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Junior Shooters Attend MidwayUSA Foundation’s Annual SHOT Show Reception
Posted By admin on February 16, 2025
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Junior Shooters magazine sends juniors and their families to the SHOT Show each year so they can participate in the shooting industries’ biggest show, see some of the top competitive shooters in the country, and learn more about what the industry has to offer. One of the best events of the show is MidwayUSA Foundation’s annual event supporting their sponsors. Their release of the event is below along with some of our photos.
Junior Shooters Sly (L), and Kyla (R), with Steve Gould from Target Focused Live.
Columbia, MO – The leading advocate for youth shooting sports, MidwayUSA Foundation, welcomed a room full of supporters at this year’s SHOT Show. The reception shared ways the industry can support youth shooting sports and showed gratitude to current sponsors and partners. This year Steve Gould of Target Focused Life addressed the crowd. “MidwayUSA Foundation goes far beyond just funding youth shooting teams. Youth shooting sports helps create sustainability in our industry,” said Steve Gould.
MidwayUSA Foundation’s SHOT Show reception was the beginning of a new partnership with Steve Gould and Target Focused Life. Throughout 2025, this collaboration will continue to provide exciting opportunities through marketing and video content. “Investing in our youth benefits the future of the outdoor industry, the 2nd amendment, and ultimately, our nation. I am so excited to partner with MidwayUSA Foundation as they strive to fund the future of youth shooting sports,” added Gould.
In addition to this new partnership, loyal sponsors continued their relationship with the public charity that funds America’s youth shooting teams. SKB Shotguns renewed its sponsorship and made a generous donation generated from accessory sales, an annual program specifically created to benefit youth shooting sports. “SKB has a long-standing tradition of quality products and services that support youth shooting sports and gun enthusiasts. It’s vitally important we invest in the next generation to carry on our shooting sports heritage in America. We’re proud to partner with them and help change the future of youth shooting sports,” said Rob Johansen, SKB Shotguns Owner.
Junior Shooters, Kyla (L) and Sly (R), with Rick Leach, the Director of the Scholastic Shooting Sports Foundation. Learn how your business or organization can partner with MidwayUSA Foundation to fund young shooting athletes across the nation by contacting John Linquist, Relationship Manager (jlinquist@midwayusafoundation.org).
The MidwayUSA Foundation is a 501(c)(3) public charity working to sustain and grow youth shooting sports by providing long-term funding to youth shooting teams. Every donation made is tax-deductible and allows the Foundation to assist in expanding and enhancing the leadership skills, confidence, and discipline of today’s youth through shooting sports activities. The Foundation supports all shooting disciplines. For more information about how the MidwayUSA Foundation is changing the future of youth shooting sports, please visit midwayusafoundation.org or call 1-877-375-4570.
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Anna Behnke, 17, of the Wisconsin Junior Rifle Team, had a great experience at the 2024 National Matches at Camp Perry because, she said, she has a great team that provides a strong foundation for growth. As the high junior in the National Trophy Individual Rifle Match, Behnke earned the Golden Eagle Trophy.
Behnke became interested in marksmanship when a family friend invited her to watch his kids shoot. She started with smallbore and evolved to rifle about five years ago. Now, she has a passion for the sport.
Competition exists between team members, but rather than being a dividing force, it strengthens them individually and collectively. In the end, four of the Wisconsin Junior Rifle Team members earned the Col. Bill Deneke Trophy. It is rare for four competitors from the same team to achieve the honor.
“It was practice, practice, practice trigger time,” she said. “And I spent time trying to figure out the wind. We’re just not used to that kind of wind at home.”
Her performance at the rifle match transformed her competitive thought process.
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