Jilann Brunett
Inducted
August 3, 1985
Jilann O. Brunett is one of five former athletes being inducted
into the Hall of Fame. Brunett attended Michigan Tech from 1960 to
1964 and excelled as a four-year letter winner on the rifle team.
She held 17 national records during her career, winning the
National Women's Small Bore Rifle Championship in 1963.
In 1964 Burnett had the best shooting average on the team for
the fourth straight year (293.1). She was the NRA Sectional
Runner-up with a score of 291 and won the small bore four position
metallic sight championship and the small bore any position
championship. She became the first woman elected to membership into
Michigan Tech's Varsity Club, and was team captain during her
junior and senior years.
