VMI Athletics

2019-20: Named to the All-SoCon Smallbore Second Team after shooting a 558 for the event at the SoCon Championships… also named to the All-SoCon Air Rifle Second Team after leading the team with a 575 for the category … came in first place in both the smallbore (571) and air rifle (578) to open the season vs. The Citadel … at Navy on Sept. 28, shot a 567 smallbore and 577 air rifle … logged a 563 smallbore and 568 air rifle hosting NC State and Akron on Oct. 12 … registered a 556 smallbore and 573 air rifle vs. North Georgia on Oct. 19 … tallied a 563 smallbore and 570 air rifle vs. Georgia Southern on Nov.2 … shot a 552 smallbore and 577 air rifle vs. UAB on Nov. 9 … scored a 552 smallbore and a 574 air rifle vs. Wofford on Nov. 16 … logged a 570 smallbore and 563 air rifle vs. Wofford on Dec. 7 … registered a 561 smallbore and 568 air rifle vs. Citadel on Jan. 25 … at the NCAA Qualifier, earned a 559 smallbore and 572 air rifle.

2018-19: Came in seventh in the smallbore with a 544 and shot a 562 air rifle to open the season vs. The Citadel … placed 23^rd in the smallbore (551) and 21^st in the air rifle (570) at Navy on Sept. 29 … scored a 560 smallbore vs. North Georgia on Oct. 20 in addition to a 567 air rifle … placed 10^th in the smallbore with a 565 vs. TCU on Oct. 27 to go with a 560 air rifle score … logged a 542 smallbore vs. Wofford on Nov. 3 as well as a 569 air rifle … scored a 553 smallbore vs. Air Force on Nov. 4 and a 566 air rifle tally … registered a 545 in the smallbore vs. UAB on Nov. 10 … tallied a 567 air rifle score vs. Wofford on Dec. 1 … against Morehead State on Jan. 19, scored a 567 smallbore and 557 air rifle … shot a 550 smallbore at The Citadel on Jan. 26 and a 573 air rifle … in the NCAA Qualifier vs. N. Georgia, shot a 567 smallbore and a 559 air rifle … at the SoCon Championships, had the team’s top score in both the smallbore (559) and air rifle (573).

2017-18: Earned VMI's prestigious General Withers A. Burress Award for skill in rifle marksmanship ... named to the All-Southern Conference Smallbore Second Team after shooting a career-high 566 for the event to take seventh place … earned the mark after competing in the smallbore for the first time this season … shot the air rifle at every event during the year, registering a career best 586 at home on Nov. 11 versus UAB and Wofford … shot a 578 air rifle versus Navy, Air Force and Akron on Feb. 11 … earned his third best air rifle mark of 576 at home versus North Georgia on Nov. 4.

2016-17: Placed third overall in the air rifle at the Southern Conference Championships to earn first team All-SoCon honors as a freshman ... tied his second-best score of 579 in the air rifle at the event to make the cut on the first team ... earned a season-best air rifle score of 581 on Nov. 12 to conclude the fall season ... shot a season-best score of 550 in the smallbore at The Citadel on Jan. 28 ... opened the year with a 549 in the smallbore on Sept. 24, his second-best score of the year for the event ... shot a 548 smallbore on Oct. 29 for his third-best smallbore tally of the season.

High School: Coached by SFC/Ret. Riess Pellegrino at Sarasota Military Academy in Sarasota, Fla. ... team captain ... named a junior distinguished shooter ... competed at the 2016 National 3-pair Rifle championships.

Personal: Parents are Stephen and Darci Jacob ... has one sister ... plans to major in mechanical engineering.

Career Bests
Smallbore: 566 (3/3/2018)
Air Rifle: 586 (11/11/2017)