PAULDEN, AZ - - Gunsite Academy, the world’s oldest premiere firearms training school is pleased to announce the addition of Shari LeGate as Director of Marketing to the Gunsite team.

LeGate, a long-time industry professional comes to the position from FMG Publications, where she held various positions, the most recent as Video Producer and contributing writer to their numerous firearm publications.

LeGate brings with her an extensive knowledge of marketing, promotion and the shooting sports. A former shooting sports champion, Legate spent 12 years as a member of the U.S. Shooting shotgun team representing the USA worldwide winning numerous medals and earning the International Distinguished Shooting Badge from the Department of Defense.

Prior to her success on the field, LeGate studied marketing and broadcast journalism at Arizona State University. Upon retirement from competition, LeGate was recruited as Executive Director for the Women’s Shooting Sports Foundation. Creating the “A Day At The Range” a program introducing over 30,000 women to the shooting sports, she was named “2001 Shooting Industry Person of the Year”.

Beginning her broadcast career at Group W Broadcasting (now CBS), LeGate started by writing copy and voicing commercials, eventually hosting her own show, “Pull, Tour of America’s Great Clubs”. She was the shooting sports analyst for ESPN’s Great Outdoor Games and was instrumental in bringing the ACUI National Championships to national television. In her spare time, she is the color commentator for the summer Olympic Games shooting sports.

“Buz Mills, President & Owner of Gunsite and I are proud to add Shari to our outstanding team of professionals.” Gunsite Academy CEO Ken Campbell said, “We look forward to working with Shari to help take Gunsite to unprecedented levels in our industry.”

About Gunsite Academy:

The original ‘American Pistol Institute’ (API) now known as Gunsite Academy offers firearms training to elite military personnel, law enforcement officers and free citizens of the US. Offering classes in multiple levels of instruction in handgun, carbine, shotgun, bolt action rifle and precision rifle, Gunsite Academy goes beyond the shooting fundamentals, teaching the principles of gun-handling and mind-set. For more information on Gunsite Academy, visit www.gunsiteacademy.com

Email: shari.legate@gunsite.com

Tel: 928-636-4565