2016-17 Men's and Women's Rifle Roster

Soren Butler

  • Height:
    5-9
  • Weight:
    190
  • Class:
    Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown:
    Casselton, ND
  • Highschool:
    Cass County

Summary

Biography

Career Personal-Bests:
Air Rifle: 594 (2x, Most Recent: Feb. 18, 2017 at NCAA Qualifier)
Smallbore: 589 (Feb. 4, 2017 at Patriot Rifle Championships)
Aggregate: 1,182 (Feb. 4, 2017 at Patriot Rifle Championships)

#NookNotes:
- Patriot Rifle Conference Smallbore Champion (2017)
- NRA Second Team All-American in smallbore (2015)
- NRA Smallbore All-American Honorable Mention (2017)
- Two NCAA Rifle National Championship appearances (2016 & 2017)
- Two-time winner of the Alaska Nanooks' Joe Tremarello Sportsmanship Award (2015-16, 2016-17)
- Team Co-Captain & MVP for 2016-17 season

2016-17 | Redshirt Senior
Team co-captain ... PRC Smallbore Individual Champion ... NRA Smallbore All-American Honorable Mention ... Alaska Rifle's Most Valuable Player ... Recipient of the Joe Tremarello Student-Athlete Sportsmanship Award ... Appeared in all 13 matches for the Alaska Nanooks in final year ... Made second-straight appearance at NCAA Rifle Championships ... Posted an eighth place finish individually at the NCAA Rifle Championships, registering an aggregate score of 1,174 after shooting a 582 in smallbore and 592 in air rifle ... Recorded a season- and career-best air rifle score of 594 on two occasions (Oct. 8 & Feb. 18) ... Shot a career- and season-best smallbore score of 598 at the Patriot Rifle Championships on Feb. 4, eventually becoming the conference's individual smallbore champion ... Posted a career- and season-best aggregate score of 1,182 on Feb. 4 at the PRC Championships.

2015-16 | Redshirt Junior
Recipient of the Joe Tremarello Student-Athlete Sportsmanship Award .... Appeared in 11 matches for Alaska ... Made first appearance at the NCAA Rifle Championships ... Placed 20th in the NCAA Rifle Championships in smallbore with a score of 579 (28x) and 31st in air rifle, shooting a 587 (40x) ... Finished in the top-five overall in smallbore on three different occasions (Jan. 10 at Palmyra Invitational, Feb. 4 vs. No. 13 Nevada and Feb. 20 at NCAA Qualifier) ... Shot a season-high 590 in air rifle on Jan. 12 against No. 1 West Virginia and season-best 583 in smallbore on two separate occasions (Jan. 10 at Palmyra Invitational and Feb. 18 vs. UTEP) ... Posted best aggregate score of 1,169 on three occasions, most recently Feb. 20 at the NCAA Qualifier ... Averaged 584.1 in air rifle and 578.27 in smallbore throughout the regular season and also averaged an aggregate score of 1,162.36.

2014-15 | Redshirt Sophomore
Appeared in 11 matches for the Nanooks ... Named an NRA Second Team All-American in smallbore ... Shot Alaska's best smallbore scores at three different matches, including Oct. 18 vs. UTEP (574), Oct. 19 at TCU (583) and Nov. 23 vs. Nebraska (583) ... Shot a season-high 592 in air rifle on Oct. 11 vs. UT-Martin and a season-best 587 on Feb. 21 at the NCAA Qualifier ... Posted best aggregate score of the season on Oct. 11 vs. UT-Martin with a 1,174 ... Averaged 585.1 in air rifle and a 579.55 in smallbore throughout the regular season, including an average aggregate score of 1,165.6.

2013-14 | Sophomore
Redshirt season.

2012-13 | Freshman
Shot season-bests of 589 in air rifle and 582 in smallbore.

Prior to Alaska
Attended Central Cass High School in Casselton, South Dakota ... Member of the National Honor Society ... Posted multiple national records in rifle at the junior level in both team and individual events. 

Personal
Son of Richard and Carrie Butler ... One sister, Mari ... Pursuing his MBA.

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