2017-18: Earned VMI's prestigious General Withers A. Burress Award for skill in rifle marksmanship ... named to the All-Southern Conference Smallbore Second Team after shooting a career-high 566 for the event to take seventh place … earned the mark after competing in the smallbore for the first time this season … shot the air rifle at every event during the year, registering a career best 586 at home on Nov. 11 versus UAB and Wofford … shot a 578 air rifle versus Navy, Air Force and Akron on Feb. 11 … earned his third best air rifle mark of 576 at home versus North Georgia on Nov. 4.

2016-17: Placed third overall in the air rifle at the Southern Conference Championships to earn first team All-SoCon honors as a freshman ... tied his second-best score of 579 in the air rifle at the event to make the cut on the first team ... earned a season-best air rifle score of 581 on Nov. 12 to conclude the fall season ... shot a season-best score of 550 in the smallbore at The Citadel on Jan. 28 ... opened the year with a 549 in the smallbore on Sept. 24, his second-best score of the year for the event ... shot a 548 smallbore on Oct. 29 for his third-best smallbore tally of the season.

High School: Coached by SFC/Ret. Riess Pellegrino at Sarasota Military Academy in Sarasota, Fla. ... team captain ... named a junior distinguished shooter ... competed at the 2016 National 3-pair Rifle championships.

Personal: Parents are Stephen and Darci Jacob ... has one sister ... plans to major in mechanical engineering.

Career Bests
Smallbore: 566 (3/3/2018)
Air Rifle: 586 (11/11/2017)