Player Profiles



Meelis                             Kiisk
Meelis
Kiisk
Class: So.
Hometown: Paide, Estonia
Height: 5-9
Sport: Rifle

Biography

Strong international shooter … member of the Estonian National Team … strength lies with smallbore, but coach is looking for more consistency … improved air rifle scores during freshman season … pushes 590 air score on a consistent basis.

At West Virginia in 2011-12
• NRA All-America Second Team Air Rifle
• All-GARC Honorable Mention Combined Score
• CRCA All-Academic Team
• Finished third at Nebraska with a score of 1159
• Finished third in smallbore against Army with a personal-best score of 581
• Finished fourth overall against Murray State with a personal-best 1164
• Shot a personal-best air rifle score of 592 at TCU and finished second on the team, fourth overall
• Finished second on the team against Kentucky with a personal-best combined score of 1164; also paced the team in smallbore with a 576 mark
• Won air rifle against NC State with a score of 588; also placed third overall (1161)
• Finished second in air rifle with a personal-best 592 against VMI
• Shot 583 air rifle and 572 smallbore toward the team’s score at the GARC Championships
• Ranked No. 4 on team with air rifle season average of 584.9; also owned smallbore and aggregate season averages of 572.5 and 1157.4, respectively
• Won the men’s visitor 10m air rifle competition at the USA Shooting Olympic Team Air Rifle Trials with a two-day score of 1174 (589, 585)
• Shot 583 in the men’s 10m air rifle at the Munich ISSF World Cup

In High School
• Member of the Jarva County Shooting Sport Club
• Member of the Estonian National Team
• Named Best Youth Shooter in 2009 by the Estonian Shooting Sport Federation
• Three-time Estonian air rifle champion
• Set the Estonian 3x40 junior record in 2010 with a score of 1160
• Sixth place, 2009 European prone junior championships
• Gold medal, 2007 Estonian Air Rifle Championships (686.6 final score)
• Personal best prone score of 597 is an Estonian junior record
• Attended Paide co-Educational Gymnasium

Personal
• Son of Allan Kiisk and Eve Valdmaa
• Married to Kristina Kiisk
• Wife, Kristina, is also a shooter and won the Bronze medal at the 2003 European Championships in the junior women’s sport pistol team event
• Has one brother
• Birthday is June 4
• Majoring in computer and electrical engineering
• Dean’s List
• Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll



PERSONAL BESTS
Air Rifle

592 at TCU, Jan. 28, 2012 vs. VMI, Feb. 18, 2012

Smallbore
581 vs. Army, Oct. 22, 2012

CAREER AIR RIFLE
Year	Matches	Avg.	High
2012	14	584.9	592


CAREER SMALLBORE
Year	Matches	Avg.	High
2012	14	572.5	581

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