Lake Land College Named National Trap Shooting Champion Runner-Up Team at USA College Clay Target Nationals

Front row, left to right, Clay Target Shooting Head Coach Josh Fulk; Lucas Ruholl, Teutopolis; Jaxson Wilson, Newton; Brandon Himes, Toledo; Ethan Heuerman, Dieterich; and Austin Carlen, Cumberland. Back row, left to right, Morgan Beurester, Newton; Macie Weichman, Teutopolis; Garrett Hoene, Stewardson; Miley Britton, Dieterich and Kaiden Kohnert, Effingham.

The Lake Land College Clay Target Shooting team was named the National Trap Shooting Champion Runner-Up Team at the USA College Clay Target Nationals.

Multiple Lakers also received individual honors during the event. Jaxson Wilson, Newton, was named National Individual Champion with a score of 197/200. Wilson also placed first in the High Silver Male Category. Brandon Himes, Toledo, placed second in the High Gold Male Category with a score of 194/200.

The Lake Land Clay Target Shooting team was added to the College’s athletic lineup in Fall 2023. In just its second year of competition, the team impressed against the 18 colleges and universities across the nation that participated in nationals tournament. 

“I am very proud of our team's accomplishment. Being just our second year as an athletic program on campus, this achievement definitely sets the bar high for future years,” Clay Target Shooting Head Coach Josh Fulk said. “Coming in second at Nationals to a program that is well known in the trapshooting community with years of history is definitely a huge accomplishment. I look forward to the future and what we will accomplish.”

The 2024-2025 Lake Land College Clay Target Shooting team consists of the following students: