Huskers Capture Awards at Annual GARC Banquet

Memphis, Tenn. - The Nebraska Rifle team captured several awards at the annual Great American Rifle Conference awards banquet, held today in Memphis, Tenn., before the GARC Championships start tomorrow.

As a team, Nebraska was the third-place regular-season GARC finisher. 

Individually, several Huskers earned a variety of awards. Senior captain Maddie Korthas was named Nebraska Scholar-Athlete. Emily Cheramie and Hana Musser earned All-GARC Honorable Mention in Smallbore. Elena Flake and Macey Way earned All-GARC Second Team in Air Rifle. Flake earned a spot on the All-GARC Combined Guns Second Team, while Cheramie was named All-GARC Combined Guns Honorable Mention.

The full 2020 GARC Honors are below. Kentucky finished as the regular-season champion, with West Virginia runner-up.
 
2020 GARC Honors
 
Regular-Season Champion:Kentucky
Runner-up: West Virginia
Third-Place: Nebraska
 
Coach of the Year – Newt Engle, Akron
Assistant Coach of the Year – Jean-Pierre Lucas, Ole Miss
Shooter of the Year –Mary Tucker, Kentucky
Senior of the Year – Milica Babic, West Virginia
Rookie of the Year – Mary Tucker, Kentucky
Sportsmanship Award –Akron
 
Scholar-Athletes
Akron – Kera Kaufman
Army West Point – Emily Gay
Kentucky – Mitchell Nelson
Memphis – Mark Meyeraan
Ole Miss – Abby Buesseler
Navy – Torrance Kang
Nebraska – Maddie Korthas
NC State – John Peterson
West Virginia – David Koenders
 
SMALLBORE
All-GARC First Team
Mary Tucker, Kentucky
Will Shaner, Kentucky
Morgan Phillips, West Virginia
Milica Babic, West Virginia
David Koenders, West Virginia
 
All-GARC Second Team
Abby Buesseler, Ole Miss
Akihito Shimizu, West Virginia
Malori Brown, West Virginia
Clayton Hanson, Army West Point
Sarah Osborn, West Virginia
 
All-GARC Honorable Mention
Andre Gross, Akron
Jared Eddy, West Virginia
Wyatt Openshaw, Akron
Emily Fisher, NC State
Emily Cheramie, Nebraska
Hana Musser, Nebraska
 
AIR RIFLE
All-GARC First Team
Mary Tucker, Kentucky
Will Shaner, Kentucky
Milica Babic, West Virginia
Verena Zaisberger, West Virginia
Akihito Shimizu, West Virginia
 
All-GARC Second Team
Ruby Gomes, Kentucky
David Koenders, West Virginia
Sarah Osborn, West Virginia
Elena Flake, Nebraska
Macey Way, Nebraska
 
All-GARC Honorable Mention
Kaitlyn Kutz, Army West Point
Kera Kaufman, Akron
Gabriella Mayes, Navy
Abby Buesseler, Ole Miss
Jared Eddy, West Virginia
 
COMBINED
All-GARC First Team
Mary Tucker, Kentucky
Will Shaner, Kentucky
Milica Babic, West Virginia
David Koenders, West Virginia
Akihito Shimizu, West Virginia
 
All-GARC Second Team
Sarah Osborn, West Virginia
Abby Buesseler, Ole Miss
Morgan Phillips, West Virginia
Jared Eddy, West Virginia
Clayton Hanson, Army West Point
Elena Flake, Nebraska
Malori Brown, West Virginia
 
All-GARC Honorable Mention
Verena Zaisberger, West Virginia
Kera Kaufman, Akron
Kaitlyn Kutz, Army West Point
Wyatt Openshaw, Akron
Emily Cheramie, Nebraska