| Sport(s): | Men's Rodeo |
| Years at DCC: | 1981 |
| Year Inducted: | 2019 |
The 1981 National Champion Men’s Rodeo Team is still the only National Championship team Dawson Community College has ever produced. In that magical year, Coach Tom Ree led the men’s team first to a Big Sky Region Championship and then to the National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association (NIRA) Men’s Championship. The team scored 1,077 points at Nationals - over 300 more than 2nd place finisher Cal Poly San Luis Obispo and ahead of five-time National Champion Southeast Oklahoma, who finished in 3rd place. The team was made up of Curt Clarke, Larry Peabody, Mark Fulton, Mark Kuhn, Kevin Jeffries and Chuck Simonson. The alternates on that team were Brad Waldhauser, Nick Econom, Lawrence Pretty Weasel and Lyle Bauman. Simonson won the National Bull-Riding title, and Peabody won the Bareback championship. Simonson also finished 2nd in the Men’s All-Around. Carol Hilliard was Coach Ree’s Assistant Coach and Rosemary Aus was the Rodeo Advisor.