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SWTJC Rodeo & Rodeo Program
September 23, 2022
courtesy of SWTJC Rodeo Alumni As Southwest Texas Junior College in Uvalde, Texas celebrates their 60th Anniversary as a National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association (NIRA) team, their thoughts will be on the 21 individuals that lost their lives on that fateful day of May 24, 2022 at Robb Elementary School. This year the team will host their 60th Anniversary NIRA Rodeo October 6-8 at the Uvalde Fairplex. The annual rodeo will be dedicated to the families…
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2022 CNFR NIRA Alumni Awards
August 18, 2022
Courtesy of Dan Reichert The Stan Harter Memorial $1000 scholarship was awarded during the June College National Finals Rodeo (CNFR) to Josie Goodrich from Stanfield, Oregon. She is majoring in Criminal Justice and Multimedia Journalism at Washington State University (WSU). Because of academics she choose WSU, which does not have a rodeo team. Josie leaves school to rodeo every weekend and is a reporter and copy editor for the WSU student-run newspaper, The Daily Evergreen.…
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30th NIRA Almuni Reunion
June 22, 2022
courtesy of Don Reichert The 30th Reunion Celebration of the National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association Alumni (NIRAA) was held at the Ramkota Hotel and Conference Center, Casper, Wyoming, Friday, June 17, 2022. The reunion was in conjunction with the National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association (NIRA) College National Finals Rodeo (CNFR) at the Ford Wyoming Center. College rodeo athletes from 11 regions competed for team and individual national championships, June 12-18, 2022. Approximately 40 people attended the reunion…
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NIRAA 30th Reunion
March 17, 2022
courtesy of Don Reichert The 30th Reunion Celebration of the National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association Alumni (NIRAA) will be at the Ramkota Hotel and Conference Center, Casper, Wyoming, Thursday and Friday, June 17 and 18, 2022. The reunion is held in conjunction with the National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association (NIRA) College National Finals Rodeo (CNFR) at the Ford Wyoming Center. College rodeo athletes from 11 regions will be competing for team and individual national championships on June…
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NIRAA Winter Board Meeting
February 21, 2022
courtesy of Don Reichert The National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association Alumni (NIRAA) Board of Directors gathered for their winter meeting at the South Point Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, December 9, 2021, during the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo (WNFR). NIRAA Alumnus of the Year and Distinguished Contributor of the Year were discussed and details were reviewed for the NIRAA 30th Reunion on Friday and Saturday, June 18 and 18, 2022 during the College National Finals Rodeo (CNFR)…
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NIRAA Membership Benefits
January 13, 2022
courtesy of Don Reichert The National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association Alumni, Inc. (NIRAA) was incorporated in 2001 after having reunions of past college rodeo participants for about 10 years prior to that date. One of the major purposes of the NIRAA is to organize and host an annual reunion of past and current National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association (NIRA) participants in order to honor past NIRA championship teams, individual champions, presidents, and award scholarships to current NIRA…
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NIRAA Honorees
September 23, 2021
courtesy of Don Reichert Additional honorees at the National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association Alumni, Inc. (NIRAA) Reunion held in June were Brad Gjermundson, Dean Wang, Jesse Bail, Jordan Ann Thurston-Miller, and Tucker Chytka. They were introduced in the arena during the Friday performance of the College National Finals Rodeo (CNFR) where top contestants of the National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association (NIRA) competed for the 2021 Championships. Rancher Brad Gjermundson won the NIRA Saddle Bronc Riding Championship in…
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2021 NIRAA, Inc. Scholarship Awarded at the CNFR
June 24, 2021
courtesy of Merrill Ellis The National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association Alumni, Inc. awarded $42,500 in scholarships at the 73rd College National Finals Rodeo June 13-19 in Casper, Wyoming. This is the largest scholarship amount the alumni have ever awarded to college rodeo athletes. More than 400 men and women from over 100 colleges and universities competed in ten rodeo events during the seven day competition. The CNFR can be compared to the NCAA national championships in…
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Meet the Member Dean Wang 1990 NIRA Champion Steer Wrestler
May 20, 2021
courtesy of Don Reichert Fourth generation Montana cowboy, Dean Wang, won the National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association (NIRA) steer wrestling in 1990 and will be honored at the National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association Alumni, Inc. (NIRAA) Reunion June 18 and 19 in Casper, Wyoming. The 29th reunion will be held at the Ramkota Hotel and Conference Center during the 2021 College National Finals Rodeo (CNFR). Dean, an NIRAA life member, is from Baker, Montana where his Scandinavian…
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April 22, 2021
courtesy of NIRAA Four former National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association (NIRA) standouts will be acknowledged during the College National Finals Rodeo (CNFR) in Casper, Wyoming June 18 and 19. Butch Bratsky will be recognized as the 2020 National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association Alumni, Inc. (NIRAA) Alumnus of the Year during the June 18 performance of the CNFR and Martha Jordan will receive the 2020 NIRA Alumni, Inc. Outstanding Contributor of the Year Award at the NIRA Foundation…
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Meet the Member Jerry Hawkes
February 25, 2021
story by by Don Reichert Jerry and his wife, Luz, live on a ridge east of Casper, Wyoming where Jerry says, “To fly a kite you need a lead rope to keep it in one spot. Meeteetse, Wyoming was the first place I kind of remember. Dad, a University of Arizona graduate, was with the Forest Service and they moved people around. Then down to Escalante, Utah and back to Afton, Wyoming where I graduated…
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Meet the Member King of the Cowboys
January 28, 2021
story by Sage Marie Massey Most everyone in the rodeo industry has watched his flamboyant opening ceremonies, cheered on his supreme bucking stock, and knows when we say “King of the Cowboys” we are referring to Mr. Cotton Rosser. What many don’t know, however, is he was born a city boy with a cowboy dream. Rosser was born August 5, 1928, in Long Beach, California. Surrounded by asphalt and buildings, Rosser’s inspiration came from silver…
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