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story by Ruth Nicolaus Teige Whetham is a busy man during football and rodeo seasons. The Nebraska High School Rodeo Association member plays ball for […]
story by Ruth Nicolaus
Hannah Harwager is headed for big things in her life.
The Nebraska High School Rodeo contestant has excelled in the classroom, in the rodeo arena, and now hopes to do the same in college this fall.
The eighteen year old cowgirl is the recipient of a Rural Health Opportunities Program (RHOP) scholarship, a program instituted by the University of Nebraska Medical Center encouraging rural residents to pursue health care careers. The requirements to receive an RHOP scholarship are stringent: a 24 ACT score or higher, a high grade point average, and community and school involvement, among other things.
As the recipient of an RHOP, Harwager’s schooling at Chadron (Neb.) State College is paid for, and she is guaranteed a spot at the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC). In return, she must keep a certain grade point average and return to a rural community for her medical career.
Hawager’s career at Stapleton High School has been exemplary. She will graduate with a 4.0 GPA and as valedictorian of her class. She is vice-president of her school’s National Honor Society chapter, president of her school’s FBLA chapter, president of the Logan/McPherson Counties High School Rodeo Club, has participated in quiz bowl and the Bronco Buddies mentoring program, has been a class officer all four years of high school, helps with the ESU’s Special Rodeo every year at high school state finals, and was prom queen this year. She played varsity volleyball and basketball till her senior year, when she had surgery to repair two torn ankle ligaments.
She’s also excelled at rodeo. Hannah competes in the breakaway roping, goat tying and pole bending, and has been in the top thirty in each of her events the past three years, to qualify for the Nebraska High School Finals Rodeo. Last year, she qualified for the National High School Finals in the pole bending.
Hannah chose nursing in part because of her cousins, who are nurses and radiologists. After attending a health occupation day at Chadron State, she decided to be a nurse. “I wanted to stay busy, and organized, and I didn’t want to do the same thing every day,” she said. “I’m a neat freak. I like to be organized and have everything in a row, ready to go. I think it’ll be a benefit.”
College might be a challenge, she’s heard. RHOP participants have told her how tough it can be, “and that stresses me out,” she said. “But I have to rely on the fact that I’ve done this good in high school, and I will try my hardest in college.”
She is planning to compete in college rodeo, unless her studies require more time. “If it gets too stressful, I won’t do it. School comes first, always.”
Hannah will spend two years at Chadron State College, then will attend the UNMC’s satellite school in Scottsbluff for two more years. She’ll graduate with a bachelor’s of science with an emphasis on nursing and will be a registered nurse.
But before then, she has a valedictorian speech to write, and high school rodeo to go to. Rodeo is her fun outlet. “I enjoy the fact that we’re all competing against each other (in rodeo), yet we still cheer for each other and come together at the end of the day. I don’t think you can find that in any other sport. It’s special.”
She is the daughter of Jess and Heather Hawager.
The Nebraska State High School Finals Rodeo will be held in Hastings on June 16-17 at 10 am and 6 pm and at 1 pm on June 18. For more information, visit AdamsCountyFairgrounds.com or hsrodeo-nebraska.com, or call 402.462.3247.
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September 20, 2020
Girls All Around
1 Madison Mills 3176.75
2 Brooke Mccully 2248.35
3 Elle Ravenscroft 2232.8
4 Wacey Day 2219.93
5 Clancy Jo Brown (R) 2068.18
6 Jessica Stevens 2060.55
7 Mekenna Fisher 1996.93
8 Faith Storer 1756.85
9 Emma Ohm 1720.71
10 Abigail Lawton 1577.7
Boys All Around
1 Cooper Bass 2348.35
2 Rhett Witt 2238.35
3 Zane Kreikemeier 1579.85
4 Cody Miller 1548.61
5 Sage Schrunk 1521.75
6 Tanner Drueke 1520.7
7 Jate Saults 1379.6
8 Coy Johnston 1225.65
9 Cole Kerner 1079.25
10 Sid Miller 1076.6
Bareback Riding
1 Tanner Drueke 73
2 Tate Miller 63
3 Cole Kerner 47
4 Spencer Denaeyer 46
Barrel Racing
1 Elle Ravenscroft 87
2 Taci Flinn 57
3 Brooke Mccully 57
4 Madison Mills 56
5 Jenae Whitaker 35
6 Bailey Bell 32
7 Ashlyn Henderson 30
8 Ashlyn Jensen 30
9 Mekenna Fisher 28
10 Morgan Rosander 28
Boys Cutting
1 Cooper Bass 81
2 Cody Miller 73.5
3 Tatum Olson 66
4 Hayden Jennings 63.5
5 Bo Bushhousen 60.5
6 Frazier Kaelin 56
7 Matt Symonds 54.5
8 Trey Vance 45
9 Devin Konicek 41.5
10 Hayden Stump 32.5
Breakaway Roping
1 Emma Ohm 49
2 Summer Richardson 38
3 Tehya From 38
4 Ali Vaughn 38
5 Wacey Day 37
6 Jaya Nelson 34
7 Jessica Stevens 27
8 Jace Hurlburt 24.5
9 Shayda Vaughn 24
10 Whitney Jennings 24
Bull Riding
1 Jett Sjeklocha 28
2 Cole Kerner 27.5
3 Dalton Garey 20
4 Tanner Drueke 19
5 Drew Farrell 10
6 Hunter Boydston 9.5
7 Brady Painter 9
8 Cooper Kursave 8
Girls Cutting
1 Faith Storer 112
2 Mekenna Fisher 99
3 Emma Pearson 74.5
4 Peyton Fisher 68
5 Gracyn Hicks 64
6 Whitney Jennings 62
7 Jenna Rutar 36.5
8 Jordan Downing 11
Goat Tying
1 Jessica Stevens 77
2 Wacey Day 68.5
3 Emma Ohm 56
4 Abigail Lawton 49
5 Kaci Wickersham 49
6 Ally Micheel 43.5
7 Ashlyn Henderson 43
8 Emma Warren 42
9 Kinley Greenough 39
10 Clancy Jo Brown 29.5
Pole Bending
1 Madison Mills 100
2 Clancy Jo Brown 65
3 Abigail Lawton 58
4 Jenae Whitaker 53
5 Emma Pearson 44
6 Lauren Lehl 34
7 Ashlyn Jensen 29
8 Brooke Mccully 28
9 Jordan Peterson 27
10 Elle Ravenscroft 24.5
Saddle Bronc
1 Brody Mcabee 60
2 Monte Bailey 30
3 Leif Meidell 19
4 Dean Schroder 9
Steer Wrestling
1 Rhett Witt 60
2 Dane Pokorny 50
3 Tucker Ravenscroft 46
4 Sage Schrunk 42
5 Coy Johnston 40
6 Thayne Kimbrough 39
7 Dalton Kunkee 35
8 Cody Miller 33
9 Gage Davis 33
10 Kaden Wooters 33
Team Roping
1 Jate Saults 58
2 Brent Charlton 52
3 Cooper Bass 43
4 Zack Bradley 43
5 Jasper Neal 38
6 Sage Dieter 38
7 Zane Kreikemeier 33
8 Coy Johnston 33
9 Ryan Shepherd 30
10 Carter Anderson 30
11 Sage Schrunk 30
12 Hayse Wetzel 30
13 Cinch Painter 28
14 Roper Wetzel 25
15 Chance Symons 23
Tie Down Roping
1 Rhett Witt 62
2 Zane Kreikemeier 56
3 Matthew Miller 50
4 Sid Miller 47
5 Tate Talkington 46
6 Layne Wallinger 43
7 Jate Saults 31
8 Sage Schrunk 30
9 Trace Travnicek 28
10 Carter Anderson 25