Rifle
- Title:
- Volunteer Assistant
- Email:
- lafe.kunkel@mail.wvu.edu
- Phone:
- (304) 293-4340
Volunteer Assistant Coach
(304) 293-4340
All-America Lafe Kunkel returns to the WVU rifle program for his first year as a volunteer coach after four dedicated, decorated seasons as a Mountaineer shooter.
Kunkel’s scores counted in every match during his four-year career at WVU, shooting a personal-best 585 in both air rifle and smallbore, the latter in a 2007 Mountaineer victory over Ohio State.
By far his best season, Kunkel led a young WVU squad back to the NCAA Championships his senior year, the Mountaineers’ first appearance in the competition after a six year absence. Kunkel, the 2008 squad’s most valuable shooter, led the Mountaineers in smallbore at NCAAs with a fourth-place finish and 676.6 points.
A member of the WVU Athletic Director’s Academic Honor Roll and a CRCA Academic All-America, Kunkel is currently completing his degree in landscape architecture. He resides in Morgantown.
