Aether Henry - Assistant Coach - Rifle Coaches - University of Memphis Athletics

Aether Henry

Title:
Assistant Coach
Email:
ayhenry@memphis.edu

University of Memphis Rifle head coach Gabriela Zych announced that her former teammate, Aether Henry will join her first coaching staff in August 2026.

With Henry joining the staff, Memphis’ 2026-27 roster will feature all three Tigers to have earned All-America honors with Zych and Henry on the coaching staff, and Emmet Bodrogi returning for their sophomore campaign.

Henry, a native of Fort Worth, Texas, finished their career as a six-time all-conference honoree between the Great American Rifle Conference, a three-time CRCA Scholastic All-American and a two-time air rifle All-American, once from the Collegiate Rifle Coaches Association and once from the National Rifle Association.

At Memphis, Henry was a two-time NCAA Championships qualifier while also being named an alternate in their final season. During the 2022-23 season, Henry placed fourth in air rifle in the NCAA Championships, qualifying with a score of 596 and shooting a 595 in the final.

In their three seasons of competition as a Tiger, Henry led the team in smallbore, air rifle and aggregate during two seasons and finished second on the team in all three disciplines as a fifth year, also posting then program recorded in smallbore (591) and aggregate (1186) during the 2022-23 season.

Prior to joining the Tigers, Henry competed for their hometown school in TCU, helping the Horned Frogs to a 2019 NCAA Team National Championship while also finishing as the NCAA Air Rifle Individual Championship runner-up.

At the youth ranks, Henry was a two-time USA Shooting National Junior Champion, competing for the USA Shooting National Team with gold medals in the 2018 Meyton Cup in Austria and 2018 H&N Cup in Germany. They also competed internationally at the 2019 ISSF World Cup in Brazil and trained as a Resident Athlete at the Olympic Training Center in 2019.