Contact Us!
ANRS & Rodeo Exes
PO Box 539
Ft Stockton, TX 79735
Sul Ross Social
Networking
Facebook Page
Facebook Group
Sul Ross on YouTube
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.
Ralph Hines came to Sul Ross from Westbrook, Texas. He graduated from Sul Ross in 1951 with a BS in Range Animal Husbandry. Ralph was in the US Navy from 1944-1946.
Ralph participated in the NIRA rodeo in Tucson, Arizona with Dr. E.E. Turner, Jim Watts, Buster Lindley and Hank Finger. He also furnished the Sul Ross Rodeo Team a good horse to haul and win The National Finals at the Cow Palace.
Sul Ross had no rodeo arena. Ralph help build the first rodeo arena. Before the arena was built the rodeos were held in the Football stadium.
Ralph was involved in Freshman Judging Team, Clip-N-Brand Club, Rodeo Association, Student Veteran Association, Senior Class Student Council, VFW and American Legion. Other hangouts were the Turf Club, Blue Room, Tol Tech, The Bull and The Tap Room.
Ralph worked for Soil Conservation Service, as a Feed Sale Representative and Farming and Ranching.
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.
