The Grace Shooting Sports Club (GSSC) earned top overall team honors for the second consecutive year at the Hoosier Fall Collegiate Invitational (HFCI). In addition to the overall title, the team captured several other team and individual awards.
The GSSC team also took first place in skeet and handicap (distance) trap, as well as the combined scores for all trap events. Individually, Hope Klotz earned top honors for the high overall score in handicap trap, securing the win in a shoot-off. Klotz also received the High All-Around Female award for the weekend.
The two-day event included each athlete shooting six events, totaling 475 targets. More than 60 students from eight different colleges and universities participated. Rochester Gun Club hosted the trap shooting events on Saturday, and KOSKO Shotgun Sports Complex, Grace’s home club, hosted the Sunday events.
“This was the third annual HFCI event. It is wonderful that Grace can partner with Purdue to continue to expand this opportunity for competitors throughout the region,” said Paul Blair, GSSC head coach. “Despite truly awful weather this past weekend, our students and the rest of the competitors kept wonderful attitudes throughout and made the competition a great success.”
Now in its tenth year, the GSSC is a recreational shotgun shooting club that emphasizes gun safety, skill development, and community engagement. The group strives to promote a positive image of shooting sports, provide opportunities for leadership development and enhance community awareness of safe shooting practices.
The GSSC is open to all Grace students and meets twice a month at KOSKO Shotgun Sports Complex, 2391 Fox Farm Road, Warsaw. Practices include shooting a variety of sporting clays, trap and skeet. Currently, 60 Grace students are on the GSSC roster, with nine competing on the official team.
To learn more about GSSC, contact coach Paul Blair at blairp@grace.edu.
Photo attached: (Left to right): Joel Petrie, Piper Conley, Curtis Drake, Lauren Papenfus, Thomas O’Neil, Lexas McCallister, Jackson Million, Addison Clark, Hope Klotz, Jakob Haber, Micah Graber, and John Thomas.
