Association | NCAA |
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Founded | 2013 |
Commissioner | Launi Meili |
Sports fielded |
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Division | I |
No. of teams | 6 |
Headquarters | Colorado Springs, Colorado |
The Patriot Rifle Conference (PRC) is a National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) rifle-only conference. The PRC was established in 2013 for schools that sponsor rifle teams, but do not have rifle as a sponsored sport in their primary conferences.[1]
Institution | Location | Founded | Enrollment | Nickname | Primary Conference |
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Air Force | Colorado Springs, CO | 1954 | 4,413 | Falcons | Mountain West Conference |
Alaska-Fairbanks | Fairbanks, AK | 1917 | 11,034 | Nanooks | Great Northwest Athletic Conference (Div. II) |
Nebraska | Lincoln, NE | 1869 | 24,431 | Cornhuskers | Big Ten Conference |
Ohio State | Columbus, OH | 1870 | 56,867 | Buckeyes | Big Ten Conference |
TCU | Fort Worth, TX | 1873 | 9,725 | Horned Frogs | Big 12 Conference |
UTEP | El Paso, TX | 1914 | 21,011 | Miners | Conference USA |
The inaugural PRC Championship was held at Ohio State University on February 8 & 9, 2014.[2] The event is held annually around the first weekend of February, prior to the NCAA Tournament qualifiers.
Year | Location | Conference Champion | Smallbore Champion | Air Rifle Champion | |
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2014 | Columbus, OH[3] | Alaska-Fairbanks[4] | Alaska-Fairbanks[4] | ||
2015 | Colorado Springs, CO[5] | Alaska-Fairbanks[6] | TCU[7] | ||
2016 | Fort Worth, TX[8] | TCU[9] | |||
2017 | Columbus, OH[10] | TCU[11] | |||
2018 | Colorado Springs, CO[12] | TCU[13] | |||
2019 | Fairbanks, AK[14] | Air Force[15] | |||
2020 | Fort Worth, TX[16] | TCU[17] | |||
2021[18] | Columbus, OH | TCU | |||
2022[19] | Colorado Springs, CO | Alaska-Fairbanks | |||
2023 | Fairbanks, AK | TCU | |||
2024 | Fort Wayne, IN |
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