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2023-24 Rifle Roster

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Tal Engler

  • Height
    5-5
  • Class
    Senior
  • Hometown
    Tzur Yigal, Israel
  • High School
    Ort Shapira
  • Instagram
    tal_engler

Biography

Statistics

Career Highs

Value Opponent
Air Rifle 599 Kentucky (2/12/22)
Smallbore 591 NC State (11/18/22)
at NCAA Qualifier (2/22/21)
at Ole Miss (10/2/21)

Career Statistics

Air Rifle Smallbore
Season Matches Avg. High Matches Avg. High
2022-23 12 592.667 598 12 585.333 591
2021-22 13 594.846 599 13 584.692 591
2020-21 11 591.333 597 11 583.889 591

2022-23 (Jr.)

  • CRCA All-America Second Team (Smallbore)
  • CRCA All-America Honorable Mention (Air Rifle)
  • CRCA Scholastic All-America Team
  • All-GARC Second Team (Smallbore)
  • All-GARC Honorable Mention (Combined)
  • Won the GARC smallbore title with a mark of 590
  • Matched a career-high in smallbore with a 591 against NC State on Nov. 18, marking the third time she has hit the mark.
  • Produced her air rifle and aggregate score high of the season on Nov. 6-7 against Kentucky, TCU and UAF with scores of 598 and 1188, respectively. 
  • Her 1188 aggregate score tied a career-high


2021-22 (So.)

  • CRCA All-America Smallbore and Air Rifle Second Team
  • CRCA All-America Aggregate Third Team
  • All-GARC Smallbore, Air Rifle and Combined First Team
  • CRCA Scholastic All-America Team
  • Academic All-Big 12 At-Large First Team
  • Competed in all 13 contests; scored counted for each match
  • Led the Mountaineers in air rifle, averaging 594.846 in the relay
  • Shot a 595 or better in seven of WVU’s 13 events, including a career-best 599 against Kentucky in the regular-season finale (2/12)
  • Tied her career-high mark in smallbore in the season opener, with a 591 at Ole Miss (10/2)
  • Also shot a 598 in air rifle against the Rebels, which brought her aggregate score to a career-high 1188
  • Tallied an 1187 at the GARC Championships to win the gold medal for aggregate score

2020-21 (Fr.)

  • CRCA All-America Smallbore Second Team
  • CRCA All-America Aggregate Honorable Mention Team
  • All-GARC Smallbore Honorable Mention
  • Fourth place overall at GARC Championships (1183)
  • Second place, smallbore (590), GARC Championships
  • Shot a career high aggregate score of 1183 twice

High School

  • Member of the Israel National Team and has represented her country at the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) Granada World Championships (2014), Suhl World Championships (2017) and Changwon World Championships (2018)
  • Also participated in multiple ISSF Junior Cups, ISSF Junior World Cups and ISSF World Cups
  • Holds the Israeli national record in air rifle and smallbore
  • Was named the 2018 National Team Shooter of the Year, as well as the 2017 Athlete of the Year
  • Finished as high as fourth in the 10m air rifle mixed team event at the 2018 ISSF Munich World Cup
  • Earned a pair of top-five finishes in the junior women’s 50m rifle 3-positions event at the 2017 ISSF Suhl World Championships, as well as the 2017 European Championships
  • Placed sixth in the junior women’s 10m air rifle event at the 2016 ISSF Suhl Junior World Cup and the 2017 European Championships
  • Finished sixth in the junior women’s 50m rifle prone event at the 2016 ISSF Gabala Junior World Cup

Personal

  • Daughter of Aviv and Ariela Engler
  • Has two sisters
  • Birthday is December 6
  • Majoring in exercise physiology
  • Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll

Historical Player Information

  • 2020-21Freshman

    5'5"
  • 2021-22Sophomore

    5'5"
  • 2022-23Junior

    5'5"
  • 2023-24Senior

    5'5"