Colliflower, Walen to one honored at Montana Pro Rodeo Hall and Wall of Fame

Press release

The Montana Pro Rodeo Hall and Wall of Fame’s annual fund-raising banquet and induction ceremony is Oct. 5 at the Billings Hotel and Convention Center, starting at 5 p.m., and includes two local rodeoers being honored.

Rocky Boy’s John Colliflower is being inducted as a legend and Bud Walen of Havre is included in the list of Great Montana Rodeo Families

The 2024 Hall of Fame Legend inductees have been chosen by the Montana Pro Rodeo Hall and Wall of Fame. Each year, awards are given to individuals, families, businesses and ranches who have contributed to and sustained rodeo and the Montana way of life. The cowboys and cowgirls who have made rodeo great are memorialized on the Wall of Fame at the Monument Site, located at the First Interstate Arena/ MetraPark in Billings.

“The Montana Pro Rodeo Hall and Wall of Fame remains committed to celebrating accomplishments of our rodeo cowboys and cowgirls and adding to the $725,000 in awarded scholarships to our state’s high school rodeo athletes as they seek higher education,” President Brent Jordan said in a media release.

Other 2024 MPRHWF Inductees:

Lifetime Achievement:

John Larrick, Three Forks

Lady of the West:

Lynda Ottun, Rosebud/Billings

Legends:

Bob Askin, Miles City

John Carr, Lewistown/Belize

Korry Mytty, Missoula

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Stock Contractors:

Sankey Pro Rodeo, Joliet

Great Montana Pick-Up Man:

Joe Blankenship, Glendive

Bill Blankenship, Glendive

Great Montana Livestock:

Custer Livestock, Ekalaka

Western Heritage Award:

Kelly Compton, Broadus/Billings

David and Ijkalaka Russell, Ekalaka

Warren Johnson, Gardiner

Bill Workman, Eureka

Great Montana Ranches:

Stirling Meadows Ranch/Jackson Family

Loyning Ranch, Warren

Ron Wetsch, Drummond

Great Montana Rodeo Families:

Trexler Family, Corvallis

Great Montana Rodeo/Tour:

Indian National Finals Rodeo/INFR Tour

Great Montana Western Night Club:

Blue Moon, Columbia Falls

Great Montana Veterinarian:

Dick Cunningham, Hysham

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Western Store:

Western Ranch Supply

Great Montana

Western Magazine:

Range Magazine

Western Heritage Actor:

Bill Pullman, Boulder

Also acknowledged at the Banquet will be the 2024 MPRHWF Scholarship winners, who were selected at the Montana High School Rodeo Finals in Kalispell. This is the 19th year scholarships have been awarded to Montana high school students.

Briley Anderson of Manhattan was awarded the Art of the Cowgirl — Tammy Pate Memorial Scholarship. This is a new scholarship, being awarded for the first time in 2024 by the MPRHWF.

The 2025 MHSRA Queen Scholarship recipient is Sophia Wyatt of Dillon.

The other MPRHWF 2024 Scholarship Recipients:

Landon Burleigh, Lewistown

Drew Ellingson, Sidney

Logan Gerhard, Thompson Falls

Weston Hersel, Lewistown

Garrett Larson, Sidney

Clay Pendergrass, Roy

Maurice Redhorn, Browning

Cash Trexler, Corvallis

Hailey Burger, Helena

Payton Levine, Wolf Creek

Kate Weining, Lewistown

Ella Begger, Townsend

Ella Moedl, Worden

Grace Lenhardt, Helena

Samantha Gerlach, Columbus

Emma Atkinson, Great Falls