PRORODEO Media Guide - 2025

JUSTIN COMMITTEEMAN OF THE YEAR

J ustin Boots, in recognizing the hundreds of thousands of hours of work that rodeo committee members around the country donate to putting on their local rodeos, has long made a practice of honoring outstanding volunteers around the country through its John Justin Standard of the West program. PRCA rodeos vote on the recipient of Justin’s national award for a committeeperson whose dedication represents the deeds of those thousands of volunteers. In 2024, that award went to St. Paul Rodeo Director, Matt Weishoff.

St. Paul Rodeo Director Matt Weishoff honored with the PRCA’s 2024 John Justin Standard of the West Committeeman of the Year Award.

PRCA photo by Hailey Rae

Winners of the John Justin Standard of the West Committeeman of the Year Award include: 1990 Philip Diehl, Pawhuska Elks Rodeo, Pawhuska, Okla. 1991 Cletus Schenk, Red River PRCA Rodeo, Wichita Falls, Texas 1992 Duane Mahlum, Wolf Point (Mont.) Wild Horse Stampede 1993 Homer Carter, Omak (Wash.) Stampede 1994 Hal Littrell, Pikes Peak or Bust Rodeo, Colorado Springs, Colo. 1995 Jack W. Saulls, Moses Lake (Wash.) Roundup Rodeo 1996 Leslie Bartschi, Pocatello (Idaho) Frontier Rodeo 1997 Ed Thiele, Omak (Wash.) Stampede 1998 Ken MacRae, Ellensburg (Wash.) Rodeo 1999 Bud Monroe, Heart O’Texas Rodeo, Waco, Texas 2000 Darrel Stromer, Oregon Trail Rodeo, Hastings, Neb. 2001 Kathy Fraser, Corn Palace Stampede, Mitchell, S.D. 2002 Vern Carpenter, Snake River Stampede, Nampa, Idaho 2003 Steve Coleman, St. Paul (Ore.) Rodeo 2004 Mike Lucke, Reno (Nev.) Rodeo 2005 Ronnie Parks, Heart o’Texas Fair and Rodeo (Waco) 2006 Lee Graves, Deke Latham Memorial Rodeo (Kaycee, Wyo.) 2007 Joel Smith, Ellensburg (Wash.) Rodeo 2008 Jim Thompson, Deke Latham Memorial Rodeo (Kaycee, Wyo.) 2009 Russell Erben, Comal County Fair and Rodeo (New Braunfels, Texas) 2010 DeLois Thompson, Marshall (Texas) Pro Rodeo 2011 Julie Graber, Kansas’ Largest Night Rodeo (Pretty Prairie) 2012 Tom Weinman, Kansas’ Biggest Rodeo (Phillipsburg) 2013 Steve Alder, Ellensburg (Wash.) Rodeo 2014 Bill Stephens, Crossett (Ark.) Riding Club PRCA Rodeo 2015 Mike Mathis, Lufkin (Texas) PRCA Rodeo 2016 Steve Heathman, Coulee City (Wash.) Last Stand Rodeo 2017 Steven Money, Spanish Fork (Utah) Fiesta Days Rodeo 2018 Jerry Shepherd, Ute Stampede, Nephi, Utah 2019 Susan Thomas, Central (Casper) Wyoming Fair and Rodeo 2020 Al Girard, San Bernardino (Calif.) County Sheriff’s Rodeo 2021 John Dady, Sitting Bull Stampede, Mobridge (S.D.) 2022 Tim Baldwin, Chairman of the Livestock Welfare Committee for California Rodeo Salinas (Calif.) 2023 Wade Garrett, Vice-President of the Ute Stampede Rodeo Committee, Nephi, Utah 2024 Matt Weshoff, Director of Livestock for St. Paul (Ore.) Rodeo.

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