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Meet the Members Cami & Isabel Cumper

story by Michele Toberer Fast has been the speed that Cami Cumper, and her daughter Isabel Cumper, have been surrounded by their entire lives. Cami grew up in central Michigan, where her parents, Jay and Lu Hall, raised race-bred Quarter Horses, and she was immersed in the world of racing fast horses on tracks as well as at barrel races. She entered her first barrel race at just 4-years-old, and jockeyed ponies in pony races…

Meet the Member Tim Taylor

story by Michele Toberer In his rookie year with the Mid States Rodeo Association-East, Tim Taylor couldn’t be more thrilled with his standings in the association. He finished at the top of the leaderboard at the MSRA-E season finals as the number one rookie bull rider. The 18-year-old, Eastbrook High School senior hails from Marion, Indiana and has had bull riding on his mind since his mom, Nikki Burkholder, took him to his first rodeo…

Meet the Member Nick Wahl

story by Michele Toberer Rodeo is an inherent trait of the Wahl family from Ottawa Lake, Michigan, and the essential nature of rodeo has been a part of the family for generations. Nick Wahl followed in his parents’ footsteps as a member of the Mid States Rodeo Association, where his father, Richard, once competed as a calf roper and steer wrestler and his mom, Sheilah competed as a barrel racer during their long rodeo careers.…

Meet the Member Nikki Walcutt

story by Michele Toberer Racing has always been in her blood. Nikki Walcutt’s dad, Harris Diehl, constantly challenged her to foot races as she grew up, but it’s racing on horses that has consumed most of her life. “My dad would always say, ‘you want to race?’ and I believe you have to have that mentality, to push yourself and run if you can, I still challenge my kids to sprint to the mailbox; if…

Meet the Member Rachel Stickler

story by Michele Toberer Like the energy building to a smoldering intensity in a dramatic scene of a movie, experiences and lessons learned have been building the necessary components for Rachel Stickler to achieve great success in rodeo. Rachel started out riding fairly green horses at Michigan High School rodeos, thanks to a great neighbor Cassie Bettis and her dad, Skipper, who were more than willing to haul her along with them to NBHA shows…

Meet the Member Wade Pickerill

story by Michele Toberer Wade Pickerill graduated from Missouri Valley College in 2008, with a bachelor’s degree in history. He spent 5 years competing on the Missouri Valley College rodeo team while getting his education. Wade competed as an all-around cowboy for the college, entering saddlebronc riding, team roping, calf roping, and steer wrestling. He qualified for the national college rodeo finals in team roping twice. Although his degree was intended to put him on…

Meet the Member Megan & Jason Young

story by Michele Toberer Faith, family, friends and rodeo, are at the heart of Megan and Jason Young’s life. The couple shares a love of horses and they’re happy to spend their days working with prospects and client horses, as Young Performance Horses LLC., preparing them for careers in calf roping, team roping, barrel racing and dressage. The couple found their farm in Grass Lake, Michigan 9 years ago, and they spend many hours in…

Meet the Member Tammy Floer

story by Michele Toberer Rodeo is a family affair for Michigan cowgirl, Tammy Floer, “For me it is just something fun to go and do with the family. I’m one of those that has a job just to support my rodeo hobby, it’s always good to place and get money, but it’s really just a fun thing for me to do with my family.” Tammy was born and raised with twin brothers, Tim and Tom,…

Meet the Member Kevin Wickey

story by Michele Toberer Sometimes, it can’t be explained why the heart yearns for the things that it does, but Kevin Wickey of Mendon, Michigan, has a heart that was drawn to bull riding in a way that he knew he couldn’t ignore. At just 16, against the wishes of his parents, Kevin stepped on to his first bull, at a rodeo in Ohio, and his passion for bull riding has only grown, since. Kevin…

Meet the Member Dusty Link

story by Michele Toberer “I bought him as a diamond in the rough and he turned out to be a freak of nature,” says Dusty Link about Buttons, his sorrel, Quarter Horse gelding. In 2015, Dusty spotted the horse at a rodeo, and even though he wasn’t for sale, he propositioned the owner and within a week he had purchased him to be his own. “He was a finished reiner, and I saw a lot…

Meet the Member Aug Silverman

story by Michele Toberer Giving back in rodeo is a common occurrence, as you hear many stories of some cowboy or cowgirl taking the time to share their ability with a youngster. Life comes full circle as the one that was shared with, goes on to share their knowledge with another youngster, and the rodeo way of life continues on. Talking to Aug Silverman of Cedar Springs, Michigan gave another example to that common theme.…

Meet the Member Nicole Rawlings

story by Lindsay King Nicole Rawlings from Middlebury, Indiana, is not from a traditional rodeo family and neither is her husband, Luke. “I grew up on a 40-acre farm where my family grew a lot of hay and owned a small trucking company. For me to get the rodeo bug was completely out of the blue,” said the MSRA barrel racer. Nicole’s parents, John Laughlin and Susan Klemm, were always supportive of her rodeo career,…