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Payne Nunn
- Height:
- 5-10
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Hargrave Military Academy
- Hometown:
- Virgilina, VA
- Shared Captaincy with Clayton Hanson in 2018-19.
- Shared Captaincy with Ethan Cook in 2017-18.
CAREER HIGHS:
SMALLBORE: 586 vs. West Virginia, 2018-19
AIR RIFLE: 597 vs. N.C. State, 2018-19
2018-19
- Received NRA Second Team All-American honors in Air Rifle
- Competed at the NCAA Championship where he shot an aggregate score of 1169.
- Compiled a season best 1175 aggregate score against West Virginia and N.C. State.
- Tied an academy record with an air rifle score of 597 against N.C. State.
- Shot a team season best smallbore score of 586 against West Virginia.
2017-18
- Earned Great America Rifle Conference (GARC) All-Conference honors in the smallbore discipline
- Was the sole Army representative at the NCAA’s where he shot a score of 587 in air rifle which was good for 30th overall
- Shot the team aggregate high score of 1173 against Navy
- Also shot the team air rifle high score of 593.
- Had the highest overall team average in all three categories
- Competed in all 15 matches for the season.
- Set two team high scores in the Army Navy Star match.
- He scored the high aggregate score of 1173 and the highest air rifle score of 593.
- Regular in Army’s lineup in both air rifle and smallbore
- Claimed a pair of smallbore titles during the regular season
- Finished first in that discipline with 582 in regular-season finale vs. USP in NCAA Qualifier
- Tied for first place in smallbore with 582 against Nebraska, one shy of career mark set previous meet
- Equaled that mark at the conference championships for Army’s highest score in that gun
- Highest finish in smallbore was season and career-high 583 earning runner-up honors against conference rival North Carolina State
- Finished second in smallbore against Morehead State
- Set career mark in air rifle with 588 against TCU
- Equaled personal best against USP in regular-season finale and NCAA Qualifier
- Turned in Army’s third highest air rifle score (584) in win over Navy; mark ranked sixth overall in match
Background: Prior to West Point: Competed on air rifle team at Hargrave Military Academy … three-time Virginia Military Schools Rifle League (VMSRL) champion… helped team to three VMSRL titles … twice posted highest season average and highest tournament score … earned MVP honors as well … four-time all-league selection … served twice as the Tigers’ rifle team captain …. four-sport athlete who also competed in wrestling, golf and cross country.
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