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

WPRA members were first inducted into the PRORODEO Hall of Fame in 2017.

PRCA photo by Steve Gray

amazing honor.”

upon learning of her induction. “I always think of myself as the person who cheers on the people that go into the Hall of Fame, not a Hall of Famer myself. “For me doing what I do and being recognized like this is the icing on the cake, because everything I do is because I love it.” Minick was a 16-time qualifier for the WPRA World Finals where she also competed in team roping. She was also the first woman to be granted a PRCA Announcer card. She is a natural with a microphone and has hosted more than 1,000 television shows on ESPN, TNN, NBC, CBS, The Outdoor Network, RFD-TV and The Cowboy Channel. The 2025 Ken Stemler Pioneer Award, which recognizes those who have provided groundbreak ing, innovative ideas and forward thinking that help the development, advancement, and success of the PRCA and or the Hall of Fame and their missions is being awarded to Red Steagall, who has had a 45-plus year entertainment career that has spanned the globe from Cow Camps to the White House. He was also the 2023 Legend of PRORODEO.

“Rodeo was such an important part of my life for so many years,” Stea gall said. “It was our whole world. We were part of the family. And that was my goal. I wanted to be a part of rodeo.”

Prior to 1970, Kernek had already made

a name for herself, winning GRA/ WPRA world titles in 1968 and 1969 in the flag race and ribbon roping. Dude showed his versatility as well, serving as her then husband Barry’s (Burk) steer wrestling horse. Dude helped Kernek claim the All-Around champion title at the Duncan Girls Rodeo. She served on the WPRA Board of Directors from 1969-1972. Minick echoed Kernek. “I am just speechless, which doesn’t happen very often,” Minick said

Red Steagall The 2025 PRORODEO Hall of Fame class will be enshrined at 10 a.m. (MT) July 12 during ceremonies at the PRORODEO Hall of Fame in Colorado Springs, Colo.

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Pam Minick

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