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2023-24 Rifle Roster

Clarissa Layland

  • Class Senior
  • Height 5-2
  • Hometown Granbury, Texas
  • High School Granbury

Biography

Career Honors:
2022-23 All-GARC
(Honorable Mention – Air Rifle)
2023-24 CSC Academic All-District
2022-23 CSC Academic All-District
2023-24 GARC Scholar-Athlete of the Year
(Navy)
2021-22 GARC Scholar-Athlete of the Year (Navy)
2023-24 CRCA Scholastic All-American
2022-23 CRCA Scholastic All-American
2021-22 CRCA Scholastic All-American
2020-21 CRCA Scholastic All-American

 
2023-24 (Senior): Competed in all 15 matches during the season, starting all 15 contests in air rifle, while earning starts in 13 matches in smallbore … Recorded season averages of 578.7 in smallbore, 592.9 in air rifle, and 1171.6 in aggregate … Registered season-best performances in smallbore and aggregate against The Citadel and Georgia Southern on Feb. 10, notching scores of 591 (smallbore) and 1184 (aggregate) … Tallied a season-high mark of 596 in air rifle at the Army-Navy Star Match in West Point … Named College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District … CRCA Scholastic All-American.
 
2022-23 (Junior): Earned honorable mention All-Great America Rifle Conference (GARC) in air rifle … Participated in all 13 team competitions, making 13 starts in air rifle and 11 starts in smallbore … Recorded season averages of 571.4 in smallbore, 592.4 in air rifle, and 1163.8 in aggregate … Posted a season-best performance against NC State on Nov. 12, finishing with season-high scores of 588 in smallbore and 1181 in aggregate … Registered a season-high score of 596 in air rifle at the Citadel (Nov. 13) and in the annual Star Match against Army (Feb. 4), helping Navy claim the Star … Named College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District … CRCA Scholastic All-American.
 
2021-22 (Sophomore): Started all 14 matches for the Midshipmen in 2021-22, recording scoring averages of 573.1 in smallbore, 588.8 in air rifle and 1161.9 in aggregate … Averages in air rifle and aggregate both were the fifth-best marks on the team … In addition to efforts on the range, was honored as Navy’s GARC Scholar-Athlete of the Year selection … CRCA Scholastic All-American.
 
2020-21 (Freshman): Took part in all 11 of the Midshipmen’s competitions during the year … Finished with averages of 566.8, 582.0 and 1148.8 in smallbore, air rifle and combined scoring, respectively … Had a career day against Army on Feb. 6, firing season-highs in smallbore (573) and air rifle (591) to finish the competition with a season-best aggregate score of 1163 … CRCA Scholastic All-American.
 
Prior to Navy: Earned a pair of varsity letters on the Granbury MCJROTC rifle team … Member of the 2019 and 2020 JROTC National Championship team at Granbury … Also, on the American Legion first-place team in Texas … Captained Granbury’s squad over final two seasons … Earned the MCJROTC Excellent Marksmanship badge in 2016 and the Junior Distinguished Marksmanship badge in 2018.
 
Personal: Daughter of Jimmy and Pauline Layland … Member of the National Honor Society, Pirate Engineering Club and Junior Leadership at Granbury … Teammates with Philip Becker of Ohio State (‘24), Allison Henry of Murray State (‘24), Makenzie Sheffield of NC State (’23) and Trinity Hathaway of Jacksonville State (‘22).
 
 
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
2020-21 11 / 6 6,235 566.8 573 11 / 4 6,402 582.0 591 11 / 6 12,637 1,148.8 1,163
2021-22 14 / 14 8,024 573.1 583 14 / 14 8,243 588.8 594 14 / 14 16,267 1,161.9 1,175
2022-23 13 / 11 7,428 571.4 588 13 / 13 7,701 592.4 596 13 / 13 15,129 1,163.8 1,181
2023-24 15 / 13 8,681 578.7 591 15 / 15 8,893 592.9 596 15 / 15 17,574 1,171.6 1,184
TOTAL 53 / 44 30,368 573.0 591 53 / 46 31,239 589.4 596 53 / 48 61,607 1,162.4 1,184
 

Historical Player Information

  • 2020-21Freshman

  • 2021-22Sophomore

  • 2022-23Junior

    5'2"
  • 2023-24Senior

    5'2"