Spencer Cap

Photo by: Bill Evans

Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
Cranbury, NJ
High School:
St. Joseph’s
Position:
Air Rifle/Smallbore

2017 Winter Air Gun Silver and Bronze Medalist
2017 All American Air Rifle Second Team, 2016 All American Air Rifle HM
2016, 2017 All-Conference (air rifle)
2016 NJOSC Silver Medalist
2016 Winter Air Gun Silver (twice) and Gold Medalist
2017 Winter Airgun Silver and Bronze Medalist
Rifle National Junior Team
Air Rifle & Three-Position National Development Team
2016 Most Valuable Marksman
School Record Holder – Air Rifle (598)
Rifle Athlete of the Week (Nov. 3 & Dec. 4, 2015, Jan. 18, Feb 22, 2016
Nov. 7 & 16, 2016, Feb. 11, 2018)
Academic and Athletic Lists, and Letter winner

2018-19 (Senior): Concluded the first half of the season matching his career high 1181 (2/18/17, 10/13/18) ... shot a season best 596 in the air rifle and a 585 in the smallbore in October ... had consistent scores in the prone throughout the fall ... finished 2018 at the Winter Air Gun in December ... ranked ninth overall.

2017-18: Capped the year off with the high collegiate scores in Three-Position Rifle and Prone events at Fort Benning Nationals in June... ranked seventh overall in three-position rifle with a match score 2323 ... shot 409.0 in the final (2326) ... earned silver and bronze medals for his scores at the 2017 Winter Air Gun Championships in Colorado Springs ... earned the team’s athlete of the week honor for his season highs in smallbore and air rifle matches against Navy, Akron and VMI in February ... shot a 582 in smallbore and 592 air rifle ... finished with a season high 1174 ... made the National Development Team for air rifle and three-position rifle.

2016-17: Ended the season at the 27th meeting of the Shooting Hopes in the Czech Republic in April … finished 15th (619.5) among 79 international competitors in the 50 Rifle Prone ISSF Junior event … member of Team USA that finished ninth overall in the event with a team total 1847.4 … finished eighth overall in the Three-Position Junior program with 1161 … score qualified him for the Finals, finished seventh with a 399.3 … Team USA scored a 3471 and ranked third in the program … was 23rd in the 10m Rifle ISSF Junior program with a 617.8 … Team USA finished fifth in the event (1859.4) … 2016: in the season opener against UAF and TCU in Alaska, had a two-day total 2343 (1166 and 1177), respectively … had the second-highest totals in two-day match up (2344) against UNR and UTEP (1169 and 1175) … shot in the two matches against TCU in November … was second in the top standings with 1179, followed with the sixth-highest score 1175 … President’s Trophy Match total was 1181, a school record in the match … he was the Falcons’ top scorer (smallbore 583), and his air rifle 598 is both a school and President’s Trophy Match records … at Winter Air Gun Championships, earned silver (twice) and a gold medal … 2017: at the Colorado JOSCs (non-resident) in January, qualified for the Hopes with a National Junior Olympic Shooting Championships (NJOSC) with a silver medal in air rifle (595) and the three-position rifle (561) … won the silver medal in the National Junior Olympics (NJO) with a score of 1249.5 … earned PRC All-Conference honors … had an aggregate 1181, which was the overall top individual score in the NCAA Qualifier Match vs. TCU in Fort Worth …earned NRA first-team air rifle All-American honors … earned CRCA All-American for combined smallbore and air rifle scoring.

2015-16: Placed on the 2016 Junior Olympic Team after earning the silver at the National Junior Olympic Shooting Championships in April ... NRA CRCA honorable mention All-American ... scored an 1172 (580 smallbore and 592 air rifle) at the 2016 NCAA National Rifle Championships ... finished as the Falcons’ top individual with a final score of 1172, setting a team aggregate record at the PRC Championships ... scored a 579 in smallbore, and then finished with an air gun score of 593 ... placed sixth in the air gun individual rankings ... earned all-conference honors ... earned an aggregate-career average 1273 going into the conference championships ... other season highs include an 1177 aggregate and 594 in air rifle, which he scored both against The Citadel ... scored a high smallbore 584 versus The Citadel and Jacksonville State in January ... scored a 580 smallbore and 589 air rifle (1169), which helped the Falcons to its first-place finish in the President’s Trophy Match ... placed as the No. 2 individual in the match ... at the 2015 Winter Air Gun Championships, he scored an 1856.5 and finished sixth overall in the 10m air gun.

Before The Academy: Parents are Francis and Paula Cap ... one older brother ... hobbies include auto mechanics, playing guitar, running (ran track 9th and 10th grade), archery, and surfing.

ACADEMY: Cadet Squadron 14... major is mechanical engineering ... summer of 2016, earned his freefall wings in jump training ... in 2017, he was a shooting instructor for the basic cadets, teaching them how to fire and maintain weapons.