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2023-24 Rifle Roster

Martina Gratz
Gratz vs. Navy
Ole Miss Rifle vs Memphis on February 11, 2023 at the Patricia C. Lamar National Guard Readiness Center in Oxford, MS.

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Ole Miss Rifle vs Memphis on February 11, 2023 at the Patricia C. Lamar National Guard Readiness Center in Oxford, MS.

Photos by Kiana Dale/Ole Miss Athletics

Twitter @OleMissPix
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Martina Gratz
Gratz vs. Navy
Gratz Headshot

Martina Gratz

  • Class:
    Senior*
  • Hometown:
    Sigel, Ill.
  • High School:
    Stewardson-Strasburg
  • Major:
    Accountancy
  • Experience:
    3L
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
 • 2022 GARC Air Rifle Honorable Mention
 • 2021 CRCA Honorable Mention Air Rifle All-American
 • 2021 GARC Air Rifle Honorable Mention
ACADEMIC HIGHLIGHTS
 • CRCA Scholastic All-American (2021, 2022, 2023)
 • SEC Winter Academic Honor Roll (2022, 2023)
 • SEC First Year Academic Honor Roll (2021)

2023-24 (SENIOR): Guided the Rebels to their fourth consecutive NCAA Championship appearance ... Second time making the trip to the NCAA Championship ... Also helped in placing third at the GARC Championships for the third straight year ... Appeared in 13 of the 15 matches ... Countered for air rifle in nine matches and smallbore in two matches ... Excelled later in the season, notching a season-high 580 smallbore against John Jay (1/28) ... Then firing an 1172 aggregate helped by a team-leading 595 in air rifle ... Fired a team-leading 596 a week later at Akron (2/10) ... Hit a 596 again at the NCAA Qualifier (2/17) ... Averaged a career high in smallbore and aggregate, scoring 574.2 and 1165.5 per match.

2022-23 (JUNIOR): Helped Ole Miss finish fourth at the NCAA Rifle Championship and its highest smallbore placement of second, firing a 1177 aggregate and 582 smallbore ... A counter  in all 13 matches mostly in air rifle, averaging a 592.9, which was third on the team and a career mark ... Tallied a 590 or better in air rifle in 11 of 13 matches ... Helped the Rebels advance to their third straight NCAA Rifle Championship with a career-high 1183 for the NCAA Qualifier (11/18), including career-bests in smallbore and air rifle with scores of 586 and 597 ... Contributed to Ole Miss' highest placement of second at the GARC Championships (2/26) with a 595 in air rifle ... Shot another 595 at the NCAA Rifle Championships (3/11) ... Named to the SEC Winter Academic Honor Roll ... Earned CRCA Scholastic All-American honors.

2021-22 (SOPHOMORE): Was a member of the Rebels’ back-to-back GARC Championship team, as Ole Miss earned a share of the regular season title for the second straight season …Appeared in 14 matches, serving as a counter in 11 contests, primarily as an air rifle specialist … Earned GARC Honorable Mention Honors in air rifle for the second consecutive season, averaging the third best mark on the team with a 592.1 … Posted air rifle scores of 590 or better in 10 matches on the year … Opened the season with a career-high smallbore score, firing a 584 against WVU (10/12) … Turned in a 596 in air rifle against Navy (10/17) … Fired a career-high 1175 at Alaska Fairbanks (1/15), featuring a 583 in smallbore and 592 in air rifle … Helped the Rebels post a program record score of 4737 at Army (1/29) … Tied her career-high with a 596 in air rifle against John Jay College (1/30) … Was productive in the classroom, being named to the SEC Winter Academic Honor Roll and the CRCA’s Scholastic All-American list.

2020-21 (FRESHMAN): Earned All-American Honorable Mention honors in air rifle from the CRCA … Competed in eight matches and served as a counter in four of those contests … Led the Rebels to a third-place finish at the 2021 NCAA Rifle Championship after they qualified for the first time in 15 years, receiving the No. 2 seed … Received All-GARC Honorable Mention air rifle honors … Turned in a career-high 582 smallbore score and 1173 aggregate score in her second collegiate match (10/17) … Fired a career-best 596 air rifle mark as a counter to help the Rebels shattered the program record with team score of 4734 (2/13) … Recorded a 594 the following week to help Ole Miss set a new air rifle program record of 2383 in its NCAA Qualifier match (2/20) … Posted a 590 or better in air rifle in every match this season, finishing with an impressive 592.1 average … Guided the Rebels to a share of the GARC Regular Season title for the first time in program history … Named to the CRCA’s Scholastic All-American list.

HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB: Named an Eley High School All-American twice and multi-time Illinois state champion … Three-time Junior Olympic medalist in eight appearances … Competed at the international level in the ISSF World Cup twice …2019 NRA Iron Man Runner-Up … Named to the academic Honor Roll each year at Stewardson-Strasburg High School.

PERSONAL: Born April 30, 2002... Her sister, Elizabeth, competed for West Virginia for four seasons from 2014-18 … pursuing a degree in Accountancy.

YEAR-BY-YEAR AVERAGES
Year Smallbore Air Rifle Aggregate
2020-21 570.1 592.1 1162.3
2021-22 572.6 592.1 1164.8
2022-23 565.0 592.9 1157.9
2023-24 574.2 591.3 1165.5
CAREER HIGHS
Smallbore 586, NCAA Qualifiers (2/18/23)
Air Rifle 597, NCAA Qualifiers (2/18/23)
Aggregate 1183, NCAA Qualifiers (2/18/23)