Ceccarello, Peiser, Adkins, Voss Earn All-GARC Awards
LEXINGTON, Ky. – University of Kentucky juniors Sofia Ceccarello and Martin Voss along with sophomore Braden Peiser and freshman Sam Adkins all earned Great America Rifle Conference honors Friday at the annual pre-championship banquet.
Ceccarello earned second-team honors in smallbore and first-team honors in air rifle and aggregate. She has had another banner year for Kentucky, averaging a 589 in smallbore, 597.769 in air rifle and 1186.769 in aggregate. The native of Ravenna, Italy, has scored a 590 or higher in smallbore four times this season, while she recorded a NCAA record score in air rifle at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado with a 600-59x. In that match she also scored a 1192 aggregate, which was a season high and just one off her career-high mark of 1193.
Peiser was named first-team smallbore, second-team air rifle and first-time aggregate after another great season for Kentucky. Peiser leads Kentucky in aggregate average with a 1188.583, while he is earning a smallbore average of 591.75 and air rifle average of 596.833. Peiser tied Ceccarello’s NCAA-record air rifle score with a 600-59x on his own in February in Alaska. He has scored a 590 or higher in smallbore eight times and tied his career-best of 597 earlier this season.
Voss, who for the second straight year was tabbed a GARC Scholar Athlete, was named honorable mention in all three categories – smallbore, air rifle and aggregate. The native of Sola, Rogaland, Norway, is averaging a 585 in smallbore, 591.667 in air rifle and 1176.667 aggregate. Last weekend in the NCAA Qualifier, he tied his smallbore career high with a 589, while he has come close to topping his career-high air rifle several times this season.
Adkins has had a great rookie season for Kentucky, earning second-team All-GARC honors in all three categories. The native of Hummelstown, Pennsylvania is averaging a 584.615 in smallbore, 594.615 in air rifle and aggregate of 1179.230. His career high in smallbore was a 590 on Jan. 20 at Murray State, while his 598 air rifle career high came early this season at home. His aggregate career high of 1186 was at Air Force in November.
The two-day event will feature smallbore Saturday and air rifle Sunday spread across two relays each day. The first smallbore relay will begin at 9 a.m. ET on Saturday, the second relay will follow at 11:15 a.m. The finals are set for 1:30 p.m. The first air rifle relay on Sunday will begin at 9 a.m., and the second relay will follow at 11 a.m. with finals set for 1 p.m. An eight-finalist individual format will follow each day, crowing individual champions in smallbore and air rifle. Army, Akron, Memphis, Navy and West Virginia will join UK at the event. WVU is hosting the event inside the Bill McKenzie Mobile Rifle Range inside the WVU Shell Building in Morgantown. Live targets and a NCAA Scorecard will both be available online at UKathletics.com.
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2025 All-GARC Honors
Sofia Ceccarello
Smallbore All-GARC Second Team
Air Rifle All-GARC First Team
Aggregate All-GARC First Team
Braden Peiser
Smallbore All-GARC First Team
Air Rifle All-GARC Second Team
Aggregate All-GARC First Team
Martin Voss
Smallbore Honorable Mention
Air Rifle Honorable Mention
Aggregate Honorable Mention
All-GARC Scholar-Athlete of the Year
Sam Adkins
Smallbore All-GARC Second Team
Air Rifle All-GARC Second Team
Aggregate All-GARC Second Team
