Team Biographies
Age: 17
Classification: Master
Other Info: Brandon enjoys all types of shooting, but mainly long-range
rifle shooting. He’s been shooting all his life but started the .22 Program
at the Mother Lode Gun Club in the fall of 2004. Besides shooting, he likes to hunt,
fish, hike in the Sierra Nevada’s, 4 wheel and pretty much everything else
that has to do with the outdoors. He is a freshman at Sonora High School and his
main goals are to graduate high school, eventually earn a High-Master classification
and later get accepted into the Marine Scout/Sniper Training School and graduate
from the School. After the Marines he plans to continue competitive rifle shooting
and get a job with Cal Fire or the US Forest Service.
Classification: High Master
Age: 17
Hometown: Groveland
Goals: My main goal is to help as many shooters as I can so they can perform to the best of their abilities. I'd like to dominate Camp Perry in the NRA matches such as being high junior and high woman. Also there are many team matches I would like to win with other Grizzlies. Of course, a goal that is at the top of my list is High Master.
Interests: Shooting, shooting, shooting. Any day at the range is a great day. Any day shooting in the pouring rain is an awesome day. Besides shooting I work my horses out in the woods and train colts. After high school I am planing to go to Feather River College for two years.
I little extra: Shooting is about trusting your balance mentally and being able to grab your mind and shoot the "x" out of the center of the target!
Age: 18
Hometown: Copperopolis
Classification: Master
Goals:
- To have fun and excel in shooting
Interests: Bradley is a die hard skier and in winter, if he's not on the range than he's on the slopes. This is his first year on the Grizzlies and went to Camp Perry for the first time this past August. He enjoys hanging out with friends, listening to music, shooting, skiing, and long walks on the beach! (haha) Bradley had a great time at Perry and it was a worth while trip for him and is very excited to be going back next year.
Age: 20
Hometown: Mi Wuk Village
Classification: Expert
Goals:
- To "clean" 600 yards
- Get High Master Classification
Interests: Archery, raising/showing rabbits, soccer, shooting, Jujitsu
Other Info: Kayla has been to Camp Perry 3 times with the Grizzlies and loves being the team.
Classification: Expert
Age: 17
Hometown: Sonora
Goals: To reach Master then eventually High Master
Interests: I like to work with my friends in metal work, carpentry and auto mechanics. I enjoy being outdoors and am learning to shoot a bow and arrow. I also like to play my banjo. Country music is my favorite.
Classification: Master
Age: 15
Hometown: Copperopolis
Goals: Short term goal would be to practice, practice, practice, so I can move my classification up as quickly as possible. Long term goal is to do well in high school, go on to a university and make something of myself. Hopefully in a career that has to do with firearms.
Interests: I love shooting of all types. Whether real or simulated if it has a trigger and a projectile I’m in! I enjoy airsoft and paintball with my friends and all the Call of Duty games on Xbox are my weakness. But High Power is my passion. To make the shot count at extreme distances always makes my day.
Anything Else: “You’ll get out of it what you put into
it.” Our coach Rob Taylor told us this at one of our practices and I like
to keep that valuable statement in mind for everything I do
Classification: Sharpshooter
Age: 18
Hometown: Sonora
Goals: My goals are to graduate high school and sign up for the Army and try to get on the Army Marksmanship Unit
Classification: Expert
Age: 15
Hometown: Sonora
Goals: My main goal is to become an expert before or during nationals at Camp Perry, Ohio.
Interests: I always have a good time playing the piano and guitar. I love all art including sketching, painting and stained glass. I love to swim and play Water Polo. I spend most of my free time outdoors or tinkering with some creation in the garage. I strive to achieve academic excellence and especially love studying science.
Anything Else: I plan to go to college after graduating from Sonora High School and study science. I would welcome an ROTC scholarship, as I see the military as a great career as well.
Age:18
Hometown: Kentfeild
Classification: Master
Interests: wrestling, lacrosse, shooting
Goals: To become distinguished, set junior sitting national record to make Presidents 100 and to become a High Master.
Age: 17
Hometown: Carlsbad, CA
Classification: Master
Interests: Aside from shooting, I enjoy playing the guitar, swimming and going to the beach. My other passion is working out, doing crossfit every week at school with lots of pushups and pull ups. In addition to shooting and hanging out with friends, he aspires to become an engineer.
Goals: To become a High Master and go Distinguished by the end of the current year.
Additional Info: My parents are from India, but have lived in the United States over 25 years. I was born in San Diego and have lived in California for my entire life. I have been shooting High Power for about 6 months (since September 2009). I love to read and have a large collection of books related to shooting among other things.
Age: 17
Classification: Expert
Hometown: Escondido
Interests: Bblack and white sketching besides shooting.
Age: 17
Hometown: Stevenson Ranch
Classification: Expert
Interests: Shooting, Hunting, video games, soccer and having fun.
Goals: To attend a four year university and become a successful engineer. I am currently attending Bishop Alemany High School.
Age: 17
Hometown: Lafayette
Classification: Expert
Goals: My goals are to become a distinguished rifleman before I age out and to make the Presidents 100 as a junior.
Age: 17
Hometown: Mi Wuk Village
Classification: Sharpshooter
Goals: To make Sharpshooter, get all A's on my report card and own my own Internet based business.
Age: 16
Hometown: Soulsbyville
Goals: Become Distinguished before the age of 20
Interests:I enjoy looking at and restoring old, classic cars. As of right now I’m building a 1964 Ford for my self. On my spare time, I usually shoot any sort of gun that I have; Pistol, rifle, etc. I’m a sophomore at Sonora High holding a 4.0 GPA. My plans after high school are to go to college to be a mechanical engineer. I just joined the team in February of 2010.
Age: 18
Classification: Master
Hometown: Lemoore and Kingsburg, CA
Interests: Beside shooting and more shooting. Dirt Bikes and working on any machine that moves.
Goals: To become a High Master and be distinguished as soon as possible.
Additional Information: I started shooting competitively with a .22 long rifle when I was ten years old. Then I started shooting at the Lemoore Sportsman Club. I shot small bore for about three years and I was doing very well. Then a friend told me that there was a high-power competitive sport using AR-15 that I should check into. So, I did. I met the team that shot Coalinga and was introduced to the California Grizzlies. As my shooting with the AR-15 improved, I was accepted on the team. I shot in local and statewide matches, even went to Camp Perry, Ohio for the last four years. In 2009 was a year that I will not forget. I shot with the six man team that won the National Trophy Infantry Team Match and was also awarded a Congressional Citation. Then I was introduced to Palma, again what a thrill. I started shooting Palma in 2008 and also shot the Arizona State Palma Championship and won High Junior. I love these sports and plan to continue in them. California Grizzlies have been an inspiration and learning process which has help in many ways.
Age: 17
Classification: Expert
Hometown: Waterford, CA
Interests: I like to shoot, just like everyone else on this team. I've been shooting since I was about five years old. I like to shoot any kind of firearm any time. I also enjoy cowboying on my family's ranches. I am an avid hunter and fisherman. God Bless the USA!
Goals: My main goal is to graduate from a four yearuniversity and to earn my commission in the United States Marine Corps. I hope to major in mechanical engineering and tobecome a gunsmith after my time in the Marines.
Age: 14
Classification: Expert
Hometown: Ceres, CA
Interests: I started the junior program at Modesto Rifle Club when I was eight. I graduated the Winchester/ NRA Qualification program in January of 2011 as a distinguished expert. I still enjoy doing my smallbore competitions and I have started to shoot the outdoor smallbore and have done very well in that. I also enjoy hunting in California and out of state, especially antelope in Montana with my dad and our friends.
Goals: I would like to be a good team member and learn as much as I can from my team mates. I would also like to improve my scores across the course and I would like to do my absolute best at Camp Perry in August.
Age: 13
School: 7th grade at Escondido Adventist Academy
Classification: Marksman
Hometown: Escondido, CA
Interests: Jake loves shooting and football, shooting and football, shooting and football…….etc…
Goals: Get his Sharpshooter card and to place at the Nationals at Camp Perry.
Hometown: Jamestown
Classification: Den Mom!
Goals:
- To make sure the team is in good shape and can put their energy into their shooting
- To help them be the be the very best young adults they can be, on and off the range
Other Info: "It is my pleasure to work with and to help these young adults. It is great to watch them grow with each year. They are our future, we all need to do what we can to help them grow up to be smart, responsible adults."
Hometown: Tuolumne
Classification: Team coordinator to help see everything runs smoothly and help serve as an ‘adopted mom’ to the team or whatever else is needed.
Interests: I enjoy my grandchildren that I don’t see often enough and working with all the juniors involved in the junior program. I have been involved with the juniors for atleast 17 years + now since my own sons were juniors in the program. It would be wonderful to still be involved having my grandchildren involved in the program as well. There are so many fine young adults who have evolved out of this program.
Goals: To see that everything and everyone is taken care of so they might better be able to focus on shooting the best they can. To see that these young people turn in to the best adults they can be when they come out of the program, both on and off the range since they are our future.
Other Info: We have seen young adults go from the Grizzlies team in to the Citadel, AMU, Air Force Academy, and Annapolis. Many have a goal of getting in to law enforcement or just helping to coach other youth new in to the shooting program. Each one is as important as the other.