MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – Junior Lauri Syrja of the West Virginia University rifle team has been named to the 2024-25 Academic All-America Division I Men's At-Large Second Team, announced by College Sports Communicators (CSC) on Wednesday.
 
Syrja is the eighth Mountaineer in program history to be named to the CSC Academic All-America second Team. With his honor, West Virginia rifle has now seen 13 different shooters earn 26 total CSC Academic All-America honors since 1984. Twenty of those honors have come under Head Coach Jon Hammond's leadership.
 
A native of Maakeski, Finland, Syrja is one of 13 student-athletes on this year's Division I Second Team to earn a 3.7-grade point average (GPA) or higher.
 
On the range, Syrja owns three All-America honors from the Collegiate Rifle Coaches Association (CRCA) and has been named to the All-GARC Teams three times during his first two seasons at West Virginia.
 
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