ONE TO WATCH

For the past nine years, illustrious members of the clay-shooting community have gathered every February to celebrate the best of the best at the CPSA Awards. This February was no different. All the big names were in attendance from the nation’s top shooters to the best coaches, target setters, charitable fundraisers and representatives from some of the most important businesses in the clay-shooting world.

There was one young lady in attendance who may have flown under the radar of many of those at the event: 16-year-old Ami Hedgecock. Sitting at a table with her family, it would be easy to presume that she was there to accompany them for a glitzy night out. But any who have been following her blossoming career knew one thing; this young shooter is on track to become one of the country’s greatest.

She walked away from the evening as the CPSA’s Emerging