Since 2017, CSU Rodeo Team has hosted a Wall of Fame induction during the Skyline Stampede. This year brought more than 130 people to the Temple Grandin building next to the Pickett Arena.

Many things about Fort Collins have changed over the years, and the photo shows the every changing landscape of the Front Range of Colorado.

In 1922, the Colorado A&M aggies hosted its first collegiate campus rodeo they called the “Kow College Karnival”. The rodeo was a hit and quickly became an annual event. IN 1926, the first version of the Skyline Stampede was born. For the next twenty years, the Livestock Club hosted the Skyline Stampede and spearheaded the movement of the college rodeo at Colorado A&M. By the mid-1940’s the Rodeo Club was formed.

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oss the country was gaining popularity and soon enough colleges began competing against each other. When the decision was made t

hat a governing body was needed, Colorado A&M was one of the twelve institutions involved in organizing the National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association in the late 1940’s. In 1950, Colorado A&M hosted the very first National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association sanctioned rodeo in the nation. By 1952, our Aggies had won their first National Team Championship.

Throughout the following year, Colorado A&M, then Colorado State University, continues the tradition of success in the rodeo arena on a national level. The accomplishments of CSU’s rodeo athletes can be seen proudly displayed in the B.W. Pickett Arena on the Rodeo Wall of Fame that was established in 2017. Today, members of the Colorado State University Rodeo Team proudly work to continue the tradition. Still completely produced by the members of the Rodeo Team 93 years after the Skyline Stampede was born, the rodeo is celebrating its 70th year as a NIRA sanctioned rodeo. The Rodeo Team could not be more proud of the heritage of the program and strives to live up the legacy of our founding members.