Awards

SGA 2017 Apollonion
USA Archery Level 3-NTS Coach
2013-2017 UCSD Archery Competitive Team Member
2014-2015 SGA Vice-President and Team Captain
2015-2016 SGA President
2016-2017 SGA President and Team Captain
2015-2017 USA Archery Collegiate Archery Program Athlete Representative
2014 West Region Best New Archer
2015 Easton Foundation Las Vegas Warm Up Invitational Bronze
2015 Western Regional Recurve Mixed Team Bronze
2015 All-West Male Recurve
2015 California State Outdoor Collegiate Silver
2016 Western Regional Male Recurve Qualification Bronze
2016 Western Regional Male Recurve Team Bronze
2016 Western Regional Mixed Recurve Champion
2016 Western Regional Male Recurve Champion
2016 California State Outdoor Collegiate Champion
2017 Western Regional Male Recurve Team Silver
2017 Western Regional Recurve Mixed Team Champion
2017 USAT#1 - Arizona Cup Male Recurve Collegiate Bronze
2017 USAT#2 - Gator Cup Male Recurve Collegiate Bronze
2017 National Outdoor Collegiate Championship Qualification - 4th Place
2017 National Outdoor Collegiate Championship Eliminations - 6th Place
2017 National Outdoor Collegiate Championship Qualification Male Recurve Team Silver
2017 National Outdoor Collegiate Championship Qualification Recurve Mixed Team Champion
2017 Western Regional Coach of the Year

Spotlight

Jason started archery with his close friends at a lesson at the Stevens Creek Archery Range in Norcal the summer before he entered UCSD in 2013. After enjoying the experience, he found the beginner workshops held by SGA, and after attending that and the first GBM, decided he would join the club! Although he was enrolled in a beginner class that quarter, he actually never attended because he enjoyed shooting with the club so much more! From then to now, he has become the most decorated person in SGA history with over twenty titles, currently holds almost all of the SGA male recurve indoor club records and all of the male recurve outdoor records, and currently sits with Kaitlyn Huang as the Mixed Recurve National Collegiate Champion.

Some of the biggest memories Jason takes away from being a part of SGA and collegiate archery is the team aspect and the overwhelming support that the team provides, especially at competition. He said, “I remember, first at the 2016 Western Regional Individual Eliminations and Mixed Team Finals, and then at the 2017 NOCC Mixed Team Finals, shooting my last arrows and turning around to see my whole team standing behind me supporting me and cheering me on. Hearing them scream the team cheers really makes archery feel like a team sport, and I wouldn’t be where I am now without them.”

The thing that Jason has struggled with most in archery is self-confidence. “I’ve said this probably dozens of times, but archery is an honest sport. Your process, your technique, your mental mindset, all show up on the target, and it can be extremely frustrating. Then, the flip side to that, after training extremely hard, when I did start shooting the scores that I wanted, it was hard for me to believe that I was really shooting those scores, so at competitions, I didn’t have that faith in my shot and myself. After these past few years, archery has really shown me that if I believe in myself, I can achieve anything.”

He finished saying “I’m grateful that I had the opportunity to be a part of SGA and collegiate archery, and that I got to meet every single person I did through archery. While there have been many ups and down, and I have a lot of white hair now because of the club haha, it has provided me with an immense amount of experience, has brought me many lifelong friends, and has definitely been a defining piece of my time in college that I wouldn’t want to trade for anything.

Now that he’s graduated, Jason is working for Easton Foundations at the Easton Archery Center of Excellence in Chula Vista while waiting to hear back from his application to the Resident Athlete Program there! If he makes it, the program provides the opportunity for archers to become professional athletes who train full time for the Summer Olympic Games! He also hopes to continue being a part of the club as a coach to train new athletes and support the team at competition!

We wish Jason the best in getting into the program and expect to see him at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games!