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2015-16 MIT Rifle Roster

Helen Liu

  • Height 5-1
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Cortland, N.Y.
  • High School Homer Central
  • Major Nuclear Science and Engineering

Biography

2015-16: Appeared in all eight events for the Engineers … Academic All-MAC … averaged 538.5 in six outings in smallbore and 562.8 in air rifle … third on the team with her air rifle average.

2014-15: Saw action in six matches for the Engineers … completed the season with averages of 528.5 in smallbore and 555.5 in air rifle … after turning in a pair of 521s in smallbore to start out the season she upped her previous career best to 540 at Coast Guard (10/25) … also shot air rifle for the first time in her career at that match, turning in a 556 … the next time out she bettered her air rifle score to a career-best 559 against the University of the Sciences/Wentowrth (11/15) … shot a 538 smallbore at Coast Guard (2/21) …  at the MAC Championships (3/7) she finished 17th in smallbore with a 524 and and 14th in air rifle with a 555.

2013-14: Competed in four matches in smallbore … finished with an average of 502.3 … started the season with a 473 against John Jay/Rose Hulman/Wentworth (10/19) … closed out the season with her best score of the year, a 527, in her final two outings at the University of the Sciences (10/27) and at Coast Guard (2/22).

Off The Range at MIT: Majoring in nuclear science and engineering … Global Teaching Lab, teaching chemistry to high school students in Ferrara, Italy, summer 2015 … internship in Beijing with China Techenergy Corporation, Ltd. … Department of Homeland Security HS-STEM Scholar Program at Lawrence Livermore National Lab in summer 2014 … research on long term, room temperature, gamma radiation detector using semiconductors.

High School: A 2012 graduate of Homer Central High School … National Honor Society … Salutatorian … Vice President of Cortland YMCA Youth and Government … 2012 NYS YMCA Youth and Government Commissioner of Labor  … American Music Abroad Red Tour … Homer High School Blue Notes … Cortland Area Flute Ensemble … SUNY Cortland Orchestra … Cannon Crew … National Merit Commended Scholar.

Historical Player Information

  • 2013-14Sophomore

    5'1"
  • 2014-15Junior

    5'1"
  • 2015-16Senior

    5'1"