2016-17: Earned first team All-SoCon honors in both the smallbore and the air rifle at the SoCon Championships ... won the individual air rifle title at the event with a career-best score of 582, shooting a 244.8 in the final to top North Georgia's Andrew Abernathy's 238.8 ... placed fourth in the smallbore at the SoCon Championships ... one of two VMI cadet-athletes to receive the Intercollegiate Sports Award, given for all-around excellence in NCAA competition ... for a second straight year received the Institute's male General Withers A. Burress Award for skill in rifle marksmanship ... achieved a season-best smallbore score of 565 on Oct. 15 and Feb. 18 in the NCAA Qualifier versus Wofford ... logged his third-best smallbore tally of the year with a 564 on Nov. 12 to conclude the fall competition ... registered his second-best air rifle score of 581 against UAB on Feb. 11 at Kilbourne Hall.
2015-16: Received the Institute's male General Withers A. Burress Award for skill in rifle marksmanship ... opened the year with a 561 in the air rifle and a 550 smallbore … shot a season-best 572 in the smallbore on Jan. 30 at home versus North Georgia … at the University of the Sciences meet on Oct. 31, shot a second-best smallbore of 567 as well as a 571 air rifle, his third-best score of the year for the category … at the Army meet on Dec. 5, shot a season-best air rifle of 578 as well as a 563 smallbore, good for third-best tally of the year for the event … shot a 575 air rifle in the meet at Akron on Oct. 3, the second-best tally of the season for the category … at the NCAA Qualifier at West Virginia, earned a 571 in the air rifle and a 560 smallbore … finished the year with a 563 in the smallbore at the MAC Championships, tied for third-best mark of the season ... Dean's List recipient for fall semester.
2014-15: Named to the MAC All-Conference ROTC smallbore second team for his 541.567 average for the season ... earned season-high scores both in the air rifle and the smallbore on Jan. 24 to help the Keydets to victory over The Citadel and Columbus State … scored a 565 in the smallbore to help VMI to a season-high score of 2266 for the event … shot a 570 in the air rifle to help seal the team victories … opened the season with a 565 in the air rifle on Sept. 27 … finished the year competing at the MAC Championships on Mar. 7, shooting a 547 smallbore and 560 in the air rifle.
High School: Lettered twice in rifle while at Kennedy High School in Silver Spring, Md. … member of the Antietam Junior Rifle Club … also ran cross country.
Personal: Full name is Andrew Michael Thabo Hickey … son of Michael and Jean Hickey … has one sister … majoring in international studies.
Career Bests
Smallbore: 572 (1/30/2016)
Air Rifle: 582 (3/5/2017)
