College rodeo team wraps up season at nationals in Wyoming

Photo: (l-r) SWTJC Rodeo Coach Roy Angermiller (left) accepts the award for Rodeo of the Year in the Southern Region from Roger Walters, (right) National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association Commissioner in Casper Wyoming.

The Southwest Texas Junior College rodeo team concluded the College National Finals Rodeo on June 16 in Casper, Wyoming with freshman Shaye Lynn Jessee of La Vernia, TX finishing fifth in the breakaway event, while Callie Morgan of Boerne, TX finished 19th in barrel racing.

Jessee was named Rookie of the Year Award in the breakaway event. She will be returning to SWTJC in the fall, while Morgan will be attending Texas A&M. 

“The girls represented the college very well,” said Roy Angermiller, SWTJC Rodeo Coach. “We are looking forward to having Shaye back in the fall, and we wish Callie luck in at Texas A&M.”

During the College National Finals Rodeo, the SWTJC Rodeo event was awarded Rodeo of the Year in the Southern Region during an awards ceremony. Angermiller was on hand to receive the award.

The SWTJC Rodeo was held on Oct. 6-7, 2017 in Uvalde and is one of the 10 rodeos in the National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association Southern Region.  Other schools in the Southern Region include Hill College, Louisiana State University of Alexandria, McNeese State University, Panola Junior College, Sam Houston State University, Stephen F Austin State University, Texas A&M University, Texas A&M University – Commerce, Texas A&M Univ-Kingsville, Trinity Valley Community College and Wharton County Junior College.

Coming this fall SWTJC will see some new rodeo student-athletes on campus including high school rodeo standouts Maddie Rose Wood, Comfort, TX; Sawyer (Buckshot) Patterson, Wimberley, TX; Paige Dawson, Burton, TX; Chase Ruhnke, Haley Jacob and Logan Weeks all of Uvalde and Haley Kiehne of Datil, NM.