About Us

Oregon Youth Education in Shooting Sports (ORYESS) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. ORYESS is the state’s only all-inclusive provider of shooting sports in elementary through high school as an extracurricular co-ed activity. The organization’s priorities are to provide a safe, fun family environment under annually certified adult supervision. ORYESS oversees American Skeet, American Trap, Sporting Clays, Olympic Skeet, and Olympic Trap at local, state, and championship tournaments, and virtual leagues in several states across the country. 
ORYESS is also proud to be partnered with the nation’s largest collegiate clay target program, the Association of College Unions International (ACUI) thus providing a bridge into collegiate marksmanship programs. Both USAYESS state affiliates and ACUI are national partners with the MidwayUSA Foundation and, therefore, can provide teams with perpetual endowment funding. 

Give us a call. We look forward to helping you start a team or introduce your athlete to a team near you.

Jenny Merrell, ORYESS President