Rifle
The Murray State Rifle program has enjoyed a long history of success since it was established in the 1956-57 season. The program has produced three team national championships in 1978 (NRA), 1985 (NCAA), and 1987 (NCAA). The team was runner up to the NCAA national championship in 1986 and 1988. In addition to national championship, Murray State rifle won ten OVC team championships, seven individual NCAA champions, and produced six USA Olympic Team members. The current head coach is Alan Lollar. The Racers compete at the Pat Spurgin Rifle Range at Roy Stewart Stadium. The rife range is one of the finest shooting venues in the sport, and it has hosted the NCAA championships seven times.
NCAA Team National Championships
1978, 1985, 1987
NCAA Individual National Champions
Pat Spurgin - 1984 (Air Rifle) / 1985 (Smallbore)
Marianne Wallace - 1986 (Air Rifle)
Deena Wigger - 1988 (Air Rifle)
Benjamin Belden - 1995 (Air Rifle)
Marra Hastings - 1997 (Air Rifle)
Morgan Hicks - 2004 (Air Rifle)
Ohio Valley Conference Team Championships
1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2004, 2010, 2011
US Olympic Team Members
Pat Spurgin - 1984 (Gold Medal winner)
William Beard - 1984
May Ann Schweitzer - 1984
Roger Withrow - 1984
Deena Wigger - 1988
Morgan Hicks - 2004
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“At Hayes’ General Store, west of the cemetery, hangs an old army rifle, used by a discouraged Civil War veteran to end his earthly troubles. The grocer took the rifle as payment ‘on account.’”
—Administration for the State of Con, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)
“Many times man lives and dies
Betweeen his two eternities,
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And ancient Ireland knew it all.
Whether man die in his bed
Or the rifle knocks him dead,”
—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)
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—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)