Jada Trosper is cherishing every minute of her senior year and her time at home with her family. This fall, the 17-year-old from Ponder, Texas, will be a freshman at Oklahoma State University. “I am going into college six credits shy of my junior year,” said the captain of her cheerleading squad. She plans on majoring in business and minoring in media and marketing. “We have three family businesses and I have hopes to eventually take those over.” She also has her radar on working for a big-name company within the Western industry. “I want to give back to the community that I get to be a part of – the greatest people on earth.” Jada knows one thing is certain. “I do not want a desk job – I want to see the world and travel and be in this industry.”
Jada competes in barrels and poles but retired her good pole horse last year. “Poles is my absolutely my favorite event; it takes pure focus and determination, and if you have a horse that can do it, it’s amazing.” Jada has a list of accomplishments a mile long and attributes her success to the rodeo contestants that have gone before her. “I am able to learn and grow as an athlete by watching the most successful athletes prepare their mental game, perform, and win.”
Her mom, Melinda (MAIDEN NAME) was Miss Rodeo Oklahoma in 1994 and Jada and her 15-year-old sister, Tana, learned from her the strength – both mental and physical -it takes to compete. Jada competed in ????sports???? until her sophomore year, when she chose to focus on cheerleading and rodeo. “With cheerleading, I could still be part of all the sports,” she said. The family spent last summer living in a living quarters trailer, chasing Jada’s rodeo dreams across the country. This summer will be a bit different. “I will still rodeo, but it won’t be as far.”
“This summer is my parents 25th anniversary, my sister will celebrate her sweet 16, and I’m going to college,” she said of the upcoming trip to Aruba. “We’ve been on maybe two vacations – we have horses. We are a unit and each other’s best friends so me being the first to leave the nest will be hard. We are going to do other special little moments this summer.”
For now, Jada is excited to get to the Texas High School finals, Region 3, the end of the month. “My little horse got hurt, so he couldn’t run last year,” she said. “My young horse did amazing, but Texas is tough. This year my main man is back and I cannot wait to run down that alley.”
Cavender’s Team member – Jada Trosper. “I have loved that company since I was a little girl. My dad was friends with Mr. Joe Cavender. I got a little insight into the brotherhood, but I wanted to know the story. Riley Webb has been a family friend and Miss Jennifer came up to me and said I was going to have an amazing opportunity. All she did was tell me a little of their story and then I got to go to Cavender’s Summer Camp. They take us to the headquarters and tell us the story of the brothers. They have the true family morals. They still work together – all the brothers care about giving back and they are giving back to us. We have been exposed to so many opportunities through them. They have completely excelled the sponsorship program – I am now part of their family.”
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They put a lot of effort into it – one of the few colleges that provide the resource to before we go for enrollment, they can see our skill level to determine our major classes – same one, but help a little more in the areas of weakness, but more personalization to it.
Three hours, just far away – but if I need to swap a horse out, or shoe a horse, I will make the drive.
Cody Hollingsworth – great guy – he seems like an amazing – and if the athletes show they want it, he will get behind them – I’m excited to work with him.
I have been blessed to have several associations work with me and I get to go on the Cowboy channel and do a roundup interview – I love it and that’s why I want to pursue that career.