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Golden
Saddle Club seeks new members The
Golden Saddle Club, the booster organization for McNeese rodeo, invites all
alumni and other McNeese supporters to become members. A non-profit organization
founded in 2000, the club has for its main objective building a scholarship fund
for college rodeo team members. Dues
are $50.00 per year. Members receive two free admissions to all performances of
the McNeese Intercollegiate Rodeo, set this year for Oct. 21-23.
Donations above and beyond annual dues are encouraged.
“Wranglers” contribute a minimum of $100.00; “Top Hands,” a
minimum of $250.00; “Trail Bosses,” a minimum of $500.00; and “Cattle
Barons,” a minimum of $1,000.00. All
donations are tax deductible. The
club recognizes donor generosity with tokens of appreciation ranging from
official Golden Saddle Club T-shirts for Wranglers to wall plaques for Cattle
Barons plus invitations to its annual social celebration to all three
classifications of donors. For more
details contact Coach Randy Hebert, 475-8004; or Tom Watson (‘49),
477-9713. The
club’s main purpose is to rebuild the McNeese rodeo team into a major
contender in national intercollegiate rodeo competition. In 1957-59 the Cowboys
won three back-to-back national championships and took permanent possession of
the team trophy. It now sits in a
prominent place in the McNeese Rodeo Hall of Fame at Burton Coliseum.
McNeese team members have also snared national all-around cowboy titles
on two occasions as well as seven individual event championships over the years
Recruiting top notch rodeo athletes out of high schools and junior
colleges is the key to making McNeese a perennial powerhouse in intercollegiate
rodeo. Generous scholarships and
other forms of financial support for the rodeo program will ensure successful
recruiting. College rodeo cowboys
and cowgirls furnish and maintain the horses they ride in the timed events. They
provide all the tack and other gear they use in both the timed events and in the
rough stock riding events. They pay their own way to and from rodeos. Under
these conditions the ability to offer tuition,
lodging meals, books and assistance with rodeo travel are powerful lures for
attracting top notch prospects to McNeese. The
men’s rodeo team finished ninth out of 113 in team standings at the College
National Finals Rodeo this past season. Junior
Jake DuBose, Lafayette, was reserve champion saddle bronc rider.
Anchored by senior Trevor Duhon, Hackberry, standout high school
champion steer wrestler, the current team is working hard to improve upon last
year's achievements. |
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