Jace Walters Recreation
Jace Walters is a 12 year old national podium level archer from Elyria Ohio that travels all around Ohio, the U.S.A and Canada competing in archery tournaments. Jace has also been a High Honor Roll Student for the last three years. Jace is lucky to have the support of a couple local archery ranges that believe in him.
Rich Hardway is the owner of Black River Archery (Elyria, OH), this is Jace's primary indoor practice range. Jace started shooting archery with Rich in 4H.
When it's time to shoot outdoors Jace goes to The LaGrange Hunt Club (LaGrange, OH), there he can shoot as far as he needs to on bag or 3D targets.
Then when we travel south Billy Lawson of Archery World USA (Fairfield, OH) helps us out. Whether it just be providing Jace a place to practice / warm up for events in southern Ohio, do an emergency repair to Jace's bow.
At the age of 5 Jace shot a bow for the first time. He liked it, but it was just something to do for fun when we didn't have a dirt bike race to go to. At the age of 8 Jace and his brother took archery in 4H Shooting Sports, and it kept his interest enough that at the age of 9 he got his first real compound bow (Bear Apprentice 2). A month later in 2017 Jace competed in the Ohio Archers Association (Ohio NFAA Series) and finished 3rd in the shooter of the year in the 11 and under male bow hunter class. During that first season of competitive archery after having watched a video of Matt Stutzman 'The Armless Archer', Jace then decided that he wanted to become the best archer in the world.
In 2019 Jace earned his first national podium, at the First Dakota Class in Yankton, SD; and earned another 2 national podiums that year. Now Jace travels all around Ohio, the U.S.A and Canada competing in archery tournaments. In order for Jace to compete like he does, it takes some serious dedication on Jace's part and financial support from sponsors and supporters.
In 2020 Jace moved up to the 14 and under class and started the year finishing on the podium at 4 State indoor events; USA Archery, Junior Olympic Archery Development, National Field Archery Association and Scholastic 3D Archery. For outdoors Jace won the Ohio 3D Group (unknown 3d achery) Shooter of the Year with tournament records in qualifying events and in the championship round. Currently 2nd in points for Shooter of the Year in the Ohio Archers Association, and won 2 national podiums in the IBO - International Bowhunting Organization (Field Rounds).
Highlights & Milestones:
2020 (Corona Year):
- Podium finishes at Ohio (State) NFAA, USA Archery, S3DA & JOAD Indoor Tournaments - 14 & under Male, Compound Freestyle / Open classes
- IBO (National), Leg #1 IBO Field (Pipestem, WV): 3rd Place - 12 & under Male, Compound Freestyle
- IBO (National), Leg #2 IBO Field (Franklin, PA): 2nd Place - 12 & under Male, Compound Freestyle
- Lancaster Classic, Victory Youth Trophy Tournament (Manheim, PA): 24th Place - 12 & under Male, Compound Freestyle
- USA Archery (National), USAT Qualifier (Dublin, OH): 10th Place Qualifier - 17 & under Male, Compound Open
Shooter of the Year, multiple event series
- IBO, Triple Crown (National): 7th Place - 12 & under Male, Compound Freestyle
- ASA (Ohio): 1st Place - 14 & under Male, Compound Open
- NFAA (Ohio): 2nd Place - 14 & under Male, Compound Freestyle
- Ohio 3D Group unknown (Ohio): 1st Place - 13 & under, Open
2019:
- Ontario Association of Archers - Ontario Field Championships (Goulais River, ON Canada) 1st Place - 14 & under Male, Compound Freestyle
- USA Archery - National, Outdoor FITA Championships (Ashland, OH): 2nd Place - 12 & under Male, Compound Open
- NFAA - National, First Dakota Classic (Yankton, SD): 3rd Place - 11 & under Male, Compound Freestyle
- NFAA - National, Outdoor Target Championships (Yankton, SD): 3rd Place - 11 & under Male, Compound Freestyle
- NFAA - National, Marked 3D Championships (Redding, CA): 4th Place - 11 & under Male, Compound Freestyle
- S3DA - National, Vegas Championship (Las Vegas, NV): 5th Place - 11 & under Male, Compound Open
- NFAA - National, Indoor National Championships (Cincinnati, OH): 12th Place - 11 & under Male, Compound Freestyle
- NFAA - National, The Vegas Shoot (Las Vegas, NV): 18th Place - 11 & under Male, Compound Freestyle
- Lancaster Classic, Victory Youth Trophy Tournament (Manheim, PA): 29th Place - 12 & under Male, Compound Freestyle
- USA Archery - Ohio, Outdoor FITA Championships (Lewis Center, OH): 1st Place - 12 & under Male, Compound Open
Shooter of the Year, multiple event series
- S3DA (National): 8th Place - 11 & under Male, Compound Open
- ASA (Ohio): 1st Place - 11 & under Male, Compound Open
- NFAA (Ohio): 2nd Place - 11 & under Male, Compound Freestyle
- Ohio 3D Group unknown (Ohio): 2nd Place - 13 & under, Open
2018:
- LaGrange Hunt Club - Appointed Junior Members President
- S3DA - National, Outdoor Target Nationals (Raleigh, NC): 5th Place - 11 & under Male, Compound Pin
- USA Archery - National, Outdoor Target Nationals (Raleigh, NC): 15th Place - 12 & under Male, Compound Open
- Lancaster Classic, Victory Youth Trophy Tournament (Manheim, PA): 31st Place - 12 & under Male, Compound Freestyle
- USA Archery - Ohio, Outdoor FITA Championships (Lewis Center, OH): 1st Place - 12 & under Male, Compound Open
- USA Archery - Ohio, Caskey Classic (Cleveland, OH): 1st Place - 12 & under Male, Compound Open
Shooter of the Year, multiple event series
- NFAA (Ohio): 1st Place - 11 & under Male, Compound BowHunter Freestyle
- NFAA (Ohio), 900 Round (Sugar Creek, OH): New Tournament Record - 11 & under Male, Compound BowHunter Freestyle
- ASA (Ohio): 1st Place - 11 & under Male, Compound Open
- Ohio 3D Group unknown (Ohio): 2nd Place - 13 & under, Open
2017:
- 1st Deer (Amherst, OH)
- 1st Pheasant (LaGrange, OH)
- Beaver Creek Sportsmen's Club, Youth Archery Tournament (Amherst, OH): 1st Place - 11 & under, Open
- Wayne County Archers, Youth 3D Tournament (Wooster, OH): 1st Place - 11 & under, Open
Shooter of the Year, multiple event series
- NFAA (Ohio): 3rd Place - 11 & under Male, Compound BowHunter Freestyle
- Wayne County Archers, Winter Youth League (Wooster, OH): 1st Place - 11 & under, Open
2016:
- Passed Ohio Department of Natural Resources Hunter Safety Course
- Joined Lorain County 4H Shooting Sports Club (Lorain County, OH) - Focus on Archery
- Attended National Wild Turkey Federation - Ohio State Chapter JAKE'S Campout Weekend (Camp Perry - Port Clinton, OH)
- South Cuyahoga Sportsman Club, Youth 3D Tournament (Chatham, OH): 2nd Place - 11 & under, Open
- Beaver Creek Sportsmen's Club, .22 Rifle, 4 Position (Amherst, OH): 1st Place - 11 & under, w/ iron sights
Shooter of the Year, multiple event series
- Black River Archery, Summer Youth League (Elyria, OH): 2nd Place - 11 & under, Open
2015:
- Joined Lagrange Hunting & Fishing Club (Lagrange, OH) - Jr Member
Affiliations:
NRA - National Rifle Association of America (Life Members)
NWTF - National Wild Turkey Federation
LHFC - Lagrange Hunting and Fishing Club
NFAA - National Field Archery Association
OAA - Ohio Archers Association
USAA - USA Archery
ASA - Archery Shooters Association
ASAOF - Archery Shooters Association - Ohio Federation
JOAD - Junior Olympic Archery Development
S3DA - Scholastic 3D Archery
OTA - Ohio Target Archers
IBO - International Bowhunters Organization
O3DG - Ohio 3D Group
OAA - Ontario Association of Archers
Local Sponsors & Product Supporters
Recreation - Local Sponsorship
LaGrange Hunt Club (Since 2019)
Engage Virtual Range (Since 2020)
WOBL / WDLW Radio Stations (Since 2020)
Westpark Recyling Co. (Since 2020)
Archery World USA (Since 2020)
Black River Archery (Since 2017)
Bohning Archery (Since 2017)
Carbon Express Arrows (Since 2016)
Pine Ridge Archery (Since 2017)
PSE Archery (Since 2020)
Scott Archery (Since 2018)
Shrewd Archery (Since 2018)
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