Lancaster Archery Foundation Provides Grants to USA Archers Heading to World University Games

The Lancaster Archery Foundation pitched in to help send eight young archers to Chengdu, China, where they will represent Team USA at the FISU World University Games in July.

The largest global multi-sports event for student-athletes, the World University Games will be staged over 12 days, from July 28-August 8, involving more than 10,000 student-athletes and officials from over 150 countries and regions.

The nonprofit Lancaster Archery Foundation provided eight grants of $1,000 apiece to the archers who will compete for Team USA.

The eight archers representing the United States are: Natalie Howell, Katherine Wu, Judith Gottlieb (recurve women); Chris Austin (recurve men); Sachiko Keane, Alyssa Tenney, Alyssa Sturgill (compound women); and Ellisei Miller (compound men).

“It has been an honor for the Lancaster Archery Foundation to be able to assist our collegiate athletes as they travel internationally to represent the United States," said Dale Brubaker, Grants Coordinator for Lancaster Archery Foundation.

"With this year’s event taking place in China, helping to alleviate some of the travel costs for the athletes will allow them to focus on the competition even more.” 

USA Archery CEO Rod Menzer thanked the foundation for its assistance in helping to send the team to the competition.

“As was seen recently at the Collegiate Target Nationals, and with success at the World Cup Stage 1 earlier this year, the standard of our student-athlete archers has never been stronger,” he said.

“USA Archery is grateful to the Lancaster Archery Foundation, whose generous support helps to offer our archers international experience that will only make them even better.”

Based in Lancaster, Pa., the Lancaster Archery Foundation is a nonprofit organization dedicated to expand, develop and promote 3D and target archery to help people improve their confidence, discipline and leadership skills through participation in competitive archery.