Gene Arnold was born in Rice Lake, WI to Bruce & Marlene Arnold. He has one brother, Scot. Gene graduated from Rice Lake High School in 1979 and UW-Eau Claire in 1984.

Gene has been employed with Kimberly-Clark Corporation since 1984.

In 1980 he married his wife Patti. They currently live in Sherwood, WI with their two kids Brett and Casey. Brett is a junior at UW-Madison and Casey will be a freshman at UW_Eau Claire this fall.

Gene started shooting trap when he was 10 years old with a single-shot 12 gauge. After he shot a 23×25 with the single shot on his first round of trap, his father figured he better buy him a real shotgun. They promply went to the local gun dealer and bought a Remington 870 TB, a gun that Gene still cherishes to this day. He broked his first 200 straight at the age of 15 and achieved the 27 yard line at the age of 17. While he beat his father to these major milestones his father still brags about beating him to 50 straight!

After he graduated from High School he took a break from shotgun sports (he had to pay for college!). In 1998 he went to shoot Sporting Clays with his good friend and neighbor, Dick Stewart, and has been hooked on the sport since.

Jeff is the youngest of four children born to Mr. and Mrs. William Hautamaki. Jeff grew up in Germantown, WI and graduated from Washington High School, where he lettered in baseball, football and weight lifting.

After high school, he entered the United States Army. While stationed in Texas, he met and married Starlynn, his wife of 22 years.

They moved back to Wisconsin where Jeff went to work as a carpenter. Jeff now owns and operates his own carpentry/contracting business… Northpoint Builders.

Jeff has always been an avid “bird buster”, training his own dogs and eventually running and judging in Shoot-To-Retreive field trials. When one of the clubs he was training at bought a sporting clays trailer, a couple of friends asked him to shoot on their team. This was Jeff’s introduction to Sporting Clays and he has been hooked ever since! Practicing for shooting in field trials soon became shooting registered Sporting Clays.

In 1999, Jeff was in a serious car accident and broke his neck. Not knowing if he would be able to shoot again, Jeff realized how much he enjoyed the sport and how much he would miss it. Thank God for prayers and support of family and friends, Jeff was able to return to regular activities.

Over the years, Jeff has been able to shoot with many different people and at many different clubs throughout Wisconsin, Illinois and at the Nationals in Texas.

The genuine comaraderie of shooters from Wisconsin makes Jeff proud to be from this state and from the Sporting Clays group. Jeff is a dedicated member of both Waukesha Gun Club and West Bend Barton Gun Club.

Jeff’s passion and dedication to the sport is second to none.

Allen has also served the sport and its shooters in many ways:

* NSCA Wisconsin State Delegate (Multpile Years)

* NSCA Zone 5 Coordinator

* NSCA Level II Certified Shooting Instructor

Paul also voluntarily served as the WSCA Webmaster for 10 years.