Army West Point Athletics
2019-20 Rifle Roster
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Clayton Hanson
- Height:
- 6-2
- Class:
- Junior
- High School:
- Southwestern Central School
- Hometown:
- Jamestown, NY
Bio
CAREER HIGHS:
Smallbore - 583 vs. Murray State/MIT, 2017-18
Air Rifle - 594 at NCAA Qualifying match, 2018-19
2019-20
Background: Hanson joins the Black Knights from Southwestern Central School… three-time honorable mention honors…two time sportsmanship award winner…was a member of the honor roll…National Honor Society member…majoring in Mechanical Engineering.
Smallbore - 583 vs. Murray State/MIT, 2017-18
Air Rifle - 594 at NCAA Qualifying match, 2018-19
2019-20
- Team captain.
- Held the following season averages: smallbore (582.3), air rifle (588.7), aggregate (1171).
- Individually qualified for the NCAA Championships in smallbore, but did not compete do the championship being canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Eclipsed the 580-mark in smallbore in all but one match.
- Reached or surpassed the 590-mark in air rifle in four match.
- Placed fifth in smallbore at the Great American Rifle Conference Championship match.
- Season high for smallbore came in the All-Academy match when he shot a 586.
- Shot 593 twice in air rifle which represented a season high.
- Top aggregate score came against Kentucky on Jan. 19.
- Served as co-captain in 2018-19 with Payne Nunn
- Competed at the NCAA Championship in Morgantown, W.V. where he placed fifth in air rifle with a 593 score.
- Compiled a season best aggregate score of 1176 against Ole Miss.
- Shot his season high air rifle score of 594 in the NCAA Qualifying match.
- Posted a season best in smallbore of 582 in the Army-Navy Star match.
- Competed in 14 of 15 matches.
- Had the second highest smallbore average and the third highest air rifle and aggregate average on the team
- Competed at the Junior Olympics where he placed 25th in air rifle and seventh overall in smallbore.
- Shot a season high score of 583 in smallbore against Murray State and MIT.
- Scored a season high of 592 in air rifle against MIT in the NCAA Qualifying match.
- Garnered a season high aggregate score of 1172 in that same match.
Background: Hanson joins the Black Knights from Southwestern Central School… three-time honorable mention honors…two time sportsmanship award winner…was a member of the honor roll…National Honor Society member…majoring in Mechanical Engineering.
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