2025-26 Women's Rifle Roster
Biography
Conference USA Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll (2025)
Conference USA Commissioner's Academic Medal (2025)
CRCA Scholastic All-American (2025, 2026)
CRCA All-American – 2nd Team, Air Rifle (2026)
College Sports Communicators Academic All-District® Women’s At-Large Team (2026)
College Sports Communicators Women’s At-Large Academic All-America® 3rd Team (2026)
2025-26 | SOPHOMORE
- Competed in all 13 matches; served as counter in both disciplines in all 13 matches
- Led the squad six times in smallbore and six times in air rifle
- Registered the highest aggregate score seven times
- Fired two school-record scores during the tri-match against West Virginia and Murray State (11/9): 592-35x in smallbore and 1190 aggregate; later matched the smallbore record with another 592-35x against Ohio State (11/22)
- Top-10 shooter 12 times including being the top shooter of the match four times: at Air Force (10/11), at Ohio State tri-match (11/9), versus Ohio State (11/22), and versus Schreiner (2/15)
- Placed 10th overall at Patriot Rifle Conference Championship
- Helped the Miners place third as a team in air rifle, powered by a school-record score of 2386, marking UTEP’s first-ever podium finish at the PRC Championship.
- Season averages: 585 SB / 595 AR / 1181 AGG
- CRCA All-American – 2nd Team, Air Rifle
- CRCA Scholastic All-American
- CSC Academic All-District® Women’s At-Large Team
- CSC Women’s At-Large Academic All-America® 3rd Team
2024-25 | FRESHMAN
- Competed in all 14 matches; served as counter in both disciplines in all 14 matches
- NCAA Rifle Championships qualifier – placed 17th in air rifle (595-51x)
- Led the squad 12 times in air rifle and three times in smallbore
- Registered the highest aggregate score eight times
- Fired two school-records versus Alaska Fairbanks in the NCAA qualifier match (2/22): 599 in air rifle and 1181 aggregate
- Top-10 shooter 12 times including being the top shooter of the match twice: versus Jax State in back-to-back matches (11/16-17)
- Season averages: 578 SB / 594 AR / 1173 AGG
- Golden Pick Awards Team MVP
- Golden Pick Awards Women’s Newcomer of the Year
- CRCA Scholastic All-American
PENN TRAFFORD HS
- 3 year varsity
- PIAA State Champions (2023)
- WPIAL Team Runner-Up (2023)
- Section 3 Co-Winner (2023)
- Dave Cramer Perfect Season Award (2023)
- Currently holds school record for highest season score of 1000-87x
- Team Leader
- National Honor Society
- Spanish Honor Society-Vice President
- 4 year High Honor Roll
CLUB TEAMS | JEROME JUNIOR RIFLE TEAM & TEAM WINNING SOLUTIONS
- Smallbore PR-569
- 60 Shot Standing Air PR-591
- 3PAR-596
- 2023 Pennsylvania Prone State Championship (High Women & High Junior)
- Coached by Barry Rininger (JJRT) and Chance Cover (TWS)
Personal: Full name is Carlee Ann Valenta ... Born in Jeannette, Penn. ... Daughter of James and Brenda Valenta ... Has one brother, Austin, and one sister, Emily ... majors in Elementary Education with an ESL Certification
| COLLEGIATE CAREER MARKS |
| Averages / Highs |
Smallbore |
Air Rifle |
Aggregate |
2025-26 Season Averages
2025-26 Highs |
582
592 |
596
599 |
1181
1190 |
2024-25 Season Averages
2024-25 Highs |
578
584 |
594
599 |
1173
1181 |
Career Averages
Career Highs |
581
592 |
595
599 |
1177
1190 |
Historical Player Information
