Biography
Career Personal-Bests:
Air Rifle: 599 (Nov. 19, 2023 vs. Akron and Kentucky)
Smallbore: 595 (Mar. 14, 2025 at NCAA Championships)
Aggregate: 1,191 (Mar. 14, 2025 at NCAA Championships)
#NookNotes:
- 2023 NCAA Rifle Champion
- CRCA Scholastic All-American (2023)
- 2023 NCAA Championships Bronze Medal - Air Rifle
- CRCA Aggregate First Team All-American (2023-24)
- CRCA Aggregate Second Team All-American (2024-25)
- CRCA Aggregate All-American Honorable Mention (2022-23)
- CRCA Smallbore Second Team All-American (2022-23)
- CRCA Smallbore First Team All-American (2023-24, 2024-25)
- CRCA Air Rifle First Team All-American (2023-24)
- CRCA Air Rifle Second Team All-American (2024-25)
- 2025 NCAA Rifle Championships Most Outstanding Performer
2024-25 | Junior
Shot in 14 matches for the Nanooks during her junior season ... Began her season by posting her first of three season-high 598's in air rifle in a match vs. Ohio State on Oct. 11, 2024 ... Posted her first of six smallbore scores of 590+ on Nov. 21, 2024 vs. The Citadel ... Shot a 598 in air rifle in matches vs. Air Force on Jan. 25. 2025 and Ohio State on Feb. 6, 2025 ... Ended the season posting a 590+ air rifle score and 1187+ smallbore score in five of her last six matches ... Shot an aggregate of 1190 in the PRC Championships on Feb. 8, 2025, helping the Nanooks grab their fourth PRC title ... Posted career-highs in both smallbore and aggregate at the NCAA Championships on Mar. 14, firing 595 in smallbore and 1191 on aggregate ... Earned CRCA First Team honors in smallbore and Second Team in air rifle and aggregate ... 2025 NCAA Rifle Championships Most Outstanding Performer.
2023-24 | Sophomore
As a sophomore, Rachael Charles shot in all 12 matches for the Nanooks ... She opened up her season with an 1183 and 1185 in wins over Ohio State ... She'd go on to set a new aggregate career-high of 1190 on Nov. 19, 2023 at TVSA in Fairbanks ... That day, she'd lead the Nanooks to a victory over Akron and Kentucky in a three-team matchup ... She posted a 599 in air rifle that day, setting a new career-best in air ... On Feb. 3, 2024 at the X Count in Fort Wayne, Ind. during the 2024 PRC Championships, she tied her career-high of 592 in smallbore ... She posted four 590+ scores in smallbore on the season ... In air she posted nine 595+ scores including three-straight 598's from Jan. 20, 2024 to Feb. 1, 2024 ... Earned CRCA First Team All-American honors in all three categories, aggregate, air rifle and smallbore
2022-23 | Freshman
As a freshman, Charles shot in 12 matches for the Nanooks ... She opened her career at The Citadel on Nov. 2, 2022 with an aggregate score of 1164 ... She improved every match after that ... On Jan. 13, 2023 against West Virginia, she shot her best-ever aggregate score and air rifle score ... She fired a 598 in air and posted a 591 in smallbore to shoot a career-high 1189 aggregate ... She would go on to shoot another 598 on Mar. 9, 2023 at the NCAA Championships ... In smallbore, Charles posted a career-high 592 on Feb. 4, 2023 as the Nanooks hosted the PRC Championships ... CRCA Aggregate All-American Honorable Mention ... CRCA Smallbore Second Team All-American ... CRCA Scholastic All-American ... At the 2023 NCAA Rifle Championships, her 598 qualified her for the individual finals where she battled her way to a Bronze Medal finish
Prior to Alaska
Dowling Catholic High School
Went to Dowling Catholic High School ... Earned Presidential Honor Roll ... A part of the National Development Team ... Competed in Junior World Cup in Lima, Peru in 2021
Personal
Daughter of Debbie and David Charles ... Two siblings, Lisa and Matthew ... Studying Biological Sciences
