2022 WPRA SPECIAL AWARD WINNERS
Small Rodeo Committee of the Year less than $2,500 added (as of 2008, used to be $5,000) Will Rogers Memorial Rodeo (Vinita, OK)
Medium Rodeo Committee of the Year $2,501-10,000 added Woodward (OK) Elks Rodeo
Previous Winners 2021 Will Rogers Stampede (Claremore, OK) 2020 Buffalo Stampede (Kadoka, S.D.) 2019 Jess Andrus & Mike Hillman Memorial (Roswell, N.M.) 2018 Linn County Fair & Rodeo (Mound City, KS) 2017 Wisconsin River Pro Rodeo (Merrill) 2016 (tie) Nacogdoches (Texas) Pro Rodeo and Longford (Kan.) Rodeo 2015 Sturgis (S.D.) Wild West Days Festival & PRCA Rodeo 2014 Wolf Point (Mont.) Wild Horse Stampede 2013 Elizabeth (Colo.) Stampede 2012 (tie) 128th Silver Spurs Rodeo (Kissimmee, Fla.)
Previous Winners 2021 Golden Spike Rodeo (Tremonton, UT) 2020 Killdeer (ND) Mountain Roundup Rodeo 2019 (tie) Range Days Rodeo World PRCA Rodeo (Stephenville, Texas) 2018 Mandan (N.D.) Rodeo Days 2017 Rooftop Rodeo (Estes Park, Colo.) 2016 NILE Pro Rodeo (Billings, Mont.) 2015 Santa Maria (Calif.) Elks Rodeo 2014 Woodward (Okla.) Elks Rodeo 2013 Larimer County Fair & Rodeo (Loveland, Colo.) 2012 Guymon (Okla.) Pioneer Days Rodeo (Rapid City, S.D.) & Cowboy Capital of the
2011 (tie) Minot, N.D. and Billings, Mont. (NILE ProRodeo) 2010 Joseph, Ore. 2009 Hamel, Minn. 2008 (tie) Arcadia, Fla. & Hamel, Minn. 2006 Hamel, Minn. 2005 Wolf Point, Mont. 2004 (tie) Fredonia, Kan./ Arcadia, Fla. 2003 Mandan, N.D. 2002 Deadwood, S.D. 2001 Rapid City, S.D. 2000 Plymouth Meeting, Pa. 1999 Belle Fourche, S.D. 1998 Red Lodge, Mont. 1997 Glens Falls, N.Y. 1996 Grace, Idaho 1995 Klamath Falls, Ore. 1994 Dillon, Mont. 1993 Dickinson, N.D. 1992 Ocala, Fla.
2011 Merrill,Wis. 2010 (tie) Estes Park, CO and Hardtner, KS 2009 Fergus Falls, Minn. 2008 (tie) Iron River, Minn. & Lakeland, Fla 2006 Hamel, Minn. 2005 Wolf Point, Mont. 2004 (tie) Fredonia, Kan./ Arcadia, Fla. 2003 Mandan, N.D. 2002 Deadwood, S.D. 2001 Rapid City, S.D. 2000 Plymouth Meeting, Pa. 1999 Belle Fourche, S.D. 1998 Red Lodge, Mont. 1997 Glens Falls, N.Y. 1996 Grace, Idaho 1995 Klamath Falls, Ore. 1994 Dillon, Mont. 1993 Dickinson, N.D. 1992 Ocala, Fla.
and Helotes (Texas) Festival Association Rodeo
2002 – For only the second time in professional rodeo history a USA vs Canada rodeo was held in conjunction with the Winter Olympic Games in Salt Lake City as part of the Cultural Arts Festival. The event was held in Farmington, Utah. Barrel racing results:
1999 - Sherry Cervi took home more money in a single event than any other contestant competing at the finals-male or female. With $245,369 in earnings for the year, Cervi topped the second place high money winner, Fred Whitfield who was crowned the 1999 All-Around and Calf Roping World Champion, by more than $27,000.
Gold – Molly Powell Silver – Deb Renger Bronze – Janet Stover
MARCH 2023 WPRA NEWS 57
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