Natasha Dinsmore

Height:
5-5
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
State College, Pa.
High School:
State College Area HS

Fourth-year walk-on whose rapid improvement epitomizes the advancement of the entire team ... has a great attitude and enthusiasm ... demonstrates an excellent work ethic ... named to the Collegiate Rifle Coaches Association All-Academic Honor List in 2006 … named a 2006 Scholar-Athlete by the Great American Rifle Conference ... improved her air rifle average to 565.3 as a junior (2006-07) ... shot a season-high 570 points in air against Ohio State (10/21/06) ... counted in back-to-back matches against Nebraska and Kentucky, shooting 569 and 556, respectively ... counted in one smallbore match last season ... registered 550 points in the GARC championships (2/25/07-2/26/07) good for a season best ... started her sophomore year (2005-06) as a counting team member in air rifle ... shot four of the first five matches as a counter ... also a counter in the GARC championships (2/25/06) after shooting a personal-best 576 at Memphis (2/10/06) during the previous match ... averaged 563.9 in air, tied for sixth-most on the team ... improved her smallbore average nearly 10 points during her sophomore year with a 537.8 average, which included a personal-best 562 vs. Alaska-Fairbanks (1/14/06) ... season-high aggregate sum of 1121 also shot vs. UAF ... averaged 1091.7 aggregate for the season ... named all-academic by the Collegiate Rifle Coaches Association ... represented WVU as the team=s GARC scholar-athlete ... averaged 556.0 in 60-shot air rifle matches as a freshman (2004-05) ... personal-best 568 air rifle shot at Kentucky (2/5/05) ... three of her last four air scores were over 560 ... averaged 528.2 with a 530 personal best shot twice in smallbore ... personal-best aggregate was a 1,091 vs. Ohio State (1/23/05) ... attended State College Area High ... earned high honors throughout high school ... recipient of the Congress Bundestag Youth Exchange Scholarship ... started shooting competitively on a club team as a high school exchange student in Germany ... member of the Schutzenverein Vohringen club team in Bavaria, Germany, in 2004 ... Athletic Director=s Academic Honor Roll ... Davis College of Agriculture Honors (2005) for Animal Vetterinary Sciences ... Personal: daughter of Harry and Vicki Dinsmore ... father was a gymnast at WVU ... has two brothers ... born in Morgantown, W.Va. ... birthday is April 4 ... majoring in animal and veterinary science.