News & Notes From the Rodeo Trail, January 16
The 65th National Finals Rodeo will return to the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, Dec. 7-16, 2023. The 10 nights of competition will feature the top 120 contestants in the world vying for a coveted PRCA World Championship. They will also be competing for their share of the $10.9 million purse, which set a record in 2022.
Since 2001, the Greeley Stampede Foundation has given academic scholarships to graduating Weld County high school seniors to support the events mission to strengthen our community. Overall the Foundation has funded $735,540 to 642 well deserving students since its inception.
The Foundation has grown over the years from their first scholarship given for $500 to the recent $50,000 awarded annually. For 2023, the Foundation is again increasing the high school scholarship fund to $62,500 to award twenty-five $2,500 scholarships.
“We are really pushing to increase our impact on the community to show support for our students and their pursuit of higher education,” said Nyla Bristow, Greeley Stampede Foundation Chairman in a press release. “Our students work hard. Offering some financial relief to help them achieve their goals is why we created the Foundation.”
The 2023 scholarships will be awarded to graduating Weld County high school seniors based on the student’s academics, volunteer or work experience, extracurricular activities, and leadership. Recipients may use the scholarship at any accredited trade school, community college, university, or college.
Applications and more information on each scholarship is available at www.greeleystampede.org/p/scholarships. The completed online scholarship must be submitted by midnight on Feb. 28, 2023. Email Nyla Bristow at scholarships@greeleystampede.org with questions regarding the high school scholarship program.
The San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo presents Let’s Rodeo (Ball!) Saturday, Jan. 21. There will be a night full of drinks, dancin’ and top tier entertainment! Watch headliner Scotty McCreery, and other incredible performers, Gunpowder Soup and Rocky King Band take the stage and rock the night away at Freeman Coliseum.
Visit this link for tickets: https://www.sarodeo.com/letsrodeoball
Courtesy of PRCA