ProRodeo Sports News - February 2, 2024

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Hamilton out indefinitely with shoulder injury Champ Sidelined

K y Hamilton is no stranger to the injury bug. He battled through a list of injuries to claim his inaugural PRCA Bull Riding World Championship this past December in Las Vegas. He will have to overcome yet another setback in 2024. Hamilton told the ProRodeo Sports News on Jan. 30, that he suffered a labrum tear in his right shoulder that will require surgery and a lengthy recovery time. The Mackay, Australia, cowboy said the injury originally occurred at the National Western Stock Show and Rodeo in Denver on Jan. 18. “My shoulder came out in Denver and then it came out again on me in Fort Worth,” said Hamilton, 23. “I have a torn labrum and the ball on my joint is a little messed up and dented. So, I have to have it fixed. If I don’t have surgery, it’s just going to keep coming out on me. Dr. Tandy (Freeman) is going to fix it for me.” Hamilton, currently sits 16th in the PRCA | RAM World Standings with $14,076 earned in 2024. He said the injury will require him to miss a majority of the rodeo regular season, but he’s not giving up hope on making a return trip to the Wrangler NFR next December. “I’m going in to get surgery on Feb. 21 and they say it’ll be a six-month recovery after that,” Hamilton said. “I think I’ll still have enough time to make the Finals. The injury bug is just part of it. If you want to play the game, you have to take the pain.”

PRCA ProRodeo photo by Clay Guardipee Ky Hamilton, competing at the 2023 Wrangler National Finals Rodeo presented by Teton Ridge, won his inaugural PRCA Bull Riding World Championship at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas. He will be sidelined for an extended period of time this season with a shoulder injury. Angelo State rodeo complex being renovated

Two non-profit organizations are helping pay for ongoing renovations and updates to the Angelo State University Rodeo Complex at the San Angelo (Texas) Fairgrounds totaling $150,000 in response to a $1 million challenge grant that was announced in 2023. According to a press release from ASU, the Crystelle Waggoner Charitable Trust from Dallas awarded ASU a $100,000 grant. The local Earnest and Dorthey Barrow Foundation also awarded the university $50,000. Since the $1 million challenge grant was announced, a

total of $225,000 in grants have been awarded to ASU for the ASU Rodeo Complex. This amount will be matched by an anonymous donor who pledged in June 2023 to match all gifts and donations up to $1 million. Inside the 20,000 square-foot dirt-floor complex there are holding pins, stalls, bucking chutes, a concession stand, and indoor restrooms ASU shared. In addition, this complex which is also the ASU Rodeo Team’s practice facility boards student-athletes’ horses and practice livestock.

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