The Scholastic Shooting Sports Foundation (SSSF) and National Rifle Association (NRA) announced the names of the 2013 NRA/SCTP All Scholastic Team today. Seventy-Nine SCTP Athletes qualified for this year’s NRA/SCTP All Scholastic Team. Their achievements in the classroom and their marksmanship in competition have resulted in their selection for this honor. The Awardees will receive a Certificate, Patch and Pin acknowledging their accomplishment. Those who are attending the 2013 SCTP Nationals in Sparta will be honored at a reception during the event. All others will receive their Awards via mail.
“SSSF is strongly committed to fulfilling the ‘Scholastic’ element of our programs by encouraging excellence in academics as well as in the shooting sports,” said Dan Hathaway, SSSF Executive Director. “We are proud of all of our student athletes and pleased to honor the accomplishments of those who qualified for this team.”
Victoria Croft, the NRA Manager for Collegiate and School Programs, stated, “The NRA is pleased to partner with SSSF in encouraging young people to excel in both shooting and their schoolwork and to honor those who have succeeded.”
The following SCTP Athletes have been named to the 2013 NRA/ SCTP All Scholastic Team:
Austin Ainsworth (TN)
John Baggett (TN)
Evan Barr (OH)
Parker Bates (IL)
Devan Bauer (TX)
Chase Boling (TN)
Katarina Borg (AK)
Baylor Brooks (TX)
Tye Burch (IA)
Dylan Burns (MN)
Tricia Cook (IL)
Cory Cook (NC)
Lawrence Cooper (TN)
Matthew Copeland (NC)
Bradley Cox (MO)
Hunter Cushman (IL)
Matthew Davis (MI)
Tess Decker (OK)
Alexander Dietrich (IL)
Joshua Dintleman (MO)
Amanda Dradt (OH)
Kyle Dullaghan (KY)
Coleman Etelkozi (FL)
Danny Evans (CA)
William Faeth (IA)
Tristian Fenwick (TN)
Josh Galloway (MO)
Ryan Goke (TN)
Kyle Goke (TN)
Gunner Hall (OH)
Tanner Hamilton (KY)
Eli Hammer (TN)
Ty Harmston (IL)
Lake Heaton (IA)
Blake Horner (OH)
Christopher Jensen (MO)
Christian Jensen (WI)
Chase Jindra (OH)
Kacey Kean (MI)
Taylor Kennemer (MO)
Eddie Korando (WI)
Andrew Korando (WI)
Jack Koury (MO)
Logan Landers (TN)
Carson Ledford (OH)
Nolan Loughry (OH)
Joshua Mallet (OH)
Shane Marshall (TN)
Brad McFarlane (TN)
Brittany Mehner (IL)
Brent Older (OH)
Nicholas Ostrander (MI)
Chase Owens (AZ)
Ryan Patterson (TN)
Nathan Patterson (KS)
Maximilian Porte (AZ)
Davis Rader (TN)
Jorge Ragde III (CA)
John (Tripp) Reed (TN)
Ben Schroeder (IL)
Warren Scott (TX)
Chase Smith (TN)
Brandon Strasser (IA)
Ernest Steffensmeier (IA)
Kaleb Stuekerjuergen (IA)
Benjamin Swiger (OH)
Weston Thompson (TN)
Grant Thurman (ID)
Chris Tulley (TN)
Justin Uhart (NV)
Jake Vande Noord (TN)
Ethan Vinyard (MO)
Megan Vogt (IL)
Max Weiser (MO)
Ashton Werner (WI)
Thomas Williamson (TN)
Cecilia Young (MO)
Tobbie Zook (AK)
Charlie Zuidema (MI)
The Scholastic Shooting Sports Foundation (SSSF) is responsible for all aspects of the Scholastic Clay Target Program (SCTP) and Scholastic Pistol Program (SPP) across the United States, including participant registration, coaches, state coordinators, state and national championships, promotion, communications, websites, public relations and growth strategies The Scholastic Shooting Sports Foundation exists to raise funding and other resources for Youth Development Programs in the shooting sports industry.
SCTP and SPP are youth development programs, originally developed by the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF), where adult coaches and volunteers model sportsmanship, responsibility, honesty, ethics, integrity, and teamwork while using shooting sports programs to teach these and other positive life skills to the athletes.
To learn more about SCTP or SPP call (419) 794-9924 or visit their website at www.shootsctp.org.