ANNAPOLIS, Md. – The #7 Navy rifle team (14-4) is slated to return to action on Saturday as it welcomes John Jay (7-8) to the Bancroft Hall Rifle Range for the NCAA Championship qualifying match. Competition is scheduled to get underway at 9:00 a.m. and live results will be available.
 
Accessing the USNA
The United States Naval Academy (USNA) is closed to all vehicles without a Department of Defense-approved identification card. All other visitors are encouraged to park downtown and walk through the security gates at Gate 1. When walking on, those ages 18 and over must present a photo identification card (driver's license) to gain access and those ages 17 and under must be accompanied by an adult.
 
National Standings
The NCAA Qualifier Match will be pivotal over the weekend as the match accounts for 50 percent of each team's score toward qualification for the national tournament that is set to be hosted by the Ohio State University on March 13-14.
 
The remaining half of a team's NCAA qualification total is made up of the respective team's top-three scores from the season at three different locations. Additionally, the top individual shooters that are not on a qualified roster will earn bids to the NCAA Championship to compete as individuals.
 
Kentucky (4756.00) is in first place, ahead of Nebraska (4751.33) and TCU (4749.33). West Virginia (4748.67) and Ole Miss (4745.00) rounds out the top five in the NCAA standings, while Georgia Southern (4742.33) is sixth. Navy enters the weekend in seventh place in the NCAA in the national standings, moving up one spot after a solid performance at The Citadel last weekend and upping its NCAA qualifying score to 4739.00. Alaska Fairbanks (4737.00) currently holds the eighth and final spot with Murray State (4729.33) and Memphis (4728.67) just outside of the top eight.
 
Scouting the Midshipmen
Through 10 matches, freshman Tyler Wee leads the team in all three disciplines. The rookie, who has posted three perfect 600s in air rifle this season, leads the way with an 1188.7 average in aggregate thanks to a team-best 590.0 in smallbore and a 598.7 in air rifle.
 
Senior Parker Haydin is one spot back of T. Wee in smallbore and aggregate, while coming in third on the team in air rifle. Haydin boasts an aggregate average of 1185.0. He has a smallbore tally of 589.0, while notching an average of 596.0 in air rifle.
 
Junior Isabella Baldwin, who recorded her first perfect 600 in competition last weekend, is second in air rifle, while ranking third on the squad in smallbore and aggregate averages. She has a 587.0 in smallbore, while notching a 597.2 in air rifle for a combined average of 1184.2 in aggregate.
 
Junior Ryan Wee is fourth on the team in smallbore and aggregate shooting. The older Wee brother is fourth in smallbore with an average score of 579.9, while coming in fourth on the team in aggregate scoring with an 1164.9. R. Wee has an average of 585.0 in air rifle.
 
Senior team captain Catherine Dely is in the top five for air rifle and aggregate. Dely is fourth in air rifle with a 589.8, while coming in fifth in aggregate with a score of 1163.4, and just outside of the top five in smallbore with a 573.6.
 
Junior Chelsie Glover is fifth in smallbore with an average tally of 576.4, while ranking sixth among Midshipmen shooters in aggregate (1162.7) and seventh in air rifle (586.3).
 
Seniors Grace Shepard and Devin Uhrich follow for the Mids. Shepard is fifth in air rifle with a 588.6, while adding totals of 569.7 and 1158.3 in smallbore and aggregate, respectively. Uhrich is just outside of the top five in each category with averages of 571.2 (smallbore), 587.1 (air rifle), and 1158.3 (aggregate).
 
Freshmen Preston Everette (573.0 SB; 579.3 AR; 1152.3 Agg.), Audrey Hart (551.3 SB; 582.5 AR; 1133.8 Agg.), and Bennett Hilgenberg (536.2 SB; 557.5 AR; 1093.7 Agg.), along with junior John Dely (544.5 SB; 559.5 AR; 1104.0 Agg.) round out the scoring for the Midshipmen.
 
Scouting the Opposition
John Jay enters the weekend with a 7-8 overall record, including a 5-4 mark in conference competitions.
 
The Bloodhounds' Danny Canning leads the way for John Jay. The senior has a team-best aggregate average of 1112.8 thanks to average scores of 543.5 in smallbore and 569.3 in air rifle.

JB Zhao and Cassidy Derosia follow with aggregate averages of 1087.8 and 1086.0, respectively. Zhao has a 532.3 in smallbore and a 555.5 in air rifle, while Derosia has averages of 524.3 (SB) and 561.7 (AR). Mahek Dalwala (503.0 SB; 578.0 AR; 1081.0 Agg.) and Allana Dan (507.0 SB; 545.5 AR; 1052.5 Agg.) rounds out the top five for the Bloodhounds
 
Last Time Out – at The Citadel (Feb. 14-15, 2026)
CHARLESTON, S.C. – The #8 Navy rifle team (14-4) broke three school records and had two student-athletes shoot a perfect 600 as the Midshipmen swept a weekend of competitions at the Inouye Marksmanship Center in Charleston, S.C. The duo of Isabella Baldwin and Tyler Wee both shot a 600 in air rifle. It is believed to be that they became the first set of teammates in NCAA history to shoot a perfect score at the same competition.
 
The Mids opened the weekend with a school-record 4745 aggregate points to top #6 Georgia Southern (4741 points) and match-host The Citadel (mixed 4609; women 2325). Navy concluded the weekend with another solid performance, 4733, that was highlighted by Baldwin and T. Wee each shooting a perfect 600 in air rifle to sweep the Bulldogs (mixed 4626; women 2323).
 
On Saturday, the Midshipmen opened the competition with a new school record, 2363, in smallbore and finished with a 2382 in air rifle for a program record 4745 aggregate score. The following day, Navy carded a 2347 in smallbore to go along with a new school record of 2386 in air rifle for a 4733 combined tally.
 
Sunday was highlighted by Baldwin and T. Wee's perfect 600s in air rifle. It was the first 600 in a competition for Baldwin, while it was the third time in his rookie campaign that T. Wee posted a perfect score in air rifle.
 
For their efforts, Baldwin and T. Wee were named Naval Academy Athletic Association (NAAA) Co-Athletes of the Week.
 
Up Next
Following the match, the Midshipmen will return to action February 28 and March 1 as it travels to West Point, N.Y. for the annual GARC Championship. Competition from the Tronsrue Marksmanship Center is slated to begin at 9:00 a.m. each day. Live results will be available.