2019-20 Rifle Roster
David Koenders
- Height:
- 6-0
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Mossautal, Germany
- High School:
- J.W. Goeth-Universitat
Statistics
Career Highs
| Statistic | Value | Opponent |
|---|---|---|
| Air Rifle | 598 | at Memphis (11/11/17) |
| Smallbore | 590 | at Memphis (11/3/19) |
Career Statistics
| Season | Air Rifle | Smallbore | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matches | Avg. | High | Matches | Avg. | High | |
| 2019-20 | 12 | 592.667 | 597 | 12 | 582.5 | 590 |
| 2018-19 | 16 | 590.31 | 596 | 15 | 582.7 | 588 |
| 2017-18 | 14 | 593.4 | 598 | 14 | 582.6 | 588 |
2018-19 (So.)
- NRA All-America Second Team Air Rifle and Smallbore
- CRCA All-America Third Team
- All-GARC Air Rifle and Combined Score First Teams and Smallbore Second Team
- CoSIDA Academic All-America Third Team
- CoSIDA Academic All-District
- GARC Scholar-Athlete of the Year
- Academic All-Big 12 At-Large First Team
- CRCA All-Academic Team
- Shot a career-high matching 588 smallbore at Kentucky to close the regular season
- Scored back-to-back 596 air rifle marks against Navy and Kentucky, respectively, good for season highs
- Tallied 419.8 in the final and finished fifth in smallbore at the 2019 GARC Championship; qualified in sixth place with a 584 total
- Finished a team-best third with a 444.8 final showing in smallbore at the 2019 NCAA Championships; entered the final tied for third place with a 586 in the open relay
2017-18 (r-Fr.)
- NRA All-America First Team Air Rifle and Smallbore
- CRCA All-America Second Team
- All-GARC Air Rifle, Smallbore and Combined Score First Teams
- CRCA All-Academic Team
- In his first collegiate match, he tied for second place in air rifle (593) against NC State at The Citadel
- Shot 597 air rifle and tied for third place against Ohio State
- Earned his first collegiate victory at Nebraska, shooting a career-best 588 smallbore; also tied for third place in air rifle with a 594 total
- Matched his career-best smallbore score of 588 and finished second overall against TCU
- Shot a career-high 598 for the individual air rifle win at Memphis
- Finished first in smallbore against Akron with a 586 total
- Shot 596 air rifle against Navy for a second-place finish; also matched the program prone record with a 200 mark
- Paced the Mountaineers against Kentucky and finished second overall in smallbore with a 586 total
At J.W. Goeth-Univerität
- Member of the German Junior National Team
- Shot 120.1 in the final and placed eighth in the junior men’s 50m rifle prone at the 2017 European Shooting Championships; qualified with a fourth place, 616.8 mark
- Finished first in the 10m air rifle mixed team event at the 2016 European Junior Championships
- Earned three top-six finishes at the 2017 ISAS International Competition, Dortmund, including a win in the men’s junior 50m rifle prone, a runner-up finish in the men’s junior 10m air rifle and a sixth-place finish in the men’s junior 50m rifle 3 positions
High School
- Placed 12th in the men’s 50m rifle 3 positions and 23rd in the men’s 10m air rifle at the 2016 ISSF Suhl Junior World Cup
- Collected three titles and two runner-up finishes at the 2016 German Junior Championships
- Finished the 2016 season ranked No. 1 in the German Junior Division in the men’s 50m rifle 3 positions and 10m air rifle; also ranked No. 2 in the men’s 50m rifle prone
- Attended Gymnasium Michelstadt
Personal
- Son of Roger and Martina Koenders
- Birthday is October 4
- Majoring psychology
- President’s List
- Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll
- Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll
A Conversation with Wren Baker
Monday, December 05
Jon Hammond | Thursday
Thursday, September 30
Life as a Mountaineer - Jared Eddy
Wednesday, March 24
Jon Hammond | Thursday
Thursday, January 14
