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2023-24 Rifle Roster

Tim Holbrook
Tim Holbrook

Bryce Ward

  • Hometown Hurricane, W.Va.
  • Class Graduate Student
  • High School Hurricane HS

Biography

AS A SENIOR (2022-23)
Lead the team with a combined average of 1167.23... Named First Team All-OVC in Smallbore... Had a season-high for Smallbore of 586 against Akron... Also had a season-high for Air Rifle of 594 against UT Martin ... Earned the department's Laughlin-Miller Award, the highest individual student-athlete honor ... Named OVC Scholar-Athlete.

AS A JUNIOR (2021-22)
First Team All-OVC in Smallbore and Second-Team in Air Rifle ... Led the Eagles with the highest aggregate average of 1171.15 ... Had a Smallbore season high of 589 at home versus Georgia Southern and versus Jacksonville State at Murray ... Also had a season-high of 595 in Air Rifle against VMI. 

AS A SOPHOMORE (2020-21)
CRCA Scholastic All-American ... Named Smallbore Second-Team All-OVC ... Finished fourth on the team with an aggregate average of 1152.12 ... Second on team in Smallbore average with 573.45 ... Averaged 578.66 in Air Rifle ... Recorded a then-career-best 583 Smallbore at the NCAA Qualifier and a then-career-best 586 in Air Rifle against Georgia Southern. 

AS A FRESHMAN (2019-20)
Named to Smallbore OVC All-Newcomer Team ... Recorded a career-best 578 Smallbore total against Georgia Southern ... Averaged 570 in Smallbore on the season ... Registered a career-high 579 in Air Rifle at the NCAA Qualifier at UK ... Averaged 573.8 in Air Rifle during freshman campaign ... Aggregate average of 1143.9.

PRIOR TO MSU
Started in shooting in June of 2016 as a part of the Putnam County Gun Club Junior Rifle Team in Putnam County, W. Va ... Competed in the 2017 NRA National Championships at Bristol, Ind ... Finished with multiple team and individual awards at the 2018 ASSA National Matches, conducted in Marengo, Ohio ... Placed second in Men's Smallbore and third in Men's Air Rifle for the state of West Virginia Junior Olympics in 2018 ... Qualified to compete in the 2019 Junior Olympic Championships in Colorado Springs for Air Rifle ... Personal bests were 555 in Smallbore and 565 in Air Rifle ... Inducted into the National Honor Society his sophomore year and Science National Honor Society his junior year of high school ... Was active in numerous clubs and held officer positions in several clubs ... Two-time National Beta Club Quiz Bowl Team State Champion, becoming a three-time DECA state of West Virginia competition finalist in his events.

Historical Player Information

  • 2019-20Freshman

  • 2020-21Sophomore

  • 2021-22Junior

  • 2022-23Graduate Student

  • 2023-24Graduate Student