The University of Akron Athletics
2011-12 Akron Rifle Roster
Ryan Stein
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Washington, Pa.
- High School:
- Trinity HS
as a senior (2011-12): Earned second team All-Mid-Atlantic Rifle Conference honors in smallbore and air rifle ... also named to the All-MAC Academic team ... was fourth on the team in air rifle season average (575) ... took second in the air rifle against Morehead State with a 579 ... had a personal best score of 584 in air rifle at the MAC Open, which earned him a third place finish ... shot a season best in smallbore of 570 against University of the Sciences ... 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 (2010-2011): Named to the MAC 2nd place smallbore Team ... a member of the MAC 2nd place Air Rifle Team, and part of the MAC All Academic Team ... named MAC All Conference honorable mention in Air Rifle and made 2nd team All MAC smallbore ... ended the season a member of the WIRC 3rd place Smallbore Rifle Team ... a member of the WIRC 3rd place Air Rifle Team ... named a member of the WIRC Smallbore 2nd Team All Conference team.
as a sophomore (2009-2010): Named member of the MAC 1st place Conference Championship smallbore team as well as a member of the MAC 2nd place Air Rifle Team ... named MAC smallbore shooter of the month for January 2010 ... named to MAC All Conference Honorable Mention in smallbore ... member of the MAC All Academic team ... member of the WIRC 3rd place smallbore rifle team and the WIRC 1st place Conference Championship Air Rifle Team ... earned a spot in the WIRC Air Rifle 1st Team All Conference and WIRC Smallbore Rifle 2nd Team All Conference ... led the team in smallbore with a 566 and finished 25th place overall out of the 289 at the Palmyra Invitational in January ... led the team in air rifle and finished 2nd place overall with a 391 at the WIRC Championships in February ... led the team in smallbore and finished 1st place overall with a 577 at the MAC Championships in March; a career personal best.
as a freshman (2008-09): Named MAC-All Conference honorable mention air rifle with an average of 571 ... also selected to the smallbore first team All-WIRC and second team All-WIRC in the air rifle division ... earned a spot on the Collegiate Rifle Coaches Association (CRCA) Academic All-American team ... fired a 556 in the smallbore for an eighth place finish at the MAC Championship ... finished fifth in the WIRC smallbore individual standings with an average of 563.6 and eighth in the air rifle individual standings with an average of 380.6 ... shot into first place (572) in the smallbore and fifth (570) in the air rifle against Indiana University of Pennsylvania (Jan. 24) ... placed 15th in the smallbore with a score of 554 and 17th (564) in the air rifle against West Virginia (Jan. 31) ... captured eighth place in both the smallbore and air rifle with scores of 566 and 569 respectively against the University of Sciences in Philadelphia (Nov. 8) ... notched a first place finish (581) in the air rifle division and sixth in the smallbore division against Morehead State (Nov. 22) with a score of 561 ... fired a 565 in the smallbore and a 570 in the air rifle against Tennessee Tech (Oct. 10) to place second and fifth respectively ... placed first in the air rifle (583) and 11th in the smallbore (553) at the Boilermaker Invitational (Oct. 18) ... shot a 563 to capture seventh place in the smallbore at the NCAA qualifier in Columbus, Ohio while finishing 23rd (558) in the air rifle.
Prior to UA: Started shooting in 4-H six years ago... made the prone team in high school...shot varsity all four years and was a captain of the team junior and senior year... won the WPIAL match freshman and sophomore year, winning state match as a freshman...has shot in multiple 3-P and air rifle matches since joining the Frazier Simplex Rifle Team five years ago, including Camp Perry, Ohio, 4-H Nationals in South Dakota, and numerous others in Pennsylvania...senior year he shot in the Bob Moore 100-shot offhand match and won the junior section for the first year of the match.
Personal: Son of Ron and Karen Stein...has a younger sister named Sara...Born in Washington, Pennsylvania...Majoring in Mechanical Engineering.
