Lansing, MI – The Patriots are coming off a strong season that included capture the Mid-South Conference Championship along with national runner-up finishes across all three of the USA national championships this season.  A pivotal part of their success is due to strong performances across all divisions with 17 archers garnering USA Archery All-American accolades, it was announced Saturday.
 
It marks the fifth consecutive year that the Patriots have tallied at least ten All-Americans. Additionally, seven of UC's 17 All-Americans have earned it multiple times, while Cumberlands also had five freshman garner All-American honors.
 
For the second straight year, the Patriots had four All-Americans in the women's compound class, while also garnering a quartet of All-Americans in both men's and women's fixed pins division.
 
Highlighting the quartet of women's compound All-Americans is Marissa Harding, who garnered these honors for the fifth straight year.  Harding becomes just the second five-time All-American in program history after compiling a 19.139 total score.  Lanie Nish, who is coming off a national runner-up finish, captured her second straight All-American honor after tallying a 19.225.  Lilie Aguilar also earned her second consecutive All-American honor, while Savannah Hoffman collected her first All-American award.
 
Cumberlands tallied three of the top four All-American scores and four honorees in total for the men's fixed pins division.  Aiden Woodie earned the top All-American score in the men's fixed pins, after winning the national title at Outdoor Nationals.  Joseph West earned his second straight All-American honor, while Bennett Schuler captured All-American accolades after they both qualified top-five during outdoor nationals.  The 2026 USA All-Around Archer of the Year, Jackson Ratajczak rounds out the quartet.
 
Ayla Mills, the Women's Fixed Pins All-Around Archer of the Year, led a quartet of Patriot All-Americans in the that division. Mills posted a third-place finish at indoor nationals and qualified second at outdoor nationals.  Hannah Summers captured her second straight All-American award, while Anslee Roberson and Heather Carswell captured All-American honors for the first time as Patriots.
 
After earning a trio of national podium finishes, Chase White caps off his incredible freshman campaign as an All-American.  White, the MSC Freshman of the Year, won the 3D national title, before posting a runner-up finish at indoor nationals.  He capped off the season with a third-place finish at outdoor nationals.   Teammate Zach Matthews also garnered All-American accolades, marking the second time in program history that UC has had multiple barebow archers garner All-American honors in the same year.
 
It is also the second time that the women's barebow division had multiple All-Americans in the same year as Isabell Lehsten and Erin Heyob earned that distinction. Lehsten, the MSC Freshman of the Year, became just the second UC women's barebow archer to earn All-American honors as a freshman.  Heyob tallied her first All-American honor after qualifying seventh at outdoor nationals with a career-best score of 544.

Rounding out UC's All-American honorees was Landon Standish, who earned All-American honors in the men's compound division.  Standish qualified top ten at both indoor and outdoor nationals garnering this award for the first time as a Patriot.

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