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Meet the Member AJae Griffin
June 18, 2020
story by Michele Toberer Anna Jae Griffin goes by AJae, and the Mississippi native has been a cowgirl for a lifetime, and a Southeastern Professional Rodeo Association member for the past three seasons. Her dad, Johnny Buckley has been a lifelong cowboy, and rode bulls and team roped. AJae’s mom, Donna Buckley competed as a barrel racer in her younger days but focused her energies on her children’s rodeo aspirations once she became a mom.…
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Meet the Member AJae Griffin
April 15, 2020
story by Michele Toberer Anna Jae Griffin goes by AJae, and the Mississippi native has been a cowgirl for a lifetime, and a Southeastern Professional Rodeo Association member for the past three seasons. Her dad, Johnny Buckley has been a lifelong cowboy, and rode bulls and team roped. AJae’s mom, Donna Buckley competed as a barrel racer in her younger days but focused her energies on her children’s rodeo aspirations once she became a mom.…
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Meet the Member Trey Moore
March 19, 2020
story by Michele Toberer Trey Moore started out as a farm kid in Summerville, Georgia when a buddy from school introduced him to the world of rodeo as a 9-year-old 4th grader. What started out as something he encouraged his dad to let him try because it sounded like fun, has turned into a major portion of the Woodland, Alabama cowboy’s life. Trey has been a member of the Southeastern Professional Rodeo Association for 7…
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Meet the Member Cody Pringle
January 23, 2020
story by Michele Toberer Broncs that buck, have been such a big part of Cody Pringle’s existence that they may just have become imbedded in his DNA. There have not been many periods of the Hogansville, Georgia cowboy’s life, that didn’t involve trying to stay on bucking livestock, 8-seconds at a time. Cody is in his third season as the Southeastern Professional Rodeo Association’s saddle bronc riding director and has been an SPRA competitor for…
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Meet the Member Lisa Bearden
December 20, 2019
story by Michele Toberer Lisa Bearden is a secretary extraordinaire and the Southeastern Professional Rodeo Association couldn’t be happier to have her. She started working as a secretary for SPRA rodeos in 2011 and has been the SPRA Finals secretary every year since her first one in 2012. She began her involvement in the rodeo secretary position about 12 years ago, after she and her husband, James Bearden were married. “James works as a judge…
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Meet the Member Sebrena McAnally
November 21, 2019
story by Michele Toberer As a junior at the University of West Alabama, Sebrena McAnally is enjoying her first year as a college rodeo competitor. She is also in her rookie season with the Southeastern Professional Rodeo Association and looking forward to the season finals in February where she will compete with the top-15 barrel racers in the association and is vying for the champion rookie cowgirl of the year title. Born and raised in…
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Meet the Member Daniel Poole
October 24, 2019
story by Michele Toberer Daniel Poole is the head rodeo coach at the University of Western Alabama and could almost pinch himself to make sure he really is waking up each morning to go to his dream job. Daniel was once a student athlete at the school, competing on the UWA rodeo team from 2006 through 2009 when he graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Industrial Technology with an emphasis in Management. Little did he…
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Meet the Member Cody Stubbs
September 19, 2019
story by Michele Toberer The Southeastern Professional Rodeo Association has been a great rodeo home for first-generation cowboy, Cody Stubbs, of Odenville, Alabama. Cody is the son of Dale Stubbs, a retired Birmingham fireman, and Shawn Stubbs, a chiropractor. Although rodeo was not a part of his family history, when Cody saw a youth rodeo flyer in Tractor Supply when he was in the 6th grade, he convinced his parents to let him go. “I…
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Meet the Member Brandon Leo
August 22, 2019
story by Michele Toberer Brandon Leo is living his dream, the dream of being a rodeo cowboy. Despite growing up in a family void of rodeo ties, his desire for the lifestyle was strong enough to help the first-generation cowboy overcome obstacles that might keep many from it and he has now been a member of the Southeastern Professional Rodeo Association for two years. In 2014, when Brandon graduated from Carrolton High School in Carrolton,…
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Meet the Member Jordan Brown
August 8, 2019
story by Michele Toberer “I give all the glory for my accomplishments to my Lord and savior, Jesus Christ. I have no doubt that he’s placed people in my life the past two years that have changed my life for the better,” says Tuscaloosa, Alabama cowboy, Jordan Brown. In these two years, Jordan has been a member of the Southeastern Professional Rodeo Association and is experiencing the fulfillment of his lifelong dream of becoming a…
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Meet the Member Emma Kate Hyatt
July 18, 2019
story by Michele Toberer As a third-generation cowgirl from Bay Minette, Alabama, Emma Kate Hyatt was destined to be a rodeo athlete from the beginning. Her mom, Krystal Johnson, an LPN nurse who is now a homemaker, used to barrel race; and Emma’s grandmother, “Nana” Sandy Johnson competed in rodeo as well. Emma started out competing as a kindergartner; first barrel racing, and then adding in pole bending and goat tying. But as a 5th…
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Meet the Member Jared Dillon
July 3, 2019
story by Michele Toberer “I drew the short straw from the very beginning, and I wasn’t even supposed to be here. When I was 5, I was diagnosed with bladder cancer, and spent 3 years in the Birmingham Children’s Hospital doing radiation and chemotherapy after they removed the tumor. But I battled back from that, and here I am now, still chasing my dream of being a saddlebronc rider,” explained Jared Dillon of Fayetteville, Tennessee.…
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