Competitors
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Jay Carillo
Jay is an experienced and highly respected competitive shooter. Since 2012, Carillo has had various wins, including top 5 and top 10 finishes at major and local matches. He is a USPSA Limited Division Grandmaster.
Some of Carillo’s achievements include:
- 4th place in the Tac Ops Division at Great Lakes 3 Gun Championship
- 7th place in the Tac Ops Division at Generation 3 Gun Championship
- 1st place in the Tac Ops Division at JKM 3 Gun Benefit
- 1st place in Open Division and High Overall at Zombies in the Heartland
Other notable finishes include:
- 1st place in the Heavy Division at 2017 Nordic Vortex Tri-Gun
- 1st place in the PPC Division at 2017 Ohio State 3 Gun Championship
- 1st place in the Tac Ops Division at 2018 Mission 22 Multigun Championship
- 1st place in the PCC Division at 2019 Missouri Monster Match
In addition to his impressive competitive shooting career, Carillo is a proud husband and father of two children. He is a full time Commercial Electrical Estimator and Project Manager, after being in the field for 20+ years.
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Akadian Campbell
Akadian is a fifteen-year-old competitive shooter from Northwest Florida and started competing in 2019. He am an honor student at Baker School and enrolled in JROTC where he holds a leadership position. Akadian is currently shooting Multi-gun, USPSA, DMR, and Steel Challenge matches and has competed in over 70 events. Akadian is currently one of the top competitors in my local area. He enjoys being an ambassador for the shooting community and supporting several charitable organizations including the Memorial 3 Gun Foundation. Akadian has also started training in MMA/Kickboxing to help with movement which also helps in his shooting.
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Nate Schmidt
Nate is a sixteen-year-old who has been training with firearms, since he was 3 years old. Through the years, Nate has been trained by his father, who has been a Law Enforcement Officer for 30 plus years and a Firearms Instructor for 28 plus years. Nate’s knowledge of weapons and firearm fundamentals has earned him respect by his peers and adults. Nate began his competition career in 2019 with Trap, USPSA and Multigun. It wasn’t until the middle of the Multigun Competition Series of 2019 that Nate began competing in the Multigun Series.
Some of Nate’s achievements include:
- Top Trap Shooter of the Year 2019
- Patrick Fitzjarrald Memorial Youth Shooter of the Year 2019
- Great Lakes Championship of 2020 Top Junior
- Indiana Multigun Series Top Junior 2020
- Nate took 1st place in the Indiana Multigun Series Final Match 2020 in his Division and Top Junior
- Took 1st place in the Amateur Division of Tac Ops at the Microtech Pro Am Championship and awarded with the “Spirit of the Match” award.
- Won both side stages at the 2020 Mission 22 Multi-gun Championship
- Won the Amateur Division side stage at the Microtech Pro-Am Championship
Nate has dominated the Junior Class in Indiana since 2020 and continues to show promise of being a top competitor to the Junior and Adult Competition Levels in the future. Nate’s first place finish for his division as an amateur in the Microtech Pro-Am 2021, has moved him up into the professional division for future competitions.
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Rachel Mazzio
Rachel began shooting when she was about 6 years old, and has enjoyed it ever since. Rachel has always have been a competitive person, which led to her experimenting with a few indoor USPSA matches held at a local range during the winter. She did about 4 of these throughout the winters of 2016 and 2017 has never heard of 3-gun until they went into our local gun shop to purchase a shotgun, when they told us that it would compete the trio needed to begin multigun— a shotgun, rifle, and pistol. Intrigued, they did some research and found a local match. Rachel then competed in my first match on April 14th, 2018. From there, her addiction began.
Currently, Rachel has been shooting 3-gun for 4 years. Although 3-gun did have her missing many days of school, Rachel maintained above a 4.0 GPA all throughout high school as well as participating in a Mock Trial program, where they won the regional competition her senior year.
As Rachel is about to graduate high school, she plans to study online through a local community college to receive her associates degree of a liberal arts of science, and then go on to get her bachelors elsewhere with a major in mathematics and a minor in business— as well as continue shooting and giving back to a community that has given so much to her, and played such a large role in who she is today.
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Courtney Gray
My name is Courtney Gray, I began competing in shooting sports since 2016. My competitive shooting career started in IDPA and USPSA production division. In 2018 I was introduced to 3 Gun and found my game! Today, I compete in 3 Gun both locally here Colorado, as well as at major matches around the country and I can quad load a shotgun faster than John Wick! I primarily compete in tac ops division but have begun testing the waters in stealth and UML ladies’ rules (which now include PCC). I still compete in USPSA on occasion in both carry optics and PCC divisions, this is primarily to keep my skills sharp in the off season.
One of my passions is empowering women, both on the range and off. As an NRA Certified Pistol Instructor, I’m fortunate to be able to teach solid pistol skills and concealed carry techniques and have been invited to teach several intro to 3 Gun classes. The highlight of one of these courses was The Women of Troy, Women’s 3 Gun Academy, teaching a 3-day intensive that culminated in their first match! They did great!
As a self-confessed gear head, I always love chatting about guns and gear and regularly hand my equipment to folks to try out. I am incredibly grateful for the support of my wife, Rachel, who comes to many of my matches to film me for social media. Look for me on the range and feel free to come say hello!