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2024-25 Rifle Roster

Marleigh Duncan

  • Class Senior
  • Height 5-3
  • Hometown Wake Forest, N.C.
  • High School Franklin Academy

Biography

Career Honors:
2024-25 CRCA All-American
(Second Team – Smallbore)
2023-24 CRCA All-American (Second Team – Smallbore)
2022-23 CRCA All-American (Second Team – Smallbore)
2023-24 CRCA All-American (Honorable Mention – Aggregate)
2022-23 CRCA All-American (Honorable Mention – Aggregate)
2022 GARC Champion (Smallbore)
2024-25 All-GARC (Second Team – Smallbore)
2023-24 All-GARC (Second Team – Smallbore)
2023-24 All-GARC (Second Team – Aggregate)
2022-23 All-GARC (Second Team – Smallbore)
2022-23 All-GARC (Second Team – Aggregate)
2024-25 All-GARC (Honorable Mention – Aggregate)
2023-24 All-GARC (Honorable Mention – Air Rifle)
2022-23 All-GARC (Honorable Mention – Air Rifle)
2024-25 CRCA Scholastic All-American
 
2024-25 (Senior): Earned Collegiate Rifle Coaches Association (CRCA) All-American accolades in smallbore (second team), while being named All-Great America Rifle Conference (GARC) in smallbore (second team) and aggregate (honorable mention) … Competed and started all 13 team competitions during the season, while also qualifying for the NCAA Championship as an individual in smallbore … Recorded season averages of 585.6 in smallbore, 592.6 in air rifle, and 1177.9 in aggregate … Registered season-best performances in smallbore at Ohio State / vs. Nebraska on Nov. 16 with a score of 590 … Tallied a season-high score of 597 in air rifle at the Army-Navy Star Match (Feb. 1) … Carded scores of 588 (smallbore) and 596 (air rifle) for a season-best aggregate score of 1184 at The Citadel (Feb. 15) … CRCA Scholastic All-American.
 
2023-24 (Junior): Earned Collegiate Rifle Coaches Association (CRCA) All-American accolades in smallbore (second team) and aggregate (honorable mention), while being named All-Great America Rifle Conference (GARC) in smallbore (second team), aggregate (second team), and air rifle (honorable mention) … Competed and started all 15 competitions during the season … Recorded season averages of 586.7 in smallbore, 592.5 in air rifle, and 1179.2 in aggregate … Registered season-best performances in smallbore and aggregate on the road against The Citadel and Georgia Southern on Feb. 10, carding scores of 592 (smallbore) and 1185 (aggregate) … Tallied a season-best score of 598 in air rifle at home in the NCAA Qualifier at home against John Jay (Feb. 17) … Awarded the Josh Watson ('19) Award which goes to the Mid with the highest overall score in the Star Meet (589 SB; 595 AR; 1184 Agg).
 
2022-23 (Sophomore): Earned Collegiate Rifle Coaches Association (CRCA) All-American accolades in smallbore (second team) and aggregate (honorable mention), while being named All-Great America Rifle Conference (GARC) in smallbore (second team), aggregate (second team), and air rifle (honorable mention) … Qualified for the NCAA Championship as an individual in both smallbore and air rifle … Registered averages of 586.2 in smallbore, 593.3 in air rifle, and 1179.5 in aggregate … Recorded a season-best performance in the NCAA Qualifier against NC State and John Jay on Feb. 18, shooting a season-high 590 in smallbore and a 1186 in aggregate … Followed with a season-high scorecard of 597 in air rifle at the GARC Championship on Feb. 26, missing a season-best performance in aggregate by one point (1185) … Awarded the Josh Watson ('19) Award which goes to the Mid with the highest overall score in the Star Meet (588 SB; 594 AR; 1182 Agg).
 
2021-22 (Freshman): Posted a record-breaking freshman campaign in 2021-22, highlighted by leading the Midshipmen to a Star Match victory over Army … The newcomer posted a program-record 1188 points against the Black Knights, in addition to setting a new program-best mark in individual smallbore scoring at 592 points … For her efforts against Army, was named the Josh Watson Memorial Trophy recipient for the Most Valuable Player of the Army-Navy Star Match … At the GARC Conference Championships, shot a 592, tying the program record for individual smallbore scoring for the second time on the season and qualifying second for the smallbore finals … Shot a 462.4 in the finals to win the Smallbore Conference Title beating Abby Buesseler of Ole Miss by 3.3 points, becoming the first student-athlete in program history to win a GARC Championship individual title … Ranked second on the team in smallbore (579.1) and aggregate (1169.3) scoring average, along with being fourth in air rifle (590.1) … Ended the season by totaling an air rifle score of 590 points or more in eight-consecutive matches, including scoring a 599 against West Virginia … Scored 1180 points or more in the aggregate category four times.
 
Prior to Navy: Competed in the National Junior Olympics for six years … Placed third in age group in air rifle in 2016 … Recorded a third-place finish in small bore at the National Junior Olympics as a freshman … Finished second in age group at the 2019 National Junior Olympics in small bore … Served as a club team captain as a junior and senior.
 
Personal: Daughter of Bridget-Lee Young and Marc Duncan … Placed top-10 at districts as a member of the DECA team at the Franklin Academy.
 
Career Statistics
  Smallbore Air Rifle Aggregate
Year App / Starts Total Avg. High Score App / Starts Total Avg. High Score App / Starts Total Avg. High Score
2021-22 14 / 14 8,108 579.1 592 14 / 14 8,262 590.1 599 14 / 14 16,370 1,169.3 1,188
2022-23 14 / 14 8,207 586.2 590 14 / 14 8,306 593.3 597 14 / 14 16,513 1,179.5 1,186
2023-24 15 / 15 8,800 586.7 592 15 / 15 8,888 592.5 598 15 / 15 17,688 1,179.2 1,185
2024-25 14 / 14 8,198 585.6 590 13 / 13 7,704 592.6 597 14 / 14 15,902 1,177.9 1,184
TOTAL 57 / 57 33,313 584.4 592 56 / 56 33,160 592.1 599 57 / 57 66,473 1,176.5 1,188
 

Historical Player Information

  • 2021-22Freshman

    5'3"
  • 2022-23Sophomore

    5'3"
  • 2023-24Junior

    5'3"
  • 2024-25Senior

    5'3"