Ready to Start Your Collegiate Archery Experience?
USA Archery is the National Governing Body for the Olympic and Paralympic sport of archery. The organization offers extensive archery programming opportunities, one of which is the Collegiate Archery Program. USA Archery’s Collegiate Archery Program is a program for youths enrolled in a college or university and is a great opportunity for Scholastic 3-D archers to continue their archery journey beyond high school! Eligible participants can enjoy the sport recreationally or actively prepare for local, regional, national and international collegiate archery events, including Collegiate Target Nationals, Collegiate 3-D Nationals and World University Games and World University Championships. Nationwide, many schools offer archery programs as a varsity sport, official university club, or youth organization on campus. The Collegiate Archery Program offers barebow, recurve, compound and bowhunter divisions. College scholarships are available!
USA Archery offers an up-to-date listing of current colleges and universities offering an archery program, which also includes contact information for team leaders. USA Archery can also help you start an archery program if you choose a school that does not yet have a team in place. For more information and inquiries, please contact collegiate@usarchery.org or call (719) 866-4576.
S3DA is active across the United States and continuing growth at an unprecedented rate! As memberships continue to rise, events continue to grow at the regional, state and national level. Many colleges and universities that offer archery scholarships send scholarship certificates to S3DA state and national events for podium finishers. Various college and university coaches are present for ALL S3DA National Events and ACTIVELY RECRUITING S3DA archers!
Some of the colleges listed below offer archery scholarships. You can cross-reference the information below with the USA Archery website here.
Collegiate archery Scholarships
There are a number of archery scholarships now handed out by various schools and private organizations. There are at least three areas of special interest pertaining to the art of shooting a bow: it is viewed as a competitive sport, as a style of hunting, and also as a traditional woodsman’s skill, part of the Native American legacy.
For more information on collegiate archery scholarships, please contact the athletics department of the school of your interest from the list below.
| School Name | State | Head Coach | Head Coach E-Mail | Phone Number |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Alfred State College |
New York |
Greg Sammons |
archery@alfredstate.edu |
(607) 587-3911 |
|
Bethel University |
Tennessee |
Hunter Louden |
loudenh@bethelu.edu |
(731) 336-2997 |
|
Blue Mountain Christian University |
Mississippi |
Trey Humphreys |
ehumphreys@bmc.edu |
(662) 507-2080 |
|
Buena Vista University |
Iowa |
Conner Ellinghuysen |
ellinghuysenc@bvu.edu |
(712) 749-2078 |
|
Campbellsville University |
Kentucky |
Paul Eastridge |
paeastridge@campbellsville.edu |
(270) 789-4109 |
|
Carson Newman University |
Tennessee |
Micah Davis |
mdavis23@cn.edu |
(270) 789-4109 |
|
Colorado Mesa University |
Colorado |
Ashley Teal |
aateal@coloradomesa.edu |
(970) 216-6611 |
|
Connors State College Archery Team |
Oklahoma |
John King |
john.king10@connorsstate.edu |
(918) 463-6320 |
|
Emmanuel University |
Georgia |
Amari Thomas |
amari.thomas@ec.edu |
(803) 549-8590 |
|
Grand View University |
Iowa |
Charlie Mundy |
cmundy@grandview.edu |
(515) 452-7594 |
|
Indiana Tech |
Indiana |
Dominic Greenman |
DMGreenman@indianatech.edu |
(260) 344-4797 |
|
James Madison University |
Virginia |
JMU Recreation |
jmuarcheryclub@gmail.com |
(540) 324-8490 |
|
Kentucky Christian University |
Kentucky |
Shawn Mountcastle |
mjobrien@kcu.edu |
(606) 922-5562 |
|
Lindenwood University |
Missouri |
Derek Schaub |
dschaub@lindenwood.edu |
(636) 949-4945 |
|
Lindsey Wilson University |
Kentucky |
Anna Bell |
bella@lindsey.edu |
|
|
Midway University |
Kentucky |
Darren Collins |
darren.collins@midway.edu |
(859) 846-5323 |
|
Mississippi College |
Mississippi |
John McDonald |
jamcdonald@mc.edu |
(601) 573-3979 |
|
Missouri Valley College |
Missouri |
John McEachern |
mceachernj@moval.edu |
(660) 831-4229 |
|
Mount Marty University |
South Dakota |
Aida Roman |
aroman@neyac.org |
(605) 689-0493 |
|
Muskingum University |
Ohio |
Craig Holycross |
craigh@muskingum.edu |
(740)-826-6191 |
|
Rend Lake College |
Illinois |
Donnie Millenbine |
millenbined@rlc.edu |
(618) 437-5321 Ext. 1319 |
|
SouthEastern Illinois College |
Illinois |
Ricky Sauls |
ricky.sauls@sic.edu |
(618) 252-5400 Ext. 2248 |
|
Texas A&M University |
Texas |
Frank Thomas |
tamuarcheryclub@gmail.com |
(979) 218-0629 |
|
Union Commonwealth University |
Kentucky |
Robert Dunaway |
rdunaway@unionky.edu |
(606) 546-1316 |
|
University of Pikeville |
Kentucky |
Mark Whitt |
markwhitt@upike.edu |
(606) 465-4471 |
|
University of Rio Grande |
Ohio |
Brian Suffridge |
bsuffridge@rio.edu |
(606) 438-7164 |
|
University of the Cumberlands |
Kentucky |
Kris Strebeck |
kris.strebeck@ucumberlands.edu |
(606) 539-4437 |
|
Utah State University |
Utah |
Cheyanne Slaughter |
cheyanne.slaughter@usu.edu |
(423) 299-2639 |
|
Wabash Valley College |
Illinois |
Earl Lawrence |
lawrencee@iecc.edu |
(618) 262-1603 |
|
William Carey University |
Mississippi |
Johnnie Stinson |
jstinson@wmcarey.edu |
(601) 318-6349 |
|
William Woods University |
Missouri |
Tanner Johnson |
tanner.johnson@williamwoods.edu |
(573) 823-1529 |
