ky_bull
11-19-2007, 10:54 PM
I subscribed to Outdoor Life and was pleasently surprised to see Kentucky's own Jennie Richardson has been named to Outdoor Life's 25 most influential people in the outdoors.
Jennie Richardson: Champion archer gets schoolkids involved
In 2002, educator and national champion archer Jennie Richardson was chosen as the state coordinator for a fledgling program designed to introduce archery to middle school students in her native Kentucky. Today, the physical-education curriculum known as the National Archery in the Schools Program (NASP) is being taught to students in more than 40 states and 4 countries.
Those in the know attribute the NASP's meteoric growth in great part to Richardson's enthusiasm and leadership. "Jennie set the benchmark for NASP. She proved it was achievable on a national level," says Ken Watkins, president of the International Bowhunting Organization.
This past June, the annual NASP National Tournament and Conference attracted 1,577 student archers from 120 schools and 20 states. Given the organization's current rate of growth, it's estimated that by 2010 more than 2.5 million middle and high school students could be shooting bows and arrows.
You can vote for Jennie at
http://www.outdoorlife.com/article_gallery.jsp?ID=5058&page=4 (http://www.outdoorlife.com/article_gallery.jsp?ID=5058&page=4)
Jennie Richardson: Champion archer gets schoolkids involved
In 2002, educator and national champion archer Jennie Richardson was chosen as the state coordinator for a fledgling program designed to introduce archery to middle school students in her native Kentucky. Today, the physical-education curriculum known as the National Archery in the Schools Program (NASP) is being taught to students in more than 40 states and 4 countries.
Those in the know attribute the NASP's meteoric growth in great part to Richardson's enthusiasm and leadership. "Jennie set the benchmark for NASP. She proved it was achievable on a national level," says Ken Watkins, president of the International Bowhunting Organization.
This past June, the annual NASP National Tournament and Conference attracted 1,577 student archers from 120 schools and 20 states. Given the organization's current rate of growth, it's estimated that by 2010 more than 2.5 million middle and high school students could be shooting bows and arrows.
You can vote for Jennie at
http://www.outdoorlife.com/article_gallery.jsp?ID=5058&page=4 (http://www.outdoorlife.com/article_gallery.jsp?ID=5058&page=4)