| 1998 NCAA Rifle Championship | |
| Sport: | Collegiate rifle shooting |
| Location: | Murray, KY |
| Host: | Murray State University |
| Participants: | 7 teams |
| Champions: | West Virginia (13th title) |
| Runners-Up2: | Kentucky |
| Stat1 Label: | Smallbore |
| Stat1: | Karyn Juziuk, XAV |
| Stat2 Label: | Air rifle |
| Stat2: | Emily Caruso, NRW |
| Previous: | 1997 |
| Next: | 1999 |
The 1997 NCAA Rifle Championships were contested at the 18th annual competition to determine the team and individual national champions of NCAA co-ed collegiate rifle shooting in the United States. The championship was hosted by Murray State University in Murray, Kentucky.[1]
Three-time defending champions West Virginia once again topped the team standings, finishing a mere three points (6,214–6,211) ahead of Alaska. This was the Mountaineers' thirteenth team title.
The individual champions were, for the smallbore rifle, Karyn Juziuk (Xavier), and Emily Caruso (Norwich), for the air rifle.
Since there is only one national collegiate championship for rifle shooting, all NCAA rifle programs (whether from Division I, Division II, or Division III) were eligible. A total of seven teams ultimately contested this championship (an increase of one team from 1996).
| Rank | Team | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Virginia | 6,214 | ||
| 6,211 | |||
| 6,161 | |||
| Murray State (H) | 6,112 | ||
| 6,110 | |||
| 6,105 | |||
| 6,090 |