Meet Your Coaches!

Or rather, meet the family!  Many of you already know us, but we'd like to take a moment to introduce ourselves to our Avery Youth Leagues!  Archery is our passion and we look forward to sharing it with our fellow archery students!

Head Coach: Paulette Mastin-Gunder


Coach Paulette started participating in Archery in 2008 and became a USA Archery certified instructor in 2011.  Coaching MHEA Archery leagues from 2011 through 2015, she helped to grow their program from an average of 10-12 participants per year to over 65 students participating through their leagues in the 2014-2015 league season.  

Her archers hold 7 of the 8 possible Compound Youth Archery State Records for the state of Tennessee.  For the 2015 Tennessee Archery Association State Indoor Tournament, she had a record 28 student archers participate; with 19 of those placing either first, second or third in their class.

Coach Paulette is a multi-year TN State Indoor Champion and placed 9th in the nation for her class at the 2014 NFAA Indoor Nationals.  She also enjoys traveling to participate in 3-D tournaments throughout the Southeast through ASA.

Coach Paulette is looking forward to an exciting 2015-2016 archery season, and her new affiliation with Avery Outdoors will bring some exciting opportunities for 2-D and 3-D archery that were previously not available to archery league students in the area.  Tournaments are also available for archers this year who are interested in competitions.

Assistant Coach:  Kelsie Mastin

Kelsie started in archery at the age of 9.  She has participated in archery every year since, and has also competed in State and National Tournaments.  She has won multiple State Tournament awards and is currently a State Record Holder and 2015 State Champion for her category - Young Adult Female Bowhunter Freestyle.  She also ranked number 4 in the nation for her class in the 2014 NFAA Indoor Nationals. She has been a USA Archery Certified Instructor since 2014 and will assist in coaching the leagues at Avery.

Morgan Mastin

Morgan started archery at the age of 8.  She has participated in archery every year since, and has also competed in and won multiple State Tournaments.  She currently holds the TN State Indoor Record for Cub Female Bowhunter Freestyle Class.

Rebekah Mastin

Rebekah started archery at the age of 7.  She has participated in archery every year since, and has also competed in and won multiple State Tournaments.  She currently holds the TN State Indoor Record for Female PeeWee Bowhunter Freestyle Class.

Kevin Gunder

Kevin is a proud supporter of us in our archery activities and is an ever present cheerleader for us during leagues and tournaments.  You'll see him offering encouragement, helping call the line and definitely helping to carry all of our "archery stuff" - he's the best archery caddie around!