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The ANRS & Rodeo Exes Association is an independent non-profit, charitable organization recognized
by the U.S. Internal Revenue Service as an eligible 501(c)(3) entity. The mission of the Association
is to promote Sul Ross State University and to raise funds to be disbursed to deserving Agricultural
students and rodeo participants by the University. Neither the Board, nor the membership, of the
Association has any part in the selection of scholarship recipients. Membership to the Association
is open to all individuals interested in the mission and activities of the Association.
Membership is $50 annually. New or renewal memberships can be sent to:
ANRS & Rodeo Exes Treasurer
PO Box 539
Fort Stockton, Texas 79735
Additional information regarding the Association can be obtained from the same address.
Jo entered Sul Ross in the Spring of 1949 and immediately started winning ways in college rodeos. At Hardin Simmons she was 3rd in goat tying, 2nd in cow milking. At the Kingsville (A&I) rodeo she was the All-Around Cowgirl. She was also the Secretary/Treasurer of the Sul Ross Rodeo Club.
In 1950 she won Texas A&Ms and Hardin Simmons’ All-Around Cowgirl titles and placed in the University of New Mexico and Texas A&I rodeos. In 1951-52 she won the New Mexico and Southwestern Teachers College rodeos and placed in several other rodeos. But the highlight was the winning of the 1st All-Around Girls Championship at the 1951 National Finals.
While at Sul Ross the only thing she didn’t find time for was knitting. Among her varied accomplishments was participation in the band, the college symphony, played volleyball, was softball manager and Vice-President of the Women’s Sports Association. She was Junior Class Favorite, Secretary and Treasurer, and was Band Sweetheart, Who’s Who, in Kappa Delta Pi, in the Student Council, Vice President of the Sachems Literary Society and a member of the Educational Honor Society, while all of the time being on the Dean’s List.
She and her husband George Tee Knox have outstanding Hereford cattle and own champion racing quarter horses.
Induction into the Hall of Fame is the highest honor which can be bestowed on an individual by the ANRS & Rodeo Exes Association. This honor is for ANRS graduates or friends and recognizes those who have represented the Association, the ANRS Department, or Sul Ross State University with distinction through their personal and/or professional achievements which brought honor to our University. Nominations may be submitted by any member at any time. The ANRS & Rodeo Exes Board of Directors will periodically review nominations and determines inductees into the Hall of Fame. Inductions are not necessarily held annually, but rather when a sufficient pool of inductees is obtained. The induction ceremony is at the Annual Reunion held the last weekend of July in Alpine.
Make a nomination for a deservation individual for induction into the ANRS & Rodeo Exes Hall of Fame!
There is certainly room among these fine individuals for additional honorees. Please give some consideration to nominating a deserving individual for induction into the Hall of Fame.
