San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo - 2023
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Honorees


The San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo is a volunteer organization that emphasizes Agriculture and Education to develop the Youth of Texas.


Cleo Hearn - 2023
Cleo Hearn - Founder, Cowboys of Color Rodeo Tour and Former Zone Manager Ford Motor Company.
538


Moe Bandy - 2023
Country music legend Moe Bandy has come a long way from his bull riding days in Texas.
504


Boots O'Neal - 2023
Boots O'Neal has spent more than 75 years in the saddle working for some of the largest ranches in West Texas.
6,555

The Texas Ranger Division of the Department of Public Safety - 2023
In 2023, the world-renowned Texas Rangers, will mark their 200th anniversary of service to the great state of Texas.
408


Scharbauer Cattle Company - 2022
Ranchers The Scharbauers arrived in Texas in 1883 and began running sheep and cattle. In 1887, John and brother, Christian Scharbauer,...
707

Cody Johnson - 2022
Musician / Songwriter & Rodeo Cody Johnson is a songwriter, performer, and platinum-recording country artist. After leaving behind...
2,078


Wilson Franklin - 2022
Businessman Wilson Franklin was born in San Angelo, Texas on July 29, 1952 to Joyce Leddy Franklin and Jim Franklin. Growing up in a...
751


Patti Colbert - 2022
Cowgirl Born in the suburbs of St. Louis, Patti Colbert’s connection to the western lifestyle came through watching Roy and Dale,...
1,198


Dr. Charles "Bud" Townsend - 2022
Rodeo Announcer “Rodeo introduced me to so many cultures and foods and people, and it freed me from poverty and gave me ambition....
1,154


Bobby Cox - 2021
Horseman In the Quarter Horse racing world, Bobby Cox is a household name. The Fort Worth, Texas, resident has been running—and...
2,845


Keith Maddox - 2021
Businessman & Rodeo Competitor 1945 - 2019 The late Keith Maddox is welcomed into the esteemed Texas Cowboy Hall of Fame at the...
1,145


Taylor Sheridan - 2021
Horseman & Western Television Producer Taylor Sheridan has taken the Western Performance Horse industry by storm with his film making and...
5,482


Bob Wills - 2021
Entertainer - Spirit of Texas Award 1905-1975 The New York Times obituary called him “a super-giant before there were super-giants.” Bob...
648


Bobby Kerr - 2021
Entrepreneur & Horseman Without Bobby Kerr, the Texas Cowboy Hall of Fame we know and love would never be what it is today. Fueled by his...
3,018


Stran and Jennifer Smith - 2021
Calf Roping & Miss Rodeo America Stran and Jennifer Smith are a couple deeply intertwined in the western world. In a career spanning 15...
5,602


Charles & Kit Moncrief - 2020
Kit and Charlie Moncrief are dedicated servants to the community of Fort Worth and their philanthropy to education, the arts and...
2,446


Lari Dee Guy - 2020
Lari Dee Guy is an eight-time Women’s Professional Rodeo Association (WPRA) World Champion with more than $1.5 million in career...
785


The Priefert Family - 2020
What started out as a family business in a one room, dirt floor shop in the backyard has become one of the largest farm, ranch and rodeo...
641


R.H. Steve Stevens, Jr. - 2020
To say that R.H. Steve Stevens, Jr., former Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo Chairman of the Board and American Quarter Horse Association...
517


Aaron Watson - 2020
Aaron Watson has received many recognitions through the years, but his career is likely summed up best by Forbes who has called him “one...
357


Robert Earl Keen - 2019
"The road goes on forever ..." It's not always easy to sum up a career - let alone a life's ambition - so succinctly, but those five...
284


King Ranch - 2019
Richard King, along with his indispensable Kineños, tamed the land and revolutionized the ranching business. By the time of his death in...
506


Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo - 2019
The Southwestern Exposition and Livestock Show, known commonly as the Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo, is the oldest continuously running...
81


Dr. Glenn Blodgett - 2019
Dr. Glenn Blodgett began working for the Burnett Ranches which includes the famed 6666 Ranch in Guthrie, Texas in 1982, and under his...
286


The Cavender Family - 2019
Started in 1965 in Pittsburg, Texas, by James and his wife, Pat, the iconic western wear chain, Cavender’s, has grown to 80 plus stores...
288

Bruce Greene - 2018
Western Artist – 2018 RSSoT recipient Bruce Greene is one of the legitimate heirs to a cowboy kind of legacy that traces its beginnings...
119


The Luskey Family - 2018
Entrepreneurs In 1982 the Luskeys merged with Ryon’s Saddle Shop to create Luskey’s-Ryon’s Western Wear, a two-story building that the...
1,125

Adriano Moraes - 2018
3X PBR World Champion Bull Rider Adriano began his bull riding career at small rodeos in Brazil winning two national titles in that...