Corps Marksmen Sweep Combat Shooting Championship
The Texas A&M University Corps of Cadets Marksmanship Unit (CCMU) won the 2015 Military College Combat Shooting Championship (MCCSC) hosted by the prestigious United States Army Marksmanship Unit at Fort Benning, Ga.
The competition involved combat weapons teams from the four service academies: U.S. Military Academy, U.S. Naval Academy, U.S. Air Force Academy and U. S. Coast Guard Academy, as well as two of the six senior military colleges–Texas A&M and Virginia Military Institute (VMI).
The CCMU squad consisted of 13 shooters, five of whom were designated as the official “team” for scoring in the match. After a long, tough, highly contested competition, the CCMU team came away with the Championship Trophy. The CCMU team finished 84 match points ahead of the second-place competitor, the U.S. Military Academy. The U.S. Naval Academy took third place.
The CCMU team placed five cadets in the top 10 of the match and eight in the Top 20, including the High Overall Shooter, the CCMU team captain, Cadet Zach Williams, Class of 2016. CCMU Cadet Naomi Boyer ’16 was recognized as the “High Lady” shooter for the match.
The CCMU Cadets in the top 10 were:
#1 Overall, Cadet Zach Williams ’16, of Weatherford, TX
#3 Overall, Cadet Bryan Bonnette ’16, Weatherford, TX
#4 Overall, Cadet John Burton ’17, The Woodlands, TX
#6 Overall, Cadet Nick Mrak ’18, Cape Carteret, NC
#7 Overall, Cadet Jason Sartor ’18, Baytown, TX
The MCCSC is a combat style rifle/pistol match consisting of eight courses of fire that stressed all fundamental skills of weapons handling, accuracy and physical agility. The 65 cadets and midshipmen participating were forced to negotiate obstacles, walls and barbed wire in addition to engaging paper and reactive targets throughout the competition.
