Chesney has been selected to the Missouri 4-H Shooting Sports Team for the 2026 competition year! She is one of only four individuals in the entire state chosen for this honor.
She also marks a huge milestone โ becoming the 9th member from the Texas County Shotgun Shooting Sports Team and only the 2nd female from Texas County ever selected in history!
Chesney will represent Missouri at the 4-H Nationals in Grand Island, Nebraska next June, hosted at the Heartland Public Shooting Park, and will wrap up her season at the Grand American, a world-class competition in Sparta, Illinois from July 28thโAugust 8th.
Born with Optic Nerve Hypoplasia, a condition where the optic nerve, which carries visual information from the eye to the brain, is underdeveloped. Chesney has never let her visual impairment define her. Instead, sheโs used it as motivation to push harder and prove what determination can do:
โEven though my visual impairment makes it harder to track moving targets and adjust to changes in lighting, I refused to let it stop me. Iโve learned to adapt, relying on consistency, muscle memory, and focus. Making the Missouri 4-H State Shotgun Team is proof that perseverance โ not perfection โ leads to success.โ