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2023-24 Rifle Roster

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Malori Brown

  • Height
    5-7
  • Class
    Fifth Year
  • Hometown
    China Spring, Texas
  • High School
    China Spring HS
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Biography

Statistics

Career Highs

Value Opponent
Air Rifle 598 at Alaska-Fairbanks (1/13/23)
at Kentucky (2/10/24)
Smallbore 595 at  Alaska-Fairbanks (1/14/23)

Career Statistics

Air Rifle Smallbore
Season Matches Avg. High Matches Avg. High
2023-24 11 592.7 598 11 585.0 592
2022-23 16 591.118 598 16 587.5 595
2021-22 12 589.636 593 12 585.909 591
2020-21 10 587.75 591 10 583.125 588
2019-20 12 588.083 595 12 581.33 589

2023-24 (5th Yr.)

  • All-GARC Second Team (Smallbore)
  • All-GARC Honorable Mention (Air Rifle)
  • All-GARC Second Team (Combined)

2022-23 (Sr.)

  • CRCA All-America Second Team (Smallbore)
  • CRCA All-America Third Team (Combined)
  • CRCA Scholastic All-America Team
  • All-GARC Second Team (Smallbore)
  • All-GARC Honorable Mention (Combined)
  • Hit career-best season averages in both air rifle and smallbore
  • Produced an aggregate average of 1178.668 with a high of 1189 against Alaska-Fairbanks on Jan. 13

2021-22 (Jr.)

  • CRCA All-America Smallbore Second Team
  • All-GARC Smallbore Second Team
  • All-GARC Combined Honorable Mention
  • CRCA Scholastic All-America Team
  • Academic All-Big 12 At-Large First Team
  • Competed in all 12 matches; scores counted in three of those contests
  • Shot an 1175 or better overall in seven contests
  • Set and tied her career high in aggregate score, with an 1180 against Army, Air Force and Ohio State (11/14) and against Kentucky (2/12)
  • Also set a new career high in smallbore, with a 591 at Navy (1/22)
  • Tallied a season-best 594 in air rifle at the GARC Championships
  • Competed at the 2022 USA Shooting Rifle National Championships

2020-21 (So.)

  • CRCA All-America Smallbore Honorable Mention
  • Academic All-Big 12 At-Large First Team
  • Recorded a season best 588 in smallbore at the NCAA Qualifier
  • Shot a season best 591 in air rifle against Ole Miss and Kentucky
  • Shot at the 2021 Olympic USA Shooting Smallbore Olympic Trials where she placed fourth overall with a score of 4664
  • Her fourth-place finish at the Olympic Trials made her a second alternate for the 2021 Tokyo Olympics

2019-20 (Fr.)

  • NRA All-America Second Team Smallbore
  • CRCA All-America Honorable Mention
  • All-GARC Smallbore and Combined Score Second Teams
  • Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team
  • CRCA All-Academic Team
  • Finished in a three-way tie for first in air rifle at Navy, recording a personal-best mark of 595
  • Posted a career-high 589 smallbore mark against Kentucky, good for third place
  • Competed at the 2020 GARC Championship, shooting 576 smallbore and 586 air rifle

High School

  • 2019 National Rifle Association (NRA) Smallbore Iron Man Champion
  • 2018 U.S. Army Pro Football Hall of Fame Award of Excellence Finalist
  • Participated in four USA Junior Olympic Championships and was an automatic air rifle and smallbore qualifier in 2017 and 2018
  • Three-time member of the Randle International Women's Team (2015, 2017-18)
  • Two-time member of the NRA Drew International Junior Team (2017-18)
  • Claimed back-to-back Texas State Rifle Association 3-positions titles (2017-18)
  • Was the 2018 NRA National Championships junior prone and 3-positions runner-up
  • Was the High A Class prone winner at the 2018 USA Shooting National Championships
  • Finished as the High C Class prone champion and runner-up in the junior 2 division at the 2017 USA Shooting National Championships
  • Placed seventh in the junior division on the third day of the 2016 USA Shooting Winter Airgun Championships
  • Four-time team captain of the Texas State Rifle Association National Team (2016-19)
  • Three-time team captain for the Buckhorn Shooting Team (2016-18)
  • Two-time team captain of the Texas Hill Country Shooting Team (2018-19)
  • Was the three-time reigning president of the 4-H McLennan County Sharpshooters

Personal

  • Daughter of Joel and Miranda Brown
  • Mother played basketball at Tarleton State
  • Birthday is Dec. 29
  • Majoring in exercise physiology
  • Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll
  • Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll

Historical Player Information

  • 2019-20Freshman

    5'7"
  • 2020-21Sophomore

    5'7"
  • 2021-22Junior

    5'7"
  • 2022-23Senior

    5'7"
  • 2023-24Fifth Year

    5'7"