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2023-24 Rifle Roster

Ole Miss Rifle 2019-20_Range (1)
Derting vs. Georgia Southern
Derting vs. Navy
Derting at NCAA Championships
Derting/Horvath at NCAA Championships
Kristen at NCAA Championships
Derting v. NCAA Qualifiers
Derting
Photo by: Reed Jones
Derting
Photo by: Reed Jones
Kristen Derting
Kristen Derting
Kristen Derting NCAA Championship
Kristen Derting
Kristen Derting_2020 GARC Smallbore
Ole Miss vs. Nebraska Feb. 2020
Derting_NC State Jan. 2020
Zakrzeski_Derting vs NC State Jan. 2020
Ole Miss Rifle_vs NC State Jan. 2020
Rifle vs. Army 2019_1920
Kristen Derting vs Army 2019
Ole Miss Rifle vs. Army_2019
Ole Miss Rifle 2019-20_Range (1)
Derting vs. Georgia Southern
Derting Headshot

Kristen Derting

  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Salem, Ore.
  • High School:
    South Salem
  • Experience:
    4L
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
 • 2024 GARC Air Rifle Second Team
 • 2024 GARC Smallbore Honorable Mention
 • 2024 GARC Combined Honorable Mention
 • 2023 CRCA Second Team Smallbore All-American
 • 2023 CRCA First Team Air Rifle All-American
 • 2023 CRCA Second Team Aggregate All-American
 • 2023 GARC Smallbore First Team

 • 2023 GARC Combined First Team
 • 2023 GARC Air Rifle First Team
 • 2022 CRCA Second Team Smallbore All-American
 • 2022 GARC Smallbore First Team
 • 2022 GARC Combined Second Team
 • 2021 CRCA First Team Smallbore All-American
 • 2021 CRCA Second Team Air Rifle All-American
 • 2021 CRCA Second Team Aggregate All-American
 • 2021 GARC Smallbore Second Team

 • 2021 GARC Combined Second Team
 • 2021 GARC Air Rifle Honorable Mention
ACADEMIC HIGHLIGHTS
 • CRCA Scholastic All-American (2020, 2021, 2022, 2023)
 • SEC Winter Academic Honor Roll (2021, 2022, 2023)
 • SEC First Year Academic Honor Roll (2020)

2023-24 (SENIOR): Huge contributor to the Rebels making their fourth straight NCAA Championship appearance ... Helped the team take third at the GARC Championships for the third consecutive season ... Earned All-GARC Second Team in air rifle and Honorable Mention in smallbore and combined ... Led the team in air rifle average with a 593.4 per match ... Served as the counter for smallbore and air rifle in all 15 matches, including GARC and NCAAs ... Fired a season high 589 in smallbore at Murray State (10/7) ... Hit a season-high 1181 aggregate at Kentucky (11/5) ... Tied her career high 598 in air rifle in a win at Army (1/27) ... Shot the highest air rifle score for the Rebels in five matches, including at the NCAA Championship with a 594 ... Amassed the highest score for the Rebels in three matches for smallbore ... Hit the highest aggregate score among Ole Miss shooters in three matches. 

2022-23(SENIOR*): Led Ole Miss to their second straight fourth place finish at the NCAA Rifle Championships after shooting an 1182, which was seventh overall ... Guided the Rebels to their third straight championship appearance ... Helped Ole Miss grab second place at the GARC Championships for the first time, firing a 1177 and finishing eighth in air rifle with a 595 ... Named First Team Air Rifle and Second Team Smallbore and Combined from the College Rifle Coaches Association ... Earned First Team All-GARC in smallbore, air rifle and combined ... One of the best shooters in the country again, ranking eighth in the nation with a 1182.7 aggregate average ... Also ranked eighth in air rifle with a 595.6 average ... Appeared and served as a counter in all 13 matches in both smallbore and air rifle ... Never shot below a 591 in air rifle and 582 in smallbore ... Started the season off strong, hitting a career mark of 598 air rifle in just her third match of the season agaisnt UT Martin (10/16) ... Tied her career-high 1185 aggregate three times then broke it twice ... Broke aggregate career-high with a 1187 at Memphis first, which helped the Rebels break a program record score of 4743 then again with an 1188 during the NCAA Qualifier ... Named to the SEC Winter Academic Honor Roll ... Honored on the CRCA’s Scholastic All-American list.

2021-22 (JUNIOR): Helped Ole Miss finish fourth at the NCAA Rifle Championship, tying her aggregate career-high score of 1185 and appearing in both the smallbore and air rifle finals … Went on to finish seventh overall in smallbore and fourth in air rifle … Guided the Rebels to back-to-back postseason appearances for the first time in school history … Earned Second Team Smallbore All-American Honors from the College Rifle Coaches Association … Also garnered First Team GARC Smallbore Honors and a Second Team Combined nod … Continued to cement her spot as one of the nation’s top smallbore performers, ranking 12th in the country with a 586.0 average … Finished second on the team with a 1176.5 aggregate average … Appeared and served as a counter in 14 matches, only missing the season opener as she competed with Team USA at the Junior World Championship … Never shot lower than a 580 in smallbore and posted air rifle scores of 590 or better in nine matches … Fired a 591 in smallbore in her first match of the season … Tallied a 591 in smallbore and finished with an 1184 at Kentucky (11/6), as the Rebels took down the Wildcats for the second consecutive season … Turned in a 1183 aggregate score at Army (1/29), helping the Ole Miss post a program record score of 4737 … Was productive in the classroom, being named to the SEC Winter Academic Honor Roll and the CRCA’s Scholastic All-American list.

2020-21 (SOPHOMORE): Named to a trio of All-American teams, earning CRCA First Team Smallbore honors and second team laurels in air rifle and aggregate … Competed in all 13 matches, serving as a counter in 12 of those contests … Led the Rebels to a third-place finish at the 2021 NCAA Rifle Championship, firing the ninth-best aggregate score with a 1178 … Garnered All-GARC honors in smallbore, air rifle and aggregate … Was a member of an NCAA Record smallbore relay that fired a score of 2361, posting a school record mark of 594 (10/11) … Also turned in a career-high aggregate score of 1185 in the season opener against UT Martin (10/11) … Helped Ole Miss receive its first ever No. 1 national ranking in the CRCA Poll, a mark that they held for four weeks during the regular season … Posted a career-high mark of 597 in air rifle against NC State (1/17) … Fired a 1181 aggregate score as the Rebels shattered the program record with team score of 4734 (2/13) … Recorded a 593 in air rifle to help Ole Miss set a new air rifle program record of 2383 in its NCAA Qualifier match (2/20) … Eclipsed the 1180 aggregate mark six times on the season … Guided the Rebels to a share of the GARC Regular Season title for the first time in program history … Helped Ole Miss qualify for its first NCAA Rifle Championship in 15 years as the No. 2 seed … Excelled in the classroom, being named to the SEC Winter Academic Honor Roll and the CRCA’s Scholastic All-American list.

2019-20 (FRESHMAN): Became a major contributor as a rookie and was a strong competitor in all 14 matches for Ole Miss … Counter on 11 occasions for smallbore and in seven matches for air rifle … Finished with a sixth-place smallbore performance and 582 points at the GARC Championships on Feb. 28 in Memphis … Marked the highest Rebel finish in the three-event discipline at the league championships since 2012 … Ended the season with the third-highest smallbore average on the team (576.1) … Posted impressive air rifle and aggregate averages as well (585.7 and 1161.9, respectively) … Recorded 582 smallbore at TCU on Feb. 1 … Tallied a match-high 580 smallbore vs. Alaska Fairbanks on Jan. 11 … Tallied career-bests with a 593 air rifle and 1172 aggregate against Nebraska on Feb. 14 … Key in helping Ole Miss post seven of the top-10 scores in program history … Earned CRCA Scholastic All-America status in the classroom ... Named to the First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll.

HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB: Finished second in the Junior Finals and fifth overall for Juniors at the 2019 Rifle/Pistol National Championships … Competed in the National Junior Olympics six times … Named a 2019 Eley High School All-American … 2016-17 Oregon rifle state champion … Placed third in the B category at the 2018 open nationals … Received eight varsity letters for rifle … Graduated on the honor roll, earning an IB certificate in literature.

PERSONAL: Daughter of Roderick and Wendy Derting … Born June 29, 2001 … Enjoys culinary arts, painting, playing the ukulele … Attended South Salem High School … From Salem, Oregon … Majoring in Hospitality Management.

 
YEAR-BY-YEAR AVERAGES
Year Smallbore Air Rifle Aggregate
2019-20 576.1 585.7 1161.9
2020-21 585.3 593.0 1178.3
2021-22 586.0 590.5 1176.5
2022-23 587.1 595.6 1182.7
2023-24 582.3 593.4 1175.7
CAREER HIGHS
Smallbore 594, vs. UT Martin (10/11/20)^
Air Rifle 598, 2x, MR at Army (1/26/24)
Aggregate 1188, NCAA Qualifiers (2/18/23)
School Record %
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