The University of Akron Athletics
2011-12 Akron Rifle Roster
Jenna Compton
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Mt. Lebanon HS
- Hometown:
- Pittsburgh, Pa.
as a senior (2011-12): Capped her career with a second team All-Mid-Atlantic Rifle Conference honor for air rifle ... led the team in the 40 shot air rifle with a season average of 384 ... third on the team in 60 shot air rifle season average (576) ... took first place against John Jay in the air rifle with a season best 588 ... posted a 566 in smallbore at the MAC Championships ... a member of the first place Mid-Atlantic Rifle Conference team for smallbore and the MAC second place air rifle team ... also a member of the Western Intercollegiate Rifle Conference 2nd place smallbore and air rifle teams.
as a junior (2010-11): A member of the MAC 2nd place Smallbore and Air Rifle Team and the WIRC 3rd place Smallbore Rifle and Air Rifle Team.
as a sophomore (2009-10): Competed in the Winter Air Gun Championship in Colorado Springs, CO ... shot a 385 out of a possible 400 air rifle in the Colorado Junior Olympic Rifle Championship qualifier ... member of the MAC 1st place Conference Championship Smallbore Team and MAC 2nd place Air Rifle Team.. member of the MAC All Conference Air Rifle Second Team ... member of WIRC 3rd place Smallbore Rifle Team ... member of WIRC 1st place Conference Championship Air Rifle Team ... fired a 583 air rifle and finished 2nd place overall at the Boilermaker Invitational in October ... led the team in air rifle with a 584 and finished 5th place overall out of the 271 at the Palmyra Invitational in January.
2008-09 NCAA Individual Air Rifle Champion
as a freshman (2008-09): Won the NCAA Individual Air Rifle Championship by averaging a score of 691.6, outscoring her opponent by six tenths of a point to claim the title... named Air Rifle Shooter of the Month in November by the Mid Atlantic Rifle Conference ... was the lone shooter on first team All-WIRC Air Rifle ... named to second team All-WIRC in the smallbore division ... appointed to the U.S. Olympic National Development team ... selected to the Collegiate Rifle Coaches Association (CRCA) Academic All-American team ...fired a 588 in the air rifle for a first place finish and fired a 570 in the smallbore for a second place finish at the MAC Championship ... finished third in the WIRC air rifle individual standings with an average of 385 and eighth in the smallbore individual standings with an average of 562 ... fourth place finish (572) in the air rifle and eighth with a 582 in smallbore against Indiana University of Pennsylvania ... placed ninth in both the smallbore and air rifle with scores of 570 and 577 respectively against West Virginia (Jan. 31) ... captured first place in the air rifle with a 580 and sixth (569) in the smallbore against the University of Sciences in Philadelphia (Nov. 8) ... took sixth in the air rifle division by shooting a 576 and 13th in the smallbore division against Morehead State (Nov. 22) with a score of 554 ... fired a 537 in the smallbore and a 556 in the air rifle to finish 15th in both divisions against Tennessee Tech (Oct. 10) ... placed ninth in the smallbore (555) and 18th in the air rifle (555) at the Boilermaker Invitational (Oct. 18) ... shot a 587 in the air rifle to capture first place at the NCAA qualifier in Columbus, Ohio while finishing fifth in the smallbore (564) ... earned the gold medal by finishing first place at the 2009 individual MAC air rifle championship with a 588 and the silver medal by finishing second place in individual smallbore (570).
Prior to UA: Started shooting as a freshman at Mt. Lebanon High School in Pittsburgh, PA ... was team captain two years in a row (2005 and 2007) ... led the team to win the state championship and set a school record senior year ... individually, gold medalist in the Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic League Championship ... placed Fourth in the Pennsylvania State Championship in prone ... titled Most Valuable Player by local newspaper (Almanac).
Personal: Daughter of Michael Compton and Cindy Fisher, step-daughter of David Fisher...Has an older brother, Matthew, a twin brother, Danny, and a younger brother, Evan...Born in Dayton, Ohio...Majoring in Biology.
