LizProbst

Prior to UK

• Finished sixth in the individual final at the 2024 CMP National Three-Position Air Rifle Championship after finishing fourth in qualifying
• At the 2024 USA Shooting National Championships, she finished 16th overall in women’s air rifle, seventh overall in women’s smallbore and 4th overall with Peiser in air rifle team
• Earned gold at USA Shooting’s 2023 National Junior Olympic Shooting Championships in women’s smallbore
• Was named to the USA Shooting team that participated at the 2023 ISSF Junior World Championships in Changwon, Korea
• Competed well in Korea, finishing seventh in women’s 50m rifle three-position and 12 in women’s 50m rifle prone, helping USA Shooting to finish third overall
• Made her international debut at the 2022 International Shooting Sports Federation (ISSF) Junior World Championships in Cairo, Egypt, finishing 25th in the world at that competition in women’s 50m rifle three-position and 35th in women’s 50m rifle prone
• 2021-22 ELEY High School All-American in both smallbore and air rifle
• In 2021, along with current Wildcats Braden Peiser, she helped the Texas Hill Country Shooting Team win the Junior National Air Rifle Championship
• Began shooting in fourth grade with a local 4-H club
• Her first competition was a USA Shooting Winter Air Gun Championships two years after she picked up the sport

Personal
Major: Kinesiology
Birthday: Nov. 2
Birthplace: Brady, Texas
Age started competing in rifle: 9 years old
Favorite part of the sport: there’s always something to improve on
Superstition or ritual you have to do before every match: my right boot has to be tied first
Dream job: Physical Therapist

Coach Mullins on Liz: “Coach Papasodora and I are very excited to welcome Elizabeth to Big Blue Nation. Elizabeth is not only a skilled shooter, but a great person and teammate. She is going to be the perfect fit for our program. She has a strong work ethic, and we know the best is ahead of her here at Kentucky.”