Nick Learn

Photo by: Bill Evans

Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
South Range, WI
High School:
Northwestern
Position:
Air Rifle/Smallbore

2017 USAS National Championships, Class A 3x40, Air Rifle High Scorer
Three-Time Letter winner

2018-19 (Senior): Highest aggregate was 1157 for 2018 ... shot a season best 585 in the air rifle against UTEP in October ... in December, he shot a high 576 aginst conference opponents TCU and OSU, and GSU, in the smallbore match.

2017-18: Finished 17th in smallbore (568) and 11th in air rifle (584) against Navy, Akron and VMI in February ... the Falcons won the match with an aggregate 4691 ... had a total score of 1144 in the Patriot Rifle Conference ... scored a 1151 against Alaska and UTEP in February ... totaled 1165 against The Citadel ... finished in the top 10 with a 1158 against The Citadel and VMI last January ... was the fourth-highest finisher in smallbore (575) ... finished eighth with a 583 in air rifle ... score helped the Falcons to win the match (4680) ... finished 25th overall in the 2017 Winter Air Gun Championships (611.0) ... ranked 11th in the junior category, scored a 610.9 ... two-day total was 1221.9 ... ranked in the top 10 with an 1165 for ninth place versus Kentucky, OSU and Nebraska last November ... won the smallbore title (578) in the VMI match ... finished eighth with a 570 in air rifle ... had a 1153 total in the President’s Trophy Match ... finished with the fifth-highest score (1166) against Alaska and UTEP ... beat his previous day’s total by 17 points.

2016-17: Concluded the season at the USA Shooting National Championships in Fort Benning, Ga., in June … after the first two days of the 3x40, he finished with the highest total for Class A shooters with a 2297 … finished the event ranked 15th out of 72 competitors … in the 3x40 Junior event, he ranked fourth with a two-day total 2300 after having a 402.3 in the Finals … in air rifle, held the high Class A score with a 1232.6 and placed 13th in the open classification and fourth in the junior ... in 2016, had a career-best 590 in air rifle in the second match against UAF and TCU in Alaska … total score of 1164 was also a career high … had a combined score of 2314 in matches against UNR and UTEP … in November, had two perfect scores in his third and sixth series of air rifle in the President’s Trophy Match and finished with a 589 in the event, finished with a smallbore 571 … combined aggregates in TCU matches was 2291 … in December, competed in the Winter Air Gun Championships ... top scores were 608.7, finish 18th in air rifle men junior … 607.1 in junior program for 23rd place … in January 2017, competed in the Colorado JOSC and had an air rifle qualifying score 581 as a non-resident … at PRC Championships in February, scored 568 and 587 in smallbore and air rifle, respectively … competed in the NCAA Qualifier Match (1152) and National Championships (1148) of his career … earned an invite to the April 2017 NJOSCs for air rifle (581) and 3x20 rifle (576) … at NJOSC, ranked 12th in air rifle (1217.4), finished 37th with 2227 in the 3x40 … also shot prone, finished 37th in the rankings with 1207.9 points.

2015-16: Learn concluded the regular season with 1227.92 overall career aggregate record ... scored personal best against UTEP with a 1158 total ... smallbore personal best (575) and air rifle (587) scored against sister academies, Army, Navy and the U.S. Coast Guard ... 2015 Winter Air Gun Championships, finished 20th in the junior men’s championships with a total of 1822.6 (46th - men’s championships).

BEFORE THE ACADEMY: Parents are Chuck and Julie Learn ... one sister ... attended Northwestern High School … at Northwestern, he was the team captain of the Superior Junior Rifle Team … he qualified for the 2011 and 2015 National Junior Olympic Shooting Championships … was the 2014, 2015, and 2016 Wisconsin State 3- and 4-position champion … a member of the National Honors Society for three years, and honor roll all four years.

ACADEMY: Element leader for Cadet Squadron 09 ... majoring in geospatial science ... in 2017, he worked as Expeditionary Survival and Evasion Training (ESET), CATM as a range safety officer (RSO) ... went to Holloman AFB for Ops ... Squad’s athletic officer … 2018, worked as a flight commander for EST CATM and flew the T-53 in powered flight … dean’s list for the past three semesters … he wants to become a pilot after graduation.