Michael McPhail Rifl e
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Vincent Hancock Shotgun & Male Athlete of the Year
Hancock’s stellar 2015 in skeet
shooting included two World Cup wins; a silver medal at World Cup Finals; second at Nationals; an un- precedented third World Champion- ship crown; and an Olympic Team nomination. His season began with perfection, hitting all 157 targets he IDFHG LQ WKH À UVW World Cup in Acapulco. In earning a third World title, Han- cock becomes just the third athlete to ever win three Men’s Skeet World Championship gold PHGDOV DQG WKH À UVW $PHUL can shotgun athlete to win three World titles.
2015 USA Shooting athletes of the year
Keith Sanderson Pistol
Keith Sanderson has been named USA Shooting’s Pistol Ath- lete of the Year for the second con- secutive year. The Rapid Fire Pistol shooter that serves as part of the Army’s World Class Athlete Program continues to prove why he is America’s best hope for an Olympic medal in pistol. He earned the sev- enth World Cup medal of his career with a silver-medal performance in Munich, Ger- many earlier this year and also had two other appearances in World Cup Finals in 2015.
Morgan Craft Shotgun & Female Athlete of the Year
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would end her season by earning a bronze medal at the World Cup Final.
Craft photo by DeWitt Photography, remaining by Dan Shirey
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