Matthew Bykowski (2018) - Hall of Fame - Xavier University Athletics

Matthew Bykowski

Induction:
2018
Class:
1990

Matt Bykowski was one of Xavier's first-ever shooters to earn All-America honors in air rifle. Bykowski, who won the 1990 O'Connor Award as Xavier's top male senior student-athlete, competed in three consecutive NCAA Championships (1988-90) as an individual and was a 1990 NRA Collegiate All-America selection as a senior. That same year, the Musketeers also earned their first trip to the NCAA Championships as a team and finished the season ranked fifth nationally. Bykowski, a two-time team captain, was recognized at the conference level all four years of his collegiate career in the Lake Erie Conference and the Western Conference.

Bykowski's coach at Xavier, XU Hall of Famer Alan Joseph, stated, "Matt's intensity for the sport of rifle helped propel Xavier University into national prominence in intercollegiate rifle. XU improved from obscurity to the fifth-ranked team in the nation during his four years."