Team Biographies
Classification: High Master & Nationally Distinguished
Age: 18
Hometown: Groveland
School: Senior and taking classes at Columbia Junior College
Goals: My main goal is helping as many shooters as I can so that they can perform to the best of their abilities. As for shooting in general, I'm training for not only High Junior but to be competitive at the top of the score board during Nationals, Camp Perry, OH. Also, I would like to dominate "all" team matches with my team mates!
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 horses and train colts, raft rivers, hike mountains, work in the woods, and load ammo. Once finished with high-school I will be attending Columbia College for an AA in Natural Resources Technology.
I little extra: Shooting is about trusting your balance mentally; allowing yourself to perform at your greatest. It's not a sport where the biggest and strongest win; it's the one who believes in them self.
Age: 19
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.
Classification: Master
Age: 18
Hometown: Sonora
School: Senior at Summerville High School
Goals: To reach 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: 16
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: Master
Age: 16
Hometown: Sonora
Goals: My goals for this upcoming summer are to achieve the rank of High Master, Become Distinguished at Camp Perry, and to have a great time doing what I like to do.
Interests: I have always enjoyed shooting since my dad started me in the .22 club at our range in Jamestown. Since the time i took the first shot, I have always given it my best to shoot as well as I can and it has shaped me into who I am now.
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:19
Hometown: Kentfeild
Classification: Master & Nationally Distinguished
School: Freshman at Questa Community College, Mechanical Engineering Major hoping to transfer junior year to Cal Poly
Interests: Wrestling, Lacrosse, shooting, hiking and rock climbing
Goals: To set a National Record and to make the President's 100.
Age: 18
Hometown: Carlsbad, CA
Classification: Master
Interests: Aside from shooting, I enjoy playing the guitar, swimming, hiking and going to the beach. I love to read and have a large collection of books related to shooting among other things.
Goals: To become a High master and go Distinguished . I will be graduating this year from High School and want to go to the University of San Diego and study to become an engineer.
Age: 18
Classification: Master
Hometown: Escondido
School: Senior Year
Interests: Sketching and drawing, hanging out with friends.
Age: 18
Hometown: Stevenson Ranch
Classification: Master
School: Freshman at UC Irvine, Mechanical Engineering Major
Interests: Shooting, Hunting, video games, soccer and having fun.
Goals: To become a successful engineer.
Age: 18
Hometown: Lafayette
Classification: Master
School: Senior
Graduating from High School, an Eagle Scout, he is going in to the Marine Corp Reserves. He plans to attend Purdue University in Indiana and graduate to be commissioned as an officer in the Marine Corp.
Age: 18
Hometown: Mi Wuk Village
Classification: Expert
School: Senior and taking classes at Columbia Junior College
Goals: To get all A's on my report card and run my own Internet based business.
Age: 17
Hometown: Soulsbyville
Classification: Master
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: Waterford, CA
School: Senior at Hughson High School
I enjoy spending time at the lake with my family. I like to spend time with my friends before they all go off to college.
Age: 15
Classification: Master
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: 14
School: 8th grade at Escondido Adventist Academy
Classification: Expert
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.
Age: 14
School: Freshman at Connections Academy of Visual and Performing Arts with Summerville High School District
Plays the Saxophone for the Orange Crush Band and is taking college preparation courses in anticipation of a degree in engineering. Josh's dream is to be a weapons engineer.
Age: 16
Sophie is a first-year member of the California Grizzlies
- She is a junior at Connections Academy/Summerville High School where she participates in Academic Decathlon & School Plays
- Sophie wants to get her pilot's license and has been flying with the Young Eagles Program
- She plans to attend Columbia College to get her AA Degree in Biology. After graduation she wants to go into the Navy and become a pilot, followed by going to UCD and ultimately become a veterinarian.
- Sophie likes to shoot, backpack, hike, fish, camp, ride roller coasters, play her ukulele and ski.
Age: 15
School: Freshman at Sonora High School
Peter is very active in 4-H. He is a member of the Tuolumne County Leadership Team, serves as the president of the Foothill 4-H Club and is enrolled the Shooting Sports, Swine, Showing and Fitting and Poultry projects. He is looking forward to some free time when he can work on restoring his '71 Duster!
Age: 15
School: I go to Summerville High School in Tuolumne, and I'm in 10th grade
I like: Running (Cross Country Team), Backpacking, Hiking, Fishing, Camping, and bike riding. My goals in shooting are to be a Master in shooting by the end of the year 2012.
My future goals would to be in either the U.S. Army or Coast Guard, and then get a job with either the FBI or NCIS.
Age: 15
I am in my freshman year and I enjoy hunting, golfing, fishing, and basketball.
Age: 12
School: sixth grade at Sierra Waldorf School
Jake is a first-year member of the California Grizzlies.
He likes to hunt, fish, camp, to ride dirt bikes. He plays the guitar and is an avid collector of WWI, WWII and Vietnam Memorabilia.
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.