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Meet the Member: Denim Wilson

Story by Riata Cummings Denim Wilson is the 13-year-old daughter of Dave and Tracina Wilson of Tabiona, Utah. She has a younger brother, Ryker, and together the family enjoys going for four-wheeler rides and camping trips when they aren’t busy at a rodeo. Denim attends Tabiona High School as an eighth grader, and her favorite subjects are math and science. Like many of the students in the small school, Denim is involved in many extracurricular…

Meet the Member Heath Hammerstrom

story by Riata Cummings Heath Hammerstrom just finished his eighth grade year at Dugway High School where his favorite classes were physical education and history. He is the son of Jared and Jessica Hammerstrom of Rush Valley, Utah, and has three younger brothers, Holden, Haze and Huxton. Heath enjoys roping goats and donkeys with his brothers, as well as going fishing or camping. Heath’s parents, uncles and cousins competed in rodeo, and he was raised…

Meet the Member Gavin Rhoades

story by Riata Cummings Hailing from the small community of Hannah, Utah, Shane and Eliza Rhoades are proud of their hardworking and talented son, Gavin Rhoades. Gavin is an eighth grader at Tabiona High School, where he enjoys his science, math and shop classes. He has two sisters, Madie and Isley, and the family enjoys working on the ranch with their cows and sheep when they aren’t traveling to a rodeo. Gavin enjoys working as…

Meet the Member Ean Ellis

story by Riata Cummings Ean Ellis is an eighth grader at Margaret L. Hopkin Middle School. Ean is the son of Ryan and Britnie Ellis of Moab, Utah, where his family has lived for five generations. Ean has an older brother, Macray, who is playing baseball for his college in Minnesota. Ean enjoys hunting, fishing, playing basketball and baseball, and competing in rodeo. Ean’s great-great grandfather was the only other member of the family to…

Meet the Member Lincoln Reeder

story by Riata Cummings Lincoln Reeder is an eighth grader from the small town of Malad, Idaho. He attends Malad Middle School, and his favorite classes include English and a career and technical education course. Lincoln is the son of Bucky and Katie Reeder and a brother to Naelyn and Riggin. As a family they enjoy going big game hunting and traveling to rodeos. Lincoln’s father rode saddle bronc horses and bucking bulls when he…

Meet the Member Logan Cumbie

story by Riata Cummings Logan Cumbie is a 15-year-old rodeo athlete from Tremonton, Utah. He has been competing in rodeo for as long as he can remember, participating in pee-wee events when he was only 5-years-old. The sport of rodeo “runs in the family” for Logan, and he loves “the adrenaline rush, the people and the positivity” of the rodeo environment. He also enjoys the opportunity it gives him to ride his horses and work…

Meet the Member Hadley Robinson

story by Riata Cummings Hadley Robinson is the son of Lucas and Jaimee Robinson of Coalville, Utah. His siblings are Calissa, Britton and Jaislyn, and together the family enjoys riding horses, watching movies and going to rodeos. Hadley attends North Summit Middle School as an eighth grader, and the 13-year-old’s favorite classes are language arts, math and science. Hadley started competing in rodeo as a 6th grader, but he has ridden horses for as long…

Meet the Member Cooper Sagers

story by Riata Cummings Cooper Sagers has been competing in rodeo for 4 years, and his events are saddle bronc steer riding, breakaway roping and team roping. In the team roping he heads for Cody Russel. Last year, Cooper was the Utah Junior High School Rodeo Association Boy’s Breakaway Reserve Champion and finished fourth in the state saddle bronc steer riding. He went on to compete at the Silver State International Rodeo where he was…

Meet the Member Maklee Larsen

story by Riata Cummings Maklee Larsen is the 14-year-old student president of the Utah Junior High School Rodeo Association. She hails from Genola, Utah, and just finished her eighth-grade year at Mt. Nebo Junior High. Maklee’s parents are Glenn and Misty Larsen, and she has a sister named Shaylee. As a family they enjoy boating, hunting, sitting around the fire and playing games when they aren’t busy traveling to and from rodeos. Maklee grew up…

Meet the Member Bryndli Stevens

story by Riata Cummings Bryndli Stevens hails from the small town of Ferron, Utah, and attends San Rafael Middle School as an 8th grader. The straight-A student’s favorite classes include English and history. She enjoys playing basketball, reading, running cross country and competing on the track team. Bryndli lives with her father, Kurt Stevens, and spends lots of time with her grandparents, Jolene and Gary Stevens, and her aunt, Cindi Rukavina. When Bryndli moved to…

Meet the Member Avree Berntsen

story by Riata Cummings Avree Berntsen is a 13-year-old rodeo athlete from the small town of Richmond, Utah. She has been riding horses since she was 2-years-old, following in the footsteps of her older sisters Bailee, Kylee and Hadlee. She lives with her mother Mindie Berntsen, and the pair enjoy going on horse rides or going to barrel racing jackpots together. Avree also enjoys watching movies and doing woodwork with her father, Eddie. Avree attends…

Meet the Member Tad Williams

story by Riata Cummings Tad Williams is a 14-year-old rodeo athlete in the Utah Junior High School Rodeo Association. He competes in the chute dogging, team roping and goat tying. His favorite event is the chute dogging, and in the team roping he is a header for Stace Gilbert. Tad’s rodeo horses are Blue the head horse and Chicka the goat horse. He is also riding Chex, a steer wrestling horse he plans to use…