E.F. Horton
Horton's tenure saw the domination in the 1960s of the UAF Rifle Women's Team, which won the NRA National Collegiate Women's Championship from 1961-67.
![1962 National Collegiate Womens' Rifle Champions. From left, Carole Rollison, Coach Horton, Kathleen Powers, Martha Bang and Linda Dahl. Photo: UAF Athletic Department](/uajourney/notable-people/fairbanks/e.l.-horton/sql-img-2.jpg)
Many of the team were like Judy Christensen-Tschida—spotted as raw talent by Coach Horton in UAF riflery classes. In 1965, UAF was second in the Open Collegiate Rifle Championship. Stu Watkins emerged as UAF 's first All-American and Individual Champion in 1961. More All-Americans quickly followed: Carole Rollison, David Sommerfeldt, Neil Eklund, Joe Nava, John Penman, Candace Keyes, Barbara DeSpain and Randy Pitney.
In 1980, rifle was reorganized into an NCAA-recognized and sponsored sport. The official program included smallbore 3-Position (40 shots in each of prone, stand, and kneel) and air rifle (40 shots standing). Following other NCAA sport guidelines, a shoulder to shoulder national individual and team match with a qualifying procedure was established.
![Interest in the school's rifle teach comes from the top. Here, UA President Dr. William R. Wood assists Dave Hackney at pistol team practice.](/uajourney/notable-people/fairbanks/e.l.-horton/sql-img-3.jpg)
UA Site is named after E.F. Horton