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About Conner

Conner Prince got his start in the sport of shooting through his high school’s Spartan Clay Target team. While shooting in high school, Conner was introduced to Dustin Perry, a former USA Shooting team member, who showed him international skeet shooting. Conner was hooked and his shooting career began.

In 2018, Conner started working with three-time Olympic gold medalist Vincent Hancock and shortly after made his first USA Shooting team in 2019. Conner has seen great success internationally and recently qualified for his first Olympic Games. He will be joining coach/ teammate Vincent in Paris 2024 where they will compete in Men’s Skeet.

Conner trains with Vincent at the Northlake Shooting Sports where the duo works on their Olympic game and breaking down the process shot-for-shot.

Conner enjoys shooting because of the competitive aspect and plans on being involved in shooting sports an additional 4 years in hopes of making the Men’s team for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics. When he is not breaking clays, he works as a manager at his father’s machine shop in Burleson, Texas

Where it Began

Conner began shooting his freshman year of high school as a part of Burleson’s Centennial High School’s Spartan Clay Target team in 2014.

Intially practicing 1-2 times a week during his freshman season, by the time Conner entered his senior year, his practices increased to 4-5 times per week, year around.

In his junior year, he began shooting with USA shooting after meeting Dustin Perry, a previous USA Shooting team athlete.

During his free time, Conner would fill his time with his Dad fixing up a 1977 Ford F100 that he loved driving in high school.  This is how Conner realized his passion for working with motors.  

Where He is Today
When we asked Conner what a day looks like for him, he gave us this glimpse;
 
“I wake up at 5:30 am, spend time in the Bible then head out to work at my family’s machine shop. Typically, I leave mid-day to workout with my trainer. After work, it is off to the shooting range for practice.  Sometimes in the evenings or on the weekends, I try to fit in school work. However, this routine changes when I am heading into a big competition, I leave work more often in the morning or afternoon in order to practice with my teammates and coach.”
 
Right now Conner is firing 200 shots a day to stay sharp.
 
For a mental break and when he has time, he loves working on his vehicles: A Ford Raptor and his true love, a 2017 Ford Mustang GT
  
Conner says that his experience in shooting has shaped him in several ways, starting in high school, it helped him develop his communication skills and confidence in speaking with individuals in and out of the sport.
 
Conner credits several men in his life as pouring into and developing the character he has today; firstly and most importantly his dad–Greg Prince, who he serves with on the weekends in the Pathway Production team. Jerry Stringer, who Conner says has always believed in him and gave him opportunities to travel with him for business and develop his communications skills.
Dustin Perry, Conner’s first USA Shooting coach who is family friend and like a brother to Conner.
Vincent Hancock, Conner’s friend, teammate and current coach.
His Life at Pathway

Here at Pathway Church, Conner has faithfully served alongside his family, in many roles as a student and adult. He has spent the last 10 years serving on the weekends with our production team and currently serves our camera team as a Camera Director.

As Conner prepares for competitions, he is leaning on his favorite scripture:

Psalm 56:3 “When I am afraid, I put my trust in you.”

How to Support Conner

If you would like to purchase a custom Conner Prince Olympic shirt, order form is below

Conner Prince Olympic Shirt

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Follow Conner’s Journey

NBC-5/Peacock Paris 2024 Olympics Headquarters

Men’s Skeet Qualification Rounds: August 2nd-2:00p CST & 3rd (Check your local listings for times)

Men’s Skeet Final: August 3rd-8:30am

USA Mixed Team Rounds: August 5th 8am

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