2018-19: Shot a 561 in the smallbore for second place against The Citadel to open the season … shot a 551 smallbore against Navy on Sept. 29 as well as a 563 air rifle tally … shot a 554 in the smallbore and a 561 in the air rifle against North Georgia on Oct. 20 … earned a team-best 565 in the smallbore and team-best 563 in the air rifle versus TCU on Oct. 27 … came in second for VMI in the smallbore (3rd overall, 558) and first in the air rifle (1st overall, 582) against Wofford on Nov. 3 … led the team in both the smallbore (9th, 561) and air rifle (8th, 572) versus Air Force on Nov.4 … again led the Keydets on Nov. 10 at UAB by shooting a 565 smallbore (2nd overall) and 575 air rifle (3rd place) … placed third in the smallbore (546) and third overall in the air rifle (566) at Wofford on Dec. 1 … opened the new calendar year with a 569 smallbore and 569 air rifle to pace the Keydets at Morehead State on Jan. 19 … earned a 559 smallbore for seventh place and a 571 air rifle at The Citadel on Jan. 26 … came in seventh with a 566 smallbore and fifth overall in air rifle (577) vs. North Georgia in the NCAA Qualifier on Feb. 16 … placed 17th at the SoCon Championships with a 554 smallbore and 18th overall in the air rifle with a 571 tally.
2017-18: Named to the All-Southern Conference Smallbore Second Team after scoring a 558 for ninth place at the SoCon Championship on Mar. 3 … shot a career-best 568 smallbore tally on Feb. 11 as VMI faced Navy, Air Force and Akron … earned his third best smallbore score of the year on Nov. 11 when he logged a 563 … competed twice in the air rifle during the season, registering a career-best 568 at the SoCon Championship … logged a 555 air rifle at home on Oct. 7.
2016-17: Tied his season-best smallbore score of 555 at the SoCon Championships to conclude the season ... first met the 555 mark two weeks prior on Feb. 18 at the NCAA Qualifier against Wofford at Kilbourne Hall ... shot a 552 in the smallbore on Nov. 12 to conclude the fall season ... competed in the air rifle once during the year, registering a 556 on Oct. 1.
2015-16: Opened the year with a 525 air rifle and 519 smallbore at a meet hosted by VMI on Nov. 7 … scored a season-best 544 smallbore at the NCAA Qualifier hosted by West Virginia on Feb. 20 … second-best 542 smallbore came on Jan. 30 in a home dual with North Georgia … also earned a season-best 553 air rifle at the NCAA Qualifier … scored his second-best air rifle of the year with a 544 against North Georgia.
Personal: Parents are John and Lisa Pitman … has one sister … plans to major in physics … attended Providence Classical School in Williamsburg, Va.
Career Bests
Smallbore: 568 (2/11/2018)
Air Rifle: 568 (10/1/2017 and 3/4/2018)
