Scott Rockett

Photo by: U.S. Air Force photo by Justin R

Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Cary, NC
High School:
Crossroads Flex

2024-225 (Senior): Team co-captain.

2023-24 (Junior): Earned second-team All-America honors in smallbore … earned All-America honors for the third straight year … shot a season high 589 in smallbore at The Citadel … matched his career high in air rifle with a 599 … shot 595 or better in air rifle six times.

2022-23 (Sophomore): Earned second-team All-America honors in air rifle … air rifle season average of 594.385 was the 13^th best in the nation … at the NCAA Championships, placed 11^th in aggregate score with an 1179 … season-best 589 in smallbore and 1186 aggregate came against TCU … shot a 598 in air rifle twice for his season high.

2021-22 (Freshman): Became the first Falcon to ever win the NCAA air rifle national championship (held at the Academy) … reached the NCAA finals with a 598 in the team air rifle competition and then won the national title with a 250.2 in the finals … the top Falcon at the NCAAs with an aggregate score of 1185 … earned All-America honors in all three disciplines, first team in air rifle, second team in aggregate and third team in small bore … recorded career highs of 593 (at TCU) in smallbore, 599 in air rifle (five times) and 1190 in aggregate (NCAA qualifier).

Before the Academy: Attended Crossroads Flex in Cary, NC ... member of the honor society … member of the US National rifle team ... earned a bronze and silver medal in El Salvador.

Personal: Parents are Carol and Scott Rockett … has one sister, Anna … member of cadet squadron 33 … major is quantitative economics … hobbies are airsoft guns and mountain biking … on the Dean’s List and Athletics’ List as a freshman … on the Superintendent’s List … long-term goal is to become a pilot … is the Group 4 white rope officer … in the summer of 2023, served as a cadre during Basic Cadet Training and travelled to Whiteman AFB, Mo., on Operation Air Force and flew in a T38 … in the summer of 2024, sent on an exchange flight program to Delaware State University as a USAFA ambassador to get his private pilot’s license.