Tarleton State University Rodeo & Year End Overall

The TSU Rodeo was an eventful one at that! The rodeo started off with a bang Thursday night with 3 of our students claiming the round win in that performance, and it just got better from there...

In the Calf Roping we had three WT Men's Team Members advance to the short round! Seaver Tate won the round with an 8.0, followed by E.J. Bechthold with an 8.6 and Zach Linger with an 8.8. In the Short go Seaver placed in the round and won Reserve Champ in the Average at the TSU Rodeo!

In the Breakaway Roping we had three WT Women's Team Members advance from the long round to the short round! Meghan Gray was a 2.7, Jessica Ehlers was a 3.0, and Ali Bilkey was a 3.1! In the short go Jessica was a 4.0 allowing her to claim 3rd overall in the TSU rodeo!

In the Steer Wrestling Chris Bechthold was a 5.5, winning 4th in the long round, and advancing to the short round!

TSU Rodeo was the last rodeo of our 2015 Spring Semester. We did not have any students that advanced to the college finals through competition, however we did have one Student, Logan Harkey, the Region Student Director, who will get to attend the CNFR and represent WTAMU in Casper, Wyoming this June 2015! Logan was also nominated to be one of the potential recipients of The Walt Garrison Award, which is presented to one student in Casper, Wyoming at the 2015 CNFR. Wishing Logan the best of luck!

Overall the year end standings the WT Women's team took 5th in the Southwest Region and our Men's took 10th. Our women's team was very compeittive this semster as well as our mens!

We are very proud of the hard work, determination, and effort that our students gave to WTAMU in and out of the arena, and could not be happier to be a part of this amazing team! We had a good season this year, and we are already preparing for next year. WTAMU Buffs will be back!

To follow overall results of the Year End Standings CLICK HERE

Thank you all for your continued support of WT Rodeo! Go Buffs!

Ranger College Rodeo 2015

West Texas A&M University Rodeo Team came through with shining colors this last weekend at The Ranger Junior College Rodeo in Brownwood, Texas! We had 6 students place throughout the event!

The weekend started off with Seaver Tate from New Mexico claiming the reserve long go-round title in the calf roping with a 9.5. To follow, fellow WT Men's Team Member Pryce Harris from Canyon, Texas also made the final cut to advancing to the short go-round! In the short go there were several competitive times, and Pryce Harris with an 11.5 became the reserve average champion for the Calf Roping, claiming over 150 points for the year end standings!

In the ladies breakaway we had two girls Jessica Ehlers from South Dakota, and Nicole Espenson from Hart, Texas claim victories. Jessica won second in the long go round with a 2.5 and won the average with a 5.5! Nicole Espenson made the short go round, and placed 6th in the average with a 7.6 on two! Way to go girls!

In the Team Roping we also had two students, Logan Harkey from Vernon, Texas and Clay Casper from Oklahoma claim points in the long round. Logan ended up reserve champion in the average with his partner Levi Lord from Eastern New Mexico University, earning over 120 points to count for the year end standings.

This upcoming weekend, the WT Rodeo team will be traveling to Stephenville, Texas for their final competition for the Spring 2015 semester. We have several students that have an opportunity to advance to the College National Finals Rodeo in Casper, Wyoming in June! We will keep you posted on our Facebook about the competition updates this weekend! Thank you for your continued support for the team! To check the standings CLICK HERE.

Go Buffs!

Big Spring College Rodeo 2015

WT Student's got off to a good start at Big Springs! Two of our Ladies; Tayler Bradley and Kaitlin Gustave, made great runs in the ladies breakaway roping and successfully moved on to the short round. Tayler ended up placing 2nd overall in the average of the whole rodeo! Our Men's team member Clay Casper placed again this week in the team roping long go round, and won second overall in the average of the rodeo!

This week our WT Rodeo Team Students are in Brownwood, Texas at the Ranger Junior College Rodeo. Only two rodeos left this semester! We have several students who have a good shot at making the College National Finals Rodeo!

To keep track of the results and follow the standings for the CNFR Click Here!

Until next time...

Go Buffs!

Snyder Texas College Rodeo 2015

Go BUFFS!! We kicked some major butt this weekend!

We started the weekend off right with Meghan Gray, a freshman from Louisiana, winning the Ladies Breakaway with a 2.1, and Tayler Bradley, a junior from Washington State, making the short go with a 2.6! Both Meghan and Tayler came back strong in the short go; Meghan was a 2.2, winning the whole rodeo and the short go, Tayler was a 2.9, placing in the average 5th with points!

Then we moved right on to the Team Roping Event where Clayton Huffman, a sophomore from Colorado, and Rylan Ferbrache, a sophomore from Oklahoma, teamed up to win the long go with a 7.2 and the short go and average with an 8.8! We also had other team members, Clay Casper a sophomore from Oklahoma, Kaitlin Gustave freshmen from California, and Logan Harkey a graduate student from Vernon, Texas all place in the team roping long round and short round!

We rounded up the weekend with Heather Knerr, a senior from Montana, placing in the Ladies Barrel Race long round and short round!

Overall the WT Rodeo Team had a FANTASTIC weekend! The Team is fired up and ready to take on the final rodeos this Spring Semester holds!

If you would like to follow the overall NIRA Southwest Region Standings, Click Here!

We are proud of our Buffs, and glad to have head Coach Raymond Hollabaugh on board to encourage and motivate our rodeo students!

Until Next week!

Go BUFFS!

Odessa Texas Spring College Rodeo 2015

The kick off rodeo for The West Texas A&M University Rodeo Team did not go as planned. We had two students; Heather Knerr and Clay Casper, who each competed and came out ahead with points in the standings. Heather Knerr placed in the Ladies Goat Tying with a 3rd place in the long round with a time of 8.1, and followed her performance up in the short go with a time of 8.3 which allowed her to place 4th in the average overall! Clay Casper placed in the long round of the Team Roping with his brother Wyatt Casper from Clarendon College with a 7.1 placing 5th in that round.
The West Texas A&M University Rodeo Team has over 35 team members, 28 of who are actively attending the NIRA College Rodeos. The Team has 4 more competitions this semester;

• March 26-28 Snyder, Texas
• April 9-11 Big Spring, Texas
• April 16-18 Brownwood, Texas
• April 23-25 Stephenville, Texas

If you would like to follow the overall year end of 2014-2015 NIRA Southwest Region Standings, Click here!

Wishing our team the best of luck next week!
Go Buffs!