September 1997.
In 2001, the Rifle Team was a coed team and became a varsity sport once more.
In 2003 the team was coed and a women's sport. The team won its conference (the SEARC) in air rifle in 1999 as a club sport and in 2001 as a varsity sport.
Janean Tavares was the first female captain of the Rifle Team in 1999.
The Head Coach is William C. ("Bill") Smith (1997- ).
(Source: communication from Head Coach William C. Smith, March 18, 2005)
Current information about the Rifle Team is on The Citadel Athletic Department Web site. (HN & DH)
