2009-10 Rifle Roster
Bryant Wallizer
- Height:
- 6-0
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Little Orleans, Md.
- High School:
- Hancock HS
- Prev School:
- Murray State
Excelled in first season with Mountaineers and became team’s top air rifle specialist … three-time NRA All-American … won 2009 air rifle title at USA Shooting National Championships … continues to develop solid smallbore skill-set … will provide senior leadership to experienced squad.
At West Virginia in 2008-09
Earned NRA first team air rifle All-America honor … named to all-GARC air rifle first team … also named to the all-GARC combined score honorable mention squad … shot 1228.4 at the 2009 USA Shooting National Championships to capture air rifle title … win automatically qualified for US National Development team … finished first on team with record setting 588.79 air rifle season average … shot program best 1172 aggregate score to finish first overall in regular-season win over NC State … score included season-best 579 smallbore and 593 air rifle totals … contributed to team record air rifle (2359) and aggregate (4677) scores … shot personal-best 595 air rifle in victory over Akron … score included two strings of 100, three of 99 and one string of 98 … improved smallbore score throughout season and shot personal-best 579 twice … in his first match as a Mountaineer, shot 586 air rifle and tied for second place against Ohio State … finished first in air rifle against Morehead State with 591 score … shot 589 air rifle against Army and tied for second … topped the air rifle field versus Ole Miss and shot 590 … shot 588 air rifle to finish second overall in Memphis victory … shot 590 air rifle for discipline win against Nebraska … shot season-best 579 smallbore in victory over Alaska-Fairbanks … finished third in smallbore (574) and air rifle (585) in NCAA qualifying match versus NC State … finished third in air rifle at GARC Championship with raw score of 589 and final score of 692.3 … played huge part in NCAA Championship turnaround, shooting an air rifle raw score of 591 and finishing second overall with a final score of 691.
At West Virginia in 2007-08
Sat out season with a redshirt … named to the 2008 CRCA Academic All-America list.
At Murray State in 2005-07
2007 air rifle All-American … named to 2007 all-OVC first team for air rifle … first in air rifle at the Newkirk Invitational with a season-best score of 594 … 2006 air rifle All-America … 2006 OVC Newcomer of the Year ... 2006 OVC all-Newcomer Air Rifle team … all-OVC smallbore second team … finished second at the NCAA sectionals with season-best 591 air rifle … shot a season-best 585 smallbore.
In High School
Attended Hancock High … six-time Junior Olympian … competed under Norris Diefenderfer for Antietam Junior Rifle Club.
Personal
Son of Pat and Donna Wallizer … birthday is April 6 … has one sister … majoring in natural resources and agriculture economics … Athletic Director’s Academic Honor Roll.
PERSONAL BESTS
Air Rifle
595 vs. Akron, Jan. 31, 2009
Smallbore
579 twice, most recently vs. Alaska-Fairbanks, Jan. 25, 2009
CAREER AIR RIFLE
Year Matches Avg. High 2009 14 588.79 595
CAREER SMALLBORE
Year Matches Avg. High 2009 14 569.93 579
