2022 WPRA SPECIAL AWARD WINNERS
Lifetime/NFR Achievement Award Kenneth Springer
Breakaway Trailblazer Farm-City Pro Rodeo (Hermiston, OR)
Previous Winners 2020 Fort Worth (TX) Stock Show and Rodeo 2019 War Bonnet Roundup (Idaho Falls, ID)
Previous Winners
2021 Heidi Schmidt 2019 Jeff Chadwick 2018 Florence Youree 2017 John Jamison 2016 Liz Kelser
2015 Larry Jordan 2014 Bob Tallman 2013 Michael Gaughan 2012 Shawn Davis
Lifetime Service & Dedication – Judge
Previous Winners
Distinguished Partnership Wrangler Jeans and Shirts
2019 Jim Whiting
Innovative Media Partner
Previous Winners
Previous Winners
2021 National Cowgirl
2019 Wrangler Network 2015 Las Vegas Events
The Cowboy Channel
Museum and Hall of Fame
Betty Gayle Cooper Fast Time Award Martha Angelone – 1.8 seconds (eighth round) This award is given in honor of Betty Gayle Cooper by the National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame. For the first two years it was awarded to the individual who turned in the fastest time during the first round of the National Finals Breakaway Roping. In 2022, it was changed to be fastest time of all 10 rounds. Previous winners
Outstanding Service and Dedication George Gibbs
Previous Winners
2021 Jimmie Munroe 2019 Codi Anne Judkins 2018 Jennifer Casey
2016 Mildred Klingemann 2015 Randy Rae Britt
Outstanding Rodeo Committee Partner Pikes Peak or Bust Rodeo (Colorado Springs, CO) Previous Winners 2021 . Cheyenne (WY) Frontier Days 2020 Cave Creek (AZ) Rodeo Days 2019 Fallon County Fair & Rodeo (Baker, MT) 2018 RodeoHouston 2017 Calgary Stampede Innovative Rodeo of the Year Cowboy Channel Rookie Roundup presented by Resistol Previous Winners 2021 Mesilla Valley Stampede (2020 standalone Turquoise Circuit Barrel Racing Finals) 2019 Minot Y’s Men Indoor Rodeo – Badlands Circuit (Minot, N.D.) 2017 Days of ’47 Cowboy Games and Rodeo (Salt Lake City)
2021 Jackie Crawford – 1.9 seconds 2020 Jackie Crawford – 1.9 seconds
2020 – The Wrangler National Finals Rodeo was held at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas, due to COVID restrictions in place for live events in Las Vegas, Nevada. As a result, the Wrangler National Finals Breakaway Roping made its debut featuring the Top 15
WPRA Breakaway Ropers. Jackie Crawford won her 20th world title of which three have come in the breakaway roping.
Aug. 2017 - WPRA induct members for the first time into the ProRodeo Hall of Fame
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