2025-26 Women's Rifle Roster
Roster
Ella Goldfaden
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Bat Hefer, Israel
- High School:
- Shahar - Ma’ayan Regional
Statistics
Career Highs
| Value | Location | |
|---|---|---|
| Smallbore | 589 | Four Times |
| Air Rifle | 598 | Three Times |
| Aggregate | 1,187 | Murray, Ky. (1/14/24) |
Career Statistics
| Smallbore | Air Rifle | Aggregate | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Matches | Avg. | High | Matches | Avg. | High | Matches | Avg. | High |
| 2023-24 | 14 | 582.5 | 589 | 14 | 594.4 | 598 | 14 | 1176.9 | 1187 |
| 2024-25 | 14 | 583.4 | 589 | 14 | 593.9 | 598 | 14 | 1177.3 | 1184 |
| 2025-26 | 2 | 581.5 | 582 | 2 | 595.5 | 597 | 2 | 1177.0 | 1178 |
| Career | 30 | 582.8 | 589 | 30 | 594.2 | 598 | 30 | 1177.0 | 1187 |
Second-Team CRCA Air Rifle All-American (2023-24)
SoCon Smallbore Third Place (2024)
First-Team All-SoCon Smallbore (2023-24, 2024-25)
First-Team All-SoCon Air Rifle (2023-24, 2024-25)
CRCA Scholastic All-American (2024, 2025)
CSC Academic All-Distric (2025)
2025-26: Made the President's List in Fall 2025 for a perfect 4.00 GPA.
2024-25: A first-team all-conference selection in both smallbore and air rifle … Placed fifth in both the smallbore and air rifle finals at the SoCon Championships … Averaged 583.357 in smallbore, 593.929 in air rifle and 1,177.286 in aggregate … Represented the team at the NCAA Championships … Made the President's List in the fall and spring for making a perfect 4.00 GPA … Earned the Pinnacle Award from the SoCon for the highest cumulative GPA on the championship team … A CRCA Scholastic All-American … Also named to the College Sports Communicators Academic All-District Team for the At-Large Squad.
2023-24: A second-team All-American in air rifle by the CRCA … Took the bronze medal in the smallbore finals at the SoCon Championships … A first-team all-conference selection in both smallbore and air rifle … Averaged 582.500 in smallbore, including a trio of 589s to set a career high … Average was the fourth-highest single-season average in program history … Averaged 594.357 in air rifle with a season best of 598, set twice … Average was the second-highest in program history … Had a 1,176.857 aggregate average with a career high of 1,187 on Jan. 14 at Murray State … The 1,187 was the second-highest in program history … Average was the fourth best in program history … Named the SoCon Air Rifle Athlete of the Month for October … Made the Dean's List in the fall for making above a 3.50 … Made the President's List in the spring for making a perfect 4.00 GPA … A CRCA Scholastic All-American.
HIGH SCHOOL: Attended Shahar - Ma’ayan Regional High … Won the Israeli 10m air rifle women’s championship in 2022 … Won the silver medal at the Israel 10m air rifle women’s junior championship in 2021 … Placed second at the Israel Shooting League in 2021-2022 … Finished 19th at the 2022 ISSF World Cup Junior Championships in Suhl, Germany … Placed 19th at the 2021 Junior European Championships in Osijek, Croatia … Club team was Maccabi Ra’anana Shooting, where she was coached by Gil Simkovitch.
PERSONAL: Born Ella Goldfaden on August 27 in Israel … Daughter of Shoshi Goldfaden and Amnon Goldfaden … Has three older siblings: sister Noa, and brothers Itay and Tomer … Itay swam collegiately at the University of South Carolina and represented Israel at the 2020 Summer Olympics, qualifying for the finals of the mixed 4×100 meter medley relay race at the Tokyo Games … Tomer swims at the University of Hawaii and won the Israeli Winter Championships in the 100 breast.
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