I dropped out of shooting for a couple years upon graduating since I didn't have my own equipment and could not afford to buy it. However, I watched the 1994 Winter Olympics every night after work and the bug hit me again. I decided I wanted to win an Olympic Gold Medal in shooting. Thus, in October, 1994 I took out a loan to buy my air rifle equipment and set up a range in the basement. However, I also got married shortly thereafter, and my family quickly took priority. See my wife's family spotlight page for lots of pictures. So I am content with just shooting a local match or two a year though I did compete in the 2000 and 2004 Olympic trials. My high scores now are 383 and 572 in air and 1148 at 50 feet and 1140 at 50 meters.
I have been coaching the NCAA rifle team at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology since 1994 and would like to get any info on junior shooters who may be interested in an excellent engineering education. Rose-Hulman has been ranked #1 for undergraduate engineering 5 years in a row. The rifle team has been ranked in the Top 20 for 6 of the last 8 years, including 14th in 2004.
Me on the line at the 2004 Olympic Team Trials.
...and here is some other shooting I rarely get to do. After 5 years of hardly touching my handguns, I still got most in the A zone rapid fire (note the 3 cases still in the air)! (June, 1998)
