Biography
Career Personal-Bests:
Air Rifle: 598 (2x, Most Recent: Jan. 26, 2026 vs. TCU/UT Martin)
Smallbore: 585 (Oct. 26, 2025 at Air Force/GSU/TCU)
Aggregate: 1,182 (Jan. 18, 2026 vs. Kentucky/Nebraska)
#NookNotes:
- 2023 NCAA Rifle Champion
- CRCA Scholastic All-American (2023, 2024, 2025)
- GNAC FAR Scholar-Athlete (2023, 2024, 2025)
2025-26 | Senior
Appeared in 15 matches for the Nanooks in his senior season ... Posted a new career-high aggregate score of 1,182 on Jan. 18, 2026 in a tri-match against Nebraska and Kentucky ... This season he set a new career-high in both air rifle and smallbore ... In smallbore, he posted a 585 on Oct. 26, 2025 at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado while shooting against Air Force, Georgia Southern, and TCU ... He fired a pair of 598 air rifle scores, setting a new air rifle career-high ... His first 598 came on on Jan. 18, 2026 while he fired his new aggregate high score ... His second 598 of the season came on Jan. 25, 2026 against TCU and UT Martin in Fairbanks
2024-25 | Junior
Appeared in 13 matches for the Nanooks as a junior ... Posted a career-best aggregate score of 1,174 on Jan. 18, 2025, in a quad-match against Akron, Army and Ole Miss ... Also set a career-high in smallbore score during the match with a 581 ... Shot a season-high 595 in air rifle two matches later on Jan. 26 in a match against Air Force ... Posted an air rifle score of 590+ in eight of his 13 matches.
2023-24 | Sophomore
As a sophomore, Bernhoft-Osa appeared in nine matches for the Nanooks ... He opened the year with a season-high aggregate score of 1167 ... He posted a season-high smallbore score of 575 and a season-high air rifle score of 592 ... On five different occasions, Bernhoft-Osa fired a 590+ in air rifle
2022-23 | Freshman
As a freshman, Bernhoft-Osa appeared in eight matches for the Nanooks ... On Nov. 13, 2022 against West Virginia, he shot a career-high 579 in smallbore ... In the second match of the new year on Jan. 14, 2023, he shot a career-high 1,173 aggregate score in a quad-match for the Nanooks against GSU, UK and WVU ... Finally, he posted a career-best air rifle score on Feb. 18, 2023 against UTEP in the Nanooks 2023 NCAA Qualifier ... CRCA Scholastic All-American ... 2023 National Champion
Prior to Alaska
Norges Toppidrettsgymnas Kongsvinger/Vestre Baerum Salongskytterlag
Went to school at Norges Toppidrettsgymnas Kongsvinger while shooting for Vestre Baerum Salongskytterlag ... Was the Norwegian Champion, European Championship Bronze Medalist and Junior World Cup Bronze Medalist
Personal
Son of Lars and Inga Bernhoft-Osa ... One sibling, Mathilde ... Majoring in Accounting
