Right away, you know she's not your average high school senior.

"I love homework," Jennifer Plocinik of Lehighton said. "Especially Calculus homework; that's the most fun."Huh?So, she can do math. She also excels in other subjects, and is a member of the Lehighton High School's National Honor Society. She can also sing (was a member of the school's chorus and show choir), play soccer and put out fires (she's a junior firefighter with the Mahoning Fire Department, starting hazardous materials training next week).And she can also shoot a hole through the center of a target with amazing, consistent accuracy. Plocinik has been a member of the Ontelaunee Rod & Gun Club's Junior Rifle Team for just over a year, and her skill in the shooting sports has landed her a scholarship to attend the University of Tennessee, a Division One school. The Ontelaunee Club is located in New Tripoli."We've (she and her dad Ron) been a member at Ontelaunee for three years, and I've been hunting with my dad since I was 14," said Plocinik, who bagged a deer her first time hunting. "We joined to have a place to practice with the rifle."After Plocinik sustained a concussion while playing indoor soccer, she looked for another sport. She already knew she enjoyed shooting her hunting rifle, and found out that Ontelaunee has a junior rifle team. Since joining, she's practicing three to nine hours a week.The coaches for the team are Tom Fister of Kutztown, and Rich Frantz of Tamaqua. Frantz's daughters, Kaitlyn and Sarah, are members of the team, along with Quintin Lawley, Luke Chromiak, Jackie Collo, Josh Collo, Willy Hower, Kerry Kerschner, Max Kuscan, Plocinik, Emma Rhode and Andrew Bowman."They practice two times a week, for several hours," Tom Fister said. "It's a serious sport. They have to concentrate, and it takes mental and physical strength. They are very devoted to the sport."Concentration is a huge part of the sport. At times during practice, the shooters take part in what they call "distraction" drills. People talk, walk behind them, make noise and do other things to try to break the shooters' concentration. It's all part of things that could happen during a match.Plocinik said she likes that mental focus and self-discipline are big parts of the sport."I like that it's an individual sport," she said. "Also, I like things that are very precise - like math, like shooting."Plocinik plans to major in mechanical engineering, and use her degree for work in a military field. Her dad was a member of the United States Marine Corps. She'll attend the University of Tennessee's campus in Martin, which is headquarters for the rifle team. At college, she'll compete in air rifle and small-bore rifle (.22 caliber). The school has a women's team and a co-ed team.She and her parents, Ron and Cathy, visited several schools before choosing Tennessee."She just loved it there - the people were so friendly," Cathy Plocinik said. "They bent over backwards to make her feel at home."Jennifer Plocinik agreed that the school has a friendly atmosphere."I liked that it was a small campus and the dorms are really nice - set up as three-bedroom suites," she said. "I went to an engineering class, and after the class the teacher took the time to show me around the classrooms and the lab areas."I'm enjoying my senior year," she added. "But I've already started looking forward to going to college, and competing on the rifle team."And of course, doing her homework.