Hillsdale College Shotgun Team Comes in Third Place at National Championship
The team posted top scores in multiple disciplines, and five athletes were named All-Americans.
HILLSDALE, Mich. — The Hillsdale College Shotgun Team won third place Division II Team High Overall at the ACUI/SCTP Collegiate Clay Target Championship, which took place at the National Shooting Complex in San Antonio, Texas, from March 17-22.
“Making the podium at nationals is always an accomplishment,” said head shotgun coach Jordan Hintz. “A lot has to go right at an event this long with so many disciplines. I’m so proud of all our athletes, especially the seniors and freshmen, even if the outcome was not quite what we wanted. We’ll be back next year and hungrier than ever.”
“We’ll be back next year and hungrier than ever.”
In American Skeet, Hillsdale athletes broke 497/500 targets, earning first place in Division II and the highest score of any team in attendance regardless of division. In Skeet Doubles, the team broke 485/500 targets, once again earning the highest score in any division and first place in Division II. The team finished eighth in American Trap, fifth in Trap Doubles, fifth in Super Sporting, and fifth in Sporting Clays. Overall, the team came in third for Division II, breaking 2822/3000 targets.
Five team members were named All-Americans for their individual performances: Madeline Corbin ’27, Joshua Corbin ’25, Jordan Sapp ’26, Luke Johnson ’27, and Davis Hay ’26.
Sapp won the Men’s Combined Skeet trophy, breaking 199/200 targets. He also came in second place in A Class Men’s Super Sporting.
Madeline Corbin won the Women’s Combined Skeet trophy, breaking 196/200 targets. She also won second place in both AA Class Women’s American Skeet and AA Class American Trap as well as first place in AA Class Women’s Skeet Doubles.
Joshua Corbin came in first in both AA Class Sporting Clays and AA Class Men’s Super Sporting.
Taylor Dale ’28 came in second place in A Class Women’s American Skeet, and Marin McKinney ’28 came in first in A Class Women’s Skeet Doubles.
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About the John Anthony Halter Shooting Sports Education Center
The Halter Center is a state-of-the-art shooting facility located five miles from the Hillsdale College campus. Opened in 2008, the Center aims to introduce individuals to shooting sports and encourage interest across all levels of experience. The Halter Center also serves an educational purpose by promoting the principles of the Constitution and teaching beginner and experienced shooters in various classes. Home to Hillsdale College’s collegiate shooting teams and the USA national team, the Halter Center is also a resource for the public through camps, conferences, and other programming. For more information, visit shootingsports.hillsdale.edu.
Hillsdale College has been the home of the USA Shooting National Team since 2019 and has hosted USA Shooting Junior Olympic trap and skeet development camps and championships. The Center boasts 113 range acres, four international skeet fields, a 23-station sporting clays course, five international bunkers, a small arms range, an action shooting range, an enclosed and climate-controlled five-stand range, an international archery range, eight American trap fields, the AcuSport Lodge and Grille, and four cottages to accommodate overnight lodging. A 62,000-square-foot indoor/outdoor rifle and pistol building will be completed in summer 2025.