by Ann Bleiker | Apr 11, 2022 | ProRodeo Hall of Fame, Story Box-Home Page-Half Width
Nomination Form Nomination Form Nominate Your Rodeo Hero By WPRA Office The colorful history and equally colorful legends of professional rodeo live on at the ProRodeo Hall of Fame and Museum of the American Cowboy in Colorado Springs, Colo. In 2017, WPRA members and...
by Ann Bleiker | Mar 31, 2025 | ProRodeo Hall of Fame
Jeana Day 2024 Inductee Jeana Day WPRA Barrel Racing — Inducted 2024 By Ann Bleiker Jeana Day of Woodward, Oklahoma, etched her name in the Women’s Professional Rodeo Association (WPRA) history books winning the barrel racing world title in 1974. A six-time NFR...
by Ann Bleiker | Mar 31, 2025 | ProRodeo Hall of Fame
Marlene EddlemanMcRae 2024 Inductee Marlene Eddleman McRae WPRA Barrel Racing — Inducted 2024 By Ann Bleiker Marlene Eddleman McRae grew up in Ordway, Colorado, wanting to be a cowgirl. Her parents, Carl and Elma Schiffer, were busy building their ranching, farming...
by Ann Bleiker | Mar 31, 2025 | ProRodeo Hall of Fame
Sherry (Combs)Johnson 2023 Inductee Sherry (Combs) JohnsonWPRA Barrel Racing — Inducted 2023 By Ann Bleiker Sherry (Combs) Johnson completed the family trifecta in 2023 when she joined the hallowed halls alongside her world champion horse Star Plaudit “Red,” who...
by Ann Bleiker | Mar 31, 2025 | ProRodeo Hall of Fame
Fay Ann Horton Leach 2023 Notable Inductee Fay Ann Horton Leach WPRA Barrel Racing — Notable Inductee 2023 By Ann Bleiker Fay Ann Horton Leach led the Girls Rodeo Association (GRA-now WPRA) as a founding member, competitor and board member. One of the 38 women who met...