Former All-American and multiple-time Scholastic All-American Abigail Gordon serves as the assistant coach for the Georgia Southern rifle squad. Gordon, who graduated from TCU in 2022 with a bachelor’s degree in early childhood education and a Master’s in 2023 in general studies and humanities, is pursuing a second Master’s degree in sport and exercise psychology at Georgia Southern.
Gordon stepped right in and helped the Eagles continue to drive upwards in the 2024-25 season as the they won their fourth straight SoCon title with Tori Watts taking individual honors in both smallbore and air rifle. In both finals, the top five finishers were all Georgia Southern shooters, a first in conference history. Emme Walrath was voted SoCon Co-Freshman of the Year and she helped lead the Eagles to the NCAA Championships for the first appearance for the team in program history as the Eagles placed fifth in the final meet.Â
Gordon spent the 2023-24 season training for the U.S. Olympic Trials Colorado Springs as a member of the USA Rifle Team. She was a member of the 2022 Championships of the Americas Team.
Gordon took advantage of the NCAA’s COVID-19 exemption and returned to TCU for a fifth year in 2022-23. She capped her career in style, averaging 587.000 in smallbore, which ranked 11 nationally and included a career-high 594 at Navy. She averaged 594.250 in air rifle, which ranked 10th nationally as she recorded a career-high 599 early on in the season. She posted a 1,182.900 aggregate average, which ranked 11th nationally, as she twice posted a score of 1,192. TCU qualified for the NCAA Championships, finishing as the national runners-up.
As a senior, in the 2021-22 season, Gordon fired a 592 or better in air rifle in 13 matches and shot a 580 or better in smallbore nine times as she finished in the top 30 nationally in air rifle average (592.4), smallbore average (582.4) and aggregate average (1,174.8) to earn honorable mention All-America honors in air rifle. She qualified for the individual smallbore finals at the National Championships, finishing fifth as the Horned Frogs took second place overall.
Gordon also earned honorable mention All-America honors in air rifle in both 2020 and 2019, along with Academic All-Big 12 accolades for her work in the classroom.
A native of Granbury, Texas, Gordon won the 2015 Bordelon’s Texas State Championship and was also a four-time Junior Olympic Rifle Championship qualifier. She was crowned national champion in the first round at the 2017 American Legion National Championships at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs.