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Scholarships for the Shooting Sports
Posted by Junior Shooters
By Andy Fink
From editorial Summer 2019 of Junior Shooters magazine
Summer is here, and those of you who are seniors this fall are thinking about college. 
Even juniors should start thinking about college. Did you know that shooting sport scholarships are available from a variety of colleges and organizations for you to participate in?
There are nearly 300 colleges and universities that offer shooting programs in the United States. Many of them have shooting scholarships. For example, 31 schools sponsored varsity rifle teams during 2017-2018. Even more had shotgun shooting discipline programs.
The National Rifle Association (NRA) has a wealth of information on this. Check out:
https://competitions.nra.org/competitions/nra-national-matches/collegiate-championships/
and look at the NRA for their Collegiate Shooting Sports Directory:
which allows you to filter by discipline and by state. If the college you want to go to isn’t listed, then call the school and ask them if they have a shooting sport program. Another NRA resource link is:
https://www.nrafamily.org/articles/2017/7/31/how-to-get-a-shooting-scholarship/ which provides information on “How to Get a Shooting Scholarship.”
I mentioned scholarships in the paragraph above. Quite a few colleges have shooting scholarships, but they aren’t the only ones. Many shooting organizations and clubs have shooting scholarships, including the NRA, the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF), Civilian Marksmanship Program (CMP), Scholastic Clay Target Program (SCTP), Scholastic Action Shooting Program (SASP), Daisy 4-H Shooting Sports Scholarship, the Single Action Shooting Society (SASS), Cowboy Fast Draw Association (CFDA), the Amateur Trapshooting Association (ATA), the American Legion, and many more.
Don’t give up on a sport you love just because you are going to college. Participate while in college and try for a scholarship!
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