Abigail Olson Signs NLI To Be On Rodeo Team At Fort Hays State University

One Sheridan High School Cowgirl will continue to ride at the collegiate level.

Abagail Olson has signed her National Letter of Intent (NLI) to compete on the rodeo team at Fort Hays State University in Kansas.

Events she plans to compete in include barrel racing, goat tying and breakaway roping.

Last year Olson placed 4th in barrel racing at the High School National Finals Rodeo, and this year she’s currently in 1st place in the Wyoming standings.

She says rodeo has run in her family, and although her interests took a slight detour when she was younger, she eventually got back into the swing of things.

“My Mom High School rodeoed, college rodeoed and pro rodeoed for quite awhile and then I was pretty destined on rodeoing for a long time until I got to about elementary school and then I decided I was going to play basketball for awhile until high school and I just kind of came back to it and I had a really good horse and she kind of got me back into the sport and then I got a really, really good horse on top of that, so it made it more enjoyable.”

Olson adds she had also considered going to Tarleton State in Texas, and Laramie County Community College in Cheyenne.

She is considering majoring in Radiology.