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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.
The daughter of Sul Ross graduates John G. and Ruth Prude, Longbotham managed balanced education and ranching careers for most of her life. She received a B.S degree from Sul Ross and a Master’s degree in Education from Texas A&M University. Longbotham taught in Ysleta, Snyder, College Station, Georgetown and Clyde, and is a retired professor of Education from McMurray University, Abilene. She is also an owner/manager of ranches in Brown, Callahan and Scurry counties, along with properties in Jeff Davis County, raising Hereford cattle, quarter horses and buffalo.
At Sul Ross, she was active in numerous activities, including the Rodeo Club, concert band, Methodist Wesley Association, Student Council and was crowned Brand Queen. She won the 1953 NIRA All-Around Champion Cowgirl award. She was honored at the NIRA Finals in Rapid City, S.D. in 2002, and in 2003, was recognized at the 50th-year reunion honoring NIRA champions at the NIRA Finals in Casper, Wyo. Two scholarships have been endowed at Sul Ross in her honor.
Longbotham wrote “The Young West Collection,” a trilogy of children’s buffalo stories titled “Buffalo Bill and Cody.” Longbotham is a lifetime member of the Bloys Cowboy Camp Meeting and a member of the Founding Families.
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.
