2025-26 Rifle Roster
Lauri Syrja
- Height:
- 5-10
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Maakeski, Finland
- High School:
- Padasjok
Statistics
WVU Career Highs
| Value | Opponent | |
|---|---|---|
| Air Rifle | 600 | vs. Kentucky (2/8/25) |
| Smallbore | 592 | vs. Ohio State and Akron (1/25/25) vs. Akron (1/26/25) |
WVU Career Statistics
| Air Rifle | Smallbore | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Matches | Avg. | High | Matches | Avg. | High |
| 2023-24 | 4 | 597 | 599 | 4 | 584.7 | 591 |
| 2024-25 | 14 | 596.5 | 600 | 14 | 587 | 592 |
2024-25 (So.)
- Competed in 14 matches, serving as a counter in every match
- Helped the Mountaineers win an NCAA National Championship
- Finished in 13th in air rifle and 34th in smallbore at the NCAA Championship
- CRCA All-America First Team (Smallbore)
- CRCA All-America First Team (Air Rifle)
- CRCA All-America Second Team (Combined)
- GARC Scholar-Athlete of the Year
- All-GARC First Team (Smallbore)
- All-GARC First Team (Air Rifle)
- All-GARC First Team (Combined)
2023-24 (Fr.)
- Began competing for WVU in the spring semester of 2024
- Competed in four matches, serving as a counter in one smallbore and three air rifle matches
- Posted a 599 in air rifle against Navy and Akron on 1/27 to mark his highest score of the season in her first-ever collegiate match
- Produced a season-high 591 in smallbore at the NCAA Qualifier on 2/17
High School
- 2022 smallbore mixed team European Champion
- Two-time Nordic Champion and a 10-time Finnish Champion
- A part of the Finnish national rifle team since 2019 while being named the best young athlete in the Tavastia region in 2022
- Has as managed 11 top-25 finishes at World Championships, ISSF Junior World Cups and European Championships across various disciplines
- A graduate of Padasjoki High School
- He also competed as a part of the Leppa club team under the coaching direction of Marko Leppa
Personal
- Parents are Petri and Hanna Syrja
- Has three siblings
- Birthday is June 26
- Majoring in Agricultural Science
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
