{"id":7571,"date":"2019-09-03T13:53:45","date_gmt":"2019-09-03T18:53:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/?p=7571"},"modified":"2019-09-03T13:53:45","modified_gmt":"2019-09-03T18:53:45","slug":"sau-receives-leadership-gift-from-farmers-bank-trust-for-new-trap-shooting-facility","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/2019\/sau-receives-leadership-gift-from-farmers-bank-trust-for-new-trap-shooting-facility\/","title":{"rendered":"SAU receives leadership gift from Farmers Bank & Trust for new trap shooting facility"},"content":{"rendered":"

Southern Arkansas University has received a leadership gift for its new trap shooting facility. Farmers Bank & Trust made a commitment of $220,000 to the under-construction facility located on the Governor Ben T.\u00a0\u00a0& Lucille Laney Farm. The Farmers Bank & Trust Trap Shooting Range will originally open with three trap ranges, high and low skeet houses, and a clubhouse.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe impact of Farmers Bank & Trust is evident across our campus, from academic programs, to student scholarships, to our athletic program,\u201d said Dr. Trey Berry, SAU president. \u201cTrap shooting has become increasingly popular not only among youth, but is also increasingly popular as a corporate event. The gift from Farmers benefits us all, as SAU will be the only institution in the region for students to compete at the collegiate level, and our high schools benefit from having a facility to call home and both practice and host events. Companies and the community will be able to host events once the range is fully operational. This can really be a draw for visitors to Magnolia.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cSAU is such an invaluable part of our community and this region,\u201d said Chris Gosnell, president and CEO of Farmers Bank & Trust. \u201cAs always, Farmers Bank & Trust is proud to support SAU and we\u2019re honored to provide support for the trap shooting facility and the team.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Pictured are, left to right: Josh Kee, SAU Vice President for Advancement; Chris Gosnell, Farmers Bank & Trust President and CEO; Sheryl Edwards, SAU Assistant to the President and Director of Government Relations; Monty Harrington, Farmers Bank & Trust Magnolia Market President; Dr. Trey Berry, SAU President; Steve Crowell, Mulerider Trapshooting Coach, and Macy Braswell, SAU Foundation Executive Director.<\/p><\/div>\n

SAU trap shooting coach Steve Crowell said that more than 50 students have signed up for the inaugural SAU Trap Shooting Team.\u00a0\u201cWe are blessed to have Farmers Bank & Trust commit to making this a first-class facility for SAU, local high schools, and the community,\u201d Crowell said. \u201cBecause of the commitment and dedication the sport requires, the caliber of students who shoot at this level are a perfect fit for SAU. The clubhouse building and range will allow us to immediately become a force in recruiting on a national level. We have already had interest from students in New York, Alabama, Missouri, Tennessee, Minnesota, South Dakota, California, Arkansas, Texas, Oklahoma, and Louisiana.\u201d<\/p>\n

Opportunities are still available to support the program. Please contact the SAU Office for Advancement at 870-235-4078. For more information about SAU\u2019s Trap Shooting Team or the Farmers Bank & Trust Trap Shooting Range, contact Steve Crowell at 870-235-5476 or\u00a0SAUTrapTeam@saumag.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Southern Arkansas University has received a leadership gift for its new trap shooting facility. Farmers Bank & Trust made a commitment of $220,000 to the under-construction facility located on the Governor Ben T.\u00a0\u00a0& Lucille Laney Farm. The Farmers Bank & Trust Trap Shooting Range will originally open with three trap ranges, high and low skeet… Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":564,"featured_media":7572,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[276,7753],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-7571","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-community-corner","8":"category-homepage","9":"entry"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7571","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/564"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7571"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7571\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7572"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7571"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7571"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7571"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}