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Posted: Dec 20, 2016 2:38 PMUpdated: Dec 20, 2016 2:38 PM

OSU Club Earns National Honors

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Ben Nicholas

The Oklahoma State University Shotgun Sports Club is among many groups nationwide that have jumped onto the wave of popularity sweeping over competitive shooting in the past decade or so.

Faculty adviser Nathan Walker, Ph.D., and founding members including Joe White and Trent Pribil organized the OSU team seven years ago. Now, the club has more than 70 shooters and is consistently earning honors at various shooting events across the Midwest.

Club President Cody Sutton of Beaver is hoping to land a spot on the U.S. shooting team for international skeet shooting in the next Olympic Games.

Sutton says “This season my goals are to place in every shoot we attend. For our collegiate nationals, I want to place in the top 10 overall for all events.”

Last spring, Sutton earned medals in all four matches the club attended. He shot his way to wins in sporting clays; high overall in skeet, trap, sporting clays and wobble trap; and twice in international skeet.

The OSU team placed eighth out of 47 divisional teams at the ACUI Collegiate Clay Target Championship based on solid shooting from members including Bryce Cook, Tess Decker, Travis Hallum, J.T. Hearn, Mitchell Jones, Kyle Smith, Parker Smith and Sam Stingley, all of whom performed well above their competition, Sutton said.

The club practices twice a week to prepare for competitions, with about 20 members regularly attending practices.


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