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Campbellsville U hires Larry Creason as 1st archery coach

Archery will become CU's 27th varsity sports program this fall. It is the eighth athletic program started or reinstated in the past five seasons at CU and the 12th in Rusty Hollingsworth's 14 years as athletics director
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By Richard RoBards

CAMPBELLSVILLE, KY - A life-long love of bow hunting has led Larry Creason down a new career path as Campbellsville University's first-ever archery coach. Creason, who is also an assistant professor of Criminal Justice at CU, takes over a program that was introduced on June 3 by director of athletics Rusty Hollingsworth.



"We are excited to begin offering co-ed Archery as our newest sport this fall," Hollingsworth said. "I am pleased to announce that Larry Creason will be our first coach as we get this program started. Larry has experience with competitive Archery and holds certification as an instructor. This summer he will receive his Level II certification."

Creason said he has been interested in bow shooting since childhood and became an active bow hunter in 1986.

He hopes to start with a 10-member team in the fall and is in the process of finding students who might have an interest. Anyone interested may contact Creason at 270-403-2772 or at ldcreason@campbelsville.edu.

Archery will become CU's 27th varsity sports program this fall. It is the eighth athletic program started or reinstated in the past five seasons at CU and the 12th in Hollingsworth's 14 years as athletics director. The most recent programs added were bass fishing in 2014-15 and women's wrestling in 2013-14.

Campbellsville will join Union College, Midway College, Kentucky Christian University and University of the Cumberlands as the only archery teams in Kentucky. Bethel (TN) University is the only other NAIA program to offer coed archery.

Competitively, the Tigers are looking to join the United States Collegiate Archery Association and compete in tournaments that are open to the schools mentioned above and club teams.

There are three different types of bows that can be used for collegiate archery - compound bow, recurve and the bow hunter style. In addition, there are also three different divisions - 3D, indoor and outdoor.

"I'm looking forward to the challenge and hope that some day archery will be an NAIA-recognized as a sport," Creason said.News from Campbellsville University



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Larry Creason named CU Archery Coach



2015-06-18 - Campbellsville, KY - Photo by Richard RoBards, Campbellsville University .
Larry Creason, who is also an assistant professor of Criminal Justice at CU, takes over a program that was introduced on June 3 by director of athletics Rusty Hollingsworth.

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