For the president and vice president of the Wichita State shooting team, the lesser-recognized sport provides a safe place to practice the hobby. Tyler Bayliff, team president, and Kolton Varner, team vice president, value their experience on the shooting team and hope to express what the sport really means to the rest of campus.
“A lot of people think it’s just a bunch of rednecks going out there and just shooting pop cans off fence posts, things like that,” Varner said. “But it’s so much more than that.”
Originally from rural Arkansas, shooting has been a hobby for the majority of Varner’s life.