Lafe Kunkel

Height:
5-9
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Hackettstown, N.J.
High School:
West Morris Central HS

Potential All-American who is dedicated in the range ... has a constant desire to practice more ... has a love of the sport that is easily identified by others ... placed ninth in the USA Shooting Nationals in 2005 ... continued to show consistency as a junior (2006-07) ... scores counted in every match for both smallbore and air rifle ... has developed good leadership skills ... shot a season-high 579 points in smallbore against Akron (1/20/07) ... 571.2 smallbore average as second-highest on team ... recorded 581 points in air rifle competition twice during the season ... also ranked second on the team in air rifle with a 576 point average ...counting team member in both disciplines in all 11 matches during his sophomore year (2005-06) ... ranked second on the team with a 575 smallbore average and third on the team with a 572.9 air rifle average ... fired a season-high air rifle of 581 at the GARC Championships (2/25/06) to place 18th overall ... his 578 smallbore at GARCs also placed 19th ... GARC match tied a season-high aggregate of 1,160 ... season-best 581 smallbore shot in opener vs. Army (10/22/05) ... team=s most consistent all-around shooter as a freshman (2004-05) ... one of two shooters on the team to have counting scores in both disciplines in every match all year ... led the team with a 1,149.125 aggregate average (8 matches) for 120-shot courses ... also posted the best air rifle season average of 577 ... his 573.25 smallbore season average was third on the team ... personal-best 584 smallbore at Army (10/23/04) was the team=s highest of the year ... it included a team-high 196 kneeling score ... best air rifle score was a 585 shot twice ... personal-best aggregate of 1,159 shot in the win over Ohio State (1 /23/05) was also a team high ... placed 23rd in smallbore at GARC championships (2/27/05) with a 575 ... attended West Morris Central High ... coached by Rich Allaire, the father of former WVU All-American Nicole Allaire ... transfer from County College of Morris (N.J.) ... 2004 Junior Olympic Championship finalist ... on second day of the finals had the top smallbore score before finishing seventh with two-round total of 2287 ... personal bests include 1159 in smallbore and 389 in air rifle ... Personal: son of Wallace and Gaye Kunkel ... has one brother and one sister ... birthday April 6 ... majoring in landscape architecture.