Air Force: All in the Family

Akron's 2016 NCAA Rifle Championships Website

Air Force Rifle

On March 9-12, the University of Akron will host the 2016 NCAA Rifle Championships at the Stile Athletes Field House. Every day leading up to the championships, we will preview one of the eight teams competing for the 2016 crown.

by Cathy Bongiovi, Zips Athletics

Growing up in military families can be difficult, but for Air Force's senior David Higgins and freshman Anna Weilbacher, whose fathers are each Marines, discipline has guided them to the 2016 NCAA Rifle Championships.

"Growing up as the son of a Marine, I always knew that I wanted to join the military," said Higgins, whose father is a colonel. "But, I wanted to do so after…