Mikayla Joh Almond
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- Hometown:
- Olin, NC
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- Year:
- So.
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- High School:
- Abeka Academy
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- Events:
- BRK, GBR, TR, GT
News mentions
The East Mississippi Community College women’s rodeo team has made program history by claiming this year’s National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association (NIRA) Ozark Region team title. The school-first regional team championship earns the EMCC women an appearance in this summer’s (June 13-19) College National Finals Rodeo (CNFR) in Casper, Wyoming.
The nationally ranked East Mississippi Community College rodeo teams both earned runner-up finishes during the 53rd Annual UT Martin Spring College Rodeo held this past weekend on the campus of the University of Tennessee at Martin. The three-day event concluded with Saturday night’s championship round held at the Ned Ray McWherter Agricultural Pavilion and N.W. “Doc” Robinson Arena.
For the second time in three weeks, East Mississippi Community College claimed a women’s rodeo team title along with a second-place men’s team showing this past weekend at the Weevil Stampede hosted by the University of Arkansas at Monticello. The three-day rodeo concluded with Saturday’s championship round at the Drew County Fairgrounds.
In the second rodeo of the spring season, East Mississippi Community College placed fourth in men’s action and tied for sixth on the women’s side during last weekend’s event hosted by Pearl River Community College. The three-day rodeo concluded Saturday night at the Pearl River County Fairgrounds Arena.
East Mississippi Community College successfully opened the spring portion of the 2020-21 collegiate rodeo season this past weekend by winning the women’s team competition and finishing as men’s runners-up while hosting the school’s 9th Annual Intercollegiate Rodeo. The three-day Ozark Region event concluded with Saturday night’s championship round held at the Lauderdale County Agri-Center.
In earning the top two individual finishes in barrel racing and breakaway roping, the East Mississippi Community College women’s rodeo team set a program record by totaling 475 team points in claiming the women’s team title of the Southern Arkansas University College Rodeo this past weekend. The EMCC men finished in fifth place at the three-day event held at Story Arena in Magnolia, Arkansas.
East Mississippi Community College collected four individual event championships to earn third-place team finishes in men’s and women’s competition at the Three Rivers College Championship College Rodeo held this past weekend in Sikeston, Missouri. The three-day NIRA Ozark Region event concluded Saturday evening at the Art Saunders Arena in the Sikeston Jaycee Bootheel Rodeo Grounds.
The East Mississippi Community College rodeo teams claimed three individual event titles during this past weekend’s UWA College Rodeo Showdown, while earning a second straight third-place men’s team finish and placing fourth in the women’s competition. The three-day rodeo hosted by the University of West Alabama concluded Saturday night at Meridian’s Lauderdale County Agri-Center.
East Mississippi Community College’s 2020-21 sports season looks to officially get underway this week (Sept. 17-19) as the EMCC men’s and women’s rodeo teams are scheduled to open the fall portion of the National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association’s Ozark Region schedule in Missouri.