West Virginia University Athletics

Statistics

2017-18 (Jr.)

• CoSIDA Academic All-America Women’s At-Large Second Team
• CoSIDA Academic All-District 2 Women’s At-Large Team
• NRA All-America First Team Air Rifle and Smallbore
• CRCA All-America First Team
• GARC Smallbore and Air Rifle Champion
• All-GARC Air Rifle, Smallbore and Combined Score First Teams
• Academic All-Big 12 At-Large First Team
• CRCA All-Academic Team
• Paced the Mountaineers in both disciplines with season averages of 586 smallbore and 596.6 air rifle
• Swept the individual wins in season-opening victory against NC State at The Citadel, shooting 595 air rifle and 587 smallbore
• Tied for the air rifle win against Ohio State with a 598 mark; also shot a school-record 200 prone
• Shot a school-record 200 prone at Nebraska
• Finished first in air rifle (599) and smallbore (590) against Mississippi; included in smallbore victory was school-record 200 prone mark
• Swept the individual victories against TCU, shooting 599 air rifle and a season-best 593 smallbore; included in her smallbore total was a school-record matching 199 standing
• Shot an NCAA record and personal-best 600 air rifle in win against Army West Point; also finished second in smallbore with a 589 mark
• Matched season-high smallbore score of 593 in win at Memphis; included in her showing was a program-record matching 199 kneeling and 200 prone  
• Finished first in air rifle at Murray State with a 599 mark
• Opened the spring season by winning air rifle (598) and finishing second in smallbore (585) against Akron
• Swept the individual wins against Mississippi at Alaska-Fairbanks, shooting 599 air rifle and 591 smallbore; included in smallbore total was a school-record matching 191 kneeling
• Won smallbore at Alaska-Fairbanks with a 591 mark
• Won air rifle against Navy with a 597 total
• Swept the individual titles at the 2018 GARC Championship, winning smallbore (583, 454.8) and air rifle (595, 250.7); entered the air rifle final in first place
• Placed third in air rifle at the 2018 NCAA National Championships with a finals score of 226.4; qualified in third place with a 597 total
• Shot 455.0 in the final and finished first overall in the women’s 50m 3 positions competition with a 2345 total at the 2018 USA Shooting National Championships for Rifle and Pistol; also placed third in the women’s 10m air rifle, shooting a winning 246.6 mark in the final for a total of 1251.0
• Finished fifth in the women’s 10m air rifle and fourth in the women’s 10m air rifle mixed team event at the 2018 ISSF Fort Benning World Cup for Rifle/Pistol
• Shot 122.4 in the final and finished eighth at the 2017 ISSF World Cup Final for Rifle/Pistol; qualified for final with 413.8 showing
• Placed seventh in the women’s 50m rifle 3 positions at the 2017 United States Rifle/Pistol Fall Selection Match
   

2016-17 (So.)

• Finalist, 87th AAU James E. Sullivan Award
• USA Shooting Athlete of the Year
• CoSIDA Academic All-America Women’s At-Large Second Team
• CoSIDA Academic All-District 2 Women’s At-Large Team
• CRCA All-Academic Team 
• Academic All-Big 12 At-Large First Team
• First-ever CRCA Rifle Athlete of the Year
• NRA All-America First Team Air Rifle and Smallbore
• CRCA All-America First Team
• GARC Air Rifle Champion
• GARC Shooter of the Year
• All-GARC Air Rifle, Smallbore and Combined Score First Teams
• Opened season with wins in smallbore and air rifle against Ohio State, shooting a career-high 594 and 595, respectively; included in smallbore total were school-record marks of 199 standing and 200 prone
• Tied for first place in air rifle (596) at NC State
• Finished first in air rifle (599) and smallbore (593) at Akron and shot a school-record 200 prone; air rifle mark matched career high
• Swept discipline wins at Ohio State, matching career-high air rifle total of 599 and shooting 590 smallbore; also shot a program-record 200 prone
• Finished second in smallbore (589) against Memphis
• Returned to competition following a two-match hiatus and finished first in smallbore (590) and second in air rifle (597) against Alaska-Fairbanks
• Placed second in air rifle at Navy with a 597 mark; also shot a program-record 200 prone
• Shot a winning 592 smallbore against Nebraska and placed second in air rifle with a 596
• Finished first in smallbore (592) and second in air rifle (595) at Kentucky; smallbore total included a program-record 200 prone
• Finished first in the open smallbore relay (588) and third in the final (444.4) at the 2017 GARC Championships
• Shot 208.4 in the final for the 2017 GARC air rifle title; advanced in first place with a 597 relay total
• Placed second in smallbore at the 2017 NCAA Championships with a 459.8 mark; entered the final in fourth place with a 584 score, including a program-record 200 prone
• Shot 99.7 in the final and placed seventh in air rifle at the 2017 NCAA Championships; entered the final in sixth place with a 595 relay showing
• Paced the team in both disciplines with season averages of 596.1 air rifle and 589.2 smallbore
• Claimed Bronze in women’s 10m air rifle at the ISSF World Cup Final
• Finished second in the women’s 50m rifle 3 positions and the women’s 10m air rifle at the National Junior Olympic Shooting Championships, earning the #BeBrazen Outstanding Athlete of the Match honor
• Finished second in the women’s 50m rifle 3 positions at the 27th Meeting of the Shooting Hopes
• Finished fifth in the junior women’s 10m air rifle at the 2017 ISSF Junior World Championship Rifle/Pistol
   

2015-16 (Fr.)

• First Gold Medalist of the 2016 Rio Summer Olympics, winning the women’s 10m air rifle for the United States
• Also finished 11th in the women’s 50m rifle 3 positions competition in Rio
• First freshman to sweep NCAA individual titles, finishing first in smallbore and air rifle at the NCAA Championships
• NCAA Championships Top Performer Honoree
• NRA All-America First Team Air Rifle and Second Team Smallbore
• CRCA All-America First Team
• GARC Smallbore Champion
• GARC Rookie of the Year
• All-GARC First Team Air Rifle and Combined Score and Second Team Smallbore
• CRCA All-Academic Team
• Tied for first place in air rifle in win over Nebraska with 595 mark; also tied for second in smallbore with 586 score
• Shot 595 air rifle and finished first at Memphis
• Won air rifle vs. Army with 593 score and also placed second in smallbore (588)
• Shot 594 air rifle and tied for second place vs. Ohio State
• Tied for first place in air rifle with 598 mark in win vs. Alaska-Fairbanks
• Won air rifle vs. Akron with a career-high 599 mark
• Shot 597 for air rifle win vs. NC State in Morgantown
• Shot a career-high 599 air rifle in win over Kentucky at WVU Rifle Range
• Finished second in air rifle at Navy with a 596 mark
• Tops on team at NCAA Qualifying match at the WVU Rifle Range, shooting 590 smallbore and 596 air rifle
• Finished first in smallbore (591, 459.5) and second in air rifle (596, 205.9) at the 2016 GARC Championships
• Winning performance at 2016 NCAA Championships including 593 air rifle score (208.8 final) and 586 smallbore mark (461.5 final)
• Paced the Mountaineers with a 594.9 air rifle season average; also ranked fourth on team with a 583.7 smallbore season average
• First place, women’s 10m air rifle, junior women’s 10m air rifle and junior women’s 50m rifle 3 positions at the 2016 USA Shooting National Championships for Rifle/Pistol; also finished second in the women’s 50m rifle 3 positions
• Qualified for both women’s finals at the 2016 ISSF Munich World Cup, her first career World Cup final appearances
• Finished first in the junior women’s 10m air rifle and third in the junior women’s 50m rifle 3 positions at the 26th Meeting of the Shooting Hopes
   

In High School

• Tied for ninth place (414.0) in the second elimination relay of the women’s 10m air rifle at the 2015 ISSF Gabala Rifle/Pistol/Shotgun World Cup
• Earned five medals, two in open categories and three in junior competitions, at the 2015 USA Shooting National Championships for Rifle/Pistol, securing U.S. National Team status
• Haul at the 2015 USA Shooting National Championships included a Gold medal in the junior’s 50m 3 positions rifle (1171), a second-place finish (836.8) in the open women’s 10m air rifle and a third-place finish (1238.7) in the open women’s 50m rifle prone; prone score secured her the junior championship title
• Shot in two MQS matches at the 2015 ISSF Munich Rifle and Pistol World Cup and tallied scores of 412.0 in the women’s 10m air rifle and 575 in the women’s rifle 3 positions
• Finished sixth in the women’s 50m smallbore at the 2015 Spring World Cup Selection
• Placed third at the 2014 Junior Olympics Championships in the women’s 50m smallbore
• Owns more than 20 National Rifle Association and USA Shooting records
• 2015 Virginia air rifle state champion
• Three-time Virginia smallbore state medalist
• Three-year team captain and four-time MVP at West Springfield High
• Also shot for the Acorns Optimist Rifle Club
• Member of the National Honor Society
   

Personal

• Daughter of Roger and Valerie Thrasher
• Has two brothers
• Birthday is February 28
• Majoring in biomedical engineering
• President’s List
• Dean’s List
• Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll
• Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll