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Stuart Watkins

  • Class
    1964
  • Induction
    2010
  • Sport(s)
    Men's and Women's Rifle
Stuart Watkins was a four-time All-American shooter who attended Alaska from 1960-1964. After a storied high school career, he joined the campus ranks and was named the first All-American in Alaska history in his freshman year.

Watkins followed by being named second team All-American in 1962 and first team in 1963 and 1964. He was a Collegiate National Champion in both small and large bore in 1963.

In 1969, Watkins was named National Air Rifle Champion, and in 1971, he won a gold medal in the Pan-American Games.

Watkins has coached at the YMCA and high school levels, capped by a state championship in 1996 by Diamond High School’s (Anchorage) air rifle team. He is a life member of the National Rifle Association, National Education Association and the Military Marksmanship Association.

He is one of six rifle athletes to be inducted.
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