USJ Sport Shooting Team
The USJ Sport Shooting Team provides a competitive and supportive environment for students passionate about clay target shooting. As an SCTP team, we compete in various disciplines, including trap, skeet, and sporting clays, at events across West Tennessee throughout the spring and summer. With over 20 student athletes and alumni, our team emphasizes sportsmanship, safety, and skill development.
Any current USJ student (age 10+) is welcome to join. Interest meetings are held annually with our seeason starting typically around March 1. If you are interested in joining the USJ Sport Shooting team, please contact Coach Clinton Lafferty at usjsportshootingteam@gmail.com.
Team Calendar
Team Sponsors
Season Highlights (2024)
Bigfoot Blast at the Clays at Cross Creek (April):
- Nash Dray secured 1st Place in Glow Clays for Varsity Men.
- Our Super Sporting Team achieved 3rd Place.
Tennessee SCTP Regional Championship:
- Squad of John William Bond, Keeley Thompson, and Jet Webb:
2nd Place Skeet - Senior/Jr. Varsity.
- Keeley Thompson: 2nd Place Skeet - Ladies - Senior/Jr. Varsity.
- Skylar Stanfield: 1st Place Skeet - Ladies - Inter./Entry Level.
- Skylar Stanfield: 2nd Place Trap - Ladies - Inter./Entry Level.
- Trace Hayes: 1st Place Skeet - Men - Rookie.
- Trace Hayes: 3rd Place Trap - Men - Rookie.
State Competition:
- Many athletes achieved personal best scores.
- Skylar Stanfield secured 2nd Place in the state in both Skeet and Sporting Clays at the Ladies Intermediate/Entry level.
Academic Achievements:
- Blane Lafferty, Haynes McSwain, and Trace Hayes were named to the Tennessee SCTP All-Academic Team for maintaining a 92% grade average while competing at high levels.
Additional Honors:
- Athletes Keeley Thompson, Trace Hayes, and Skylar Stanfield participated in a special media day organized by the Tennessee Wildlife Federation to promote the SCTP program statewide.
- Five of our shooters competed in the national competition this year. Brison Wiggins shot 1100 targets in seven days.
- Skylar Stanfield was named to the 2025 AIM All-State Trap Shooting Team