North Carolina State University Athletics
Rifle's Lauren Phillips Garners Seventh Career All-America Honor
3/12/2018 8:19:00 PM | Rifle
Wolfpack graduate student claims seventh All-America honors
RALEIGH, N.C. – After concluding her collegiate career at the NCAA Championships over the weekend, NC State rifle's Lauren Phillips has been named an All-American by the National Rifle Association (NRA) and the Collegiate Rifle Coaches Association (CRCA).
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Phillips garnered second team honors in smallbore and air rifle by the NRA and was an honorable mention selection by the CRCA. The NRA All-America teams are composed of 10 student-athletes, while only five garner a spot on the CRCA squads.
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The three All-America honors for Phillips bring her career total to seven, as she collected two All-America accolades last season and two during her freshman season. Additionally, Phillips has earned nine All-Great America Rifle Conference (GARC) selections.
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Phillips has won the individual title in smallbore at the GARC Championships on two occasions, most recently claiming the top spot in 2017.
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Hailing from Seabeck, Wash., the NC State graduate student recently participated in the NCAA Championships as an individual in the smallbore event and finished 12th with a score of 582. Phillips logged a season average of 581.33 in smallbore, which ranked among the top 15 nationally.
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She fired a personal-best score in smallbore against No. 3 Kentucky in January with a 588 clip, which ties as the second-highest score in program history. Phillips achieved an aggregate score of 1182 in the match versus the Wildcats, the second best in NC State rifle history.
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Last season, she tallied the second-highest score in program history in the air rifle competition with a score of 596.
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Phillips' 2018 season average of 590.71 in air rifle and 1172.05 in the aggregate both rank among the NCAA's top 20.
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NC State had a student-athlete selected to compete in the NCAA Championships for three consecutive seasons. The Wolfpack finished the season with an overall record of 11-7, narrowly missing the NCAA Championships as a team.
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Phillips garnered second team honors in smallbore and air rifle by the NRA and was an honorable mention selection by the CRCA. The NRA All-America teams are composed of 10 student-athletes, while only five garner a spot on the CRCA squads.
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The three All-America honors for Phillips bring her career total to seven, as she collected two All-America accolades last season and two during her freshman season. Additionally, Phillips has earned nine All-Great America Rifle Conference (GARC) selections.
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Phillips has won the individual title in smallbore at the GARC Championships on two occasions, most recently claiming the top spot in 2017.
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Hailing from Seabeck, Wash., the NC State graduate student recently participated in the NCAA Championships as an individual in the smallbore event and finished 12th with a score of 582. Phillips logged a season average of 581.33 in smallbore, which ranked among the top 15 nationally.
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She fired a personal-best score in smallbore against No. 3 Kentucky in January with a 588 clip, which ties as the second-highest score in program history. Phillips achieved an aggregate score of 1182 in the match versus the Wildcats, the second best in NC State rifle history.
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Last season, she tallied the second-highest score in program history in the air rifle competition with a score of 596.
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Phillips' 2018 season average of 590.71 in air rifle and 1172.05 in the aggregate both rank among the NCAA's top 20.
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NC State had a student-athlete selected to compete in the NCAA Championships for three consecutive seasons. The Wolfpack finished the season with an overall record of 11-7, narrowly missing the NCAA Championships as a team.
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