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2023-24 Rifle Roster

Deonte Hayes

  • Class Senior
  • Height 6-3
  • Hometown Fort Mill, S.C.
  • High School Nation Ford

Biography

2023-24 (Senior): Competed in 10 matches during the year, making nine starts in air rifle with five starts in smallbore … Recorded season averages of 573.7 in smallbore, 588.7 in air rifle, and 1162.4 in aggregate … Posted a career day in the NCAA Qualifier on Feb. 17 at home against John Jay, finishing with career marks in each discipline – smallbore (581), air rifle (597), and aggregate (1178).
 
2022-23 (Junior): Appeared in 12 matches during the season, earning 10 starts in air rifle with a pair of starts in smallbore … Registered season averages of 569.8 in smallbore, 586.9 in air rifle, and 1156.7 in aggregate … Notched a season-best performance in the Star Match against Army on Feb. 4, setting season-highs in smallbore (580), air rifle (591), and aggregate (1171) against the Black Knights to help Navy claim the Star … Also posted tallies of 591 in air rifle against Akron / Ole Miss (Jan. 14) and at the GARC Championship (Feb. 26).
 
2021-22 (Sophomore): Appeared in seven matches for Navy in 2021-22, setting new career-best scores in two of the three disciplines … Tallied new career-high marks in air rifle (587) and aggregate (1152) in the Star Match against Army … Finished the season with average marks of 562.4 in smallbore, 577.6 in air rifle and 1142.9 in aggregate.
 
2020-21 (Freshman): Finished the year with an overall season average of 1132.0 in his nine appearances for the Midshipmen … Compiled a smallbore average of 557.6 and an air rifle average of 574.4 … Posted a season-best in smallbore and aggregate scoring against Kentucky on Nov. 21 after starting the competition with a 576 in smallbore and a 1,151 in combined scoring … Fired a season-high 584 in air rifle during his final appearance of the season at the GARC Championships on Feb. 28.
 
Prior to Navy: Lettered three times in rifle during his time at Nation Ford … 2019 JROTC National Champion … Three-time MCJROTC National Champion … Won the 2017 and 2019 Junior Olympic National Championship and 2019 American Legion National Title … Captured the South Carolina State Championship … Served as team captain.
 
Personal: Son of James and Tanesha Lonergan … Member of the Model United Nations, Beta Club and Character Club at Nation Ford … Also attended the Naval Academy Prep School in Newport, R.I.
 
 
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 9 / 0 5,018 557.6 576 9 / 0 5,170 574.4 584 9 / 0 10,188 1,132.0 1,151
2021-22 7 / 0 3,937 562.4 567 7 / 1 4,043 577.6 587 7 / 1 8,000 1,142.9 1,152
2022-23 12 / 2 6,837 569.8 580 12 / 10 7,043 586.9 591 12 / 10 13,880 1,156.7 1,171
2023-24 10 / 5 5,737 573.7 581 10 / 9 5,887 588.7 597 10 / 9 11,624 1,162.4 1,178
TOTAL 38 / 7 21,529 566.6 581 38 / 20 22,143 582.7 597 38 / 20 43,692 1,149.8 1,178
 

Historical Player Information

  • 2020-21Freshman

  • 2021-22Sophomore

  • 2022-23Junior

    6'3"
  • 2023-24Senior

    6'3"