NASP 2025 National Tournament Schedule Announced

The National Archery in the Schools Program (NASP) is proud to announce its 2025 tournament dates and student scholarship opportunities. NASP continues to bring safe in-school archery to 1.3 million students annually in 49 states. Since inception in 2002, NASP has reached more than 23.5 million students and over 112,485 adult instructors!

These students look forward to participating in local, regional, state or national tournament events each year. NASP is tremendously excited about the upcoming national tournament series planned for spring 2025.  

The 2025 national tournament series will begin with the Western National Tournament to be held at the Mountain America Center in Sandy, Utah, on April 25-26, followed by the Eastern National Tournament to be held at the Kentucky Exposition Center in Louisville, Kentucky, on May 8-10. The series of national-level competitions will culminate with the NASP Championship Tournament to be held at the Myrtle Beach Convention Center in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, on June 5-7, 2025. Each tournament will include Bullseye as well as the NASP IBO 3-D Challenge competition.

Top teams and individuals will be selected from the combined results of both Western and Eastern National Tournaments to have the opportunity to register for the Championship. In addition, top male and female individual winners from the combined results of both national tournaments will be invited to the exciting NASP Scholarship Shoot-Off to be held at the end of the June Championship Tournament.

In addition to the traditional individual and team scholarships that are awarded at the national events, NASP is delighted to continue awarding up to 120 additional $500 scholarships to be awarded randomly to tournament participants. Simply competing in a Bullseye round will be the "requirement" for the chance to be selected for a $500 award. Upon graduation, archers can apply these funds to any post-secondary education or training program of their choice. This wouldn’t be possible without the generosity of our scholarship program sponsors!

NASP President Tommy Floyd said, “2024 was outstanding as we reached more students than ever before. These large national tournaments are the culminating events for thousands of student archers who have been practicing and competing since the fall. It is so rewarding to witness so many dedicated archers taking part in these national tournaments. These are truly something special!

“Thanks to our generous sponsors, we will again be awarding a huge number of randomly selected scholarships at Western, Eastern and the Championship Tournaments. At the end of the season, there will be up to 120 students who will receive post-secondary financial support just for showing up to compete! We thank our incredible sponsors who have made this type of opportunity possible for our participating archers!”

In addition to the (120) $500 random awards, NASP will continue to provide:

Team Scholarships totaling $54,000 — based on combined overall finished results from both National Tournaments:

1st place: $24,000 (24 team members @ $1,000 each)

2nd place: $18,000 (24 team members @ $750 each)

3rd place: $12,000 (24 team members @ $500 each)

Individual Scholarship Shoot-off totaling $30,000 — top five male and female finishers from combined results from both National Tournaments compete at the Championship Tournament:

1st place: $5,000 Male and Female

2nd place: $4,000 Male and Female

3rd place: $3,000 Male and Female

4th place: $2,000 Male and Female

5th place: $1,000 Male and Female

Ties: $1,000 each is minimum per qualifying archer.

Visit www.naspschools.org and click on “Tournaments” for more information on these events.

Registration Opens for 2025 NASP Educator and Coaches Conference

The fourth NASP Educator and Coaches Conference — July 24-25, 2025 —  is open for registration. This great educational opportunity for teachers and coaches will be held at The Park Vista — a DoubleTree by Hilton in Gatlinburg, Tennessee.

NASP will offer attendees a full 2-day conference, with concurrent sessions led by some of the nation’s most successful NASP educators, coaches and industry professionals. These experienced individuals will share their expertise and best practices on various aspects of running a successful NASP program and working with student archers in grades 4-12. 

Attendees will leave with new ideas and resources to enhance their own archery programs. We are excited to announce the following sessions being presented:

• Effective Practice Techniques – Ashley First of Indiana
• 1820 Arrow Maintenance and Tuning – Carri Garrett and Easton Staff
• Genesis Bow Maintenance and Tuning – Brennan Factory Staff
• Coaching Kids Prior To and During a Tournament - Terrie Streetman of Louisiana
• Team Building Tips – Lee Scripture of North Carolina
• Coaching the Advanced Archer – Ladney Keener & Brad Cowan of Oklahoma
• Coaching the Beginning Archer – Jim DeLine of Texas
• Coaching Mixed Groups of Archers – Jeff Fryman and Brad Yearsley of Kentucky
• Running an Effective Local Tournament – James Sanders of Texas
• Dealing With Target Panic/Mental Management – Alexander Villanueva of Texas
• Conditioning/Health/Fitness – Brad and Stacy Briscoe of Kentucky
• Introducing the NASP® IBO 3D Challenge – Chelsi Leggett of Missouri
• Adaptive Archery Strategies- Special Needs Instruction – Kia Wallen of Kentucky
• From Educator to Coach- Making the Transition from Teaching In-School to Coaching an Afterschool Club – Susan Provance of Missouri

NASP President Tommy Floyd said, “We are excited to once again bring NASP educators and coaches together from all over the country to learn from each other. This is one of our favorite events of the year, to bring so many minds together to learn and network. We anticipate the energy level and excitement to be very high. Gatlinburg, Tennessee, will be a fantastic location for NASP educators and coaches to bring their families to one of the premier family vacation destinations in the South! We are expecting this event to be one of our best conferences yet.”

Conference registration costs remain very affordable, as well as a great lodging rate at one of the premier properties in Gatlinburg. Note that registration will close when maximum capacity is reached. Look for updates on this event by visiting www.naspschools.org.