The purpose of the “Shooter Spotlight” is to help shooters get to know their fellow competitors a little bit better. We cover a wide range of shooters from “Marksman to Master.” This is the 27th interview in the series.
Meredith Holman. Photo courtesy of University of Mississippi.
Where do you call home?
Fairfax, Virginia
How long have you been shooting?
Since about age 13
How did you get involved in shooting competitively?
My dad got me and three of my sisters involved in a local club team…we tried it out and enjoyed it, so we kept going back every week and joined the team. Dad’s a big hunter, so I think he wanted to have an activity we could share and do together.
What is a little known fact about yourself that your fellow competitors might not know?
That I am the oldest of four sisters, all of whom shoot…two of which are twins and hope to follow in the footsteps of me and my sister Emma to shoot in college some day. There’s a fifth older sister too, but she never wanted to compete in rifle.
What do you consider your finest shooting achievement.
Last year at our Great American Rifle Conference championships I had a personal high air rifle score of 595, and won the individual champion title.
What is your favorite pre-match meal?
I don’t like to shoot on a full stomach, but I do like breakfast foods like bagels and yogurt.
What is your favorite post match drink?
Water! Seriously.
Do you have a favorite shooting range?
The University of Mississippi range, of course! Its pretty new, and it can accommodate spectators easily with two walls of soundproof glass, bleachers, and flat screen TVs to watch the results on the electronic targets. I’ll always have a soft spot for the range at NRA headquarters in Fairfax, VA because that is where I learned to shoot and where I practiced every week growing up.
Do you have any short term and/or long term goals?
In the long run my goal is simply to continually improve, and to just make every day better than the day before. Short term- I had a great sophomore year in air rifle, and I want to work hard to get my scores back up where they were not too long ago, I’ve been in a bit of a rut with air rifle.
Thanks Meredith for sharing a little bit about yourself with the pronematch.com community!
