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Roe Honored With Academic All-District Award
5/12/2016 1:56:00 PM | Rifle
Murray State sophomore rifle student-athlete Ivan Roe has been named as a CoSIDA Academic All-District At-Large selection, the organization announced Thursday.
Roe, a native of Manhattan, Montana, capped one of the better years by a 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 boast 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 National Rifle Association.
Roe is now eligible to be named to one of three CoSIDA Academic All-American teams that will be announced on June 9.
Roe, a native of Manhattan, Montana, capped one of the better years by a 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 boast 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 National Rifle Association.
Roe is now eligible to be named to one of three CoSIDA Academic All-American teams that will be announced on June 9.
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