June 9, 2025 – The National Archery in the Schools Program issues the following statement:
NASP® is an in-school archery program. NASP® becomes part of the curriculum of a participating NASP® school. This fact separates us from after-school-only archery programs. NASP® has made no changes to its 23-year-old practice regarding the use of student enrollment data as our determining eligibility factor for NASP® archers. What NASP® does now, is what NASP® has always done successfully since 2002. This philosophy is what has allowed NASP® to successfully engage with students and teachers in school systems with a wide variety of different laws and practices in individual states and countries.
NASP® has now reached 24.8 million student archers and has conducted some of the largest and most successful tournaments in the history of the sport of archery. Our program has always been about students and the joy of archery. We remain focused on what is good for students, schools, and families – this is who we are.
Regarding the future of our 3D competitions, NASP® is excited to soon be announcing details for our 2026 NASP® 3D competitions with a familiar competition format for our NASP® archers to enjoy. Working with our dedicated sponsors, we also plan on adding scholarship opportunities for competing 2026 NASP® 3D archers as well. Look for more details soon about these opportunities later in the fall.
NASP®️ is extremely proud to continue to positively change millions of lives – one arrow at a time.