With the growth of the AIM Program in the past year is has become evident that further regulations regarding shooters in these categories need to be made.
A shooter must declare before the start of the shooting season whether he/she will be a part of the Collegiate or Graduate Category.
Collegiate/Graduate Squads
A squad deemed as a collegiate squad needs to be compromised of five shooters all of whom attend the same University. It is no longer acceptable for shooters who are comprised of the same squad on the collegiate level to be from varying Universities. Squads deemed as collegiate squads are not able to compete for a Gun Club but must represent a University.
The ATA will no longer allow a squad to be comprised of shooters in the Graduate Category and shooters in the Collegiate Category. A squad must declare as a Graduate Squad or a Collegiate Squad. A collegiate shooter may shoot on a Graduate Squad but the squad will be deemed as a Graduate Squad; this would require the shooter to declare him or herself as a “Graduate” at the start of the shooting season if they wish to compete on a graduate squad.
Our mission in creating a collegiate category is to provide genuine competition between University teams. This will encourage individuals to seek out other shooters that attend his or her University.
Collegiate/Graduate Individuals
If a shooter had decided to declare him/herself as a Collegiate Shooter at the start of the shooting season he/she must shoot on behalf of the University in which he/she attends. He/She is not able to represent a Gun Club.
If a shooter wishes to represent a Club he/she must declare him/herself as a Graduate.
The Collegiate Category is similar to that of a Special Category Declaration.
These changes will be enforced starting September 1, 2010.