Every year we have 2 very special awards handed out at the end of the awards ceremony, the Kallie Nelson Sportsmanship Award and the Sherman Ables Award.  The Kallie Nelson Award is earned by the most sportsman, helpful, and taking the good and bad days as part of life during our rodeo season. This award comes from Kallie's family. Kallie died in Nov 2003 due to cancer and all she wanted to do is Rodeo! The Sherman Ables Award comes from the Ables family. This family nominates another family that has been there and helped in EVERY way that they could during the rodeo season. Mr Ables was ALL ABOUT the sport of RODEO and his family continues that to this day.

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 Kallie Nelson Award Recipients
2004- Sunny Wilcox, Greenbrier
2005- Kaylee Ables, Ash Flat
2006- Bailey Belote, Wooster
2007-Samantha Lee, Mt. Vernon
2008-Kayla Holland, Damascus
2009- Allie Bostic, Mt. Vernon
2010- Blue Wilcox, Greenbrier
2011- Jace Woods, Greenbrier
2012-Karley Clay, Perryville
2013- Preston Brock, Enola
2014- Nick Maggio, Conway
2015- TJ Rose
2016- No Rodeos Held
2017- Ashlynn Boyd, Vilonia
​2018- Korie Lynn Williams, Rosebud
​2019- Briana Boggs, 
​2020- Alyssa Helfer and Karlee Prince
​2022- Kaycee Johnson, Mount Vernon
​2023- LAndri Aultman, Greenbrier
2024- Payton McCord, Mount Vernon

Sherman Ables Family Excellence Award
2008- Jim Lee Family
2009- Tate Moore Family
2010- Steven Boyd Family
2011- Perry Murdock Family
2012-Darren Frost Family
2013- Cody Beene Family
2014- Daryl Belote Family
2015- Doc Dollar Family
2016- No Rodeos Held
​2018- Joshua Goza Family
​2019- Nick Hall Family
​2021- Matthew Prince Family
​2022-Kristi Hart
2023 - Barry Marlin Family
​2024- Robert Barnett Family