Our Views: ; the Wvu Rifle Team Does the State Proud; Just a Few Years After Its Demise, the Restored Team Is a Champion Again
Charleston Daily Mail › December 17, 2009
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ONLY one team in the history of West Virginia University sports has won a national championship - the WVU rifle team. In 52 years, it won a remarkable 13 national championships.
But six years ago, the WVU athletic department decided to disband the team, citing Title IX compliance issues and the cost - $163,000 a year - of subsidizing a team that doesn't draw big crowds.See the full content of this document
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Our Views: ; the Wvu Rifle Team Does the State Proud; Just a Few Years After Its Demise, the Restored Team Is a Champion Again
But WVU officials underestimated the pride West Virginians have in their rifle team....
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