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. Since that time, she has compiled an amazing record while winning numerous state and regional championships, along with a total of 41 national championships in indoor, outdoor, and 3-D competition. Beginning in 2002, Erika has been a member of two Collegiate, four 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, Poland, Serbia, and South Korea. While competing internationally, she has distinguished herself as being among the world’s best archers by winning a total of 17 world titles in individual and team events, including six gold medals, four silver medals, and seven 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 nine consecutive years, and also one of the top-ranked members of the U.S. Collegiate All-American and All-Academic Archery Teams the past three years. Since 2005, when she was 16 years-old, Erika has been a Pro Staff shooter for both Hoyt and Easton, and a member of the National Field Archery Association’s (NFAA) Pro Division. She has been one of the top-ranked professional female archers in the nation since that time and won the NFAA Pro Female Shooter of the Year Award for 2009. 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 Bow Athlete Representative to the USA Archery Board of Directors. In May 2009, she received a $500 academic scholarship from the U.S. Collegiate Archery Program via a grant by the Easton Sports Development Foundation (ESDF). One month later, Erika was further honored as the recipient of a $5,000 academic scholarship funded by the NFAA Foundation and ESDF.
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.” Erika will be senior during the 2009/2010 school year at the University of Nebraska where she is majoring in Psychology. After earning her Bachelors degree, Erika plans to attend graduate school and study toward a Masters degree.
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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