Hillsdale College offers academics and support for the shooting sports at a level unmatched by any other school in the nation. The Chargers Shotgun Team is a scholarship-awarding, fully funded varsity athletics program. If you’d like to be considered for the program, please fill out our recruit questionnaire: https://questionnaires.armssoftware.com/5b765ade8941
Hillsdale is an independent liberal arts college located in southern Michigan. Founded in 1844, the College has built a national reputation through its classical liberal arts core curriculum and its principled refusal to accept federal or state taxpayer subsidies, even indirectly in the form of student grants or loans. It also conducts an outreach effort promoting civil and religious liberty, including a free monthly speech digest, Imprimis, with a circulation of more than 6.6 million.
Hillsdale offers academic rigor at an Ivy-level and has very high admissions standards to ensure students are up to the challenge. The average incoming freshman sports a 3.9 GPA and ACT of 32 (SAT 1420). The College is committed to the ideals of Western Civilization and the American Founding including all graduates being required to take a course in the US Constitution. Hillsdale’s most popular majors include Economics, History, English, Politics, and Biology, but also offer degrees in a variety of sciences and humanities. For more information about the College, visit https://hillsdalechargers.com/sports/shotgun
The Chargers Shotgun Team was founded in 2010 and quickly became one of the most prominent collegiate clay target programs in the nation. They were ACUI division III Team High Overall National Champions in 2012, 2014-2018, and 2021 and won their first ACUI division II Team High Overall title in 2024. The Chargers compete primarily in six disciplines: American Trap, Trap Doubles, American Skeet, Skeet Doubles, Sporting Clays, and Super Sporting. They also have athletes competing in the Olympic Trap and Skeet and have earned numerous ISSF World Cup medals. Student-Athletes on the team are eligible to receive athletic scholarships on top of academic and need-based aid. To follow the team, follow this link to their page on Hillsdale’s athletics website: https://hillsdalechargers.com/sports/shotgun
The Chargers train at the college’s own Halter Shooting Sports Education Center. The facility has been the home of the USA Shooting National Team since 2019 and has hosted USA Shooting National Championships and Junior Olympic Championships. Halter boasts four international skeet fields, a 23-station sporting clays course, a heated 5-Stand, five international bunkers, and eight American Trap fields. For more information about Halter, visit shootingsports.hillsdale.edu.
Reach out to Hillsdale’s Head Shotgun Coach, Jordan Hintz, at jhintz@hillsdale.edu.
