About the MSU Rodeo Queen
The MSU Rodeo Queen symbolizes the youth of our state. She promotes the sport of rodeo and our western heritage by traveling throughout the state of Michigan during her reign representing Michigan State University and the Rodeo Club.
Each year during the Spartan Stampede Rodeo a new queen is crowned. The queen's pagaent is held to determine the next MSU Rodeo Queen. Queen contestants are judged on their rodeo knowledge, public speaking, modeling, horsemanship skills and personality. Download the queen's contestant packet.
Jessica
Stroud,
2007 Miss Michigan State Rodeo
Jessica Stroud was crowned Miss Michigan State Rodeo on February 12, 2007, during the annual MSU Spartan Stampede Rodeo held at the Michigan State University Pavilion in East Lansing, Michigan. In addition to the title she won the categories of Speech, Knowledge, Appearance, Horsemanship, Personality and Modeling.
She is the youngest of six children, and is the 21 year-old daughter of Dave Stroud and Christine Blackledge, and is proud to call McBain, Michigan her hometown. She is going in to her fifth year at Michigan State University and loves every minute of it. She has completed the two-year horse management program and is now studying Animal Science.
Jessica is honored to represent such a great organization as the MSU Rodeo Club and Michigan State University. She hopes to inspire young children and promote the sport of rodeo. "The most important things to me in my life are my horses, friends and family. Rodeo will always be a big part of my life and I wouldn't want it any other way!"
For more information about the MSU Rodeo Queen or if your rodeo-related
event is interested in having Miss Michigan State Rodeo appear at your event,
contact Jessica at stroudj2@msu.edu.