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2025-26 Rifle Roster

Catherine Dely

  • Class Senior
  • Height 5-5
  • Hometown Fort Wayne, Ind.
  • High School Homestead

Biography

Career Honors:
2025-26 Team Captain
2025-26 CRCA Scholastic All-American
2024-25 CRCA Scholastic All-American
2023-24 CRCA Scholastic All-American

 
2025-26 (Senior): Named team captain prior to the season … Competed in all 13 matches during the season … Recorded season averages of 573.2 in smallbore, 588.0 in air rifle, and 1161.2 in aggregate … Registered a season-best performance against Kentucky (Oct. 18), notching season-high scores in smallbore (581) and aggregate (1169) … Had a season-high tally of 594 in air rifle during the President’s Trophy Match on Nov. 11, helping Navy win the match against its service academy rivals for the first time since 2008 … CRCA Scholastic All-American.
 
2024-25 (Junior): Competed in 11 matches during the season … Recorded season averages of 573.4 in smallbore, 586.2 in air rifle, and 1159.0 in aggregate … Registered a season-best performance during the Army-Navy Star Match (Feb. 1), notching season-high scores in air rifle (591) and aggregate (1168) … Had a season-high tally of 578 in smallbore at Ohio State / vs. Nebraska on Nov. 16 … CRCA Scholastic All-American.
 
2023-24 (Sophomore): Competed in 10 matches during the season … Recorded season averages of 564.9 in smallbore, 583.4 in air rifle, and 1148.3 in aggregate … Registered a season-best performance during the Great America Rifle Conference (GARC) Championship, notching season-high scores in smallbore (571), air rifle (589), and aggregate (1160) … Also had a season-high tally of 571 in smallbore against defending national champion Alaska Fairbanks on Jan. 21 … CRCA Scholastic All-American.
 
2022-23 (Freshman): Made 12 appearances during rookie campaign … Registered an 1,146.7 aggregate average with a season-high 1,162 coming at Akron on Nov. 19 … Posted a season-high score of 580 against the Zips in smallbore, while finishing the year with a 565.0 season average … In air rifle, concluded the year with a 581.7 average score with a season-best performance of 586 against Memphis on Oct. 1.
 
Prior to Navy: Competed in rifle for two years, being named team captain during junior and senior year of high school … Member of the track and field and cheer team at Homestead High School in Fort Wayne, Ind. … Competed in the shot put and discus in track and field … Earned team MVP and Mental Attitude Award as a member of the cheer team as a freshman and sophomore.
 
Personal: Daughter of Mark and Tanya Dely … Older brother, Mark (’24), was a member of the Navy rifle team (2020-24), while younger brother, John (’27), is a current member of the Navy rifle team.
 
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
2022-23 12 / 0 6,780 565.0 580 12 / 0 6,980 581.7 586 12 / 0 13,760 1,146.7 1,162
2023-24 10 / 0 5,649 564.9 571 10 / 0 5,834 583.4 589 10 / 0 11,483 1,148.3 1,160
2024-25 11 / 0 6,307 573.4 578 10 / 3 5,862 586.2 591 11 / 3 12,169 1,159.0 1,168
2025-26 13 / 5 7,451 573.2 581 13 / 12 7,644 588.0 594 13 / 12 15,095 1,161.2 1,169
TOTAL 46 / 5 26,187 569.3 581 45 / 15 26,320 584.9 594 46 / 15 52,507 1,154.0 1,169
 

Historical Player Information

  • 2022-23Freshman

    5'5"
  • 2023-24Sophomore

    5'5"
  • 2024-25Junior

    5'5"
  • 2025-26Senior

    5'5"