Hudson New Hampshire’s junior smallbore stand out

Hudson New Hampshire’s junior smallbore stand out Bailey Urbach has added another accomplishment to her already impressive resume.

Urbach, now a freshman shooting for seventh ranked The Ohio State University Rifle Team, was recently presented with the 2015 Brownell/National Rifle Association Outstanding Achievement Youth Award. The award is recognizes junior shooters who best meet the standards of excellence in both the shooting sports and educational achievement. She was cited for her work with younger shooters. She excels in both the range and the classroom where she studies with a goal to one day become a brain surgeon.

She received the award from NRA president Alan Cors and NRA Executive Director of Operations R. Kyle Weaver.

As she begins, what is sure to be a most successful collegiate athletic career, Bailey currently sports a respectable 568 average in smallbore competition and a 564 with the air rifle. She shoots alongside several of her former New England rivals, Remington Lyman, Tony Cuozzo, Patrick Sardo, and Brenden Whittaker, who are now her team mates.

About Hap Rocketto

Hap Rocketto is a Distinguished Rifleman with service and smallbore rifle, member of The Presidents Hundred, and the National Guard’s Chief’s 50. He is a National Smallbore Record holder, a member of the 1600 Club and the Connecticut Shooters’ Hall Of Fame. He was the 2002 Intermediate Senior Three Position National Smallbore Rifle Champion, the 2012 Senior Three Position National Smallbore Rifle Champion a member of the 2007 and 2012 National Four Position Indoor Championship team, coach and captain of the US Drew Cup Team, and adjutant of the United States 2009 Roberts and 2013 Pershing Teams. Rocketto is very active in coaching juniors. He is, along with his brother Steve, a cofounder of the Corporal Digby Hand Schützenverein. A historian of the shooting sports, his work appears in Shooting Sports USA, the late Precision Shooting Magazine, The Outdoor Message, the American Rifleman, the Civilian Marksmanship Program’s website, and most recently, the apogee of his literary career, pronematch.com.
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