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Three-Peat; GSU captures third straight SoCon Rifle Championship
Eagles' Emma Pohlmann sweeps Athlete of the Year honors
NCAA scorecard
CHARLESTON, S.C. – Georgia Southern won its third straight Southern Conference Rifle Championship on Sunday at The Citadel’s Inouye Marksmanship Center in Charleston, South Carolina. GSU sophomore Emma Pohlmann was named the SoCon Smallbore and Air Rifle Athlete of the Year as all-conference awards were announced at the conclusion of the two-day event.
The Eagles, who shot a championship-record 2,343 in smallbore on Saturday, followed that with a 2,382 in the air rifle portion on Sunday to claim the SoCon title with a championship-record 4,725 aggregate score.
Georgia Southern outscored defending champion, The Citadel, en route to winning its third SoCon team title in air rifle and first since 2019 with a score of 2,382. The air rifle victory marked the first time in program history that the Eagles have won all three titles in the same year.
The Citadel finished second to Georgia Southern in aggregate with a score of 4,618, narrowly claiming runner-up honors by just two points over UNG, which matched last year’s score of 4,616. UAB was fourth at 4,605, followed by SoCon Coach of the Year Bill Bither’s VMI Keydets (4,590), VMI’s women’s team (4,494), Wofford (4,449) and The Citadel’s women’s team (4,383).
GSU’s Addy Burrow fired a 598 in air rifle for the second consecutive year on Sunday, again matching the championship record set by Georgia Southern’s Rosemary Kramer in 2019, to lead the contingent of eight finals qualifiers. In the finals, both Burrow and Pohlmann shot 247.1, with Pohlmann claiming the individual title following an extra shot.
Burrow, who won the Pinnacle Award as the student-athlete with the highest GPA on the championship-winning team, finished second in the air rifle finals and claimed first-team all-conference honors in both smallbore and air rifle.
Pohlmann, the Eagles’ Ella Goldfaden and North Georgia’s Elysa Walter also earned first-team All-SoCon honors in both smallbore and air rifle.
Pohlmann, who became the fourth shooter to sweep smallbore and air rifle athlete of the year honors, led the SoCon in both disciplines this season. She averaged 587.000 in smallbore and 595.154 in air rifle for a league-best 1,182.154 aggregate average.
GSU’s Pohlmann and The Citadel’s Hart will compete at the NCAA Rifle Championships in Morgantown, West Virginia, at the WVU Coliseum, March 8-9. Georgia Southern freshman Zahra Gonzalez Mazo is the first alternate in air rifle should a competitor not be able to compete.
2024 SoCon Rifle Championship team scores
Team SB AR Agg
1. Georgia Southern 2343 2382 4725
2. The Citadel 2281 2337 4618
3. North Georgia 2279 2337 4616
4. UAB 2287 2318 4605
5. VMI 2271 2319 4590
6. VMI (W) 2198 2296 4494
7. Wofford 2209 2240 4449
8. The Citadel (W) 2142 2241 4383
Overall champion
Georgia Southern
Smallbore champion
Georgia Southern
Air rifle champion
Georgia Southern
Smallbore individual final (Saturday)
1. Emma Pohlmann, Georgia Southern (461.5)
2. Maya Cameron, North Georgia (452.8)
3. Ella Goldfaden, Georgia Southern (443.1)
4. Zahra Gonzalez Mazo, Georgia Southern (432.1)
5. James Hart IV, The Citadel (421.9)
6. Ryan Harlow, VMI (409.7)
7. Addy Burrow, Georgia Southern (398.7)
8. Charlotte Welsh, The Citadel (397.9)
Air rifle individual final (Sunday)
1. Emma Pohlmann, Georgia Southern (247.1)
2. Addy Burrow, Georgia Southern (247.1)
3. Bremen Butler, Georgia Southern (226.4)
4. Katelyn Grochalski, VMI (203.7)
5. Ella Goldfaden, Georgia Southern (183.6)
6. James Hart IV, The Citadel (163.2)
7. Zahra Gonzalez Mazo, Georgia Southern (141.1)
8. Charlotte Welsh, The Citadel (120.3)
Pinnacle Award (highest GPA on championship-winning team)
Addy Burrow, 5th, Georgia Southern
SoCon Smallbore Athlete of the Year
Emma Pohlmann, GSU
All-Southern Conference Smallbore
First team
Emma Pohlmann, Georgia Southern
Elysa Walter, North Georgia
Ella Goldfaden, Georgia Southern
Addy Burrow, Georgia Southern
James Hart IV, The Citadel
Second team
Zahra Gonzalez, Georgia Southern
Bremen Butler, Georgia Southern
Amy Visconti, Georgia Southern
Maya Cameron, North Georgia
Charlotte Welsh, The Citadel
SoCon Air Rifle Athlete of the Year
Emma Pohlmann, GSU
All-Southern Conference Air Rifle
First team
Emma Pohlmann, Georgia Southern
Ella Goldfaden, Georgia Southern
Addy Burrow, Georgia Southern
Zahra Gonzalez, Georgia Southern
Elysa Walter, North Georgia
Second team
Bremen Butler, Georgia Southern
Amy Visconti, Georgia Southern
James Hart IV, The Citadel
Maya Cameron, North Georgia
Brooklynne Weatherford, Georgia Southern
SoCon Coach of the Year
Lt. Col. Bill Bither, VMI
SoCon Freshman of the Year
Christopher Comstock, UAB
CHARLESTON, S.C. – Georgia Southern won its third straight Southern Conference Rifle Championship on Sunday at The Citadel’s Inouye Marksmanship Center in Charleston, South Carolina. GSU sophomore Emma Pohlmann was named the SoCon Smallbore and Air Rifle Athlete of the Year as all-conference awards were announced at the conclusion of the two-day event.
The Eagles, who shot a championship-record 2,343 in smallbore on Saturday, followed that with a 2,382 in the air rifle portion on Sunday to claim the SoCon title with a championship-record 4,725 aggregate score.
Georgia Southern outscored defending champion, The Citadel, en route to winning its third SoCon team title in air rifle and first since 2019 with a score of 2,382. The air rifle victory marked the first time in program history that the Eagles have won all three titles in the same year.
The Citadel finished second to Georgia Southern in aggregate with a score of 4,618, narrowly claiming runner-up honors by just two points over UNG, which matched last year’s score of 4,616. UAB was fourth at 4,605, followed by SoCon Coach of the Year Bill Bither’s VMI Keydets (4,590), VMI’s women’s team (4,494), Wofford (4,449) and The Citadel’s women’s team (4,383).
GSU’s Addy Burrow fired a 598 in air rifle for the second consecutive year on Sunday, again matching the championship record set by Georgia Southern’s Rosemary Kramer in 2019, to lead the contingent of eight finals qualifiers. In the finals, both Burrow and Pohlmann shot 247.1, with Pohlmann claiming the individual title following an extra shot.
Burrow, who won the Pinnacle Award as the student-athlete with the highest GPA on the championship-winning team, finished second in the air rifle finals and claimed first-team all-conference honors in both smallbore and air rifle.
Pohlmann, the Eagles’ Ella Goldfaden and North Georgia’s Elysa Walter also earned first-team All-SoCon honors in both smallbore and air rifle.
Pohlmann, who became the fourth shooter to sweep smallbore and air rifle athlete of the year honors, led the SoCon in both disciplines this season. She averaged 587.000 in smallbore and 595.154 in air rifle for a league-best 1,182.154 aggregate average.
GSU’s Pohlmann and The Citadel’s Hart will compete at the NCAA Rifle Championships in Morgantown, West Virginia, at the WVU Coliseum, March 8-9. Georgia Southern freshman Zahra Gonzalez Mazo is the first alternate in air rifle should a competitor not be able to compete.
2024 SoCon Rifle Championship team scores
Team SB AR Agg
1. Georgia Southern 2343 2382 4725
2. The Citadel 2281 2337 4618
3. North Georgia 2279 2337 4616
4. UAB 2287 2318 4605
5. VMI 2271 2319 4590
6. VMI (W) 2198 2296 4494
7. Wofford 2209 2240 4449
8. The Citadel (W) 2142 2241 4383
Overall champion
Georgia Southern
Smallbore champion
Georgia Southern
Air rifle champion
Georgia Southern
Smallbore individual final (Saturday)
1. Emma Pohlmann, Georgia Southern (461.5)
2. Maya Cameron, North Georgia (452.8)
3. Ella Goldfaden, Georgia Southern (443.1)
4. Zahra Gonzalez Mazo, Georgia Southern (432.1)
5. James Hart IV, The Citadel (421.9)
6. Ryan Harlow, VMI (409.7)
7. Addy Burrow, Georgia Southern (398.7)
8. Charlotte Welsh, The Citadel (397.9)
Air rifle individual final (Sunday)
1. Emma Pohlmann, Georgia Southern (247.1)
2. Addy Burrow, Georgia Southern (247.1)
3. Bremen Butler, Georgia Southern (226.4)
4. Katelyn Grochalski, VMI (203.7)
5. Ella Goldfaden, Georgia Southern (183.6)
6. James Hart IV, The Citadel (163.2)
7. Zahra Gonzalez Mazo, Georgia Southern (141.1)
8. Charlotte Welsh, The Citadel (120.3)
Pinnacle Award (highest GPA on championship-winning team)
Addy Burrow, 5th, Georgia Southern
SoCon Smallbore Athlete of the Year
Emma Pohlmann, GSU
All-Southern Conference Smallbore
First team
Emma Pohlmann, Georgia Southern
Elysa Walter, North Georgia
Ella Goldfaden, Georgia Southern
Addy Burrow, Georgia Southern
James Hart IV, The Citadel
Second team
Zahra Gonzalez, Georgia Southern
Bremen Butler, Georgia Southern
Amy Visconti, Georgia Southern
Maya Cameron, North Georgia
Charlotte Welsh, The Citadel
SoCon Air Rifle Athlete of the Year
Emma Pohlmann, GSU
All-Southern Conference Air Rifle
First team
Emma Pohlmann, Georgia Southern
Ella Goldfaden, Georgia Southern
Addy Burrow, Georgia Southern
Zahra Gonzalez, Georgia Southern
Elysa Walter, North Georgia
Second team
Bremen Butler, Georgia Southern
Amy Visconti, Georgia Southern
James Hart IV, The Citadel
Maya Cameron, North Georgia
Brooklynne Weatherford, Georgia Southern
SoCon Coach of the Year
Lt. Col. Bill Bither, VMI
SoCon Freshman of the Year
Christopher Comstock, UAB