Academy Signing Day
On Sunday, June 13, a number of Texas Rangers Youth Academy baseball and softball athletes will sign their National Letters of Intent to play college athletics. These student-athletes will be recognized for their accomplishments on and off the field while formally signing their letters on the playing
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An award-winning rodeo clown came back home for the Abbyville Frontier Days PRCA Rodeo this weekend. Justin Rumford, who was born in Abbyville, won the PRCA Clown of the Year award, a record-breaking nine times - from 2012 through 2020.
Rumford, who is in high demand throughout the country, was excited to come home to where he started his rodeo career by following his father, rodeo legend Bronc Rumford around the circuit.
Rumford s grandfather, Floyd Rumford along with his father Bronc, helped build the Abbyville Rodeo. It s now in its 59th year.
Before becoming a rodeo clown, Rumford wrestled steer and rode saddle broncs, eventually ending up on a full scholarship to Northwestern Oklahoma State University. After graduation, he steer-wrestled nationwide in the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association. During that time, he realized he had a gift for making people laugh - so he tried his hand at being a rodeo clown, and since that day, he has not looked back.
Area students excel at colleges around the country
From staff reports
Shawnee students earn UCO scholarships
University of Central Oklahoma College of Liberal Arts recently awarded scholarships to Shawnee residents Bethany Holley-Griffith, Claire James and Mary Rosenfelt in recognition of their academic excellence and outstanding service to the university.
Holley-Griffith, a history major, received the Dr. Jere Roberson Scholarship in Social Justice and the LeRoy Long IV Graduate Student Research Award for History and Geography, worth $1,000.
James, a double major in criminal justice and forensic science, received the Finney Scholars Scholarship for Criminal Justice, worth $750.
Rosenfelt, a sociology major, received the Steward Family Endowed Scholarship in Sociology, worth $300.