2017-18 Men's and Women's Rifle Roster

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Sagen Maddalena

  • Height:
    5-4
  • Class:
    Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown:
    Groveland, Calif.
  • Highschool:
    Keyes to Learning Charter

Summary

Biography

Career Personal-Bests:
Air Rifle: 599 (5x, Most Recent: Feb. 02, 2018 vs. Air Force & UTEP)
Smallbore: 591 (4x, Most Recent: Feb. 17, 2018 vs. Ohio State)
Aggregate: 1,187 (3x, Most Recent: Jan. 19, 2018 vs. Ole Miss)


#NookNotes:
- Four-time NRA First Team All-American in Air Rifle (2014-15, 2015-16, 2016-17 & 2017-18)
- Three-time NRA First Team All-American in Smallbore (2015-16, 2016-17 & 2017-18)
- Three-time CRCA First Team All-American (2016, 2017 & 2018)
- NRA Second Team All-American in Smallbore (2015)
- US National Team member
- Four-straight appearances at the NCAA Rifle Championships (2015, 2016, 2017 & 2018)
- Two time Alaska Rifle's Scholar-Athlete of the Year (2016-17 & 2017-18)
- Most Outstanding Female Athlete (2017-18)


2017-18 | Redshirt Senior
Appeared in all 14 matches for the Nanooks … Finished fourth in air rifle at the NCAA Championships … Placed eighth in smallbore at the NCAA Championships … Set and tied a personal-best aggregate score of 1,189 three times this season … Tied a career-best 591 twice … Also tied a personal-best 599 in air rifle four times … NRA First Team All-American in smallbore and air rifle … CRCA All-American First Team … Placed first overall nine times … Had 12 top-10 finishes … Team Scholar Athlete… Voted Most Outstanding Female Athlete and Team MVP.

2016-17 | Redshirt Junior
Team's Co-Captain ... CRCA All-American First Team ... NRA First Team All-American in Smallbore ... NRA First Team All-American in Air Rifle ... US National Team member ... Claimed two titles at the USA Shooting Winter Airgun National Championships ... Alaska Rifle's Scholar-Athlete of the Year ... Placed first overall individually in nine different matches throughout the season ... Recorded a season- and career-best smallbore score of 591 on two occasions (Nov. 6 & Feb. 2) ... Shot a season- and career-best aggregate score of 1,187 on Feb. 2 vs. Nebraska ... Registered a season-best air rifle score of 598 on three occasions .... Placed 17th overall individually at the NCAA Rifle Championships with an aggregate total of 1,170, shooting 576in smallbore and 594 in air rifle. 

2015-16 | Redshirt Sophomore
CRCA All-American First Team ... NRA First Team All-American in smallbore ... NRA First Team All-American in air rifle ... US National Team member ... Team's MVP... Appeared in all 11 regular season matches for the Nanooks ... Made second consecutive appearance at the NCAA Rifle Championships ... Placed 21st overall in air rifle with a score of 589 (43x) at NCAAs ... Shot 577 (27x) in smallbore at NCAAs to place 26th overall ,,, In Alaska's 11 regular season matches, placed in the top-five on ten separate occasions for air rifle and eight times for smallbore ... Placed first overall in air rifle in eight different matches ... Shot season-high air rifle score of 598 on two occasions: Nov. 7 at the NCAA Championship Rehearsal Match and Nov. 11 vs. No. 5 Kentucky ... Recorded season-best smallbore score of 585 on Feb. 20 at the NCAA Qualifier ... Posted season-best aggregate score of year of 1,185 on Feb. 18 vs. UTEP ... Averaged 595.72 in air rifle and 583.1 in smallbore throughout the regular season, which included an aggregate average of 1,178.81.

2014-15 | Redshirt Freshman
NRA First Team All-American in air rifle ... NRA  Second Team All-American in smallbore ... Appeared in 12 matches for the Nanooks ... Made first NCAA Rifle Championships appearance with Alaska ... Placed 26th in air rifle at the NCAAs with a score of 588 (41x) ... Shot a 580 (30x) in smallbore at NCAAs to place ninth overall ... Recorded two individual match titles in air rifle, placing first overall on Oct. 11 vs. UT-Martin (595) and Nov. 23 vs. Nebraska (599) ... Season-high smallbore score of 591 on Feb. 8 at Patriot Rifle Conference Championships ... Shot season and career-high 599 in air rifle on Nov. 23 vs. Nebraska ... Posted a season-best aggregate score of 1,182 on Feb. 21 at NCAA Qualifier ... Season averages included 592.27 in air rifle, 582.6 in smallbore and 1,176 for an aggregate score. 

2013-14 | Freshman
Redshirted this season...Voted Team MVP by teammates...GNAC Faculty Athletic Representative's Scholar-Athlete award recipient...Named the first-ever Joe Tremarello Student-Athlete Sportsmanship award winner...Qualified for the ISSF World Championship...Competed at the USA Shooting National Championships.

Prior to Alaska
Graduated from the Keyes to Learning Charter School in California...Shot rifle from 2009-13...Awarded Distinguised Rifleman by the Civilian Marksmanship Program in 2011...President's 100 by the CMP in 2010 and 2011...High Overall Junior by the National Rifle Association in 2011...Helped California Grizzlies Junior Rifle Team to Whistler Boy Trophy (2011) and Freedom's Fire Trophy (2013).

Personal
Daughter of Randy and Susan Maddalena ... One sibling, Marty ... Natural Resource Management major with a concentration in Forestry.

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Historical Player Information

  • 2013-2014Freshman

  • 2014-2015Redshirt Freshman

  • 2015-16Redshirt Sophomore

    5'9"
  • 2016-17Redshirt Junior

    5'3"
  • 2017-18Redshirt Senior

    5'4"