The UAM Rodeo team is showcasing its growth and potential, delivering a series of impressive performances at the recent Southern Arkansas University Rodeo held inMagnolia. Under the guidance of Coach Rusty Jones, the team is demonstrating its ability to compete at a high level and is well-positioned for a successful season. (more…)

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Brianna Williams is a first-year student majoring in Ag Business at the University of Arkansas at Monticello (UAM).  She plans to compete in goat tie, barrel racing, and break-away roping.   She is excited about the fall rodeo schedule and even more excited about the improved horse barn on campus where she’ll house her horse. The West Monroe, Louisiana native said she visited the horse stalls this past spring.     “They were all panel stalls in there, and these, I mean, whoever built them, they are boarded stalls, and I mean, they are perfect stalls in a way. “Super-duper nice,” said Williams of the new horse stalls. “They are some of the nicest stalls I’ve seen.” (more…)

The University of Arkansas at Monticello football team played their third game of the 2023 season on Saturday evening when the Boll Weevils traveled to Great American Conference foe Harding University. UAM came out of the contest with a final score of 59-19 and their first loss on the year. (more…)

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The University of Arkansas at Monticello football team played their first match-up of the 2023 season on Thursday evening. The Boll Weevils traveled to Alva, Oklahoma to face Great American Conference member Northwestern Oklahoma State University. UAM came out of the match with a 49-24 win to open the year.

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Five former student-athletes and two incredible supporters of UAM Athletics have been chosen for induction into the UAM Sports Hall of Fame and to receive the UAM Spirit Award, Director of Athletics Hud Jackson announced, recently. (more…)

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Morgan Harrington, a fifth-year college rodeo competitor and biochemistry graduate student at the University of Arkansas at Monticello, has always been a fierce competitor. She has battled the stopwatch as a barrel racer and breakaway roper, winning first-place buckles and trophies by competing against other rodeo riders on the circuit. She is always pushing herself to be the best and her hard work paid off in an unexpected way when she was recently offered the chance to audition for a rodeo-themed movie to be filmed near Dallas. In 2022, she found herself competing against 22,000 young women, all auditioning for the same role in a barrel racing-rodeo movie. The resulting movie, “Heart of a Champion,” was released in February, with Morgan playing a supporting role. (more…)