Barrel Racing • Inducted 2024 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 qualifier, she also finished as reserve world champion four times (1970-73) prior to capturing the world title. She...
Contract Personnel • Inducted 2023 “Bullfighting is one of the most unselfish things a person can do. For me to offer my own safety and well-being for that of another human being – that is one of the greatest sacrifices one person can make for another.” Darrell Diefenbach made this statement...
Bareback • Inducted 2024 The son of five-time World Champion Lewis Feild did not have to become a World Champion Bareback Rider; he could have been a champion skier, wrestler, or basketball player. But it was the adrenaline of bareback riding that outshone the other sports and drew Kaycee Feild to...
Fort Madison, Iowa • Inducted 2024 In 1948, Santa Fe Railroad telegrapher Robert Wilken, cowboy singer Gene Autry, and banker C.E. “Eddie” Richards needed something to replace the Labor Day parade and picnic. His father-in-law, Wilken, had an idea. He knew Autry’s livestock had to be rested during the long train...
Barrel Racing • Inducted 2024 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 and petroleum businesses, but they always had time to encourage and support her in her quest to become the best. This...
Stock Contractor • Inducted 2024 Legend has it that third generation stock contractor Sammy Andrews took his first steps in the arena at the Fort Worth Coliseum. To say rodeo is in his blood would be an understatement. Andrews grew up on his father’s ranch doctoring cattle and breaking colts between...
Team Roping • Inducted 2024 Possibly one of the last ranch-trained ropers, Art Arnold grew up on the Buckeye, Arizona, ranch with his father, Carl, teaching him the basics. The Arnold’s rodeoed throughout much of Arizona but managed to qualify for the Finals numerous times. Arnold qualified for the first National Finals...
Bull Riding • Inducted 2024 Few people had heard of Blue Stone at the 2001 National Finals Rodeo, but they definitely knew his name after. Stone entered the 2001 National Finals Rodeo in 12th place and through a series of fortunate events, found himself at the top of the world by the...
Notable • Inducted 2024 J.D. Yates holds not one, but two PRCA National Finals Qualification records. The first happened in 1975 when he became the youngest PRCA contestant to qualify for the National Finals at age 15 years 4 months, beating Ace Berry’s previous record by 7 months. The second came...
Livestock • Inducted 2024 Hal and Pete Burns of Burns Rodeo Company did not know if any of the six bulls they bought at the 1983 Jim Shoulder’s National Finals Rodeo Stock Sale would be any good, but at least one looked good. That one was a black and white speckled...
