The Team Roping Journal

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Q: You’re 6’ 1” and grew up a multi-sport athlete, right?

A: Yes, I grew up outside of Longmont, and played basketball and volleyball for Otero Junior College (in La Junta, Colorado) my freshman year. Then I transferred to the University of Wyoming in Laramie, and rodeoed for three years.

Q: You’re being modest with the details. You rodeoed for Otero your freshman year, too, didn’t you?

A: Well, yes. Back then, a women’s team was three people, and there were just two of us rodeoing for OJC—my sister, Shannon, and me.

Q: OK, I’ll say it. The Martin sisters were a two-woman team, and you qualified against teams of three for the College National Finals Rodeo. You tied goats, breakaway roped

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