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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:
2024-25 CRCA Scholastic All-American
2023-24 CRCA Scholastic All-American

 
2023-24 (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
TOTAL 33 / 0 18,736 567.8 580 32 / 3 18,676 583.6 591 33 / 3 37,412 1,151.1 1,168

Historical Player Information

  • 2022-23Freshman

    5'5"
  • 2023-24Sophomore

    5'5"
  • 2024-25Junior

    5'5"
  • 2025-26Senior

    5'5"