Wyant was an accomplished skeet shooter, hunter, and trout fisherman. He was a longstanding member of the Dallas Gun Club and served on their Board of Directors. He enjoyed being outdoors and observing animals, exploring canyons, and looking for fossils.

Though he lived in many places in his life, Wyant retired to New Mexico, the state in which he was born and that he always considered home. Wyant is survived by two daughters, three granddaughters, six siblings, and nieces and nephews. His wife, Linda Ridenour Wyant preceded him in death.

We invite you to read the entire online obituary that memorializes Don Wyant.

The Executive Committeemen reported a slight preference among the Directors canvassed for the 1000-target singles event standards. After thoughtful consideration, the Executive Committee has revised the 2012 NSSA Target Standards as follows:

Open Teams – 1000 in each of the four guns, with Doubles remaining at 500

Concurrents – Remain the same as previous levels, except for the reduction of 12 gauge to 800 targets to match the other single guns. Doubles remain at 500, and Sub-Junior, Senior Veteran and Super Veteran remain at previous levels.

The NSSA Target Standards program serves two purposes. The association recognizes those shooters who register a minimum number of targets for the year, awarding a “Target Standards” pin to each member who reaches that milestone. Secondly, if you are competing for the All-American Team, High Average Leader honors, or Honor Squad, you must shoot the minimums set in the Target Standards.

NSSA Headquarters will be sending out reminders of target standards throughout the season.

The Executive Committee will be considering a ballot vote at the annual director’s meeting in October to address target standards for future shooting seasons as we move forward.

Leading the ranks of shooters with the highest number of All-American points is Open team captain Zachary Kienbaum. The full list of team captains includes:

Open – Zachary Kienbaum

Click here to see the complete list of 2012 Krieghoff All-American Teams.

Teams are selected solely by the All-American Points System. Each team is based on the previous year’s shooting.

Open team requires a minimum of 1200 registered targets for the year. Lady, Veteran, Super Veteran, and Senior Super Veteran teams require a minimum of 1000 registered targets. Junior and Sub-Junior teams require a minimum of 800 registered targets.

Congratulations to all 2012 Krieghoff All-American teams, and thanks to Krieghoff for sponsoring this recognition program.

NSCA maintains bound copies of each year’s Sporting Clays Magazine, but we’re missing three copies for September/October 1992. If you’ll send us yours, we’ll give you free entry to the 2012 K-Kup held during the National Sporting Clays Championship. The K-Kup entry offer is available to three people who are willing to trade their magazines.

If you have a copy you’ll send to us, contact Glynne Moseley at gmoseley@nssa-nsca.com

There will be no entry fee for national teams, and the teams will be designated for awards only. Concurrents will include Lady, Junior, Veteran, and Super Veteran. When all the scores are in, for Open and each category of concurrent, the top three shooters will be considered the national team. Then, the best composite team scores will be awarded national team honors.

The Pan American Sporting Clays Championship is open to all shooters from North, Central, and South America. The inaugural event will be held at the National Shooting Complex in San Antonio, April 27-29. Future events will alternate years between the NSC and Central/South American locations. The National Shooting Complex will be the venue in even years.

You can access more information and registration links on the Pan American Sporting Clays Championship web page.

Four-time Olympic medalist Kim Rhode, already competing at the 2012 Olympic Games in skeet, will shoot in the Tucson World Cup looking to earn a spot in women's trap as well.

The 2012 ISSF Shotgun World Cup will be one of two final World Cup stops contested prior to the 2012 Olympic Games in London. As a result, USA Shooting anticipates a large number of shooters, as many will use this as one of the last major shooting tests prior to the Games getting underway July 26. Shooters will compete in the three different international events of trap, double trap and skeet.

Among the world-class field of shooters will be American Kim Rhode (El Monte, CA) as she begins her quest for Olympic history. The four-time Olympic medalist has the opportunity to become the first U.S. female to win five individual medals in five Olympic Games if she accomplishes the feat yet again in London.

“I’m looking forward to the Tucson World Cup as a measure of what I need to do to prepare for the London Games,” said Rhode. “Plus, this will be my first opportunity to post an MQS [minimum qualifying score] and qualify for the London Olympics in trap as well. It is going to be nice to have the home field advantage for a change, and being Tucson Trap and Skeet Club is a premier shooting range, we can expect high scores.”

Four additional 2008 Olympians will also be a part of the USA Shooting Team represented in Tucson including gold medalists Vincent Hancock (skeet/Eatonton, GA) and Glen Eller (double trap/Katy, TX) as well as women’s trap bronze medalist Corey Cogdell (Eagle River, AK). Jeff Holguin (Yorba Linda, CA), a fourth-place finisher in double trap, is also set to participate. A full list of top competitors will be released after February 23.

The Tucson Trap & Skeet Club has recently constructed international trap bunkers to add to their current trap and skeet competition capability. Not only will the event bring added tourism revenue, but it will also allow the city of Tucson to display its historic roots.

“This event is a tremendous opportunity to not only showcase our incredible year-round weather and warm hospitality, but also to show that Tucson is one of a handful of sites in the United States that can host this type of event for many years to come,” said Tucson Sports Director Vince Trinidad.

“We look forward to partnering with Tucson Trap and Skeet Club to host a 2012 ISSF World Cup event,” said USAS Executive Director Robert Mitchell. “The club has added Olympic-style shotgun fields to an impressive facility that has hosted many large American shotgun competitions previously. The World Cup will be an individual qualifier for the 2012 Olympic Games in the Trap, Skeet and Double Trap events and thus will feature intense competition and provide a preview of things to come in London.”

Tucson Trap & Skeet Club
The Tucson Trap and Skeet Club is a 501c3 non-profit organization located at 7800 W. Old Ajo Highway. It has served southern Arizona’s shooting sportsman since its original incorporation in 1948 and is also one of the oldest and largest clubs in the nation. The Tucson Trap & Skeet Club has been in its present location, west of historic Tucson, since early 1976 when construction on the 80-acre site was completed. In 2009, the club was named a shotgun Regional Training Center by USA Shooting, which designates it as an area with exceptional facilities, coaches, and competition opportunities. For more information about The Tucson Trap and Skeet Club, please visit their website www.tucsontrapandskeet.com.

USA Shooting
USA Shooting, a 501c3 non-profit corporation, was chartered by the United States Olympic Committee as the National Governing Body for the sport of shooting in April 1995. USA Shooting’s mission is to prepare American athletes to win Olympic medals, promote the shooting sports throughout the U.S. and govern the conduct of international shooting in the country. Check us out on the web at www.usashooting.org.

Trophies will be awarded to high team and individual for each event and overall. Entry is $25 per shooter per event or all three for $65.

Hotel information is available upon request. For more information and registration, contact Austin Davis, akd86@msstate.edu or Dr. Mike Brown, mike.brown@msstate.edu.

Here are the corrected lists for Sub-Sub and Sub-Senior.

We apologize for the error. A correction will be published in the April issue.

The Junior Olympic program for USA Shooting can often be the beginning of the Olympic journey for many shooters. Tasked with the responsibility to identify the brightest young talent in the sport, USA Shooting is proud to announce the members of the 2012 Junior Olympic Shotgun Team. The Junior Olympic Shotgun Team is the gateway into the USA Shooting Team’s Olympic path. National Shotgun Coach Bret Erickson and the Junior Olympic Shotgun Team committee reviewed 80-plus applications this year – a record number that indicates growth in the shooting sports.

“The talent pool has strengthened over the past year, and the competition was steep,” said Erickson, a four-time Olympian. “We’re happy to acknowledge this group of young kids in hopes that they’ll gain the confidence and maturity necessary to be elite-level shooters in our program down the road.” New to the program is the addition of a Men’s Double Trap category for which four shooters were selected for the first time ever.

The team is comprised of nine trap, nine skeet, and four double trap shooters. Shooters from the Lone Star State make up the majority of the team, with six of the 22 shooters announced hailing from Texas. Tennessee and California also were heavy contributors to the team, placing four and three shotgun athletes on the team respectively.

William Hinton (Dacula, GA) and Christopher Webster (Bainbridge, GA) come from USA Shooting’s Certified Training Center South Georgia Youth Shooting and Bridge Creek Clays in Hartsfield, GA. Under the direction of Coach Mike Simpson, Hinton and Webster now comprise half of the Junior Olympic Shotgun Team for Men’s Double Trap. Robert Johnson (Phoenix, AZ) also developed his skills at another USAS Certified Training Center in Phoenix. Johnson trains at the Ben Avery Shooting Facility/Clay Target Center. To learn more about USA Shooting’s Certified Training Centers, please click here.

The 2012 Junior Olympic Shotgun Team is as follows:

Men’s and Women’s Trap

Kimberley Bowers (Lafayette, CA)
Haley Colbert (Texarkana, AR)
Grant Dorris (Lexington, TN)
Michael Flores (Sacramento, CA)
Jered Harris (College Station, TX)
Rebekah Lowen (Hillsboro, MO)
Logan Mountain (Palmdale, CA)
Dakotah Richardson (Godley, TX)
Corey Spruill (St. Charles, MO)

Men’s Double Trap

Trey Hill (Murfreesboro, TN)
William Hinton (Dacula, GA)
Jordan Hintz (Burlington, WI)
Christopher Webster (Bainbridge, GA)

Men’s and Women’s Skeet

Coulter DeWitt (Bryan, TX)
Granger DeWitt (Bryan, TX)
Hannah Houston (Columbia, TN)
Robert Johnson (Phoenix, AZ)
Jakob Keldsen (Walkerton, IN)
Nash Porter (Bryan, TX)
William Stewart (Columbia, TN)
Dania Vizzi (Odessa, FL)
Zachary Womack (Bowie, TX)

There are no minimum event requirements; participants can shoot one or shoot all.

Shooters will earn a point for every target they hit in each gauge at every event, except at the National Championship, where each target is worth three points. Each participating club will contribute $5 per shooter per gauge to be given away at the National Sporting Clays Championship Sub Gauge event.

The Texas Sub Gauge Points Race events are: