Alivia Perkins Season 2024-25

Freshman (2024-25)
Alivia Perkins had an impressive start to her freshman season, earning personal bests of 587 in the smallbore, 597 in the air rifle and 1,179 in the aggregate. She registered a first-place finish in the air rifle, second-place finish in the smallbore, one third-place finish in the aggregate and smallbore and two in the air rifle.

Before Nebraska
Perkins was a 2024 Indiana Junior Olympics Air Rifle and Smallbore silver medalist, along with a 2024 Indiana State Rifle and Pistol Association 3P Air and Smallbore gold medalist and Air Rifle silver medalist. She set the new state record in 3P air, taking down the mark that she had previously set in 2023. 

In 2023, Perkins was the Women’s U18 Junior Olympic Smallbore gold medalist, and won gold in the smallbore and bronze in the air rifle at the Indiana Junior Olympics. She was a smallbore and 3P air gold medalist, along with an air rifle bronze medalist for the Indiana State Rifle and Pistol Association. Perkins competed at the 2023 Junior World Championships as a member of the USA Shooting Futures National Team, which placed third in the 50m smallbore.

Perkins also competed in the Indiana Junior Olympics in 2022, earning first in the air rifle and third in the smallbore. She was a Indiana State Rifle and Pistol Association air rifle and smallbore silver medalist. In 2021, she placed third in the smallbore at the Indiana Junior Olympics.

Personal
The daughter of David and Sarah Perkins, Alivia was born on Dec. 21, 2005. She plans to study nutrition, health and exercise science at Nebraska. In her spare time, she volunteers for The X Count to share her passion for rifle.

Perkins on Nebraska: “I chose Nebraska because of their dedicated support, values and initiatives for student athletes. My shooting career won’t last forever, but my education will and I can see that Nebraska strives to set their athletes and students up for a lifetime of success. During my visits, I was thoroughly impressed by the programs and opportunities the University provides to help students achieve their goals. The ladies on the team are outstanding and were so warm and welcoming that I immediately felt like part of the family. I really fell in love with Lincoln and the UNL campus. As soon as I stepped on campus it felt like home, and I knew this is where I belonged.”

Career Bests
Smallbore - 587 (at Memphis, 10/5/24)
Air Rifle - 597 (vs. UTEP/Air Force, 10/12/24)
Aggregate - 1,179 (vs. Ohio State/Navy, 11/16/24)