Rodeo Teams Take First Place at Northwest Mississippi, Men's Team Secures Ozark Region Title, Women's Team Reserve Title
Senatobia, Miss., (April 27, 2025)- The Missouri Valley College men's and women's rodeo teams finished their regular seasons with competition at the Northwest Mississippi rodeo in Senatobia, Miss. Both teams placed first overall in the standings. The men's team secured the Ozark Region title, and the women's team was the region's reserve champion.
For the men's team, a pair of Viking cowboys tied for first in the bareback riding average. Sophomore Jason Wilson (Pownal, Vt.) and Junior Kooper Heimburg (San Tan Valley, Ariz.) both finished with a 160 in the average. Wilson won the first go-round with an 84, and was second in the second go-round with a 76. Heimburg was second in the first go-round with an 80 and won the second go-round with an 80. Both earned 165 points. Freshman Collin Roland (Fayetteville, Ala.) was fourth in the average with a 146, finishing fourth in both go-rounds with scores of 73 in each. Roland earned 70 points. Junior Hayden Leavell (Ozark, Ark.) was fifth in the average with a 141, finishing sixth in both go-rounds with scores of 71 and 66 to earn 40 points. Senior Drew Lind (Weyauwega, Wisc.) was sixth in the average with a 136. Lind was third in the second go-round with a 75 and earned 50 points. Junior Bryce Eck (Redfield, Kan.) earned 40 points after finishing third in the first go-round with a 76.
In saddle bronc riding, Freshman Treg Huver (Nashville, Mich.) was second in the average with a 141. Huver tied for second in the first go-round with a 68, and was second in the second go-round with a 73, finishing with 135 points. Sophomore Walker McAbee (Woodruff, S.C.) placed third in the average with a 138. McAbee tied for second in the first go-round with a 68 and was third in the second go-round with a 70 to collect 115 points. Freshman Judd Pope (Garnett, Kan.) was fourth in the average with a 133. Pope tied for second in the first go-round with a 68 and was fourth in the second go-round with a 65 to earn 95 points. Also, Eck earned 10 points after placing sixth in the first go-round with a 62.
Also for the men's team, Junior Wyatt Engen (Brooten, Minn.) was second in the bull riding average with an 80. Engen was second in the first go-round with the 80, and finished with 100 points. In calf roping, Sophomore Carson Ball (Bruner, Mo.) placed third in the average with a 23.5. Ball won the second go-round with a 10.2 and earned 100 points.
The women's team was led by Sophomore Daily Orman (Blakesburg, Iowa) who placed first in the barrel racing average with a 27.87. Orman tied for third in the first go-round with a 14.11 then won the second go-round with a 13.76 to earn 155 points. Orman also earned 25 points in goat tying, after tying for fifth in the first go-round with a 7.3 and placing sixth in the average with a 14.8. Sophomore Kalyani Das (Las Cruces, N.M.) was second in the barrel racing average with a 27.94. Das tied for third in the first go-round with a 14.11 and was third in the second go-round with a 13.83, finishing with 125 points. Also, Freshman Kate Brisbane (Kearney, Mo.), who was second in the goat tying average with a 13.6. Brisbane tied for fifth in the first go-round with a 7.3 and won the second go-round with a 6.3 to earn 125 points.
Both Viking rodeo teams captured first in the team standings. The men's team won with 730 points, followed by Tennesse-Martin in second place with 480 points. The women's team won with 250 points, topping second place Tennessee-Martin with 235 points.
The men's rodeo team secured a ninth-straight Ozark Region title. The women's team finished as the reserve champion in the Ozark Region. Both qualified to compete as teams for the 2025 College National Finals Rodeo in June in Casper, Wyo. Final official standings in the Ozark Region will be released later this week.
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