PRORODEO Sports News | Roy Cooper 1955-2025 | May 2, 2025

PRORODEO HALL OF FAME

PRORODEO HALL OF FAME UNVEILS STAR-STUDDED

By PRCA Staff 2025 CLASS

Willy with steer wrestler Lee Graves. PRCA photo by Mike Copeman

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trio of PRCA World Champions – tie-down roper Stran Smith, team roping header Steve Purcella (1996) and bareback rider Jeff Collins (2000) - headline a star-studded 2025 PRORODEO Hall of Fame class announced on Tuesday. The three are joined by multiple NFR qualifiers and fellow contestants, including notable saddle bronc rider Tom Miller, who is a three-time NFR average champion (1975, 1979, 1981) and six-time qualifier for the NFR (1975-77, and 1979-81) and took a unique approach to success in PRORODEO. “I think this whole rodeo deal is a mental game,” Miller said. “I had (someone) tell me this one time, ‘You ride every horse for what he is. Don’t under ride him and don’t over ride him, and everything will come out OK.’ It was good advice. Just go have fun.” Miller was a constant championship contender in the arena and in 1979 he lost a world championship by a mere $5.28 to Bobby Berger. That was the second closest world championship race in PRCA history behind only Scott Snedecor’s 2005 Steer Roping World Championship by $1.67 over Guy Allen.

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