2020-21 Rifle Roster
Gibson, Taylor
Taylor Gibson
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Salem, Ore.
Bio
Prior to Memphis
Has been shooting only a little over four years … Began shooting career at a local gun club before getting involved in the sport scholastically … Joined the North Salem High School Vikings program as an eighth grader …
Currently holds the Army JROTC Individual 3x20 National Record, the Army JROTC Individual 3x20 Plus Final record, the Army JROTC 20 Shots Kneeling record (set during the 2015 JROTC National Championship and tied again at the 2017 National Championship), the Junior Club Precision Final Score record, and the American Legion Precision Final Score record …
Won the 2018 Cascade Mountains League March Cup Match Championship … Earned second place in the 2017-2018 American Legion Postals … Competed in the 2018 National Civilian Marksmanship Program (CMP) Three-Position Air Rifle Championship … In 2018, highest overall scorer in the JROTC Postal Competition … Won the Army JROTC Regional Service Championship (fired not only the highest Army score, but the highest score of all of the Services) … Took the championship title at JROTC Nationals … Was the overall competitor at CMP 3P Regionals in Sandy, Utah …
During the summer of 2018, shot in the final round of 28th-annual American Legion's Junior 3-Position Air Rifle National Championship at the USA Shooting Range at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo. … Competed for the Colonel Allison Jr Rifle Club …
In 2018, came only one center-shot away from tying her Army JROTC National Record 3×20 score on the last day of qualifying competition … Had an overall two-day aggregate score of 1293.1, giving her the championship title in the precision class for the second year in a row … In 2017, fired an Army JROTC National Record 3×20 score of 597-48x (out of 20 shots fired from a prone position, 20 shots standing, and 20 shots kneeling, she only had 2-3 shots out of the center "10" ring) … Claimed the championship title with a two-day overall score of 1290.1 in 2017 … Finished as the runner-up with silver medals in 2015 (as an eighth-grader) and 2016 … Looking for her third-straight title in 2019 ...
Won the 2016 American Legion air rifle precision championship … Captured the precision title with an overall score of 2,476.7 … Set the Legion's national record for a precision final score of 104.7 … For her effort, received a $5,000 scholarship from Legion and Sons of The American Legion …
As a member of the North Salem High School Junior ROTC air rifle team in 2015, competed in the JROTC Air Rifle National Championship and the Army JROTC Western Region Rifle Championship … Team shot an overall score of 4390 out of 4800 — the third best two-day total in program history.
Personal
Pre-Nursing major.
Has been shooting only a little over four years … Began shooting career at a local gun club before getting involved in the sport scholastically … Joined the North Salem High School Vikings program as an eighth grader …
Currently holds the Army JROTC Individual 3x20 National Record, the Army JROTC Individual 3x20 Plus Final record, the Army JROTC 20 Shots Kneeling record (set during the 2015 JROTC National Championship and tied again at the 2017 National Championship), the Junior Club Precision Final Score record, and the American Legion Precision Final Score record …
Won the 2018 Cascade Mountains League March Cup Match Championship … Earned second place in the 2017-2018 American Legion Postals … Competed in the 2018 National Civilian Marksmanship Program (CMP) Three-Position Air Rifle Championship … In 2018, highest overall scorer in the JROTC Postal Competition … Won the Army JROTC Regional Service Championship (fired not only the highest Army score, but the highest score of all of the Services) … Took the championship title at JROTC Nationals … Was the overall competitor at CMP 3P Regionals in Sandy, Utah …
During the summer of 2018, shot in the final round of 28th-annual American Legion's Junior 3-Position Air Rifle National Championship at the USA Shooting Range at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo. … Competed for the Colonel Allison Jr Rifle Club …
In 2018, came only one center-shot away from tying her Army JROTC National Record 3×20 score on the last day of qualifying competition … Had an overall two-day aggregate score of 1293.1, giving her the championship title in the precision class for the second year in a row … In 2017, fired an Army JROTC National Record 3×20 score of 597-48x (out of 20 shots fired from a prone position, 20 shots standing, and 20 shots kneeling, she only had 2-3 shots out of the center "10" ring) … Claimed the championship title with a two-day overall score of 1290.1 in 2017 … Finished as the runner-up with silver medals in 2015 (as an eighth-grader) and 2016 … Looking for her third-straight title in 2019 ...
Won the 2016 American Legion air rifle precision championship … Captured the precision title with an overall score of 2,476.7 … Set the Legion's national record for a precision final score of 104.7 … For her effort, received a $5,000 scholarship from Legion and Sons of The American Legion …
As a member of the North Salem High School Junior ROTC air rifle team in 2015, competed in the JROTC Air Rifle National Championship and the Army JROTC Western Region Rifle Championship … Team shot an overall score of 4390 out of 4800 — the third best two-day total in program history.
Personal
Pre-Nursing major.
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