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Roe Named As MSU’s 18th Academic All-American
6/8/2016 11:05:00 AM | Rifle
Ivan Roe capped off of a terrific sophomore season Thursday when he was named as the 18th Academic All-American in Murray State history by the College Sports Information Directors of America. He was named to the Division I men's at-large team and is now the first rifle student-athlete since Deena Wigger in 1990 to earn the award.
The CoSIDA at-large teams include the sports of fencing, golf, gymnastics, ice hockey, lacrosse, rifle, skiing, swimming and diving, tennis and water polo for both men and women, as well as bowling, beach volleyball, crew and field hockey for women, and volleyball and wrestling for men.
Roe, a native of Manhattan, Montana, capped put together one of the better years by a MSU rifle student-athlete in 2016 by helping lead his team to a third place finish at the NCAA Championships. In addition to excellence on the range, the sophomore currently boasts a 3.90 GPA in his major of biology/fisheries/aquatic biology.
He won the 2016 OVC smallbore individual event and also finished the championship with highest total individual score. Following the championships, Roe was named as a first-team All-OVC selection in both air rifle and smallbore, in addition to being named as the OVC Smallbore Athlete of the Year and the OVC Co-Air Rifle Athlete of the Year. The junior also helped Murray State win its first OVC team title since 2011 and helped take the Racers to their second consecutive NCAA Championship.
At the NCAA Championship, Roe received the prestigious Elite 90 award for having the highest cumulative GPA, a 3.90, of any student-athlete at finals. He would go on to post the third highest preliminary air rifle score at the championship and qualify for the event final. After the championships, Roe was named as first-team All-American by the Collegiate Rifle Coaches Association and as first-team All-American in both smallbore and air rifle by the NRA.
This is the 21st overall All-American honor for Murray State athletics and it marks the eighth straight season that the Racers have had at least one person win the award, the longest such stretch in department history. MSU has now had an Academic All-American in this category in consecutive years, with Jordan Smith of men's gold earning a spot on the second team last season.
The CoSIDA at-large teams include the sports of fencing, golf, gymnastics, ice hockey, lacrosse, rifle, skiing, swimming and diving, tennis and water polo for both men and women, as well as bowling, beach volleyball, crew and field hockey for women, and volleyball and wrestling for men.
Roe, a native of Manhattan, Montana, capped put together one of the better years by a MSU rifle student-athlete in 2016 by helping lead his team to a third place finish at the NCAA Championships. In addition to excellence on the range, the sophomore currently boasts a 3.90 GPA in his major of biology/fisheries/aquatic biology.
He won the 2016 OVC smallbore individual event and also finished the championship with highest total individual score. Following the championships, Roe was named as a first-team All-OVC selection in both air rifle and smallbore, in addition to being named as the OVC Smallbore Athlete of the Year and the OVC Co-Air Rifle Athlete of the Year. The junior also helped Murray State win its first OVC team title since 2011 and helped take the Racers to their second consecutive NCAA Championship.
At the NCAA Championship, Roe received the prestigious Elite 90 award for having the highest cumulative GPA, a 3.90, of any student-athlete at finals. He would go on to post the third highest preliminary air rifle score at the championship and qualify for the event final. After the championships, Roe was named as first-team All-American by the Collegiate Rifle Coaches Association and as first-team All-American in both smallbore and air rifle by the NRA.
This is the 21st overall All-American honor for Murray State athletics and it marks the eighth straight season that the Racers have had at least one person win the award, the longest such stretch in department history. MSU has now had an Academic All-American in this category in consecutive years, with Jordan Smith of men's gold earning a spot on the second team last season.
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