2016-17 Rifle Roster
Pekari, Derya
Sit Down with Former Rifle Wolfpack Lucas Kozeniesky
Friday, September 17
Highlights: Rifle vs Nebraska
Sunday, February 02
Rifle vs Nebraska
Sunday, February 02
Rifle vs North Georgia
Sunday, October 20
Derya Pekari
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Rota, Spain
- High School:
- Rota DGF
Bio
2016 NC State Scholar-Athlete by the GARC
2016 All-SEARC Team
2015 CRCA Scholastic All-American
2015 NC State Scholar-Athlete by the GARC
2017-18: Senior Season
2016 - 17: Junior Season
2015 - 16: Sophomore Season
2014 - 15: Freshman Season
High School / Prep Career
2016 All-SEARC Team
2015 CRCA Scholastic All-American
2015 NC State Scholar-Athlete by the GARC
2017-18: Senior Season
- Appeared in 6 rifle competitions for the Wolfpack this year
- Named a 2018 CRCA Scholastic All-American
- Opened the season with a season-best aggregate score of 1146
- Also posted a season-high 567 in smallbore against The Citadel
- Concluded her senior year with averages of 574.833 in air rifle, 560 in smallbore and total aggregate average of 1134.833
2016 - 17: Junior Season
- Appeared in 12 of NC State’s 14 matches during the season
- Member of the Wolfpack’s air rifle counting lineup in 11 matches and smallbore nine times
- Fired a season-high score of 588 in the air rifle event in the season opener against top-ranked West Virginia and achieved that mark again versus Akron at The Citadel
- Charted a 573 in smallbore against Nebraska, her highest score of the year in the discipline
- Ended the season with a 581.42 average in air rifle, 563.91 in smallbore and a season aggregate average of 1145.33
2015 - 16: Sophomore Season
- Vital member of the Wolfpack’s counting lineup in every match during the season
- Fired a career-best score of 590 in the air rifle competition against top-ranked West Virginia
- Charted a personal best 576 in that same match in smallbore to tally an aggregate total of 1166, the fifth-best score in program history
- Garnered All-SEARC Team honors after firing a score of 586 in the air rifle event at the championships
- Tabbed NC State’s Scholar-Athlete by the Great America Rifle Conference (GARC)
2014 - 15: Freshman Season
- Member of the team’s travel squad and counting shooters in every match during the season
- Earned Scholastic All-America honors by the CRCA and also named a GARC Scholar Athlete
- Fired a season-high score of 580 in the air rifle competition against No. 17 Ole Miss
- Charted a total of 570 in smallbore at Ohio State, her highest of the season in the discipline
High School / Prep Career
- Split her high school career between W.T. Woodson High School and Rota (Spain) DGF High School
- Named the W.T. Woodson rifle team MVP in 2013
- Also competed in the 2013 Junior Olympics
- Finished second at the Virginia High School League (VHSL) regional finals and claimed third in the VHSL district finals as a junior
- Placed fifth in the Women's International Air Rifle event at the Virginia State sectionals
- Academically, she was named to the National Honors Society, National Art Honors Society and the National Spanish Honors Society
- Father is a captain in the Navy and she also hopes to join the Navy one day