Winning rodeo coach leaves N.M. college

C.J. Aragon, who lead Mesalands Community College rodeo teams to national prominence, has resigned to take over the lead coaching position for the Odessa College Wranglers in Odessa, Texas, the Quay County Sun reported.

Aragon, 38, called the move a ?once in a lifetime opportunity,? the Sun said.

?It has been a great ride for the past six years,? Aragon told the paper.

Before Aragon took over the rodeo program in 2007, the Tucumcari college ranked 117th in the nation and had sent only one team to the College National Finals Rodeo, the Sun said.

Aragon?s record includes a No. 1 nationally ranked women?s team from Mesalands and qualifying to compete as a team five times at the CNFR in Casper, Wyo., according to the Sun.

The Mesalands women?s team finished 11th in the nation at the 2013 CNFR with 165 points, with Macy Fuller of Wittman, Ariz., finishing fourth in the women?s all-around, the paper reported. The Mesalands men?s team ended the year 24th in the nation.

Aragon was named coach of the year four times in the Grand Canyon Region and was the National Intercollegiate Rodeo Assocation?s Coach of the Year in 2010, the Sun said.

Source: http://www.abqjournal.com/main/221852/abqnewsseeker/winning-rodeo-coach-leaves-n-m-college.html

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