The University of Mississippi Athletics

2023-24 Rifle Roster

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Ole Miss Rifle vs Georgia Southern at Patricia C. Lamar National Guard Readiness Center in Oxford, MS on November 11 2023.

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Regan Diamond

  • Class:
    Freshman
  • Hometown:
    Keenesburg, Colo.
  • High School:
    Weld Central
  • Major:
    Mathematics
  • Experience:
    HS
ACADEMIC HIGHLIGHTS
 • SEC Winter Academic Honor Roll (2025)

2024-25 (SOPHOMORE): Competed in nine matches with six opportunities as a counter … Finished the season with a 589.9 average in air rifle … Fired a season-high 594 three times in the event, including in three consecutive matches from the fall to the spring campaigns … Finished third in the individual air rifle standings in the season opener against Akron and against Ohio State … Had four total performances in the top five individual standings of air rifle in the fall … Finished second in the individual standings of smallbore in the NCAA Qualifier against Memphis, firing a season-high 589 … Named to the SEC Winter Academic Honor Roll.

2023-24 (FRESHMAN): Stepped in and helped the Rebels to their fourth consecutive NCAA appearance ... Also guided the team to a third straight top-three finish at the GARC Championships ... Countered smallbore in the first 14 matches ... Shooting a 594 air rifle in her first collegiate earned her a counter position for the next 13 matches ... Fired a 595 in air rifle three times during the season ... Improved her smallbore scores throughout the season to a high mark of 590 in the NCAA Qualifier ... One of five freshmen to fire a 590 or higher in the event ... Shot a career day in the NCAA Qualifer with an 1182 aggregate from a 590 smallbore and 592 air rifle ... Scored the highest in air rifle four times, once in smallbore, and twice in aggregate for the Rebels.

HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB: Competed at the 2023 Junior Rifle Olympics, scoring personal records in both smallbore and air rifle ... Qualified for Junior Olympics the past two years, including two U18 gold medals in smallbore and another in air rifle for the state of Colorado ... Started shooting competitive three-position smallbore in 2016 and competitive air rifle in 2018 ... Won Weld County 4H smallbore Champion four straight years ... Individually, a 4H State medalist twice in 2021 and 2022 and a two-time individual Army Marksmanship Qualifier and Silver Medalist at Fountain Fort Carson CMP 3P Camp ... Received an excellence award in Math, rhetoric and art ... Involved in Muay Thai, art club, 4H club and was a football manager for three years.

PERSONAL: Daughter of Amber and Marcus Diamond ... has one sibling her sister, Brianna ... Studying physics ... Born on March 3, 2005.
 
YEAR-BY-YEAR AVERAGES
Year Smallbore Air Rifle Aggregate
2023-24 581.8 591.5 1173.3
2024-25 578.2 589.9 1168.1
CAREER HIGHS
Smallbore 590, NCAA Qualifiers (2/17/24)
Air Rifle 595, 3x, MR: vs. Memphis (2/8/24)
Aggregate 1182, NCAA Qualifiers (2/17/24)
HOT SHOTS: Audrey Gogniat and Emma Holtz
Thursday, March 20
Rifle Air Rifle Runners-Up NCAA
Saturday, March 15
Audrey Gogniat Air Rifle Individual ChampionPodium
Saturday, March 15
HOT SHOTS: Jordan de Jesus and Drew Clinton
Wednesday, March 05