2017-18 W Rifle Roster

Samantha Alexander

  • Class Senior
  • Highschool West Point
  • Hometown Shacklefords, Va.

Biography

2017-18: Earned VMI's prestigious General Withers A. Burress Award for skill in rifle marksmanship for a third straight year ... recognized as Distinguished in Academic Merit by the Institute ... Dean's List honoree ... tied her career best smallbore score by shooting a 562 at home against Morehead State and Georgia Southern on Oct. 7 … in the NCAA Qualifier, shot her second best smallbore score of the year with a 559 against North Georgia on Feb. 17 … shot a season-high 575 air rifle score against The Citadel on Jan. 27 … earned her second best air rifle at the SoCon Championship by shooting a 572 at the event … scored a 570 in the air rifle at home vs. UAB and Wofford on Nov. 11.

2016-17: Earned second team All-Southern Conference honors in the air rifle after placing eighth overall in the finals ... tied a career-best air rifle score of 576 at the SoCon Championships to earn the honors ... just two weeks before shot a 574 air rifle tally in the NCAA Qualifier against Wofford ... registered a career-best 559 score in the smallbore rifle event on Nov. 5 ... opened spring competition with a 557 in the smallbore on Jan. 28, his second-best tally for the season ... for a second straight year received the Institute's female General Withers A. Burress Award for skill in rifle marksmanship ... Dean's List recipient ... named to the Cadet-Athlete Honors Society.

2015-16: Received the Institute's female General Withers A. Burress Award for skill in rifle marksmanship ... opened the year with a 561 air rifle and 519 smallbore at a meet hosted by VMI on Sept. 26 … scored a season-best 552 smallbore at a VMI meet on Oct. 10 a month before registering a 541 at Morehead State, his second-best mark … earned a season-best air rifle score of 576 at the MAC Championships to finish the season, also scoring a 538 smallbore for his third-best mark of the year … shot a 562 air rifle on Oct. 31 for his second-best tally of the season in the event … competed twice for the mixed team … scored a 559 air rifle in a home dual against North Georgia on Jan. 30 … competed at the NCAA Qualifier at West Virginia on Feb. 20, scoring a 573 air rifle and 546 smallbore.

2014-15: Competed for the women's team … shot a 526 in the air rifle on Feb. 7 against Penn State … followed it up with a 563 in the air rifle for the sectional qualifier on Feb. 21.

Career Bests

Smallbore: 562 (10/7/17)
Air Rifle: 576 (3/5/2016 and 3/5/2017)

Historical Player Information

  • 2014-15Freshman

  • 2015-16Sophomore

  • 2016-17Junior

  • 2017-18Senior