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Meet the Member Laura Lambert
January 19, 2023
story by Lindsay Humphrey By definition, Laura Lambert was born into rodeo. Both her parents competed professionally; her dad, Dale Motley, primarily in calf roping and her mom, Jody Motley, as a barrel racer. “Rodeo has always been a constant in my life; I started going to jackpots with my mom when I was really little and I’ve been riding for as long as I can remember,” said Laura who now lives in Wiggins, Colorado,…
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Meet the Member Val Baker
September 23, 2022
story by Lindsay Humphrey Deployments were never a good reason to keep a rope out of Val Baker’s hands during her time with the Air Force, Army and now Navy. In fact, while she was in Naples, Italy, for three years, it wasn’t uncommon to find Val on the roof of her rental home roping the dummy. “I thought I could go three years without horses, but I was only about two months into it…
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Meet the Member Tim McNeill
July 21, 2022
By Lindsay Humphrey Competing in the NSPRA as a bull rider in his 60s was never on the agenda for Tim McNeil. That is, of course, until it was. “When I was 59 a friend of mine told me that I should join him on the senior circuit,” said the Peoria, Arizona, native and USMC Veteran. It’s been a bumpy ride for Tim in his first few years of senior rodeo. In August 2019, after…
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Meet the Member Barb Larsen
June 22, 2022
story by Lindsay Humphrey Barb Larsen met her husband, Pat, 52 years ago. They’ve been married for 50 of those years and rodeo’s been a part of every single one of them. “My dad bought and sold horses for a living, so I rode before I could even walk,” said the Brush, Colorado, barrel racer. “I always wanted to run barrels and started when I was about 16. I’ve been doing it ever since.” Together…
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Meet the Member Shannon Boyles
May 19, 2022
story by Lindsay Humphrey A competitive spirit coupled with a good horse keeps Shannon Boyles returning to the team roping. He’s tried and failed to stay away from the rodeo area, but it just keeps pulling him back in. Hailing from Junction, Texas, the heeler roped calves back in college, but he gave up that event long ago. “I started rodeo as a kid and then went to college and had a lot of fun…
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Meet the Member Becky Teller
March 17, 2022
story by Lindsay Humphrey “I did my bleacher time, so I decided that I wanted to play too,” said Becky Teller who stepped back inside the rodeo arena after almost 25 years on the sidelines. She has the typical rodeo story of growing up around horses and cattle in Hermosa, South Dakota. She got her start in 4-H and moved up the ranks of Little Britches, high school and then college rodeo. She has the…
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Meet the Member Julie Jones
January 13, 2022
story by Lindsay Humphrey Halter horses, jumpers and shooters, Julie Jones has dabbled in them all and just about everything in between. She first cut her teeth as an equestrian on a painted sale barn pony who was the definition of a nightmare. “My mom said I started showing interest in horses when I was 2,” said the Aquila, Arizona, barrel racer. “I went to the school of hard knocks with that pony, but from…
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Meet the Member: Jeanne Davis
November 1, 2021
Story by Lindsay Humphrey A mare named Miss Baby Dude (“Lulu”) proved to be a monumental mount for Jeanne Davis of Jackson, Nebraska. “From the time I was a little girl running barrels set up in our pasture, my passion has always been barrel racing,” said the NSPRA barrel racer. In 1978, Jeanne and her husband, Ron, bought Lulu from R.E. and Marth Josey. From the moment Jeanne swung a leg over Lulu, the pair…
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Meet the Member Kim Coleman
September 23, 2021
story by Lindsay Humphrey “I’ve always said ranching and rodeo is all I’ve ever known,” said Kim Coleman from Ackerly, Texas. “I’ve worked on the family ranch my whole life. That and training barrel horses has made up my whole life.” With a lifetime spent in the saddle already, Kim has never felt like she rides too much. It’s her entire life. “My mom (JoAnne Coleman) was hauling to rodeos before I was born. So,…
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Meet the Member Brenda Howard
July 22, 2021
story by Lindsay Humphrey “I have wanted to rodeo my entire life,” said Brenda Howard from Helena, Missouri. “I rode horses growing up, but nobody in my family ever rodeoed. My husband, Marty, and I started team roping just after we were married.” At the time, Brenda was in her 20s and continued honing her skills at team roping jackpots for the next 10 years before branching out to the rodeo world. “Jesse Marshall, who…
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Meet the Member Bill Sharber
June 24, 2021
story by Lindsay Humphrey After high school graduation, Bill Sharber headed to the oilfield and he’s been there ever since. Graduation brought more than just a full-time job for this Konawa, Oklahoma, native. “I always wanted to rodeo in high school, but my parents wouldn’t let me. I mostly wanted to rope, and they were afraid I would cut my fingers off,” said the NSPRA executive committee member. Bill’s parents did, however, let him show…
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Meet the Member Jasen Olsen
May 20, 2021
story by Amber Neate/Sun Reporter & Siri Stevens Professional bareback bronc rider Jasen Olsen loves being a cowboy. Olsen’s remarkable drive and endurance for bronc riding goes far beyond what is imaginable. Two days before competing at the National Senior Pro Rodeo Association Rodeo (NSPRA) in Wickenburg, he competed in Gilbert with a broken leg and placed first in the bronc riding. On Feb. 13 at Everett Bowman Arena in Wickenburg, he competed again with…
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