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Elizabeth Gratz

  • Height:
    5-6
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Sigel, Ill.
  • High School:
    Stewardson-Strasburg HS

Summary

Biography

Statistics

Career Highs

Career Highs
Statistic Value Opponent
Air Rifle 600 Kentucky (2/11/17)
Smallbore 590 Memphis (11/5/16)


Career Statistics

Career Statistics
Season Air Rifle Smallbore
Matches Avg. High Matches Avg. High
2017-18 16 594.1 598 16 580.9 588
2016-17 15 593.2 600 15 583.3 590
2015-16 14 591.4 595 14 579.2 585
2014-15 14 591 595 14 580 585
 

Expected to lead the Mountaineers as team’s lone senior … sets great example for her teammates in and out of the range … matched NCAA and WVU air rifle record in 2017 with a perfect 600 mark … 2017 Elite 90 winner and CoSIDA Academic All-America First Team … finalist at the 2016 U.S. Olympic Team Trials for Airgun … 2015 GARC Rookie of the Year … nine-time All-American … team can count on her for a consistent, high score in both guns.

 

2016-17 (Jr.)

• Elite 90 Award for NCAA Division I Rifle
• CoSIDA Academic All-America Women’s At-Large First Team
• CoSIDA Academic All-District 2 Women’s At-Large Team
• CRCA All-Academic Team 
• GARC Scholar-Athlete
• Academic All-Big 12 At-Large First Team
• NRA All-America First Team Air Rifle and Smallbore
• CRCA All-America Second Team
• All-GARC Smallbore, Air Rifle and Combined Score First Teams
• Shot 592 air rifle and tied for third place in season-opener against Ohio State
• Finished first in smallbore at NC State with a 588
• Placed second in air rifle (597) and third in smallbore (585) at Akron
• Shot 595 in air rifle at Ohio State and placed third
• Shot a career-best 590 smallbore for win against Memphis, including a program-record 200 prone; also finished second in air rifle with a 591 total
• Placed third in smallbore against Alaska-Fairbanks with a 587
• Shot 583 smallbore and finished third against Nebraska
• Shot an NCAA- and school-record 600 air rifle at Kentucky, becoming the third Mountaineer in program history to attain the perfect mark
• Finished second in smallbore (587) and air rifle (598) against Murray State, in Lexington, Kentucky
• Placed seventh in the smallbore final (396.0) at the 2017 GARC Championships; shot 585 in the open relay
• Finished fourth in air rifle at the conference championship with a 165.1 final score; advanced in first place with a 597 relay total
• Shot 144.3 and placed fifth in air rifle at the 2017 NCAA Championships; entered the final tied for second place with a 597 relay showing
• Ranked third on the team in air rifle and fourth in smallbore with respective season averages of 593.2 and 583.8
• Shot 412.8 in the open relay and 249.0 in the final to finish second in the junior division on the first day of competition at the 2016 USA Shooting Winter Air Gun Championships
• Finished fifth in the open women’s competition (185.0) and fourth in the junior division (204.1) on the last day of competition at the 2016 USA Shooting Winter Air Gun Championships
 

2015-16 (So.)

• NRA All-America First Team Air Rifle and Honorable Mention Smallbore
• CRCA All-America Honorable Mention
• CoSIDA Academic All-America Women’s At-Large Third Team
• GARC Scholar Athlete
• All-GARC First Team Air Rifle, Second Team Combined Score and Honorable Mention Smallbore
• CRCA All-Academic Team 
• Academic All-Big 12 At-Large First Team
• Shot a career-high 585 smallbore and tied for third place at Mississippi
• Matched career-high smallbore score of 585 and finished first against Ohio State at WVU Rifle Range; also shot a program-record 200 prone score and tied for second in air rifle with a 594 mark  
• Tallied a program-record 200 prone mark in win vs. Alaska-Fairbanks
• Shot a personal-best 595 air rifle vs. Akron at WVU Rifle Range
• Shot a program-record 200 prone vs. NC State in Morgantown
• Shot 594 air rifle and tied for second place vs. Kentucky at the WVU Rifle Range
• Finished third in smallbore (583) and air rifle (590) at the NCAA Qualifying match
• Placed 11th in air rifle (589) and 13th in smallbore (578) at the 2016 GARC Championships
• Ranked fourth on team with a 591.4 air rifle season average
• Finished third in the women’s 10m air rifle competition at the United States Olympic Team Trials for Airgun
• Third place, women’s junior 50m rifle 3 positions competition at the 2016 USA Shooting National Championships for Rifle/Pistol; also finished fourth in the open 3 positions competition and fifth overall, third in the junior division, in the women’s 10m rifle prone
• Earned two medals at the 2016 National Junior Olympic Shooting Championship, finishing second in the women’s 10m air rifle and third in the women’s 50m rifle 3 positions; air rifle finish re-secured her position on the National Junior Team  
 

2014-15 (Fr.)

• NRA All-America First Team Air Rifle and Second Team Smallbore
• CRCA All-America Second Team
• All-GARC First Team Smallbore, First Team Air Rifle and First Team Combined Score
• GARC Rookie of the Year
• GARC Scholar Athlete
• CRCA All-Academic Team
• Tied for third (592) in air rifle vs. TCU
• Placed first in smallbore (583) and second in air rifle with a career-high 595 at Ohio State
• Placed second in air rifle and matched her career-high 595 mark vs. Memphis
• Placed first in smallbore with 584 at Mississippi; also shot a school-record 200 prone and tied for second in air rifle with a 593 mark
• Tied for third in air rifle with 593 at Army
• Placed third in smallbore with career-high 585 vs. NC State
• Tied for third in air rifle with a 592 mark vs. Nebraska
• Placed second in smallbore with 581 at Alaska-Fairbanks
• Tied for second in smallbore with 582 at Kentucky
• Placed sixth in the women’s junior division at the USA Shooting Winter Air Gun Championships
• Placed fourth overall in the women’s 50m rifle 3 positions at the 2015 USA Shooting Rifle January Selection
• Placed seventh in the women’s 50m rifle 3 positions at the USA Shooting Spring Selection
• Shot at the ISSF Changwon World Cup Korea
• Earned two eighth-place finishes at the 2015 ISSF Junior Cup; also finished first in the 10m air rifle mixed international teams event
 

High School

• Was an eight-time Illinois state rifle champion
• Placed fourth overall at the 2013 Junior Olympics
• Shot at the 2013 World Cups in Fort Benning, Georgia, and Granada, Spain
• Won the Silver medal at the 2013 Bavarian Airgun Championships in Munich, Germany
• Won the Gold medal in air rifle at the 23rd meeting of the Shooting Hopes in the Czech Republic; also placed fourth in prone and 10th in the 3 positions
• Placed eighth shooting 1153 in the women’s 50m 3 positions and 10th shooting 819.4 in the women’s 10m air rifle at the 2014 National Junior Olympic Shooting Championships
• Placed second in the women’s 50m air rifle prone High A division and 12th overall shooting 1228.0 at the 2014 USA Shooting National Championships
• Shot as a member of the Shelby County Junior Rifle Club
• Member of the USA Shooting Team
• Played volleyball through her junior year
• Member of the National Honor Society (treasurer) and the Fellowship of Christian Athletes at Stewardson-Strasburg High
 

Personal

• Daughter of James and Rachel Gratz
• Has three sisters
• Birthday is January 16
• Majoring in marketing
• President’s List
• Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll
• Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll

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Historical Player Information

  • 2014-15Freshman

    5'6"
  • 2015-16Sophomore

    5'6"
  • 2016-17Junior

    5'6"
  • 2017-18Senior

    5'6"
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