West Virginia University Athletics

Statistics

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