Roland Deason

6th at The Lancaster Classic 2025

An unbelievable and unexpected experience. I have been working hard for a long time to make it here, however I honestly expected to have to work even harder for a longer time before I would have this opportunity. I’ve been shooting super consistent the past month or more and knew I could do well. I viewed it all as a bonus after I made the stage so I wanted to go out and have fun - I was still incredibly nervous if you couldn’t tell but somehow shot some pretty decent arrows for my first time out if I do say so myself! I need to say thank you so much to so many people who helped me get here and cheered me on. The list is truly endless and I don’t want to leave anyone out so I will make sure to tell you in person but there are couple I have to mention here: my boss and , my coach and .wade my arrow agent, , Charlie Mundy and GVU, and Steve Lepic who unfortunately passed away just a few months ago and will be forever missed. Everyone who messaged me or spoke to me in person thank you all so much from the bottom of my heart. Also congrats to you made a heck of a run! And congrats to all the others who made it to the finals or shot well this weekend! I don’t plan on this being my last trip to the finals and so it’s back to work for me, see you all in a couple weeks at NFAA Indoor Nationals and the Indoor World Series there!

Also special shout-out to and for the insane pictures! I cant thank you guys enough for preserving this memory for me!

I MADE IT TO THE BIG STAGE!!!!
Still kinda unbelievable. Definitely had some luck go my way. I was very nervous as usual, had my legs shake a few times. In the final match against Kyle I had a chance to win it outright but on the 2nd to last arrow shot a 10 low putting it to a shoot off. I really didn’t think I made that great of a shot , and looking over I thought he had and inside out, but it turned out I had done it! Thanks so much to absolutely everyone along this journey and to everyone sending messages while I’ve been out here and in person. Going in as #5 seed, let’s have fun now!!!