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National Team Championship Titles<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Men: 1967<\/strong>, 2005<\/strong>, 2015<\/strong>, 2022, 2024<\/strong>, 2025<\/strong>
Women: 1969<\/strong>, 1970<\/strong>, 1971<\/strong>, 2005<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Individual National Titles<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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2026 National Champion Bareback Rider – Daxtyn Feild<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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  • 2026<\/strong> – Daxtyn Feild – Bareback Rider<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • 2025<\/strong> – Tori Brower – Goat Tying<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • 2024<\/strong> – Gus Gaillard – Saddle Bronc Riding<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • 2022<\/strong> – Walt Arnold – Steer Wrestling<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • 2019 <\/strong>– Haven Meged – Tie-Down Roping<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • 2018 <\/strong>– Tyler Berghuis – Bareback Riding<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • 2017 <\/strong>– Reid Zapalac – Tie-Down Roping <\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • 2015 <\/strong>– Landon Williams – Tie-Down Roping<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • 2015 <\/strong>– Landon Williams – All-Around Cowboy<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • 2014 <\/strong>– Billy Bob Brown – Team Roping (heading)<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • 2013<\/strong> – Billy Bob Brown – Team Roping (heading)<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • 2013<\/strong> – Billy Bob Brown – All-Around Cowboy<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • 2011 <\/strong>– Kody Engle – Breakaway Roping<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • 2011 <\/strong>– Kody Engle – All-Around Cowgirl<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • 2010 <\/strong>– Isaac Diaz – Saddle Bronc Riding<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • 2007 <\/strong>– Matt Robertson – Team Roping<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • 2007 <\/strong>– Kirby Eppert – All-Around Cowgirl<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • 2005 <\/strong>– Ryan Watkins – Tie-Down Roping<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • 2005 <\/strong>– Ryan Watkins – All-Around Cowboy<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • 2005<\/strong> – Cody Horwedel – Saddle Bronc Riding<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • 2004 <\/strong>– Ryan Watkins – Tie-Down Roping<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • 2000 <\/strong>– Levi Garcia – Team Roping<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • 2000<\/strong> – Kurt Kiehne – Team Roping<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • 1999<\/strong> – Jennifer Smith Driver – Barrel Racing<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • 1999 <\/strong>– Jennifer Smith Driver – All-Around Cowgirl<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • 1988 <\/strong>– Kenneth David Key – Team Roping<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • 1977 <\/strong>– Steve Fryar – Steer Wrestling<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • 1973<\/strong> – Perry Lee – Bareback Riding<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • 1971 <\/strong>– Martha Tompkins Wright – Barrel Racing<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • 1970<\/strong> – Connie Wilkerson – Barrel Racing<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • 1969 <\/strong>– Sally Preston – Breakaway Roping<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • 1969 <\/strong>– Angie Watts – Goat Tying<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    National Team Championship Titles Men: 1967, 2005, 2015, 2022, 2024, 2025Women: 1969, 1970, 1971, 2005 Individual National Titles<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-fullwidth.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-970","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"coauthors":[],"author_meta":{"author_link":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/rodeo\/author\/brian-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3\/","display_name":"brian"},"relative_dates":{"created":"Posted 5 years ago","modified":"Updated 4 weeks ago"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Posted on October 1, 2021","modified":"Updated on June 26, 2026"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Posted on October 1, 2021 3:25 pm","modified":"Updated on June 26, 2026 9:37 pm"},"featured_img_caption":"","featured_img":false,"series_order":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/rodeo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/970","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/rodeo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/rodeo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/rodeo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/rodeo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=970"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/rodeo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/970\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2758,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/rodeo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/970\/revisions\/2758"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/rodeo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=970"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}