ProRodeo Sports News - October 18, 2019

Honeycutts receive Donita Barnes Lifetime Achievement Award Honored SHORT ROUND

Contract personnel for the 2020 RAM National Circuit Finals Rodeo and the National Circuit Finals Steer Roping have been selected and are listed below. The pickup men, bullfighters and/or barrelman could change to the alternate depending on selections for the 2019 Wrangler National Finals Rodeo. The RAM NCFR is scheduled for April 2-4 in Kissimmee, Fla. The public performances are Friday, April 3 at 7:30 p.m. (ET), and Saturday, April 4, 1 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. The NCFSR dates are tentatively set for April 24-26 in Torrington, Wyo. A lifetime of commitment to the rodeo industry earned husband and wife Roy and Virginia Honeycutt the 2019 PRCA Donita Barnes Contract Personnel Lifetime Achievement ward, Oct. 14. Virginia, the longtime matriarch of the rodeo-oriented Honeycutt family, passed away Dec. 1. She was 76. Roy and Virginia started the Honeycutt Rodeo Company in 1976 in Alamosa, Colo. They traveled across the country and the world producing rodeos. Their son, Jerry, now heads up the Honeycutt Rodeo Company. “I don’t know what to say,” said Roy, 82. “This is emotional. It is great to receive this honor. I’m very excited. This is a big deal.” The Donita Barnes Lifetime Achievement Award will be presented to Roy at the PRCA Awards Banquet at the South Point Hotel & Casino on Dec. 4. “I teared up this morning when I found out my mom and dad were receiving this award,” Jerry said. “This is cool. They spent their lifetime in the rodeo business, and it was good to them, and they get recognized with this award. It’s special. My brother and sister and I are so proud of our parents. We are elated that they are getting this award.” In 1886, Honeycutt’s great-grandparents homesteaded to Alamosa from New York. Virginia was the daughter of Walt and Alice Alsbaugh. Walt Alsbaugh was a legendary PRCA stock contractor who was inducted into the ProRodeo Hall of Fame in

Secretary: Amanda Sanders Asst. Secretary: Jessi Franzen Timers: Molly Twitchell, Cathy Wieferich Pickup Men: Duane Gilbert, Jason Bottoms; Alternate: Brent Sutton Bullfighters: Aaron Hargo, Evan Allard; Alternate: Mike Driver Barrelman: JJ Harrison. Alternate: Cody Sosebee Music Director: Benje Bendele NCFSR SELECTIONS 1990. Virginia’s brother, Art Alsbaugh, and his wife, Linda, were the recipients of the 2012 Donita Barnes Lifetime Achievement Award. “I was involved with my father-in-law, and I appreciated that so much,” Roy said. Virginia and Roy met in 1963 and were married 55 years. As a former rodeo contestant and producer, Roy took things he liked and incorporated them into his own outfit. He once put on a wild west show in Japan with ProRodeo Hall of Famer Casey Tibbs. Virginia was a part of every aspect of rodeo. She was a flag girl, barrel racer, rodeo timer, secretary and stock contractor’s wife. Since 1976, Honeycutt Rodeo has been one of the few rodeo stock contractors to have been a part of every National Finals Rodeo. The Donita Barnes Lifetime Achievement Award was created to recognize PRCA members who have dedicated their lives to the rodeo industry for their commitment, work and contributions.

Contract personnel named for NCFR and NCFSR

Announcer: Jim Thompson Secretary: Rowena Nelson Timers: Marien Woner, DeeDee Dickinson Music Director: Brandy Edmonds

RAM NCFR SELECTIONS Announcers: Roger Mooney, Bob Tallman

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