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ix Illustrations Members of first Texas A&M intercollegiate rodeo team  Members of first New Mexico A&M Rodeo Club  New Mexico A&M cowboy F. C. Stover  First NIRA student president Charlie Rankin  Delegates to first NIRA convention  Texas Tech rodeo team,    University of Wyoming rodeo team  Queen of  Cow Palace NIRA Rodeo  Sul Ross State men’s team with  NIRA trophy  Delegates and guests at  NIRA Convention  Officers of  NIRA board  First NIRA all-around cowgirl Jo Gregory Knox,   Sul Ross State College men’s team second championship,    NIRA calf roping champion Tuffy Cooper   NIRA champions  Hardin-Simmons cowboy Joe Chase  Harley May presenting awards,   Eight-time NIRA champion Ira Akers   NIRA champions   NIRA champions  – NIRA board meeting with RCA board  Texas A&I calf roping champion Jack Burkholder  Shawn Davis, three-time NIRA champion  Casper College’s  national champion men’s team  Joe Alexander,  NIRA bareback champion  Casper College cowboy Ivan Daines  Sam Houston State  NIRA champion men’s and women’s teams  i l l u s t r a t i o n s x Phil Lyne,  NIRA all-around and calf roping champion  Country singer Chris LeDoux  NIRA Southwest Region rodeo secretary Una Beutler  Dallas Cowboy and PRCA steer wrestler Walt Garrison  Tom Ferguson,    NIRA calf roping champion Roy Cooper   NIRA breakaway roping champion Betty Gayle Cooper Ratliff  Jimmie Gibbs Munroe, Sam Houston State  Jennifer Haynes, New Mexico State   NIRA reserve champion women’s team members  – NIRA national student president Molly McAuliffe Hepper  Members of  NIRA champion women’s team  Members of  NIRA champion men’s team  Five-time NIRA champion Sabrina Pike  Members of  NIRA champion women’s team   NIRA champion saddle bronc rider Brad Gjermundson   NIRA champion team roper J. D. Yates   NIRA champion steer wrestler John W. Jones Jr.  Members of  NIRA champion men’s team  Three-time world champion bull rider Tuff Hedeman,    and  NIRA champion bull rider Jim Sharp  Members of Odessa College  NIRA champion men’s team   NIRA triple-crown champion Ty Murray  NIRA alumni at first reunion,   Zane Davis of College of Southern Idaho  Members of Montana State  NIRA champion men’s team  Members of  national champion men’s team  Five-time NIRA champion Caryn Standifer Snyder   NIRA champion barrel racer Molly Swanson Powell   NIRA reserve champion team roper Jody Petersen Sarchett   NIRA champion women’s team, Oklahoma State University   national champion men’s team, Southwestern Oklahoma State University  Twelve coaches from Southwest Region,   ...

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