McNeese Rodeo Team

Five National Championship Team Titles

McNeese competes within the National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association’s Southern Region, which includes 14 member colleges and universities in Louisiana and Texas.

McNeese Rodeo men's team at championship

McNeese Men’s Rodeo Team Takes Second Place at National Championship

By tbrewster1 | June 20, 2022

McNeese State University’s rodeo team continued its winning tradition at the College National Finals Rodeo in Casper, Wyoming. The men’s rodeo team claimed the reserve championship – second place in the nation – after winning a national individual title championship and a reserve national individual championship Saturday night. For the men’s team, Shea Fournier, Raceland,…

McNeese Rodeo Team Members

Winners of the Southern Region, McNeese’s Rodeo Team Now Heads to Nationals

By tbrewster1 | May 19, 2022

With the last two rodeos on the season complete, the McNeese State University men’s rodeo team is the champion of the National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association’s (NIRA) Southern Region and the women’s team has finished in third place. As a result, seven members have qualified for the College National Finals Rodeo: Shea Fournier, Raceland; Isaac Richard,…

McNeese rodeo member

McNeese Rodeo Rules the Southern Region

By tbrewster1 | April 19, 2022

With just two rodeos left in the regular season, McNeese State University’s men’s rodeo team is currently ranked first in the Southern Region, with the women’s team in third place. The National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association’s Southern Region includes 14 member colleges and universities in Louisiana and Texas. For the men’s team, Ryder Sanford is ranked…

McNeese women's team member ties goat during competition

McNeese Rodeo Fall 2021 Wrap Up

By tbrewster1 | December 14, 2021

As the National Intercollegiate RodeoAssociation’s 67th season breaks for the holidays, the McNeese State University men’s and women’s rodeo teams are at the top of their game. Currently, the McNeese men’s team is ranked first in the Southern Region while the women’s team is in third place. At McNeese’s recent home rodeo, the men’s team…

Cowboy Gavin Soileau

McNeese Cowboy Named Steer Wrestling Champion

By tbrewster1 | June 20, 2021

McNeese State University junior Gavin Soileau, Bunkie, was crowned the champion steer wrestler Saturday night at the  College National Finals Rodeo in Casper, Wyo. This is Soileau’s first year competing in the CNFR. “I practiced the same way I do for every rodeo, and then I got out there and tried to take it one…

McNeese cowgirl dismounts horse during practice

McNeese Rodeo Team Qualifies for College National Finals

By tbrewster1 | May 28, 2021

Four Cowgirls and two Cowboys from the McNeese State University rodeo team have qualified for the College National Finals Rodeo and will head to Casper, Wyoming, to compete June 13-19. The National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association (NIRA) crowns both individual event and team champions. Over 400 students from more than 100 universities and colleges representing 11…

A rodeo team member descends from a horse to finish the event.

McNeese Rodeo Standings Going Into Spring Competition

By tbrewster1 | February 6, 2020

McNeese State University men’s and women’s rodeo teams enter the spring 2020 season both ranked in the top 10 nationally by the National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association after competing in five rodeos in the fall. The women’s team is ranked No. 4 while the men’s rodeo team is ranked No. 10. McNeese competes in the NIRA…

Two rodeo members work to capture an animal

Rodeo Teams Rank Nationally in Top 10

By tbrewster1 | January 6, 2020

The men’s and women’s rodeo teams are both ranked in the top 10 in the country by the National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association. The women’s team is ranked No. 4 while the men’s rodeo team is ranked No. 10. McNeese competes in the NIRA Southern Region where both teams are No. 1 in the regional rankings…

McNeese Rodeo Results: Northeast Texas Collegiate Rodeo

By tbrewster1 | October 25, 2019

McNeese State University’s rodeo teams swept the Northeast Texas Community College 23rd annual rodeo in Mt. Pleasant, Texas, with first place championship title wins for both the men’s and women’s teams. The teams faced more than 300 competitors from other colleges and universities in the National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association’s Southern region. On the men’s team,…

From left to right, coach Justin Browning and women’s team national champions Mia Manzanares, Kati Murphy and Ashleigh Young (Grace Hanley not pictured).

McNeese Wins Three Rodeo Championships

By tbrewster1 | June 16, 2019

McNeese State University’s women’s rodeo team is once again first in the nation after winning the team championship and two national individual championships Saturday night at the 71st College National Finals Rodeo in Casper, Wyo. Mia Manzanares, of Opelousas, is now the two-time women’s all-around champion and is the co-winner of goat tying championship, as…

Join Our Team

The McNeese Rodeo team offers team members a covered practice arena just a few miles from the university. Free stalls are available to team members, as well as practice equipment including a mighty broncy, drop barrel, spur boards, rope ‘n tie/calf sleds, heel-o-matic and a goat tying dummy. We also have a gym on site for team members.

Scholarships are available based on outstanding athletic performance in college rodeos, high school and open rodeos.

Contact Coach Justin Browning at jbrowning@mcneese.edu for more information, or follow us on Facebook.