Parker Poineer
Ruby Fox named to International Shooting Hall of Fame
By Joan M. TravisTuesday, December 2, 2008 1:40 PM MST

Ruby Fox, a native of Parker, and champion pistol shooter, will be inducted into the U.S. International Shooting Hall of Fame Jan. 16, 2009, in Orlando, Fla. Daniel Carlisle, a shotgun specialist, will also be inducted with her.

Fox was one of the nation's leading pistol marksperson and the top female pistol champion. She has a long record of accomplishments, which includes 19 women's outdoor national pistol champion; seven times National Champion, Ladies Air Pistol and 10 times National Champion, Ladies Sport Pistol.

In 1995, she was the high reserve competitor with the service pistol. In 1979, she was the World Champion, Ladies Air Pistol. She was a member of the 1984, 1988 and 1992 Olympic teams and won a silver medal at the Los Angeles games in 1984, in Ladies Sport Pistol and was the co-holder of the Olympic record.

At the Pan American Games in Indianapolis, she won the gold in Ladies Sport Pistol and set a new Pan Am record in 1987. Fox holds 10 of the 16 records for ladies outdoor pistol and is the only women member of the National Rifleman's Association's 2650 Club and holds the record of 2660 out of 2700 possible points.

In February 2002, as an Army Reservist, Fox was mobilized and served a year on active duty stationed at Ft. Shafter, Hawaii. She retired from the Army Reserve in December 2003 with 28 years-10 months service. Until her retirement, was the only woman on the elite U. S. Army Reserve Pistol Team.

She has served on the advisory board for the Director of Civilian Marksmanship; a former member of the Pistol and International Committees of the NRA; served as the coach of junior pistol shooting at the US Olympic Training Center and has appeared in the national media as part of the "I'm the NRA" advertising campaign. She also served as head coach for the Thailand Shooting Federation in Bangkok, Thailand.

She was the first women and two-time nominee for the prestigious "Outstanding American Handgunner Award," and was one of the first instructors for the NRA "Refuse to Be a Victim" program designed especially for women.Fox competes in the Sportsman's Team Challenge for and is a consultant with Smith and Wesson. She instructs the NSSF "First Shot Program" as well as the NRA's Ladies on Target and Refuse to Be a Victim.

According to a press release by USA Shooting, Carlisle, who lives in Austin, Texas, is one of the most successful shotgun shooters in history. He started shooting American trap competitively at the age of 14. In 1975, at the age of 18, Carlisle joined the U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit and, that same year, won the Pan American Games. From 1975 to 1988, he won 14 gold, two silver, and two bronze medals in international shooting events. He was a member of two Olympic teams, claiming the bronze medal in men's trap at the 1984 Games in Los Angeles. At the Seoul, South Korea games in 1988, Carlisle finished fourth in skeet and ninth in trap.

Carlisle won a world championship is skeet in 1982 and also won an individual silver medal, five team gold medals, and one bronze team medal in world championship events during his career. He was a Pan American gold medalist seven times, winning three individual titles, as well as four team gold medals. He was also a team gold medalist at the CAT Games, as well as an individual World Cup silver medalist. Along the way, Carlisle set three individual and four team world records during his tenure as an internationally competitive shotgun shooter.

Today, Carlisle is an internationally recognized shooting instructor and coach and is the long-time coach of 2008 Olympic gold medalist Glenn Eller..
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