Our Junior Members President is Jace Walters who is a 18 year old competitive shooter from Elyria Ohio, with National awards in both firearms and archery. Jace has not just competed in Ohio, but Nationally and Internationally in 24 states and provinces as well. Jace has also been an Honor Roll Student since the beginning of 5th grade, mom and dad said if he didn't maintain good grades that he wouldn't be able to miss school to compete.
In 2017 Jace started competing in the Ohio Archers Association (Ohio NFAA Series) and finished 3rd in the shooter of the year in the 11 and under male bow hunter class. 2018 brought Jace 3 State - Shooter of the Year awards as well as competing in his first National event. Then the following year in 2019 Jace earned his first archery national podium at the First Dakota Class in Yankton, SD; then earned another two national podiums that year. In the years to follow Jace traveled all around Ohio, the U.S.A and Canada competing and earning multiple state, national and international awards.
Because of an archery related injury that began in the early spring of 2022, Jace had more time to practice with his firearms. And what do you know, he wasn't half bad shooting a pistol. That turned out to be a good thing to know, since Jace was forced to hangup his bow at the end of 2022 to avoid long-term damage to his arm.
In 2023 (and again in 2024 & 2025) Jace won the Glock GSSF - CMP National Challenge (Junior Division) at CMP Camp Perry Ohio. With Jace's continued improvement and success with firearms, the decision was made to attend the 2023 Glock Annual Challenge at CMP Talladega, Alabama. That was a wise decision as Jace finished on 5 of the 10 amateur podiums, and won the Amateur Civilian Division by finishing 1st out of 134 and became a Glock Master Class Shooter at the age of 15.
In 2024 Jace began competing in the Scholastic Action Shooting Program, this was done so that Jace could compete interact with other youth competitors like he had done for years in archery. In his first year Jace proved to be the number one centerfire pistol shooter in the State of Ohio, and earned Runner-Up divisional National Champion in Centerfire Pistol Iron.
To become a more rounded competitor in firearms as he was in archery, Jace was looking for firearms related training that he could attend. At the age of 16, Jace became the youngest Glock Certified Armorer and at 17 became a USPSA Range Officer.
For the 2025 season, Jace competed in 12 GSSF matches, finishing with 23 overall podiums as a Master and was the high-overall Junior shooter in every match. During the 2025 Civilian Marksmanship Program Nationals at Camp Perry, Jace earned his first EIC points in the M17 EIC Pistol, and several CMP High-Overall Junior in other shooting disciplines. And what Jace feels are his two biggest accomplishments of the season, are earning his 'A' classifications in USPSA and Steel Challenge. In 2026 Jace's goals are to achieve ‘Master’ classification in both USPSA and Steel Challenge in multiple disciplines. I’m proud to announce that as of January 2026, our Junior Members President Jace Walters has enlisted into the Ohio Air Force National Guard! This wasn’t the easiest decision for Jace to make as he did have a number of opportunities to choose from. But ultimately Jace decided on a path that many of his family members have also taken, and that is serving and protecting our country in the military. Currently Jace attends the Lorain County JVS taking the Commercial Truck Technology program, and will continue down that path in the Air Force by choosing the Mission Generation Vehicular Equipment Maintenance (2T3X1) MOS. In short, Jace will work on machinery that the Air Force has with an engine, that does not fly as part of The 200th Rapid Engineer Deployable Heavy Operational Repair Squadron Engineer (RED HORSE) Squadron based out of Camp Perry. The LaGrange Hunt Club is proud to be a supporter of Jace in his competitive shooting endeavors and is proud of all that he has done and continues to do to involve youth in our club. To discover the benefits of becoming a partner of Jace for the 2026 shooting season, send an email to Recreation@JaceWalters.com to receive his ‘2026 Partner Benefits Form’.
In 2017 Jace started competing in the Ohio Archers Association (Ohio NFAA Series) and finished 3rd in the shooter of the year in the 11 and under male bow hunter class. 2018 brought Jace 3 State - Shooter of the Year awards as well as competing in his first National event. Then the following year in 2019 Jace earned his first archery national podium at the First Dakota Class in Yankton, SD; then earned another two national podiums that year. In the years to follow Jace traveled all around Ohio, the U.S.A and Canada competing and earning multiple state, national and international awards.
Because of an archery related injury that began in the early spring of 2022, Jace had more time to practice with his firearms. And what do you know, he wasn't half bad shooting a pistol. That turned out to be a good thing to know, since Jace was forced to hangup his bow at the end of 2022 to avoid long-term damage to his arm.
In 2023 (and again in 2024 & 2025) Jace won the Glock GSSF - CMP National Challenge (Junior Division) at CMP Camp Perry Ohio. With Jace's continued improvement and success with firearms, the decision was made to attend the 2023 Glock Annual Challenge at CMP Talladega, Alabama. That was a wise decision as Jace finished on 5 of the 10 amateur podiums, and won the Amateur Civilian Division by finishing 1st out of 134 and became a Glock Master Class Shooter at the age of 15.
In 2024 Jace began competing in the Scholastic Action Shooting Program, this was done so that Jace could compete interact with other youth competitors like he had done for years in archery. In his first year Jace proved to be the number one centerfire pistol shooter in the State of Ohio, and earned Runner-Up divisional National Champion in Centerfire Pistol Iron.
To become a more rounded competitor in firearms as he was in archery, Jace was looking for firearms related training that he could attend. At the age of 16, Jace became the youngest Glock Certified Armorer and at 17 became a USPSA Range Officer.
For the 2025 season, Jace competed in 12 GSSF matches, finishing with 23 overall podiums as a Master and was the high-overall Junior shooter in every match. During the 2025 Civilian Marksmanship Program Nationals at Camp Perry, Jace earned his first EIC points in the M17 EIC Pistol, and several CMP High-Overall Junior in other shooting disciplines. And what Jace feels are his two biggest accomplishments of the season, are earning his 'A' classifications in USPSA and Steel Challenge. In 2026 Jace's goals are to achieve ‘Master’ classification in both USPSA and Steel Challenge in multiple disciplines. I’m proud to announce that as of January 2026, our Junior Members President Jace Walters has enlisted into the Ohio Air Force National Guard! This wasn’t the easiest decision for Jace to make as he did have a number of opportunities to choose from. But ultimately Jace decided on a path that many of his family members have also taken, and that is serving and protecting our country in the military. Currently Jace attends the Lorain County JVS taking the Commercial Truck Technology program, and will continue down that path in the Air Force by choosing the Mission Generation Vehicular Equipment Maintenance (2T3X1) MOS. In short, Jace will work on machinery that the Air Force has with an engine, that does not fly as part of The 200th Rapid Engineer Deployable Heavy Operational Repair Squadron Engineer (RED HORSE) Squadron based out of Camp Perry. The LaGrange Hunt Club is proud to be a supporter of Jace in his competitive shooting endeavors and is proud of all that he has done and continues to do to involve youth in our club. To discover the benefits of becoming a partner of Jace for the 2026 shooting season, send an email to Recreation@JaceWalters.com to receive his ‘2026 Partner Benefits Form’.
