2024-25 Pearl River Rodeo News
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144 Pearl River student-athletes earn 2024-2025 MACCC All-Academic recognition
July 02, 2025POPLARVILLE, Miss. – The Mississippi Association of Community Colleges Conference recognized 144 Pearl River student-athletes for earning Distinguished or All-State academic recognition. Student-athletes with a GPA 3.8 or higher earn Distinguished honors, and those with a GPA between 3.25 and 3.79 receive All-State distinction. Forty-five Wildcats were recognized with Distinguished honors and 99 with All-State honors. -
2 PRCC programs named MACCC Academic Team of the Year; 11 earn 3.0 or better
July 01, 2025POPLARVILLE, Miss. — The Mississippi Association of Community Colleges Conference recently announced its Academic Teams of the Year, and a pair of Pearl River programs earned the distinction. Men's basketball won the award by finishing the year with a 3.22 GPA and Rodeo took home the award for a second year in a row with a 3.45 GPA. -
PRCC Rodeo's Kate Eiland wins National Championship, Jay Rodrigue grabs sixth
June 23, 2025CASPER, Wyo. — With the weight of a National Championship hanging in the balance, Kate Eiland (Kentwood, La.) patiently awaited her turn. Thirteen competitors had come and gone, and it was her turn in the championship round of breakaway roping. Needing a 2.7-second run to etch her name into the history books, the Pearl River standout delivered exactly that, securing Pearl River rodeo's first-ever College National Finals Rodeo Championship. -
PRCC's Kate Eiland, Jay Rodrigue preparing for College National Finals Rodeo
June 12, 2025CASPER, Wyo. — The College National Finals Rodeo is just a few days away from getting underway and a pair of Wildcats are set to compete. -
111 Wildcat athletes achieve President’s and Dean’s list status
June 09, 2025POPLARVILLE, Miss. — Pearl River Community College recently announced its Spring 2025 President's and Dean's lists with 111 Wildcat athletes, trainers, and managers earning academic recognition. -
PRCC's Jay Rodrigue, Kate Eiland qualify for College National Finals Rodeo
April 24, 2025SENATOBIA, Miss. — The Pearl River rodeo team wrapped up the 2024-25 season, participating in the Northwest Mississippi rodeo. The women's team earned a fourth-place finish, and the men's team did not place. -
Pearl River hosts successful home rodeo
March 20, 2025POPLARVILLE, Miss. — The Pearl River rodeo team hosted a successful home rodeo at the Pearl River County Fairgrounds as both the men's and women's teams earned a fifth-place finish. The men collected 240 points, and the women tallied 180. -
Pearl River rodeo completes weather-shortened East Mississippi rodeo
March 13, 2025MERIDIAN, Miss. — The inclement weather forced the East Mississippi rodeo to be cut short, but the Pearl River rodeo team still managed to grab points. The women's team finished in third place with 169.6 points and the men's team grabbed 32 points for 10th. -
Pearl River rodeo returns to form at Arkansas Tech
March 06, 2025RUSSELLVILLE, Ark. — After a rough start to the year, the Pearl River rodeo team got back going in its first rodeo of the spring. The men's team finished fourth with 345 points and the women's team finished third with 180. -
145 Wildcat athletes achieve President’s and Dean’s list status
January 10, 2025POPLARVILLE, Miss. – Pearl River Community College recently announced its Fall 2024 President’s and Dean’s lists, with 145 Wildcat athletes, trainers, and managers earning academic recognition. -
Pearl River competes in final rodeo of fall season
November 14, 2024MURRAY, Ky. — The Pearl River rodeo team competed in its final rodeo of the fall at Murray State. The women's team finished in eighth with 125 points and the men's team did not place. -
Pearl River rodeo struggles at Southern Arkansas
October 10, 2024MAGNOLIA, Ark. — The Pearl River rodeo team struggled to find a rhythm at the Southern Arkansas rodeo. The men's team did not register any points, and the women's team earned just 50. -
Pearl River rodeo has rough outing at Arkansas-Monticello
October 03, 2024MONTICELLO, Ark. — The Pearl River rodeo team had a rough go at the Arkansas-Monticello rodeo. The men’s team could not register any points, and the women’s team tallied 50 to earn sixth. -
Pearl River rodeo shines at West Alabama
September 26, 2024LIVINGSTON, Ala. — Seven Pearl River rodeo team members made it to the short-go round at the West Alabama rodeo as the men’s team took home eighth place with 130 points and the women’s team tied for second with 260 points. -
Pearl River rodeo kicking off new year Thursday night
September 19, 2024POPLARVILLE, Miss. — A season removed from sending six athletes to the College National Finals Rodeo in Casper, Wyo., the Pearl River rodeo team is gearing up to get another season started on Thursday at the Missouri Valley Rodeo in Marshall, Mo. -
Pearl River earns sixth in first rodeo of the year
September 19, 2024MARSHALL, Mo. — The Pearl River rodeo team kicked off the brand-new season over the weekend by competing in the Missouri Valley rodeo. Both teams earned sixth-place finishes, with the men’s team earning 140 points and the women’s team earning 70.