Williamsburg, KY – Michigan State University recently hosted the 2020 Michigan S3DA Indoor State Championship at the MSU Demmer Shooting Sports, Education and Training Center in Lansing, Michigan. With hundreds of people compiling the facility, Michigan S3DA archers quickly gathered at the line for the first flight. Michigan S3DA continues to increase participation numbers and this event saw more than a 47% increase in student members compared to last year.

“This Indoor season has been a remarkable one in Michigan. We had two new clubs join and many new archers. All our archers did an amazing job in this event and showed great improvement throughout the season. The sportsmanship among these archers has been an awesome thing to watch. The state tournament was a fun-filled day with some great archery shooting,” stated Michigan S3DA Regional Coordinator, Cara Waite.

Mykynna Manor from West Michigan Archery Center stated, “It was a welcoming environment. What an awesome way to meet new people from around the state and create friendships that will last a lifetime in a sport that you can’t outgrow. I appreciate everything about archery, and I love competing in this sport.”

Michigan S3DA would like to send a special thanks to the various colleges and universities that provided archery scholarships, as well as the coaches, parents and volunteers who took time out of their day to make this event possible. Michigan S3DA would like to thank the MSU Demmer Center for hosting the event. Click here to access the results from the MI S3DA Indoor State Championship and go to the Michigan S3DA Facebook page for further information on the program.

About Scholastic 3-D Archery

Scholastic 3-D Archery (S3DA™) is a unique, family-oriented youth archery program which has grown exponentially across the United States as a next-step initiative to follow introductory archery programs. The mission of the Scholastic

3-D Archery program is to foster, educate and guide youth in the areas of 3-D, indoor target and outdoor target archery as well as safe, ethical bowhunting practices. The goal of the S3DA™ program is to provide archery and bowhunting opportunities to youth in after-school settings, as well as with archery-affiliated clubs and businesses in the community. S3DA™ students participate in 3-D and target archery using compound and traditional archery equipment. Students can participate at local, regional, state and national archery events and earn college scholarships from colleges and universities across the United States. S3DA™ addresses the need for a program to bridge beginning target archery experience and more advanced activities such as 3-D shooting and bowhunting. The program currently operates across the United States with hundreds of certified coaches serving thousands of young archers, grades 3–12.

Contact the Scholastic 3-D Archery National Office at:

www.s3da.org or 225 North 3rd Street, Williamsburg, KY 40769, Ph: 606.524.3685

Media contact Kayla Bolton at kayla@s3da.org, Ph: 423.494.2204