2025-26 Rifle Roster
Ashlyn Blake
- Height:
- 5-5
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Sparta, N.J.
- High School:
- Pope John XXIII Regional
Statistics
WVU Career Highs
| Value | Opponent | |
|---|---|---|
| Smallbore | 592 | Mount Aloysius - Oct. 26, 2024 |
| Air Rifle | 599 | TCU - Nov. 16, 2024 |
WVU Career Statistics
| Air Rifle | Smallbore | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Matches | Avg. | High | Matches | Avg. | High |
| 2024-25 | 14 | 588.1 | 599 | 14 | 596.2 | 592 |
West Virginia (Freshman)
- Competed and served as a counter in all 14 matches for WVU
- Shot at the NCAA Championship, helping the Mountaineers to a first-place finish
- Finished 21st in smallbore and third in air rifle at the NCAA National Championship
- CRCA Rookie of the Year
- CRCA All-America First Team (Smallbore)
- CRCA All-America Second Team (Air Rifle)
- CRCA All-America Second Team (Combined)
- GARC Rookie of the Year
- All-GARC First Team (Smallbore)
- All-GARC First Team (Air Rifle)
- All-GARC First Team (Combined)
High School
- Comes to West Virginia from Sparta, New Jersey where she shot for Team Winning Solutions under coach Lucas Kozeniesky
- Is a three-time Junior Olympic Qualifier
- In 2023, she took gold in air rifle and bronze in smallbore at the Palmyra Invitational, fourth at the US Army Junior Air Rifle Nationals, sixth at the USA Shooting U18 National Championships in air rifle and achieved CMP Distinguished Expert (Badge #6) in air rifle and is nationally ranked in USA Shooting in both smallbore and air rifle
- In 2022, She was the CMP Any Sights 3P National Champion while taking second in the overall 3P national standings
- Adds a first-place finish at the Northeast Regional Outdoor Conventional 3P Open while taking second at the U18 Winter Air Gun Championship and third at the Puerto Rico Sports Shooting Invitation in air rifle
- She has also collected wins in 2021 at the New Jersey Outdoor Conventional 3P Open and the Indoor Metric 3P Open. That same season she was named to the NRA International Drew Cup Junior Team.
Personal
- Majoring in Computer Sciences
- Birthday is Aug. 10
- Her parents are Craig and Tracy Blake, and she has two siblings.
- Is a fourth-generation competitive rifle shooter. Her dad competed at St. John's, qualifying for the NCAA National Championship four times. Ashlyn's grandfather Walter N Blake and great-grandfather Walter J Blake also have tied to the sport.
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
