NIRA Alumni, Inc. 31st Reunion & Group To Award Over $38,000 in Scholarships
June 16 and 17 the National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association Alumni, Inc. (NIRAA) will celebrate 31 years hosting a reunion and providing scholarships for college rodeo athletes. The annual reunion will take place during the College National Finals Rodeo (CNFR) at the Ramkota Hotel and Conference Center.
NIRAA will honor all the NIRA national champions, championship teams, top finishers, queens, coaches, and faculty and student presidents for the years ending in “3”- -1953. 1963, 1973, 1983, 1993, 2003, and 2013. Beginning February 1, the “3” winners will be listed on the NIRAA, Inc. Facebook and Instagram Pages beginning with the 1953 champions.
In addition, to celebrating 31 years, the NIRAA will award over $38,000 in scholarships to collegiate rodeo athletes at the conclusion of the CNFR June 17.
In 2023, the group has added a farm, ranch, and equine sponsorship contribution section. These agriculture groups and all scholarship contributors will be recognized in the CNFR Program, in this magazine, and on the NIRAA, Inc. Facebook and Instagram pages as well.
This $38,000 initiative will recognize student scholarships in the following categories: $1,500 to the 4th place men’s team and $1,000 to the women’s team, $500 to the rookie of the year all around cowboy and cowgirl, $500 to all rookies of the year in seven men’s events and the three women’s events, and $1,000 to the Stan Harter Memorial winer. Furthermore, the group will award a $500 scholarship to each go round winner in seven men’s events and three women’s at the CNFR. Also, a $500 scholarships will be awarded to the average winner/champion of each of the seven men’s events, three women’s, and the all around’s as well.
The NIRA Alumni, Inc. 2023 scholarship campaign is in full swing. If you would like to contribute send a check: NIRAA, Inc. 3211 Elys Path San Antonio, Texas 78230. Or to contribute with a credit card please follow the link below:
National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association Alumni Inc / national intercollegiate rodeo association alumni, inc. scholarship fund
For additional information, please contact:
Merrill Ellis at 210-415-9091 or niraainfo@gmail.com
NATIONAL INTERCOLLEGIATE RODEO ASSOCIATION ALUMNI, Inc.
31st ANNUAL REUNION SCHEDULE
FRIDAY, JUNE 16 AND SATURDAY, JUNE 17, 2023
The Ramkota Hotel and Conference Center
(North and Central Ballrooms)
CASPER, WYOMING
REUNION SCHEDULE
- FRIDAY, JUNE 16
- 8:45 A.M. - 10:00 A.M.
- : Registration
- 10:00 A.M. - 3:00 P.M.
- NIRA ALUMNI REUNION and LUNCHEON
- North and Central Ballrooms
- Ramkota Hotel and Conference Center
- Reserve tickets for the Friday Lunch ($25) by June 1, 2023
- Email niraainfo@gmail.com
- NIRA ALUMNI REUNION and LUNCHEON
- 7:00 PM: FORD WYOMING CENTER
- CNFR PERFORMANCE
- Alumni Honorees from years ending in "3" honored in the arena
- CNFR PERFORMANCE
- 8:45 A.M. - 10:00 A.M.
- SATURDAY, JUNE 17
- 11:30 AM:
- NIRA FOUNDATION CINCH LUNCHEON
- North and Central Ballrooms
- Ramkota Hotel and Conference Center.
- Awards, Entertainment, Silent and Live Auction.
- Reserve tickets for the Saturday lunch ($30) by June 1, 2023
- Email niraainfo@gmail..com
- NIRA FOUNDATION CINCH LUNCHEON
- 7:00 PM: FORD WYOMING CENTER
- Short-go of CNFR.
- Contestant Award Ceremony in arena following rodeo.
- 11:30 AM:
HOTEL: RAMKOTA HOTEL AND CONFERENCE CENTER
800 N Poplar St.
Casper, Wyoming 82601
1-844-224-1315
1-307-266-6000
Book Online
To obtain a special rate of $96 per night plus taxes call and tell them you are with NIRA Alumni. The Ramkota Hotel and Conference Center. Reservations must be made prior to June 1.
CNFR RODEO TICKETS: Casper Events Center:
1-800-442-2256 (11 a.m. to 5 p.m. MST)
Tickets go on sale May 1, 2022.
Ask for the Alumni section.
FRIDAY/SATURDAY LUNCHEON: Advance Reservations required.
Advance Reservations required.
Please reserve tickets for the lunches by June 1, 2023 via email niraainfo@gmail.com
For additional information, visit our Facebook Page http://www.facebook.com/niraainfo/
NIRA ALUMNI MEMBERSHIP FORM
To pay membership with a credit card please click here.
NIRA ALUMNI SCHOLARSHIP FUND
To Contribute to scholarship fund, please follow this link.
Alumni and friends of college rodeo: Please participate in the NIRA Alumni Rookies of the Year, Go Round Winners, and Fourth Place Team Scholarships. In 2021 the NIRA Alumni awarded scholarships of over $42,500. Giving is simple: Just write a check out to NIRAA, Inc.-- any amount--designate your desired rodeo event, and send it to: NIRAA, Inc. 3211 Elys Path San Antonio, Texas 78230. The NIRAA is a 501 (c) (3) non-profit. Please join us in keeping the College Rodeo tradition alive. Remember, no amount is too small or, of course, too large!
Board of Directors
2022 NIRA Alumni, Inc. Board Members: Don Reichert, Jerry Beagley, Martha Jordan, Merrill Ellis, Mary Fuller, Christi Braudrick, Butch Bratsky, Chris Allison, not in photo: Jerry Hawkes, Jordan Ann Thurston-Miller, Del Nose, Tiffany Thurston Photo courtesy Merrill Ellis
