Awards

In our pursuit of supporting the growth and development of our community and athletes, SGA has created a long history of success inside and out of collegiate archery. In our short five years, our team and club members have accumulated over 125 awards across local, state, regional, and national level tournaments.

SGA Awards

Apollonian
In honor of those who dedicate their time and serve Sun God Archery, embodying honesty and integrity, never faltering in the face of adversity - Ardus ad Solem.

  • Alex Backrach, 2025

  • Randy Duong, 2024

  • Michael Tom, 2023

  • Jason Sheu, 2022

  • Janae Zhang, 2021

  • Ryan Tran, 2020

  • Elizabeth Wu, 2019

  • Kelton Cheng, 2018

  • Jason Tong, 2017

  • Joyce Kim, 2016

  • Alina Zhu, 2015

Senior Awards

2025

  • Alex Bachrach, Alex Catscratched

  • Cadence Seymour, Mouse Mauler

  • Kiichiro Wang, Yep:D Chef!!!

  • Jonathan Weakliem, 1 Arrow Purgatory

  • Zoe Matsunaga, Lil Pharma

  • Ryan Pearce, Ryan “6th Place” Pearce

  • Vincent Vo, Rinehart Brick Wall

  • Lucy Wang, Arsi Jr.

  • Ben Hur, Bowdrop Benjamin

  • Nathan Samson, The Roller

  • Owen Huang-DeBow, Tuning Till The End

  • Piper Takenaka, IG Baddie

  • Sophie Herrera, Armed and Dangerous

  • Lexie Spence, Work Hard Trip Harder

  • Akhil Subbarao, Who let the dogs out

2024

  • Randy Duong, *Randy*

  • Samantha Lowry, Sayum!

  • Aidan Sund, Mr. Pwesident

  • Anessa Williamson, Most Intimidating Nice Person

  • Ian Cresencia, Cresencion

  • Jaewon Kim, Jaewonder

  • Brooklyn Louie, Wine Mommy

  • Jalen Li, The Wicked Witch of the SD MTS

  • Carlos Campos, The 1st Commander of Supreme Birb Overlord

  • Sheridan Kieu, Hasheridan

  • Tyler Ray, #1 HDH Hater

2023

  • Hanyi Wang, Leggo My Eggo

  • Michael Tom, The Japan Enjoyer

  • Luiz Zhang, the Gacha Grindset

  • Yu-Ting Chen, King Yu-Ting, Weakest Grad Student

  • Shane Jost, Trad Chad

  • Matthew Oh, McMatthew

  • Tiffany Lin, Linsanity

  • Chris Cardenas, SGA Drip Model

  • Nick Hale, All Hail Hale

2022

  • Jason Sheu, Grey Wrangler

  • Ethan Tao, Suprisingly Photogenic International Man of Mystery

  • Michael Yeh, Average Tea Station Enjoyer

  • Matt Hashimoto, Mommimoto

  • Francesca Aleonar, NTS Kyudo alchemist

  • Irene Sha, Supreme Birb Overlord

  • Xianglong Wang, Secret Bow Dealer

2021

  • Janae Zhang, Janaenae

  • Chris Lasher, Dungeon Daddy

2020

  • Abby Hora, sAltY mEme MaeSTra

  • Dan Nguyen, Armed Waifu

  • Eric John Carbonell, Team Cheerleader

  • Eric Tian, El CapiTian

  • Michael Phillips, Micycle

  • Ryan Tran, Best Grandpa

2019

  • Elizabeth Wu, The Wholesome Peace-Seeker

  • Brian Frastaci, Speediest Bookworm

2018

  • Warren Au, The Martial Master

  • Kelton Cheng, The G.O.A.T. of Barebow

  • Dalena Dang, The Best Dang L-eye-t of Our Lives

  • Wen Gu, Wenpai the Goofy Gu-ber

  • Kaitlyn Huang, The Derpiest Competitive Birb

  • Yashwanth Nannapaneni, The Nerdiest Naan-a-panini

  • Dylan Januzik, The Killer Wear-rabbit

  • Bryan Kirschner, The Competition Kruscher

  • Tong Qi, The Glass Half Full

2017

  • Courtney Carrasca, Friendliest Moneyki-Neko

  • Brandon Chin, Chinpotle

  • Jason Tong, Most Adorable Dictator

2016

  • Joyce Kim, Best Mom

  • Ted Kim, Most Optimistic

  • Kyle Kole, Most Kolefied

  • Janette Lee, Best Stylist

  • Alvin Tseng, Best Carnivore

2015

  • Yunichel Joo, Best Credit

  • Victor Lau, Most Multi-Talented

  • Alina Zhu, Best ZhuKeeper

2014

  • Christopher Chu, Best Parent

  • Albert Lee, Best Job

  • Tansen Zhu, Best Driver

Team AWards

National

●  2022 NOCC National Team Champion, 10th Place
●  2018 NOCC National Team Champion, 4th Place
●  2017 NOCC National Team Champion, 5th Place

Regional

●  2018 WROCC West Region Team Champion, 2nd Place

Conference

●  2025 SoCal Collegiate Indoor Conference Team Champion, 2nd Place
●  2023 SoCal Collegiate Indoor Conference Team Champion, 3rd Place
●  2019 SoCal Collegiate Indoor Conference Team Champion, 1st Place
●  2018 SoCal Collegiate Indoor Conference Team Champion, 3rd Place

National

Overall Team

●  2022 NOCC National Team Champion, 10th Place
●  2018 NOCC National Team Champion, 4th Place
●  2017 NOCC National Team Champion, 5th Place

All-American

2022 NOCC

●  Conner Chia, Male Recurve

2018 NOCC

●  Kelton Cheng, Male Barebow
●  Wen Gu, Male Barebow
●  Yashwanth Nannapaneni, Male Barebow

2017 NOCC

●  Brandon Chin, Male Barebow
●  Yashwanth Nannapaneni, Male Barebow

2016 NOCC

●  Yashwanth Nannapaneni, Male Barebow
●  Kaitlyn Huang, Female Recurve

2015 NOCC

●  Kelton Cheng, Male Barebow

All-American Academic

2024

●  Anurag Chaudhari, Male Recurve
●  Justin Hyon, Male Recurve

2023

●  Randy Duong, Male Barebow

2019

●  Brian Frastaci, Male Barebow

2017

●  Brandon Chin, Male Barebow
●  Yashwanth Nannapaneni, Male Barebow
●  Alex Wolf, Male Barebow
●  Valerie Shoemaker, Female Bowhunter
●  Nick Amen, Male Recurve
●  Tong Qi, Male Recurve

2016

●  Yashwanth Nannapaneni, Male Barebow
●  Courtney Carrasca, Female Recurve

Mixed Team

2018 NOCC

●  Kelton Cheng & Abby Hora, Barebow Mixed Team 3rd Place
●  Kaitlyn Huang & Johnathan Tran, Recurve Mixed Team 3rd Place

2017 NOCC

●  Jason Tong & Kaitlyn Huang, Recurve Mixed Team Champion
●  Kelton Cheng & Abby Hora, Barebow Mixed Team 3rd Place

Team Round

2022 NOCC

●  Conner Chia, Nathan Samson, Jason Sheu, Male Recurve Team 3rd Place

2018 NOCC

●  Kelton Cheng, Wen Gu, Yashwanth Nannapaneni, Male Barebow Team Champion
●  Johnathan Tran, Eric John Carbonell, Warren Au, Male Recurve Team 2nd Place

2017 NOCC

●  Jason Tong, Nick Amen, Tong Qi, Male Recurve Team 2nd Place
●  Kelton Cheng, Wen Gu, Brandon Chin, Male Barebow Team 3rd Place

Individual Eliminations

2022 NOCC

●  Conner Chia, Male Recurve 3rd Place
●  Anessa Williamson, Female Recurve 3rd Place

2019 NOCC

●  Chak Kiu Lee, Male Compound 3rd Place
●  Dan Nguyen, Male Barebow 3rd Place

2018 NOCC

●  Kelton Cheng, Male Barebow Champion
●  Wen Gu, Male Barebow 2nd Place
●  Yashwanth Nannapaneni, Male Barebow 3rd Place

2017 NOCC

●  Wen Gu, Male Barebow 2nd Place
●  Jason Tong, Male Recurve 6th Place

2016 NOCC

●  Yashwanth Nannapaneni, Male Barebow 2nd Place
●  Kyle Kole, Male Barebow 3rd Place

2015 NOCC

●  Kelton Cheng, Male Barebow Champion

Qualification

2018 NOCC

●  Kelton Cheng, Male Barebow Champion
●  Wen Gu, Male Barebow 2nd Place
●  Yashwanth Nannapaneni, Male Barebow 3rd Place

2017 NOCC

●  Kelton Cheng, Male Barebow Champion
●  Brandon Chin, Male Barebow 4th Place
●  Abigail Hora, Female Recurve 4th Place
●  Jason Tong, Male Recurve 4th Place

2016 NOCC

●  Yashwanth Nannapaneni, Male Barebow Champion
●  Kyle Kole, Male Barebow 2nd Place

2015 NOCC

●  Kelton Cheng, Male Barebow Champion

Indoor Nationals

2018 Indoor Nationals

●  Kelton Cheng, Male Barebow Champion
●  Wen Gu, Male Barebow 2nd Place

2017 Indoor Nationals

●  Yashwanth Nannapaneni, Male Barebow Champion

2016 Indoor Nationals

●  Yashwanth Nannapaneni, Male Barebow 2nd Place

Other

2017 SoCal Showdown

●  Jason Tong, Male Recurve 2nd Place

2017 Gator Cup

●  Jason Tong, Male Recurve 3rd Place

2017 Arizona Cup

●  Jason Tong, Male Recurve 3rd Place

Coach

●  Jason Tong, 2017 West Region Coach of the Year

Regional

Overall Team

●  2018 WROCC West Region Team Champion, 2nd Place

All-West

2025 WROCC

●  Benjamin Hur, Male Recurve

2024 WROCC

●  Justin Hyon, Male Recurve

2023 WROCC

●  Randy Duong, Male Barebow

2022 WROCC

●  Conner Chia, Male Recurve
●  Nathan Samson, Male Recurve

2018 WROCC

●  Wen Gu, Male Barebow
●  Yashwanth Nannapaneni, Male Barebow
●  Kaitlyn Huang, Female Recurve

2017 WROCC

●  Yashwanth Nannapaneni, Male Barebow

2016 WROCC

●  Yashwanth Nannapaneni, Male Barebow
●  Valerie Shoemaker, Female Bowhunter
●  Kaitlyn Huang, Female Recurve
●  Joyce Kim, Female Recurve

2015 WROCC

●  Kelton Cheng, Male Barebow
●  Alina Zhu, Female Recurve
●  Jason Tong, Male Recurve

Mixed Team

2025 WROCC

●  Vincent Vo & Kye Gibbs, Barebow Mixed Team 2nd Place

2024 WROCC

●  Samantha Lowry & Alex Bachrach, Compound Mixed Team Champion

2023 WROCC

●  Samantha Lowry & Alex Bachrach, Compound Mixed Team 3rd Place
●  Lindsey Vermeulen & Shane Jost, Barebow Mixed Team 3rd Place
●  Zoe Matsunaga & Jacob Takesuye, Fixed Pin Mixed Team 3rd Place

2022 WROCC

●  Samantha Lowry & Michael Yeh, Compound Mixed Team 3rd Place

2019 WROCC

● Gaia Righi & Chak Kiu Lee, Compound Mixed Team Champion

2018 WROCC

●  Wen Gu & Abby Hora, Barebow Mixed Team Champion
●  Kelton Cheng & Kaitlyn Huang, Recurve Mixed Team Champion

2017 WROCC

●  Jason Tong & Kaitlyn Huang, Recurve Mixed Team Champion

2016 WROCC

●  Jason Tong & Kaitlyn Huang, Recurve Mixed Team Champion

2015 WROCC

●  Jason Tong & Alina Zhu, Recurve Mixed Team 3rd Place

Team Round

2025 WROCC

●  Benjamin Hur, Justin Hyon, Nathan Samson, Male Recurve Team Champion

2024 WROCC

●  Benjamin Hur, Nathan Samson, Justin Hyon, Male Recurve Team 2nd Place
●  Alex Bachrach, Jacob Takesuye, Jaewon Kim, Male Compound Team 3rd Place

2022 WROCC

●  Conner Chia, Nathan Samson, Chong Zhang, Male Recurve Team Champion

2019 WROCC

●  Ethan Tao, Nathan Chiu, Ryan Tran, Male Recurve Team 3rd Place

2018 WROCC

●  Kaitlyn Huang, Elizabeth Wu, Abby Hora, Female Recurve Team 2nd Place
●  Kelton Cheng, Johnathan Tran, Christopher Lasher, Male Recurve Team 2nd Place

2017 WROCC

●  Kaitlyn Huang, Elizabeth Wu, Courtney Carrasca, Female Recurve Team Champion
●  Yashwanth Nannapaneni, John Lam, Wen Gu, Male Barebow Team 2nd Place
●  Jason Tong, Nick Amen, Tong Qi, Male Recurve Team 2nd Place

2016 WROCC

●  Kelton Cheng, Yashwanth Nannapaneni, Kyle Kole, Male Barebow Team Champion
●  Kaitlyn Huang, Joyce Kim, Courtney Carrasca, Female Recurve Team Champion
●  Jason Tong, Johnathan Tran, Tong Qi, Male Recurve Team 3rd Place

Individual Eliminations

2025 WROCC

●  Kye Gibbs, Female Barebow Champion
●  Benjamin Hur, Male Recurve 3rd Place

2024 WROCC

●  Benjamin Hur, Male Recurve Champion
●  Samantha Lowry, Female Compound 2nd Place

2022 WROCC

●  Conner Chia, Male Recurve Champion
●  Nathan Samson, Male Recurve 2nd Place
●  Michael Yeh, Male Compound 3rd Place

2019 WROCC

● Gaia Righi, Female Compound 2nd Place
● Chak Kiu Lee, Male Compound 3rd Place

2018 WROCC

●  Wen Gu, Male Barebow 2nd Place
●  Kaitlyn Huang, Female Recurve 2nd Place
●  Yashwanth Nannapaneni, Male Barebow 3rd Place

2017 WROCC

● Wen Gu, Male Barebow 2nd Place

2016 WROCC

●  Kelton Cheng, Male Barebow Champion
●  Jason Tong, Male Recurve Champion
●  Yashwanth Nannapaneni, Male Barebow 2nd Place
●  Kaitlyn Huang, Female Recurve 2nd Place
●  Valerie Shoemaker, Female Bowhunter 3rd Place

Qualification

2025 WROCC

●  Benjamin Hur, Male Recurve 2nd Place

2024 WROCC

●  Benjamin Hur, Male Recurve 2nd Place
●  Samantha Lowry, Female Compound Champion

2023 WROCC

●  Samantha Lowry, Female Compound 3rd Place

2022 WROCC

●  Conner Chia, Male Recurve Champion
●  Nathan Samson, Male Recurve 3rd Place
●  Samantha Lowry, Female Compound 3rd Place

2019 WROCC

●  Chak Kiu Lee, Male Compound 2nd Place
●  Gaia Righi, Female Compound 3rd Place

2018 WROCC

●  Wen Gu, Male Barebow 2nd Place
●  Kelton Cheng, Male Recurve 2nd Place
●  Yashwanth Nannapaneni, Male Barebow 3rd Place
●  Kaitlyn Huang, Female Recurve 2nd Place

2017 WROCC

●  Kaitlyn Huang, Female Recurve 2nd Place

2016 WROCC

●  Kelton Cheng, Male Barebow Champion
●  Yashwanth Nannapaneni, Male Barebow 2nd Place
●  Valerie Shoemaker, Female Bowhunter 2nd Place
●  Kaitlyn Huang, Female Recruve 3rd Place
●  Jason Tong, Male Recurve 3rd Place

2015 WROCC

●  Kelton Cheng, Male Barebow Champion

Best New Archer

●  2014 USCA West Region Intercollegiate Archery Championships, Jason Tong

State

2017

State Indoor

●  Kelton Cheng, 1st Place Collegiate Male Barebow Champion
●  Kaitlyn Huang, 1st Place Collegiate Female Recurve Champion

2016

State Outdoor

●  Kaitlyn Huang, 1st Place Collegiate Female Recurve Champion
●  Jason Tong, 1st Place Collegiate Male Recurve Champion
●  Johnathan Tran, 3rd Place Collegiate Male Recurve

State Indoor

●  Kelton Cheng, 1st Place State Indoor Collegiate Male Barebow Champion
●  Kaitlyn Huang, 1st Place State Indoor Collegiate Female Recurve Champion
●  Valerie Shoemaker, 2nd Place State Indoor Collegiate Male Bowhunter
●  Joyce Kim, 3rd Place State Indoor Collegiate Female Recurve

2015

State Outdoor

●  Jason Tong, 2nd Place Collegiate Male Recurve

Conference

Overall Team

●  2025 SoCal Collegiate Indoor Conference Team Champion, 2nd Place
●  2023 SoCal Collegiate Indoor Conference Team Champion, 3rd Place
●  2019 SoCal Collegiate Indoor Conference Team Champion, 1st Place
●  2018 SoCal Collegiate Indoor Conference Team Champion, 3rd Place

Mixed Team

2025 SIACC

●  Benjamin Hur & Lucy Wang, Recurve Mixed Team Champion

2024 SIACC

●  Anessa Williamson & Benjamin Hur, Recurve Mixed Team 3rd Place
●  Samantha Lowry & Jaewon Kim, Compound Mixed Team 3rd Place

2023 SIACC

●  Anessa Williamson & Nathan Samson, Recurve Mixed Team Champion
●  Hanyi Wang & Jalen Li, Barebow Mixed Team Champion
●  Samantha Lowry & Alex Bachrach, Compound Mixed Team Champion

2022 SIACC

●  Noi Kertis-Sella & Conner Chia, Recurve Mixed Team 2nd Place
●  Hanyi Wang & Randy Duong, Barebow Mixed Team 3rd Place

2020 SIACC

●  Hanyi Wang & Dan Nguyen, Barebow Mixed Team 2nd Place

2019 SIACC

●  Barebow Mixed Team 3rd Place
●  Bowhunter Mixed Team 1st Place
●  Bowhunter Mixed Team 3rd Place

2018 SIACC

●  Gaia Righi & Thu Nam, Bowhunter Mixed Team 2nd Place
●  Kaitlyn Huang & Kelton Cheng, Recurve Mixed Team 3rd Place

TEAM ROUND

2025 SIACC

●  Benjamin Hur & Justin Hyon & Nathan Samson, Male Recurve Team Champion
●  Elizabeth Sushkova & Kye Gibbs & Kei Shimabukuro, Female Barebow Team 2nd Place
●  Sriveena Veerpaneni & Zoe Matsunaga & Shina Sutherland, Female Compound Team 3rd Place
●  Rick Jaden Ecijan & Nathan Nguyen & Bryan Pulido, Male Fixed Pin Team 3rd Place
●  Clarice Mangantar & Andrea Dinglasan & Sofia Zhang, Female Fixed Pin Team 2nd Place

2024 SIACC

●  Benjamin Hur & Justin Hyon & Nathan Samson, Male Recurve Team Champion
●  Jalen Li & Randy Duong & Isaac Mansfield, Male Barebow Team 3rd Place
●  Samantha Lowry & Zoe Matsunaga & Sheridan Kieu, Female Fixed Pin Team 2nd Place

2023 SIACC

●  Noi Kertis-Sella & Anessa Wiliiamson & Lucy Wang, Female Recurve Team 3rd Place
●  Jalen Li & Randy Duong & John Leiman, Male Barebow Team 2nd Place
●  Samantha Lowry & Sriveena Veerapaneni & Aria Kupperstein, Female Compound Team Champion

2022 SIACC

●  Conner Chia & Nathan Samson & Chong Zhang, Male Recurve Team 2nd Place
●  Noi Kertis-Sella & Julia Katigbak & Anessa Williamson, Female Recurve Team 3rd Place

Round Robins

2025 SIACC

●  Lucy Wang, Female Recurve Flight 2 Champion
●  Marjene Stiti, Female Recurve Flight 6 Champion
●  Benjamin Hur, Male Recurve Flight 1 Champion
●  Everett Sprague, Male Recurve Flight 8 Champion
●  Jacob Takesuye, Male Compound Flight 2 Champion
●  Clarice Mangantar, Female Fixed Pin Flight 3 Champion
●  Bryan Liao, Male Barebow Flight 10 Champion

2024 SIACC

●  Benjamin Hur, Male Recurve Flight 1 Champion
●  Kiichiro Wang, Male Recurve Flight 5 Champion
●  Ian Cresencia, Male Barebow Flight 5 Champion
●  Lindsey Vermeulen Female Barebow Flight 4 Champion
●  Samantha Lowry, Female Fixed Pin Flight 1 Champion

2023 SIACC

●  Anessa Williamson, Female Recurve Flight 2 Champion
●  Lucy Wang, Female Recurve Flight 5 Champion
●  Hanyi Wang, Female Barebow Flight 1 Champion
●  Aden Wong, Male Recurve Flight 8 Champion
●  Aria Kupperstein, Female Compound Flight 2 Champion

2022 SIACC

●  Conner Chia, Male Recurve Flight 1 Champion
●  Michael Tom, Male Recurve Flight 5 Champion
●  John Leiman, Male Recurve Flight 7 Champion
●  Anessa Williamson, Female Recurve Flight 2 Champion
●  Lynn Dang, Female Recurve Flight 4 Champion
●  Michael Yeh, Male Compound Flight 1 Champion

2020 SIACC

●  Nicholas Brandt, Male Bowhunter Flight 4 Champion
●  Luis Zhang, Male Recurve Flight 6 Champion

2019 SIACC

●  Isaac Chang, Male Barebow Flight 6 Champion
●  Rafael Olivarez, Male Bowhunter Flight 2 Champion
●  Chak Kiu Lee, Male Compound Flight 1 Champion

2018 SIACC

●  Gaia Righi, Female Bowhunter Flight 1 Champion

Qualification

2025 SIACC

●  Benjamin Hur, Male Recurve Champion

2024 SIACC

●  Benjamin Hur, Male Recurve Champion
●  Justin Hyon, Male Recurve 3rd Place
●  Samantha Lowry, Female Fixed Pin 2nd Place

2023 SIACC

●  Nathan Samson, Male Recurve Champion
●  Samantha Lowry, Female Compound Champion
●  Jalen Li, Male Barebow 3rd Place
●  Hanyi Wang, Female Barebow 2nd Place
●  Samantha Lowry, Female Fixed Pin Champion

2022 SIACC

●  Conner Chia, Male Recurve 2nd Place
●  Noi Kertis-Sella, Female Recurve Champion
●  Julia Katigbak, Female Recurve 3rd Place
●  Michael Yeh, Male Compound 3rd Place
●  Hanyi Wang, Female Barebow 2nd Place
●  Samantha Lowry, Female Fixed Pin Champion

2020 SIACC

●  Hanyi Wang, Female Barebow 3rd Place

2019 SIACC

●  Dan Nguyen, Male Barebow Champion
●  Julia Goetz, Female Bowhunter 2nd Place
●  Gaia Righi, Female Bowhunter 3rd Place
●  Thu Nam, Male Bowhunter 3rd Place
●  Chak Kiu Lee, Male Compound Champion
●  Michele Murakami, Female Recurve 3rd Place
●  Ryan Tran, Male Recurve 3rd Place

2018 SIACC

●  Gaia Righi, Female Bowhunter Champion
●  Kaitlyn Huang, Female Recurve 3rd Place

Local

2015 Easton Van Nuys Las Vegas Warm Up Invitational

●  Jason Tong, Male Recurve Junior 3rd Place