Army West Point Athletics
2016-17 Rifle Roster
Roster
Marvin Lewis
- Height:
- 6-0
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Columbus
- Hometown:
- Columbus, Ga.
About Lewis
•Walk-on in 2013-14
•Letterwinner
2016-17
- Earned three All-GARC (Great America Rifle Conference) honors
- Garnered second-team honors in smallbore and the combined scoring, and honorable mention in air rifle.
- First time since 2014 that a Black Knight was tabbed for conference honors.
- Helped Army to runner-up honors in smallbore (2311) at the GARC Championships where the Black Knights outscored No. 6 Kentucky by five points for that spot
- Fired a 578 to place 15th
- Army’s highest championship finish in that discipline since claiming the title in 2012
- Posted a 577.583 average in smallbore, 588.667 mark in air rifle and 1166.25 aggregate.
- Top score of 593 in air rifle shares the team's lead with Nathan Brewer
- Posted career best 588 smallbore against Navy along with a 589 in rifle as Army compiled largest margin of victory over Mids in program history en route to eighth consecutive win over its counterparts
2015-16: Member of firing unit in both disciplines throughout the year … recorded a career high 581 in smallbore en route to qualifying for the individual finals at the GARC Championships … went on to finish eighth (408.4) … broke previous high 579 set in 2014-15 … second highest score of the season a 578 earning a share of third place against Memphis … 576 recorded against defending NCAA and GARC champion West Virginia ... tied for Army’s second highest mark in air rifle (585) in season debut … equaled career high 588 turning in Army’s second highest score at President’s Trophy match, then shattered it with a 591 in third-place showing in conference match against North Carolina State … posted a 587 (19th) at the GARC Championships.
2014-15: Set career marks in both disciples competing as a member of the starting squad … career high 588 in air rifle tied for third place against Ohio State … shared runner-up honors twice in that event … tied former career mark of 586 in triangular sweep of Memphis and MIT in home debut, then later in the fall broke it posting a 587 against Ole Miss … career-high 579 mark in smallbore recorded against No. 1-ranked West Virginia … score was the second highest fired by a Black Knight in that match …. tied for second (576) in match against North Carolina State … shared fourth place (569) in regular-season finale against USP.
2013-14: Competed in several events in both disciplines after earning spot on team as a walk-on ... member of the firing unit in both disciplines at season's start ... recorded a 571 score in smallbore for Army's fifth highest of the meet and also fired that mark in air rifle helping the Black Knights to a season-opening win over GARC rival Ole Miss ... in the starting smallbore unit in the third meet of the season in non-conference win over Coast Guard ... shattered season-opening air rifle mark by 17 points firing a career high 588 in claiming medalist honors competing individually in that disciple against the Bears ... mark tied with Calvin for the top score of the season that was later broken ... performance in air rifle earned spot on counting unit in the next two road matches ... posted a 583 against defending NCAA champion and GARC rival West Virginia followed by a 586 in tying for sixth place as Army recaptured the Presidents' Trophy Match after outpointing defending champion Air Force.
CAREER HIGHS
SMALLBORE – 588 vs. navy (2016-17)
AIR RIFLE – 593 vs. Morehead, Akron (2016-17)
Prior to West Point: Member of the Columbus High School Blue Devil Rifle Team ... competed in air rifle ... named to the All-Bi-City Rifle Team .. member of the Ft. Benning Junior Rifle Club sponsored by the AMU ... finished 17th at the Army-Air Force JROTC National Championships ... lettered four years in swimming and diving in high school ... served as team captain senior year ... member of the National Honor Society, the National Spanish Honor Society and the National English Honor Society ... straight A student.
