Katelyn Abeln

Year:
Senior
Hometown:
Douglasville, Ga.

Ohio State Overview
• Katelyn was a national champion and member of four national title-winning teams during her five-year Ohio State career
• She qualified for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games in the 10-meter women's air pistol event and 25m sport pistol

International Experience
• Junior World Championships, Lima, 2021 (25m Pistol - Team - Women, 10m Air Pistol - Team - Women, 25m Pistol - Women, 10m Air Pistol - Team - Mixed, 10m Air Pistol - Women)
• 2023 – 29th (25m Pistol - Women), 30th (10m Air Pistol - Team - Mixed), 63th (10m Air Pistol - Women)
• Top finish: – 2022 (50m Pistol - Team (Mixed) - Mixed)

2023-24 (Fifth-year Senior)
• Won the sport pistol and standard pistol while also having the top overall aggregate score at the Intercollegiate Pistol Championships in March
• First Team All-American
• Was a member the 2023 World Championship team
• Big Ten Medal of Honor finalist

2020-21 (Sophomore)
• Selected team captain by her peers
• First Team All-American in air pistol, standard pistol and sport pistol
• Set the school record in sport pistol with a 576
• Individual National Champion in sport pistol, women’s sport pistol and women’s two gun aggregate
• Help lead the Buckeyes to the team aggregate National Championship in both Open and Women
• 2021 Junior Olympic Champion in Women’s Air pistol
• Competed in the World Cup held in Osijek, Croatia in Air and Sport pistol
• Selected to the United States Junior World Championship Team in both Air and Sport
• Academic All-Big Ten
• Scholar-Athlete
• Big Ten Distinguished Scholar

2019-20 (Freshman)
• Earned Team USA’s 2021 Olympics (Tokyo) alternate position for both women’s sport and air pistol at the Olympic Trials
• First Team All-American in air pistol, standard pistol and women’s sport pistol
• Paced the squad averaging 565 in sport pistol and tied for the team’s high score at 575 at North Dakota State (Feb. 1-2)
• Also led the team with a 1,125 two-gun aggregate season average and a high score of 1,146 in Fargo
• Ranked second among Buckeyes with season averages of 560 (air pistol) and 1,668 (three-gun aggregate)
• OSU Scholar-Athlete

Prior to Ohio State
• 2017 Junior Olympic and National Junior champion in 25m sport pistol
• Medaled at both events above for three straight years (2016-18)
• Team gold medal winner for sport pistol at the 2018 Championship of the Americas in Mexico
• Silver medalist for:
o 2018 World Championships in South Korea (25m Junior sport pistol)
o 2018 Junior World Cup in Germany (standard pistol team)
o 2017 Junior World Championships in Germany (air pistol team)
• U.S. Junior National Team member since 2016

Personal
• Daughter of Joy and Jerry Abeln
• Sister, Shelby and brother-in-law, Avery King
• Public Health major specializing in Sociology; Psychology minor