Morgan Hicks

Morgan Hicks
Personal information
Full name Morgan Hicks
Nationality  United States
Born (1982-03-22) 22 March 1982
Tacoma, Washington, United
States
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight 70 kg (154 lb)
Sport
Sport Shooting
Event(s) 10 m air rifle (AR40)
50 m rifle 3 positions (STR3X20)
Club Murray State University[1]
Coached by Cindy Estep
David Johnson (national)[1]

Morgan Hicks (born March 22, 1982 in Tacoma, Washington) is an American sport shooter.[2] She has competed for Team USA, as a 22-year-old, in small-bore rifle shooting at the 2004 Summer Olympics, and has won a gold medal in the rifle three positions at the 2008 ISSF World Cup meet in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[1] Outside her world and Olympic career, Hicks was an eight-time All-American for Murray State University from 2000 to 2004, where she became the NCAA air rifle champion on her senior season.[3]

Hicks started out as a successful junior on the U.S. national team for three years, and eventually earned her first small-bore rifle title at the 2001 Championship of the Americas tournament in Fort Benning, Georgia.[4]

In early 2004, Hicks added an individual NCAA air rifle title to her career tally in her senior season, while competing for the Murray State University.[3] Just two months later, Hicks qualified for her first and only U.S. Olympic team in the 50 m rifle 3 positions at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, after placing second at the trials in Fort Benning.[5][6] A less experienced to the international scene, Hicks marked 197 in prone, 189 in standing, and 191 in the kneeling series to put up a much steadfast aim in twelfth out of 33 shooters with a total score of 577, having been close to an Olympic final cutoff by a two-point margin.[7][3]

Since 2007, Hicks currently serves as a full-time rifle coach for the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's shooting roster, and a representative for the USA Shooting Board of Directors Athletic Rifle Association.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "ISSF Profile – Morgan Hicks". ISSF. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
  2. "Morgan Hicks". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
  3. 1 2 3 Tegler, Zach (8 November 2011). "Morgan Hicks brings Olympic experience to coaching NU rifle team". The Daily Nebraskan. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
  4. 1 2 "Hicks Named Nebraska Rifle Coach". University of Nebraska-Lincoln. 18 June 2007. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
  5. "Shooting 2004 Olympic Qualification" (PDF). Majority Sports. p. 10. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
  6. "Hoff, 14, already setting standard in pool". USA Today. 25 May 2004. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
  7. "Shooting: Women's 50m Rifle 3 Positions Prelims". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 15 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
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