Morgan Louviere loves math.The 17 year old cowgirl, a member of the Louisiana High School Rodeo Association, is good at math, and is currently taking a Statistics AP course. It’s all word problems, she says, but she doesn’t mind. Her high level math classes are required for biology, her major this fall in college. But for right now, she’s enjoying her senior year of high school and rodeo.
The Youngsville, La. resident is a barrel racer and pole bender. Her barrel horse is a six year old Palomino named Tuf, who is now beginning to “put everything together,” and is coming around nicely. Tuf isn’t scared of anything, loves to get into trouble, and is always trying to nibble on people. Her pole horse is a 21 year old named Rocket, who Morgan has ridden since sixth grade. Rocket is the opposite of Tuf: he’s shy, scared, and if he doesn’t know you, he will “look at you weird,” Morgan says.
As a senior at Comeaux High in Lafayette, Morgan loves her math classes but isn’t crazy about English and reading. She’s also taking an anatomy class, which she enjoys. There are 400 students in her class alone, including other rodeo kids who don’t high school rodeo but compete in other associations. Morgan is also involved in FFA and used to do the speed events in 4-H.
Her favorite teacher ever was her middle school home-ec teacher, Miss Gary. “She was always laughing, she made you understand everything, and she was nice,” Morgan says.
For fun, she likes to hang out with friends at each other’s houses or at the mall. They often watch movies, and if they go out to eat, Morgan’s favorite place is Copeland’s. Her favorite dish there is chicken Alfredo. She loves to shop, especially for earrings.
She has qualified for state finals all her years of junior high and high school rodeo, and in high school, has finished each of the last three years in fifth place in the poles, one hole out of going to Nationals. Rock Springs, Wyo., (the home of the 2014 Nationals) is written on the family calendar, so she’s hoping this is her year to make it there.
She is the current student president for the LHSRA and was vice-president last year. Morgan loves that role. She likes being able to communicate the students’ thoughts to the adult directors. She has two half-sisters, Hailey and Madison. She is the daughter of Tate and Sherry Louviere.
