Brad Engmann

Brad Engmann
Personal information
Born	1983–1984
Hometown	San Francisco, CA
Occupation	I.T. Project Manager
Competition information
Team	Red Team
Place	10th
Episode eliminated	"Trick Shot Showdown"
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Brad Engmann was a contestant of Season One and member of the Red Team.

Personal life

Brad is a project manager for a firm, residing in San Francisco, California. He has been known to throw people off in competitions, and end up winning wearing a suit and tie. Currently, Brad is a USPSA grand master, and placed 23rd in 2009 in the Production Division. He also holds master-class certification in the IDPA and had taken second in the California championship.

Brad became interested in shooting when he was about thirteen, but dropped the sport for racing cars during his late teen years. Then when he dropped racing cars, he went back to shooting, primarily using a Glock 35.

Top Shot

Week One

Brad arrives for Top Shot.

Brad auditioned for Top Shot Season One, and got the chance to compete on the show. He arrived after Peter Palma and just before Mike Seeklander, where he was automatically assigned to the Red Team. After every contestant had arrived, Colby Donaldson, the host of Top Shot, came out, introduced the rules of the competition, and let the competitors get used to the house they would be staying in for the next few weeks. Afterward, both teams went to a Practice Session using four historic weapons: the M1903 Springfield, SVT-40, Mosin-Nagant, and M14 under guidance by expert, Craig Sawyer. At the Practice, Brad spotted for Mike Seeklander while he was shooting, and Mike did the same for him. Both the teams returned home, prepared for the following Team Challenge.

Before the Team Challenge, Mike Seeklander arranged who would be firing which of the weapons during the challenge, assigning Brad the SVT-40. At the Team Challenge, there were four stations with each of the weapons, along with some sort of obstacle blocking the contestants' ways. Brad would have originally had to get through a large thicket of brush to get to his station, but the entire Red Team was delayed by Mike Seeklander and Andre Robinson at the M1903 station, enough to the extent that the members of Blue Team had won the challenge.

Both the teams arrived back at the house, where Red Team had a meeting on who to send to the Elimination Challenge. Brad stood up for Mike, stating that voting for him would not be fair towards his reputation. At the Nomination Range, Brad voted for Kelly Bachand, because Mike wanted to go up against the strongest rifle shooter in the challenge. Then Denny Chapman voted for Brad, because Brad volunteered himself to go home, as did Kelly for the exact same reason. In the end, Brad had two votes, while Mike and Kelly had three, who were to be sent to elimination.

Brad witnessed the Elimination Challenge the following day, which resulted in the elimination of Mike Seeklander. Red Team returned to the house where they hung one of Mike's shirts as a tribute to him.

Week Two

Both teams were given a time of rest before heading to the second Practice Session, this time using the Beretta 92F pistol under guidance by USPSA shooter, Ben Stoeger. Red Team decided to let Kelly use up most of the rounds, because he wasn't as experienced with shooting pistols. When Brad was up, he shot, not listening much to Ben's suggestions, trying to get used to the timing of the gun. After Kelly was up, shooting the targets rather accurately, Brad went up again, using up the rest of the ammo. Red Team left the Practice Session, with their only concern being Brad.

Brad during the second Team Challenge.

At the Team Challenge, there were seven tubes of decreasing diameter that were to be shot at by each team. Brad asked members of the Red Team what tube they would be comfortable shooting at, and after everybody else had chosen a tube, Brad assigned himself the sixth smallest tube. Peter Palma was up to shoot the fifth smallest tube after Frank Campana was unable to shoot the fourth, hitting it. Then Brad was up, shooting, but missing his target. Bill Carns then got up to the shooting line, but missed the smallest tube. Frank was up for his second shot, took aim, but missed again, leading to Brad's turn. Brad took his time with his second shot, and was able to shoot the tube. Bill was then up again, missing for his second time. Frank then stepped up to shoot his target, managing to hit, followed by a hit by Bill. In the end, however, the time was not enough to compete with Blue Team's time, resulting in Red Team having to attend another Elimination Challenge.

Both teams returned to the house, where Brad had come up with excuses for missing his target, which irritated some of the contestants. Later, Red Team held a meeting, where Frank instantly stated that he would vote for himself if he could, but would decide to vote for Bill because he missed two shots in comparison to Brad's one. Red Team then headed to the Nomination Range. After a vote to Frank and Bill, Peter Palma voted for Brad because he was a pistol shooter and missed his first shot. After Denny and Kelly went up, Brad got up, shooting Frank's target, ensuring his spot in the Elimination Challenge. Frank was then up, voting for Brad because he was tired of his excuses for missing. This caused a tie between Brad and Bill, which was broken by Peter, who voted for Brad.

Brad during his first Elimination Challenge.

Brad and Frank got up to attend a Practice Session the following day using the Beretta 92F under Ben Stoeger again. Here, Brad got more used to using the weapon. At the Elimination Challenge, there was a zipline set up, which the contestants had to ride down, shooting at targets. Brad was the first to go, shooting five targets, but this was tied during Frank's first run. For the tiebraker, both contestants had to go back down the zipline. Brad once again shot five targets, but Frank was only able to hit one, resulting in Frank's elimination.

Brad and the remainder of Red Team headed back to the house, where they hung Frank's shirt in tribute to him.