Gained extensive experience in just five matches with the Mountaineers after joining the squad mid-season in 2009-10 … decorated Slovenian shooter who adds depth to squad … several years of experience on the European Championship circuit.
At West Virginia in 2009-10
Provided solid competition in five matches with the Mountaineers … tallied a personal-best 579 air rifle and 1146 combined score in win over Ole Miss … shot a personal-best 567 smallbore at Winthrow Invitational … represented Slovenia in the 3 position and prone minimum qualifying score relays at the Fort Benning ISSF World Cup in May.
With the Slovenian Junior National Team from 2004-08
Finished fourth in prone at the 2007 Junior European Championships in Granada, Spain … Slovenian Junior National team finished second overall … two-time 3X40 Slovenian junior champion (2005, ’07) … finished 11th overall in prone at the 2006 World Junior Championships in Zagreb, Croatia … named Best Junior Shooter in 2007 by the Slovenian Shooting Union … also awarded the golden award from the union for his sporting achievements in 2007 … honored with the bronze prize for 2007 sporting achievements from the Slovenian Olympic Committee … shot for SD Grosuplje under Joze Kolenc.
Personal
Son of Joze and Mojca Poje … birthday is April 28 … has one sister … graduated from the Faculty of Social Sciences with a degree in social sciences prior to joining the Mountaineers … pursing his master’s in political science.
PERSONAL BESTS
Air Rifle
579 vs. Ole Miss (in Cookeville, Tenn.), Jan. 30, 2010
Smallbore
567 at Winthrow Invitational, Jan. 31, 2010
CAREER AIR RIFLE
Year Matches Avg. High
2010 5 574.6 579
CAREER SMALLBORE
Year Matches Avg. High
2010 5 565.4 567
