Elevation Pro Staff Profiles

dan mccarthy | Pro

Hometown: Wauzeka, WI

Current Bow: Mathews TRX 40

Favorite Elevation Product: USA Nerve Field Quiver & Rectrix Release Pouch

Favorite Accomplishment: 8x Consecutive ASA Pro/Am Champion

emily mccarthy | Pro

Hometown: Wauzeka, WI

Current Bow: Mathews TRX 36

Favorite Elevation Product: Nerve Field Quiver & Hunt Jetstream Travel Bow Case

Favorite Accomplishment: 2021 ASA Classic Champion

tim gillingham | senior pro

Hometown: Provo, UT

Current Bow: Bowtech Reckoning 38

Favorite Elevation Product: Mettle Field Quiver & Nest Shooter Stool

Started Shooting: 1984 | Started Competing: Right away

Favorite Accomplishment: Seeing shooters take my methods and advice and be successful with it

Passions Outside of Archery: Air Rifle, NRLX Competition, Rifle Competition, Bowhunting

Advice For a New Shooter: 

Surround yourself with good shooters and push yourself to compete at the highest level. It will make you improve faster.

cara kelly | Pro

Hometown: Lapeer, MI

Current Bow: Mathews TRX 34

Favorite Elevation Product: Nerve Field Quiver & Rectrix Release Pouch

Favorite Accomplishment: 2021 ASA Shooter of the Year

robert householder | Pro

Hometown: Slapout, AL

Current Bow: Mathews TRX

Favorite Elevation Product: Mettle Field Quiver

Favorite Accomplishment: Rushmore Rumble 2021

Advice For a New Shooter:

If you are determined and you work hard, it will be a lot of fun.

Richard bowen | pro

Hometown: Rogers, AR

Current Bow: Elite Rezult 36

Favorite Elevation Product: Mettle Field Quiver & Rectrix Release Pouch

Started Shooting: 1992 (12 years old) | Started Competing: 2014

Favorite Accomplishment: First ever 690 to be shot in competition

Passions Outside of Archery: Bowhunting, Camping, Long Range Rifles

Advice For a New Shooter:

Learn to be ok with movement in your scope and learn to shoot many styles of releases (hinges button, tension, etc.) to find what you like the most.

Louis price | Pro

Hometown: Palmyra, NY

Current Bow: Hoyt Stratos 40

Favorite Elevation Product: Mettle Field Quiver & Nest Shooter Stool

Favorite Accomplishment: Winning USA Nationals and US Open in the same weekend.

Passions Outside of Archery: Hunting

Advice For a New Shooter:

Focus on your shot technique and rhythm.

ella gibson | compound women

Hometown: Cirencester, United Kingdom

Current Bow: Hoyt Invicta 40 SVX

Favorite Elevation Product: Core Release Pouch

Favorite Accomplishment: WA18m World Record in 2019 of 596 or European Indoor Championships Gold Medal

Passions Outside of Archery: Art – painting and drawing – and baking. I almost always bring some baked goods to a competition. My favorite art subject is big cats, especially tigers, but I love drawing or painting anything living.

Advice For a New Shooter:

Work as hard as you can, there are no shortcuts so spend as much time behind the bow as possible and always shoot with a real purpose.

Brady Hempen | Pro

Hometown: Clarksville, TN

Current Bow: Hoyt Invicta

Favorite Elevation Product: Jetstream XL

Favorite Accomplishment: Making 4 ASA Known Pro shoot-offs in a row

Passions Outside of Archery: Bowhunting, Martial Arts, Sporting Clays

Advice For a New Shooter:

Don’t get discouraged if you aren’t seeing fast results, just trust the process.

Garrett ayersman | Pro

Hometown: Morgantown, WV

Current Bow: Mathews TRX 40

Favorite Elevation Product: Jetstream Bow Case

Favorite Accomplishment: 2018 ASA Classic Known Pro Win

Advice For a New Shooter:

Start small and learn how to win with your equipment. Don’t change constantly, have an understanding of what makes you perform the best with your equipment.

Sharon wallace | pro

Hometown: Townville

Current Bow: PSE RTX

Favorite Elevation Product: Rectrix Release Pouch

Favorite Place to Compete: Foley, AL

Favorite Accomplishment: Winning SOY and the Classic at the same time, twice.

Passions Outside of Archery: Working out and reading.

Advice For a New Shooter:

HaVE Fun!

chris hacker | pro

Hometown: Van Buren, AR

Current Bow: Hoyt Invicta

Favorite Elevation Product: Mettle Field Quiver

Favorite Place to Compete: ASA London, KY

Favorite Accomplishment: 2016 IBO Pipestem 1st Place

Passions Outside of Archery: Fishing and Bowhunting

Advice For a New Shooter:

be patient and don’t try to be perfect right out the gate. learn the proper way to shoot and stay away from bad habits.

barry langston | pro

Hometown: Alabaster, AL

Current Bow: Hoyt Invicta 40

Favorite Elevation Product: Nest Shooter Stool

Favorite Place to Compete: Vegas Shoot

Favorite Accomplishment: Winning into the pro class, 2nd place Rookie of the Year Known Pro 2020

Passions Outside of Archery: Hunting, Golf, Grilling

Advice For a New Shooter:

enjoy each stage of improvement, don’t get frustrated and have fun.

HANNAH MOOSE | WOMENS KNOWN 50

Hometown: York, PA

Current Bow: Mathews TRX 36

Favorite Elevation Product: Nest Shooter Stool

Favorite Accomplishment: ASA Classic Champion and Shooter of the Year

Passions Outside of Archery: Hunting and fishing

Advice For a New Shooter:

Have fun and enjoy your time on the range, as well as the process of constantly growing and improving.

jon scott | pro

Hometown: Amsterdam, NY

Current Bow: Hoyt Invicta 40

Favorite Elevation Product: Mettle Field Quiver

Favorite Place to Compete: Las Vegas

Andy callaway | open pro

Hometown: Weyauwega, WI

Current Bow: Mathews TRX36

Favorite Elevation Product: Rectrix Release Pouch

Favorite Accomplishment: 2014 Open Pro Rookie of the Year

Passions Outside of Archery: Frisbee Golf, Trip out West every Fall

tony tazza | pro

Hometown: Boswell, PA

Current Bow: Hoyt Invict

Favorite Elevation Product: Nest Shooter Stool

Started Shooting: 1985 | Started Competing: 1995

Favorite Accomplishment: IBO World Champion

Passions Outside of Archery: Old Cars, Trucks

Advice For a New Shooter:

Always believe in your training/ability.

kailey johnston | women’s pro

Hometown: Dublin, GA

Current Bow: Mathews TRX 36

Favorite Elevation Product: Mettle Field Quiver & Rectrix Release Pouch

Started Shooting: 8 years old | Started Competing: 8 years old

Favorite Accomplishment: Several gold, silver, and bronze metals from shooting on world teams

Advice For a New Shooter:

Never give up and always give 100%.

lindsay christensen | women’s pro

Hometown: Weston, ID

Current Bow: Prime Nexus 4

Favorite Elevation Product: Rectrix Release Pouch

Started Shooting: 1993 (4 years old) | Started Competing: 1997

Favorite Accomplishment: Being able to harvest three of the four species of Spanish Ibex with my bow. I am hoping to finish the slam eventually.

Advice For a New Shooter:

Set goals!

remington boyer | known pro

Hometown: Sullivan, IN

Current Bow: Mathews TRX 40

Favorite Elevation Product: Mathews Edition Nerve Field Quiver

Favorite Accomplishment: Paris Texas Known Pro Champion

Advice For a New Shooter:

Find a group of local guys to compete and push one another to become better shooters.

renee hornbuckle | women’s pro

Hometown: Hayden, AZ

Current Bow: Mathews TRX 34

Favorite Elevation Product: Nerve Field Quiver & Rectrix Release Pouch

Favorite Accomplishment: 3rd Place @ Classic 2020

Advice For a New Shooter:

Stay motivated and believe in yourself always!

jase boils | pro

Hometown: Albany, KY

Current Bow: Elite Rezult

Favorite Elevation Product: Nerve Field Quiver

Favorite Accomplishment: 2nd Place @ Indoor Nationals

Advice For a New Shooter:

Don’t get down on yourself.

riku van tonder | pro

Hometown: Hamilton New Zealand

Current Bow: Bowtech Reckoning 38

Favorite Elevation Product: Mettle Field Quiver

Favorite Accomplishment: 3rd in the Open Pro at Vegas

Advice For a New Shooter:

Take it easy don’t rush focus on your groupings and how to make them tighter. Learn how your bow works and what makes it perform.

shawnn vincent | pro

Hometown: Darrington, WA

Current Bow: Prime Nexus 36

Favorite Elevation Product: Jetstream XL

Favorite Accomplishment: National Outdoor Champion – USA Archery 2021

Passions Outside of Archery: Elk Hunting in Backcountry of Idaho.

Advice For a New Shooter:

Embrace failure, learn from it, succeed.

ace coleman | known pro

Hometown: Paris, TN

Current Bow: Hoyt Stratos 36

Favorite Elevation Product: Rectrix Release Pouch

Favorite Accomplishment: 2022 ASA Known Shooter of the Year

Passions Outside of Archery: Learning how to generate wealth, fitness and nutrition, and bowhunting and the outdoors.

Advice For a New Shooter:

Build a strong foundation. do the right thing the first time. take notes on yourself & your equipment. have fun – you get what you put in.

Katelyn bordwell | women’s pro

Hometown: Tully, NY

Current Bow: Hoyt Stratos

Favorite Elevation Product: Mettle Field Quiver

Favorite Accomplishment: Shooting 3 14s in the ASA Women’s Pro Shootdown moving my position from 5th place to 3rd.

Passions Outside of Archery: Hunting, training bird dogs, and photography. 

Advice For a New Shooter:

Don’t forget the reason you started. I started competing because I loved to shoot. now, being in a highly competitive class, it is easy to put pressure on myself and get down. but I remind myself I do this because I love to shoot a bow.

jacob miller | known pro

Hometown: Midland, MI

Current Bow: Mathews TRX

Favorite Elevation Product: Mettle Field Quiver

Favorite Accomplishment: Winning the Iowa ProAm

Passions Outside of Archery: Fishing. 

Advice For a New Shooter:

Don’t give up.

malcom jones | known pro

Hometown: York, PA

Current Bow: Elite Verdict

Favorite Elevation Product: Mettle Field Quiver and Jetstream Case

Favorite Accomplishment: First national win at the Classic (amateur)

Passions Outside of Archery: Hunting, fishing, camping, motocross. 

Advice For a New Shooter:

have patience, learn patience & above all, always enjoy yourself.

michael huff | open pro

Hometown: Clarksville, TN

Current Bow: Mathews TRX 36 and 40

Favorite Elevation Product: Nerve Field Quiver Package and Nest Shooter Stool

Favorite Accomplishments: 2019 Shooter of the Year in Semi Pro, 2021 ASA Classic 4th place, 2022 IBO 3rd leg 4th place.

Passions Outside of Archery: Hunting. 

Advice For a New Shooter:

work hard and follow your dreams, believe in yourself, anything is possible through hard work and determination.