S u n D e v i l A r c h e r y
ASU Archery is Back!
Arizona State University (ASU) has officially re-entered competition in the sport of Archery! Archery ceased to be a varsity sport at ASU in the early 1990’s due to ASU Athletic Department decisions. Until that point, the program had won more national titles (men's archery 15 times, women's archery 21 times, and mixed archery 20 times) than any other athletic group at ASU while additionally boasting numerous World and Olympic team members and medalists.
USIACs 09
Greg Begenyi and Tyler Hoge
"Chillin' in Long Beach"
2010 SDA Practice Resumes
Sun Devil Archery practice has resumed at Archery Headquarters and will move back to the Papago FITA range in March.
Practice times will be Tuesdays and Thursdays from 3:30-5:30 for those who have their own equipment. Right now, we are shooting indoors at Archery Headquarters to prepare for USAA Indoor Nationals, but we will be back outside starting March 9th.
If you interested in learning, SDA partners with the Papago crew who hosts classes on Saturday mornings. For more information, go to the Papago webpage. After you have tried the class out, we would be happy to have you join us for team practices and should be able to help with equipment.
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2009 SHUT UP and SHOOT
September 19-20, 2009
FINAL Results
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CONGRATULATIONS... Congratulations to Dave Cousins and Jamie VanNatta, 2009 Easton Award winners and Brady Ellison and Kari Granville for winning the Shenk Award. The Easton Award, established in 1997 and named in honor of former FITA President, James Easton, awards the top male and female archers in the compound division with the highest cumulative scores in the U.S. Indoor, Field and Target Championships for that year. This is Dave Cousins 11th year in a row winning this award and 6th consecutive time for VanNatta.
VanNatta, Cousins, Ellison and Granville win Easton and Shenk Awards
Denise Parker - USA Archery August 13, 2009
The Shenk Award, established in 1980 in honor of the former NAA President, Clayton Shenk, is presented to the top male and female archer in the recurve division with the highest cumulative scores in the U.S. Indoor, Field and Target Championships for that year. This is Brady Ellisons first Shenk Award and second for Granville.
A special note of Thanks from Kari goes out to EASTON (Jeff McNail), HOYT (George Tekmitchov and Doug Denton), AAE, Dick and Diane Tone, Jay and Janet Barrs, Kolby Granville, and the ASAA... for your support. Whether it was 3 years ago, when I decided to "play" archery again, or just this year, you guys have been there to help in every way... and it is MUCH APPRECIATED! I know I forget to say it sometimes, but THANK YOU for all you have done.
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Tyler Hoge (ASU freshman), finished the qualifying rounds in 22nd place and finished 8th during the elimination rounds for the recurve men. Tyler was 19th in the All-American standings.
All-American awards are given to the top ten athletes in each division. All-American placement is determined by combining each archer’s scores from the US Indoor Nationals, which was held in March, with his/her scores from the USIACs.
2009 US Intercollegiate Archery Championships
The 2009 US Intercollegiate Archery Championships (USIACs) were held in May at UC- Long Beach in California. Over 200 athletes qualified from 39 schools around the nation to participate in the tournament.
This year, ASU only took 2 archers to the event. 
In the men's recurve division, Greg Begenyi (ASU freshman) finished the qualifying rounds in 13th place and 15th in the All-American standings.
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2009 CAP Western Regionals
The West Regional Championships were hosted at Stanford University, April 17-19, 2009.
CONGRATULATIONS to Greg Begenyi (ASU freshman) for winning this event. That's 4 years in a row for ASU!
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Don't forget, Sun Devil Archery uses affiliate programs to fundraise for events and travel... so if you have to buy something (like books this semester), check out or vendors via the sponsors page. Just click through and purchase... and we get 5-7%.
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