Great America Rifle Conference

The Great America Rifle Conference (GARC) is a National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) rifle-only conference. The GARC was established for schools that sponsor rifle teams, but do not have rifle sponsored in their respective conferences.[citation needed]

Great America Rifle Conference
AssociationNCAA
Founded1998
CommissionerHarry Mullins
Sports fielded
  • Rifle
DivisionI
No. of teams6

Members

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Current members

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Institution Location Founded Enrollment Nickname Home conference
Army West Point, NY 1802 4,294 Black Knights Patriot League
Akron Akron, OH 1870 25,192 Zips Mid-American Conference
Kentucky Lexington, KY 1864 30,720 Wildcats SEC
Memphis Memphis, TN 1912 20,585 Tigers American Athletic Conference
Navy Annapolis, MD 1845 4,576 Midshipmen Patriot League
West Virginia Morgantown, WV 1867 29,175 Mountaineers Big 12

Former members

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Champions

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GARC championships

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Source:[5][6][7][8]

Year Regular season Tournament
1998 West Virginia West Virginia
1999 West Virginia West Virginia
2000 West Virginia West Virginia
2001 West Virginia Kentucky
2002 Xavier Kentucky
2003 West Virginia Jacksonville State
2004 Army, Kentucky,
Xavier (tie)
Kentucky
2005 Army Nebraska
2006 Nebraska Nebraska
2007 Kentucky Kentucky
2008 Memphis Army
2009 Kentucky Kentucky
2010 West Virginia West Virginia
2011 Kentucky West Virginia
2012 Kentucky West Virginia
2013 Kentucky West Virginia
2014 West Virginia West Virginia
2015 West Virginia West Virginia
2016 West Virginia West Virginia
2017 West Virginia West Virginia
2018 West Virginia West Virginia
2019 West Virginia West Virginia

NCAA Championships

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Source:[9]

  • Army – 2005
  • Kentucky – 2011, 2018, 2021
  • West Virginia (19) – 1983, 1984, 1986, 1988–93, 1995–98, 2009, 2013–17

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "OVC Rifle Championship Team Results" (PDF). 2013 Ohio Valley Conference Records Book. Ohio Valley Conference Media Relations Office. p. 58. Retrieved August 13, 2013.
  2. ^ a b "The GARC hands out conference awards". Jacksonville State University Athletics. February 25, 2002. Retrieved September 22, 2011.
  3. ^ "NC State to Discontinue Rifle Program" (Press release). NC State Wolfpack. March 21, 2023. Retrieved July 31, 2023.
  4. ^ "Xavier discontinues sponsorship of rifle at season's end". November 29, 2004. Retrieved October 20, 2015.
  5. ^ "2012-13 WVU Rifle Guide". Issuu.
  6. ^ [1][dead link]
  7. ^ "Rifle Leads GARC Championships Through Day One | UKNow". Archived from the original on 2013-06-24. Retrieved 2013-06-16.
  8. ^ "WVU Rifle Team Wins 10th Consecutive GARC Championship". www.ssusa.org.
  9. ^ "NC Rifle Championship History | NCAA.com". www.ncaa.com.