Bill Text: MS SR113 | 2026 | Regular Session | Engrossed
Bill Title: Commend East Rankin Academy Shooting Sports Team for 6th consecutive State Championship.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 4)
Status: (Passed) 2026-03-31 - Adopted [SR113 Detail]
Download: Mississippi-2026-SR113-Engrossed.html
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2026 Regular Session
To: Rules
By: Senator(s) Rhodes, Kirby, Harkins, McCaughn
Senate Resolution 113
(As Adopted by Senate)
A RESOLUTION COMMENDING AND CONGRATULATING THE EAST RANKIN ACADEMY SHOOTING SPORTS TEAM AND COACH MATTHEW MILLER FOR WINNING THEIR SIXTH CONSECUTIVE MISSISSIPPI SCHOLASTIC SHOOTING PROGRAM STATE CHAMPIONSHIP.
WHEREAS, the East Rankin Shooting Sports Team has won the 2025 Mississippi Scholastic Shooting Program (MSSP) Championship, which is its sixth consecutive State Championship; and
WHEREAS, in a two-day shoot, the MSSP State Championship welcomed the top 150 Sporting Clay, Skeet and Trap shooters between seventh and twelfth grade. The Foundation for Mississippi Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks awarded $12,000.00 in scholarships to the tournament winners. East Rankin Academy's Shooting Sports Team took home the State Title for the sixth consecutive year and brought home $7,500.00 of the scholarships given; and
WHEREAS, the following students from East Rankin were recognized for their sharp shooting in the state tournament: Olivia Griffing, Garrett Barham, Gunner Barham, Irby Rawson, Branton Miller, Seth Peden, Peyson Knight, Andrew Stevens, AJ McIlwain, Dylan Brady, Cole Parker, Karson Williams, Max Peden, Ethan Brown and Bentley Long; and Coach Matthew Miller; and
WHEREAS, the Mississippi Scholastic Shooting Program (MSSP) is a team-based, youth development program that uses the shotgun sports of 5-Stand, Skeet and Sporting Clays to instill life skills such as discipline, safety, teamwork, ethics, self-confidence, and other life values. The program utilizes these disciplines to teach hunting skills through the safe use of hunting equipment, including firearms, and their relationship to hunting situations. Team members can participate in any or all three of the clay target disciplines: 5-Stand, Skeet and Sporting Clays; and
WHEREAS, it is with great pride that we recognize this team of student-athletes, who have worked so diligently to bring honor for six years to their school, their community and to the State of Mississippi:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI, That we do hereby commend and congratulate the East Rankin Academy Shooting Sports Team and Coach Matthew Miller for winning their sixth consecutive Mississippi Scholastic Shooting Program State Championship, and extend the best wishes of the Mississippi Senate to the team members, coaches, parents and sponsors for future success.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That this resolution be presented to Coach Matthew Miller and East Rankin Academy Head of School Robyn Winstead for the team, forwarded to the East Rankin Academy Board of Trustees, and made available to the Capitol Press Corps.
