Erika Anschutz of Hamilton, Ohio began shooting a bow at the age of six, and was competing in archery tournaments by the time she was seven-years-old in 1996. During the course of the past 13 years she has compiled an amazing record while winning numerous state and regional championships, along with a total of 38 national championships in indoor, outdoor, and 3-D competition. Since 2002, Erika has been a member of one Collegiate, three Senior, and five Junior U.S. World Archery Teams that have successfully competed in World Target Archery Championships. She has had the privilege of traveling to, and competing in, such countries as the Czech Republic, France, England, Denmark, Spain, Mexico, Germany, Taiwan, and Poland. While competing internationally, she has distinguished herself as being among the world’s best archers by winning a total of fourteen world titles in individual and team competitions, including six gold medals, three silver medals, and five bronze medals. In addition to her stellar list of archery championship titles, she has also established an impressive total of 161 national record scores, including 21 world records in indoor and outdoor competition. Included among Erika’s notable archery accomplishments is the distinction of being recognized as one of the top-ranked members of the National Archery Association’s Junior and Senior U.S. Archery Teams for eight consecutive years, and also one of the top-ranked members of the U.S. Collegiate All-American and All-Academic Archery Teams the past two years. Another noteworthy accomplishment is her back-to-back national championship titles in the professional women’s freestyle division of competition at the National Field Archery Association’s 2006 and 2007 National Indoor Championship tournaments. Since 2005, when she was 16-years-old, she has been a Pro Staff shooter for both Hoyt and Easton, and a member of the National Field Archery Association’s Pro Division. She has been one of the top-ranked professional female archers in the nation since that time. Early in 2009, Erika was elected by a group of her peers from across the nation to serve on the USA Archery Athletes Advisory Council which, in turn, elected her to serve as the Compound Athlete Representative to the USA Archery Board of Directors.
In addition to archery, Erika enjoys working out, listening to music, playing card games such as Texas Hold ‘Em, and spending time with her family and friends. She also loves watching and keeping up with everything related to college football (especially the Nebraska Huskers) and such reality television shows as “American Idol” and “The Bachelor/Bachelorette.” She is currently in her junior year of school at the University of Nebraska where she is a Pre-Law student majoring in Psychology. After earning her B.A. degree, she plans to enter a Psychology and Law dual degree program where she will work towards a Ph.D. in Psychology and a J.D. in Law.
Erika’s sponsors include: Alpen Outdoor Products, BCY Inc., Carter Enterprises, Easton, Field Logic, Hoyt, Leven Industries, Nealy’s Custom Bowstrings, Inc., Premier Archery (Lincoln, NE) Sims Vibration Laboratory, Inc., Specialty Archery L.L.C., Spot-Hogg, and Sure-Loc Archery Products.
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