Andre Gross

Weight:
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Class:
Fifth Year
Hometown:
Webster, N.Y.
High School:
Home Schooled

2021-22 STATISTICS

Current Stats

2021-22: Qualified for the NCAA Championships in the air rifle and smallbore registering a team-best 1170.81 combined average for the campaign...placed 11th in the air rifle with a 596 total at the NCAA Championships, while finishing 26th in the smallbore with a 582 scorecard...posted a 589.31 average in the air rifle, while tallying a team-high 581.50 mark in the smallbore...tallied a career-, season- and program-best score of 597 in the air rifle against Ohio State (Jan. 30)...garnered a career- and season-high score of 589 in the smallbore at Ole Miss (Oct. 16).

2021-22 ACCOLADES: NCAA qualifier in both the air rifle and smallbore...named a CRCA Scholastic All-American...GARC Smallbore All-Conference Honorable Mention.

2020-21: Appointed as a member of the USA Shooting National Olympic Development Team...Collegiate Rifle Coaches Association Scholastic All-American...Dean's List Student...tied school record in air rifle and was Palmyra (PA) Invitational champion with a score of 595...season-high smallbore and aggregate scores of 584 and 1172...fired team season-high smallbore kneeling and prone scores with 198 and 200 respectively...placed 2nd in smallbore prone team event at the Civilian Marksmanship Program (CMP) Camp Perry Nationals.

2019-20: NRA All-American...Collegiate Rifle Coaches Association Scholastic All-American...selected to participate in the NCAA Championships which were cancelled...All-GARC Honorable Mention (smallbore)... Dean's List student...finished eighth in the smallbore at the GARC Championship...fired a season-high (589) in the 60-shot air rifle against Navy (Oct. 19)...set the school record by shooting a kneeling score of 199-13x against Morehead State...fired a season-high (586) in the smallbore half course against North Georgia.

2018-19: NRA All-American...became Akron's first All-American since 1976...earned a silver medal at 2019 NCAA Championships for smallbore (586)...Collegiate Rifle Coaches Association Scholastic All-American...second-team All-GARC...Dean's List student...averaged a 580 on the season in smallbore, including a season-best (586) at the NCAA Championships...shot a personal-best (590) in 60 shot air rifle at GARC Championship...named Zips’ Summa Health Student-Athlete of the Week following finish at NCAA Championships...captured a Bronze medal at the 2019 USA Shooting National Championships...finished 12th overall in smallbore and third overall in the junior category.

PRIOR TO AKRON: President of Rochester Rifle Club Juniors and Captain of Webster Junior Marksmen American Legion Post 942...competed in eight Junior Olympics in both Precision Air Rifle and 10 Meter Air Pistol...2018 Camp Perry Open Junior champion...2017 Gary Anderson Invitational champion...2017 NRA National Smallbore Civilian champion...2017 NRA National Smallbore Junior champion... 2017 Zippy Open Smallbore Junior champion...2016 USA Shooting National Junior Team member... current NRA 40 Shot Smallbore Kneeling Conventional Outdoor Record holder and American Legion National Championships Precision Kneeling record holder.

PERSONAL: Majoring in automated manufacturing engineering technology...son of Tony and Susan Gross...has twin sister, Alaia.

6-28-22