Final Scores Announced for 2025-2026 JROTC Three-Position Postal Championship
January 5, 2026
The results are in for the 2025-2026 JROTC Three-Position Postal Air Rifle Championship! The competition was facilitated by the Civilian Marksmanship Program (CMP), running from September to December.
The JROTC Postal Championship is a three-position competition where high school sporter and precision air rifle athletes from across the country fire upon official targets at their home ranges and return them to the CMP Headquarters for scoring. Teams and individuals are ranked against one another, with top competitors moving on to the JROTC Service Championships – set to be held in Utah, Alabama and Ohio in February 2026.
Over 6,000 junior athletes competed in the Postal event. Finishing as the overall sporter competitor in the JROTC Postals was Kyley Lusby, 17, of Pascagoula High School, MS, with a score of 287-14X. Leading precision competitor was Mataya Turner, 18, of Granbury High School, TX, with an outstanding score of 299-26X.
Other leading athletes and teams from the JROTC 2025-2026 Postal include:
Army:
Sporter Individual:
- Elyssa Vazquez, 18, Mariner High School, Florida – 285-12X
- Miguel Vasquez, 17, North Brunswick High School, North Carolina – 280-10X
- Fox Neuhaus, 16, Austin E. Lathrop High School, Alaska – 280-10X
Sporter Team:
- West Creek High School, Tennessee – 1086-31X
- Mulberry High School, Florida – 1083-35X
- North Brunswick High School, North Carolina – 1082-30X
Precision Individual:
- Kaitlyn Smith, 17, Claudia Taylor Johnson High School, Texas – 297-18X
- Kelsey Dardas, 15, Fountain Fort Carson High School, Colorado – 295-25X
- Elaina Perez, 18, Fountain Fort Carson High School, Colorado – 295-22X
Precision Team:
- Fountain Fort Carson High School, Colorado – 1175-81X
- Ozark High School, Missouri – 1161-65X
- Claudia Taylor Johnson High School, Texas – 1160-64X
Marine Corps:
Sporter Individual:
- Joshua Prince, 17, Fort Mill High School, South Carolina – 285-15X
- Misha Hamid, 17, Palm Bay Magnet High School, Florida – 283-13X
- Elizabeth Gunn, 17, Mountain View High School, Virginia – 280-11X
Sporter Team:
- Palm Bay Magnet High School, Florida – 1103-40X
- Fontana High School, California – 1090-31X
- Jack C. Hays High School, Texas – 1089-35X
Precision Individual:
- Mataya Turner, 18, Granbury High School, Texas – 299-26X
- Ethan Erwin, 16, Granbury High School, Texas – 294-23X
- Alexis Wells, 17, IL Texas Keller-Saginaw High School, Texas – 293-17X
Precision Team:
- Granbury High School, Texas – 1175-84X
- East Coweta High School, Georgia – 1162-72X
- Granbury High School, Texas – 1154-63X
Navy:
Sporter Individual:
- Kyley Lusby, 17, Pascagoula High School, Mississippi – 287-14X
- Mark Stevens, 18, Page High School, North Carolina – 282-13X
- Tyresse Vargas, 17, Pascagoula High School, Mississippi – 281-14X
Sporter Team:
- Zion-Benton Township High School, Illinois – 1098-39X
- Pascagoula High School, Mississippi – 1094-45X
- Ramona High School, California – 1086-36X
Precision Individual:
- Ysabelle Martinez, 17, Floyd Central High School, Indiana – 298-23X
- Logan Hall, 17, Floyd Central High School, Indiana – 297-22x
- Emma Velten, 16, Floyd Central High School, Indiana – 296-22X
Precision Team:
- Floyd Central High School, Indiana – 1186-89X
- Camden County High School, Georgia – 1156-68X
- West Mesa High School, New Mexico – 1153-65X
Air Force:
Sporter Individual:
- Emery Ayala, 16, Sickles High School, Florida – 282-10X
- Veronica Hernandez, 18, South Panola Air Force JROTC, Mississippi – 281-10X
- Chris Fick, 16, Haughton High School, Louisiana – 274-10X
Sporter Team:
- Space Coast High School, Florida – 1071-30X
- Utah Military Academy, Utah – 1064-24X
- Sickles High School, Florida – 1056-25X
Precision Individual:
- Sarah Mix, 14, Beavercreek High School, Ohio – 299-23X
- Alexandra Bailey, 18, Kaiserslautern High School, AE – 290-21X
- Katelynn McEntee, 17, Sickles High School, Florida – 290-17X
Precision Team:
- Sickles High School, Florida – 1151-61X
- Kaiserslautern High School, AE – 1146-53X
- Cherokee High School, Georgia – 1139-52X
For a complete list of results, visit https://ct.thecmp.org/2025JROTCPostalResults. A list of those invited to the 2026 JROTC Three-Position Service Championships may be found on the CMP website at https://thecmp.org/youth/jrotc/.