About the WPRA
About the WPRA
Contact Us
Please direct time sensitive requests to the WPRA Office by calling 719-447-4627.
Women’s Professional Rodeo Association
431 South Cascade
Colorado Springs, CO 80903
Phone: (719) 447-4627
Fax: (719) 447-4631
Email: [email protected]
Women’s Professional Rodeo Association
The Women’s Professional Rodeo Association (WPRA) is the oldest women’s sports organization in the country. The Association started in 1948 with a group of Texas ranch women who wanted to add a little color and femininity to the rough-and-tumble sport of rodeo. A major move at the time, 38 women met in a hotel in San Angelo, Texas, on February 28, 1948, to change the way they were being treated in the male-dominated world of rodeo. These women banded together to create the very first professional sports association created solely for women by women – the Girls Rodeo Association (GRA).
The GRA began with 74 original members with 60 approved contests with a total payout of $29,000. In 1981, the GRA changed its name to the Women’s Professional Rodeo Association (WPRA). Today, the association boasts more than 3,000 members, over 1,500 events and payouts totaling over $5 million.
The WPRA, headquartered in Colorado Springs, Colorado, provides opportunities for women across the United States and Canada to compete in the timed events of barrel racing, team roping, breakaway roping, and tie-down roping.
The WPRA — World Championship Barrel Racing®
OFFICE STAFF
Christina Munster – Membership/Rodeo Auditor • [email protected]
Kelsey Cox (KC) – Approvals/Member Relations • [email protected]
Yvette Dodge – Accounting • [email protected]
Samantha Adams – Rodeo Approvals/Results • [email protected]
Robin Stehl – Rodeo Results • [email protected]
Rachel Beye – Co-Approvals • [email protected]
Hannah Miller – Sponsorship & Special Events • [email protected]
Kitty Herrin – PESI Manager • [email protected]
Holiday | Day of the Week | Date |
Presidents Day | Monday | February 20 |
Memorial Day | Monday | May 29 |
Independence Day | Tuesday | July 4 |
Labor Day | Monday | September 4 |
Thanksgiving Day | Thursday | November 23 |
Day After Thanksgiving | Friday | November 24 |
Christmas Eve | Friday | December 22 |
Christmas Day | Monday | December 25 |
New Year’s Eve | Friday | December 29 |
New Year’s Day | Monday | January 1, 2024 |
Jimmie Munroe
President
Valley Mills, TX
254-722-5128
[email protected]
Heidi Uecker-Schmidt
Vice President
Belfield, ND
701-928-0260
[email protected]
Christi Braudrick
Roping Director – R1
Caddo, OK
918-207-9757
[email protected]
Lynn Smith
Roping Director – R2
Elfrida, AZ
520-678-6702
[email protected]
Nicole Bice
Badlands - X
Killdeer, ND
605-553-4546
[email protected]
Sheena Robbins
California - S
Fresno, CA
559-940-2638
[email protected]
Rainy Robinson
Columbia River – Y
Caldwell, ID
208-870-5256
[email protected]
Pending Board Appointment
First Frontier - U
Melora Potter
Great Lakes – A
Marion, KY
270-704-0865
[email protected]
Dillon McPherson
Montana - M
Wolf Point, MT
406-650-8458
Carla Johnson
Mountain States - R
Cheyenne, WY
307-761-1800
[email protected]
Cindy Gillespie
Prairie – P
Ransom, KS
785-731-5306
[email protected]
Bricklee Miller
Southeastern - K
Starkville, MS
662-418-3963
[email protected]
Lois Ferguson
Texas - L
West, TX
254-744-2878
[email protected]
Jenna Duhon
Turquoise - H
Phoenix, AZ
602-615-7663
[email protected]
Julie Herman
Wilderness - W
Bluffdale, UT
801-548-4797
[email protected]
(719) 447-4627
(719) 447-4631 (fax)
431 South Cascade
Colorado Springs, CO 80903
DIRECTIONS
(719) 447-4627 | (719) 447-4631 (fax)
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP BARREL RACING — Where the Elite Compete®
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
BARREL RACING
Where the Elite Compete®