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“I grew up right south of Baton Rouge,” said 5x Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association Steer Wrestling World Champion Tyler Waguespack. “Everyone around here has always drunk Community Coffee. 

“And my dad orders the signature roast by the box load,” he added. “So, if you want to drink coffee at our house, that’s what you drink.”

Tyler said he loves the energy the Community Coffee team brings with their sponsorship. “When we are all out at the finals, they come over to talk to my family, and it never feels like I am working for them because they treat us like friends,” he said of the crew. “They are real and genuine people.”

Before his five world titles, Tyler Waguespack had a job shoeing horses at home in Gonzales, Louisiana. He said he received an invitation to Rodeo Houston in 2013, and after placing in every round and winning around $17,000 that week, he decided to pursue professional rodeo full-time. “After that week in Houston, I was sitting on the couch, and my dad walked in asking if I had horses to shoe,” Waguespack said. “And I told him “No, sir, I’m entered up the next couple of weeks to see how rodeo treats me,” and I haven’t looked back.

“In 2015, when I realized I was far enough into the top 15 to make my first NFR, I called my dad, and when he picked up, I said, “Hey, what are you doing the first ten nights in December?” Waguespack said. “My dad has done everything for me to get me to where I am today.” 

According to statistics posted by the PRCA, Waguespack now has five world titles, nine Wrangler National Finals Rodeo appearances, and a whopping 2.29 million dollars in career earnings. 

“Growing up, I was always the little dirty kid following my dad around in the practice pen,” Waguespack said. “I enjoyed calf roping, but bulldogging is what I always wanted to be serious about.” He said he attributes his ability to stay calm under pressure to 4x PRCA Steer Wrestling World Champion Ote Berry. “The winning mentality and the winning attitude that he has is what’s helped me when I’m going to different places,” he said of his former mentor. “He is a very situational type of steer wrestler. As crazy as it sounds, there really is a strategy to it when you’re out there. 

“I had the opportunity to live with Ote for two years when I was first getting started,” Waguespack said. “He had always been a great friend of the family, and he told me I could come live with him if I wanted to start taking it seriously and learn to really win. “A lot of times, these guys out there don’t like to take the time to talk to people when they get a big name made,” he added. “But Ote, he was always willing to talk to the younger guys no matter what.” At the 2023 WNFR, Waguespack won his fifth world title, earning him one more gold buckle than his mentor. “Every time he would wave to me, he would wave with four fingers. I could only hold up as many fingers as buckles I had,” he said. “But this year, the student has surpassed the teacher, and we took a photo where I am holding five fingers up.” 

Waguespack said he has now taken his own aspiring world champion under his wing. 

“Cash Robb is a young man that attended Tom Carney’s bulldogging schools, and my dad and I have always helped with those,” Waguespack said. “Cash’s dad, Justin, had called me a couple of times; I finally told him if Cash wanted the best opportunity at success, he could come live at the house and practice with me.“That is a young man who puts forth a lot of effort and has a ton of potential,” he said. “He is one of the only people who can keep up with me in the practice pen.” Waguespack said Robb, the 2023 Steer Wrestling Resistol Rookie of the Year, currently lives and travels to PRCA rodeos with him while completing college classes online. 

[“Community Coffee is a Louisiana company, and being from there, that’s all I grew up knowing, and drinking is Community Coffee,” said Rowdy Parrott, a Louisiana native and 3x Wrangler National Finals Rodeo qualifier. “Every gas station and truck stop around there has Community Coffee.

“I saw they were breaking into the rodeo world, and I had a contact with them that I knew from high school,” said the 29-year-old steer wrestler. “He told me I was on the list of people they were planning on reaching out to, and I signed with Community Coffee in 2021.” Rowdy said he likes his coffee simple and hot. His favorite being the Signature Blend Dark Roast with no added sugar or creamers.]

Rowdy Parrott, originally from Mamou, Louisiana, but now living in Bellville, Texas, said he fell in love with rodeo and steer wrestling after he learned to chute dog in the 8th grade. Chute dogging is a step down from steer wrestling, where younger athletes can learn to throw a steer without jumping from a moving horse. 

“I had a friend who lived down the road, and I started roping and chute dogging with him,” Rowdy said. “Then I steer wrestled all through high school, and I bought my pro card right after high school in 2013.” “I love the physical side of steer wrestling,” Rowdy said of his choice in rodeo events. “I played football and other sports, and I really liked the feel of being able to throw a steer down, and I was better at that than I was roping.” 

Rowdy credits Tom Carney and Mike Waguespack, a Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association cowboy in the ‘90s, for teaching and helping him perfect his technique when he was younger. “I always looked up to those top guys like Luke Branquinho,” Rowdy said. “But the most help I received really came from Tom and the Waguespacks.” Rowdy said he and Tyler Waguespack, who has five PRCA Steer Wrestling world titles, competed in the National High School Rodeo Association together. “Wags was two years ahead of me in school, so we have been rodeoing together for a long time,” Rowdy added.

Rowdy was crowned the Louisiana High School Rodeo Association steer wrestling champion in 2011. He also represented the state of Louisiana at the NHSRA Finals in 2009 as a team roper and in 2010-12 in the steer wrestling. 

After high school, Rowdy said he hit the road chasing the end goal of a world champion gold buckle. In 2013, he won PRCA Rookie of the Year in the steer wrestling and made his first WNFR appearance in 2017. Now Rowdy travels with his younger brother Remey, who also steer wrestles, and Tyler. During the summer, when school is not in session, his wife and three children travel with him. “I have an amazing wife, Lynette,” Rowdy said. “We have three kids, two boys and a girl.”  

Rowdy and Lynette met at a rodeo while they were both in college. While he said he did not compete in college rodeo longer than half of a single semester, Rowdy did receive his Bachelor of Science in criminal justice from McNeese State University. The couple married in 2015 and have two sons, Pacen and Bayler, and one daughter, Vail. 

“The boys are wild,” Rowdy said. “They love steer wrestling. They wrestle each other and love being out in the arena when we are practicing.” “The boys are awesome, but my wife really wanted a girl,” Rowdy said. “They say girls stick to their daddies, but she’s still so young that hasn’t started to happen yet.” 

In Bellville, around an hour west of Houston, the couple owns and operates Crawfish Outlet to Geaux, a seasonal crawfish hut. “From mid-February to the end of May, crawfish season, we sell boiled crawfish to-go,” Rowdy said. 

“In 2020, when covid hit, I needed another job,” Rowdy said. “I grew up farming rice and crawfish, and they have these huts all over, so I decided I wanted to try it out.” The business started out under a tent on the side of a road in Bellville. But it soon rose in popularity, and now, Rowdy said, they have their own building. 

“My house isn’t far from Houston,” Rowdy said. “So, all the steer wrestlers stay at my house and eat crawfish during the Houston rodeo.” While he did not make the 2023 WNFR, Rowdy said he is using that to motivate him going into the 2024 winter rodeos.  

[“Ryan Rouse is the western sports manager for Community Coffee and my family has known the Rouses for a long time.,” said Riley Webb, now a 2x Wrangler National Finals Rodeo qualifier in the tie-down roping. “We have always been close, but the Community Coffee Team is one big family, so it made sense to be a part of it.
“I tend to like the iced coffee more than hot coffee, so I always drink the vanilla waffle cone lattes,” said the 20-year-old cowboy.
According to statistics the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association posted, Riley earned $188,597 during his rookie year in the PRCA.
“I’ve been with Community Coffee for three years,” Riley said. “My girlfriend [Josie Connor, a breakaway roper in the Women’s Professional Rodeo Association] is also a part of the team, as well.”]

Riley Webb is a rising superstar in the PRCA and said he attended his first rodeo at only two weeks old. “I was born the first week of August, and the North Texas Fair and Rodeo is the third week of August. “My mom and dad have lived in Denton, Texas, for 25-plus years, and I grew up here,” he said. “They put on different roping events and junior ropings, so I started out just riding my pony around at those.” Together, Dirk and Jennifer Webb own and operate Webb Roping Productions and Ultimate Calf Roping. Together, they provide roping opportunities for ropers ages 8 to 80 plus. These are Junior World Finals sanctioned events.
“My mom and dad have always helped Roy Cooper put on his junior ropings for as long as I have been alive,” Riley said. “So, my dad already had an in with the Cooper Family when I started roping. Clint Cooper, who has made the NFR several times, helped me get started with my horse at the time,” he added. “He has always encouraged me and always wanted me to reach my full potential.”
Riley said for him, it has always been roping that he wanted to pursue a career in. “Ever since I was a kid, it was always my dream to make the NFR and win rookie of the year,” he said. “I played baseball for a while, but when I turned 11, I decided to really focus only on roping.
“I did the church play days and rodeoed in junior high school, and then when I got to high school, I went to White Horse Christian Academy and did their distance learning program, so I did not have to be in a classroom,” he said. “My high school rodeo career was a little different than most kids.”
Riley was the 2020 Texas High School Rodeo Association Reserve Tie-Down Champion his sophomore year and then won the National High School Rodeo Association Tie-Down Roping title the same year.
During this time, he also made history by being the youngest person to qualify for the San Angelo Fiesta Days roping and The American Rodeo in the same year. “I was roping for a million dollars at 16.”
He bought his PRCA permit shortly after he turned 18. “It really was like a dream. I roped at Mesquite, Texas, Wichita Falls, Texas, and Denton, Texas, all in the same weekend,” he said. “I won all three rodeos that first weekend to fill my permit. I set the arena record at Denton, my hometown rodeo,” he added. “That was huge for me. Everyone wants to get the hometown win, but to do it in my first go was amazing.”
Riley said when he stopped worrying about where he was ranked in the standings and started to focus solely on roping, he began to realize he could achieve the goals he had set at such a young age. “I always pray and ask God for protection and ask him for the ability to show off the talent that he’s given me before every run.”
At the 2022 WNFR, Riley was awarded the Resistol Rookie of the Year in the tie-down roping and the all-around. “I’d say I had a good rookie year. I didn’t have the best NFR last year, but that made me want to work harder and get off on the right foot when I was going into the 2023 season,” he said. “I really had a chance to show up and show out this year.”
According to statistics posted by the PRCA, in 2023, Riley had 28 go-round wins and won $280,405 before the WNFR. He will be going into his second WNFR leading the tie-down roping.
At the 2022 WNFR, Riley wore back number 40. This year, he will wear back number 2.

Community Coffee strives to serve with consistency, integrity and excellence. This is only one aspect 7x Wrangler National Finals Rodeo qualifier Coleman Proctor loves about the family-owned brand.
“They keep the freshness coming to you,” said the 38-year-old from Pryor, Oklahoma. “Having fresh coffee is something that us rodeo guys, particularly, can appreciate.
“We [rodeo contestants] get a lot of 4 a.m. truck-stop coffee that has been on the cooker for way too long and isn’t always the best,” he said.
“They [Community Coffee] package their coffee and ship it straight to your door and ensure freshness that makes a difference.”
Proctor said he drinks a variety of flavors and blends sold by the company, but he starts every morning with Pecan Praline. He added the company also offers a variety of iced late and espresso that are kept cold.
Another thing he said brings Community Coffee and what he is doing now together is the way the brand began in 1919. In 2022, Proctor started a podcast titled “Toter Tales.”
“When you think about people sitting around, telling stories in the mornings, they are enjoying a good cup of coffee,” he said. “So, a podcast setting goes hand in hand with Community Coffee.
“I started by putting little video clips on Facebook to update people on what I am doing and where I’m at,” he said. “The first one posted was because I was trying to figure out how icy the roads were from Texas to Oklahoma.
“People seemed to enjoy the videos, so I coined them the “Toter Tales” because I drive a toterhome,” he said. “And then a buddy said I should start a podcast.”
“It has certainly been a learning experience, but I have been having a lot of fun with it,” he said. “I really enjoy doing it, and as long as people are enjoying it with me, I’ll keep doing it.”
He added it offers an opportunity to feature and promote sponsors and companies, including Community Coffee.
So far, Proctor has released 12 episodes and has featured people like Jess Tierney, Justin McKee and Clay Smith.
According to the “About” description on Spotify, Toter Tales provides an insight into Proctor’s daily life and interaction while on the rodeo trail.
The newest episode features his team-roping partner, Logan Medlin. Together, Proctor and Medlin most recently won the aggregate at the 2023 RAM Prairie Circuit Finals Rodeo in Duncan, Oklahoma.
According to the official results released by the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association, the team averaged 18.1 seconds on three head and won the second go-round with a 4.1 second time.
Heading into the 2023 WNFR, Proctor said he and Medlin are one go-round win away from leading the world standings in the team roping.
“The first time I saw Logan run one, I thought, ‘Man, this kid ropes good,’” he said. “And then we got a chance to start roping together in 2021.
“We were both between partners, and it just worked out for us,” Proctor said. “We have really good chemistry because we’re kind of at the same place in life and have a lot of the same values and work ethic.”
Proctor said teaming up with Medlin has made a huge difference in the direction of his ProRodeo career.
They have made two straight WNFR appearances and have qualified for their third. The pair ended their 2022 rodeo season sixth in the team roping world standings and won two rounds at the WNFR.
The day before their round-eight win, Proctor received a bachelor’s degree in General Studies with an emphasis in Agricultural Business from Northwestern Oklahoma State University.
“It was always a huge regret for me,” he said. “I never finished my degree, and I felt like I had let up just before the finish line.
“When I was in college, I always thought I’d make the Finals and not need a degree,” he said. “Then I made the finals, and I was disappointed that I hadn’t finished college and gotten my degree.”
Proctor added he had set a goal to maintain a 4.0 Grade Point Average in his senior year of college. While his final year may have been untraditional, he was proud to say he finished the semester with a perfect GPA.
Another aspect of his life Proctor spoke proudly of was his family. He said they own and live on a ranch in Pryor, Oklahoma, where they are not far from his mother-in-law.
“I am married to the love of my life, Stephanie,” Proctor said. “And we have two beautiful daughters.
“Our oldest, Stella, will be six later this month [October 2023]. Our middle child, Caymbree, is four,” he said. “And we just found out we are expecting a third beautiful little girl come April.
“God knew I wouldn’t have been able to handle boys,” he said. “I am a girl dad through and through.”

Editor’s note: Tristan Martin was featured as the On the Trail in the 2022 July issue of Rodeo News Please see link below to read full article:
https://reader.mediawiremobile.com/RodeoNews/issues/207953/viewer

[ “Growing up in Louisiana, I didn’t know there was another kind of coffee,” said Tristan Martin, 2x NFR qualifier in steer wrestling. “Every breakfast table and store served Community Coffee.” The cowboy from Sulphur, Louis., won $170,981 last year steer wrestling. We caught up with him during the run in the Northwest. “I just put a big order In for more – these guys up here love it.” Tristan’s favorite is sweet tea. “When I saw them getting involved in rodeo, I reached out to them. It’s a Louisiana brand and you don’t see many of them coming in to help us out.” ]

Tristan hails from a long line of rodeo greats, including his uncle, Casey Martin, who made five trips to the NFR in steer wrestling. He is the oldest to 57 grandchildren in the Martin family, which gives him access to chute help, practice buddies, and a cheering section just one mile from his house. Tristan married Josee in 2020 and their son, Boudreaux was born right after the NFR in 2021. He went to his first rodeo six weeks after he was born and watched his dad win the 2022 Fort Worth Stock Show.
This is Tristan’s fifth year on the rodeo road, and he just bought a new horse, so he plans to continue for several years. “I feel like this is a talent God’s blessed me with and it’s a great way to meet people and do what I love.” The only downside is leaving his wife and son at home for long periods. Josee has a really good job as a nurse and that provides the family with health insurance. “There’s lots of family close by so she’s got help if she needs it.”
He has developed a network of places to stay and made friends in all corners of the country during his tenure on the rodeo road. “It takes years to figure out where to stay and make friends,” he said. “It’s really nice, we base our northwest run out of one place – we can wash clothes and have homemade meals.” He admits it’s hard to receive the notoriety along the way. “I got my name on the side of my truck, and people pull a $1 out of their pocket and have me sign it.”
Tristan has been giving back by doing clinics to help the upcoming steer wrestlers. “We’ve done one at home for four or five years.” His Uncle Casey, and Tom Carney help. He does a second clinic in North Dakota in the spring.

Hailey Kinsel starts her mornings with a warm cup of Community Coffee and a grateful heart. A 4x World Champion barrel racer, the 28-year-old is currently ranked seventh in the world. She doesn’t go a morning without her caffeine boost, her favorite being Community Coffee’s Mardi Gras King Cake blend. Hailey has a routine before her events that goes hand in hand with her cup of joe. “I try to take a moment where I get to sit outside, usually with coffee in hand,” Hailey said. “And just appreciate that I’m at this rodeo, this is a rodeo I’ve wanted to come to…and I’m here to do my job.” Hailey is appreciative for her sponsorship with Community Coffee, which began in the spring of 2022. “They’ve gone above and beyond their promises to us as far as what their goals were on helping the industry grow,“ Hailey said, grateful for the organization’s commitment to working directly with athletes. She enjoys the coffee stands they set up for contestants at rodeos. She is also thankful to be working with an organization that is aligned with her values.
“They’re all about family and community and taking care of the people around us,” Hailey said.
“They’re big on working together and helping us work with each other, helping as a group to grow our sport and they truly believe in rodeo’s value system.” She is grateful to work with Community Coffee as she moves forward in her rodeo career.
Hailey grew up on a ranch in Cotulla, Texas, where she currently lives when she’s not on the road for rodeo. She has had a love for working with horses ever since she can remember. She has memories of her mother leading her on a horse at around three or four years old. Hailey participated in rodeo and 4-H events growing up but found a deep passion for rodeo competition and working with her horses. “I really just love running a horse down an alley,” Hailey said. “I really liked that rodeo takes you to different places all the time where you can do that same thing somewhere else.”
Hailey is grateful for the support of her family throughout her career, as they have encouraged her passion as a competitor. She has faced victories and challenges during her time in rodeo. She recalls the first time she won a world championship. “It was so special, you know it’s kind of a surreal feeling, because that’s something you dream about but you’re not sure if it will happen to you,” Hailey said. Along with the fulfilled goals, comes the challenges. Rodeo has thrown her unplanned curve balls.
“If there’s a challenge in rodeo I’ve faced it,” Hailey said.
She has faced challenges with horses, equipment, finances and the struggle to be away from her family. Rodeo calls for a lot of travel, which means missing big events in her family. Hailey explains that she will be missing celebrations like her cousin’s wedding. While Hailey wishes she could celebrate these events and milestones, her path in rodeo calls for her to be on the road, chasing her goals.
As she has won championships over the years, she has also accumulated fame. After a race, fans call her name asking for pictures and autographs. Hailey is grateful to be a role model and to interact with fans. This aspect does limit her time to reflect after an event. She has had to find a way to balance these aspects. She’s learned to turn on her ‘greeting switch’ after races and make time to reflect and learn from her run later on. She’s found that she often has time to reflect on her performances during her drive time between rodeos. Hailey often drives on her own, with her mom or a friend driving with her occasionally. This gives her time to reflect on her performance. “There’s no real guide on how to handle that, it’s just something you learn as you go,” Hailey said. These challenges have grown her in her career.
No matter what, Hailey is always looking toward the future. She’s thankful for the past and the aspects that have led to her success and championships but uses “that as fuel to move forward,” Hailey said. “We’re not going to get stuck in what we used to do, we’re going to keep trucking forward.” Hailey is cautious to not let her success of the past allow her to stop working toward her next goal.
Burnout often lurks in the back of many rodeo athletes minds as they continue to chase their passions. Hailey, however, has a plan to conquer it. She has already experienced some burnout in her career and feels prepared to handle it. “I’ve experienced it so I can’t say it’s something I’m afraid of by any means,” Hailey said. She recalls when she did experience a little burnout. It occurred “because I got so fixated on the things I wanted to accomplish here that I couldn’t be content with what God had for me at that time,” Hailey said. She plans to guard her heart and not get fixated on the small aspects like wins and losses when put in perspective of God’s plan for her life.
Hailey is looking forward to her next goal as she prepares for the Cinch Playoffs in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. She is working hard to qualify for the playoffs. In 2020, she had the opportunity to compete at the playoffs in Rapid City, South Dakota. Despite the COVID conditions during that time, the state made a way for her and the other athletes to still have an opportunity to compete. Reflecting on this experience, Hailey is looking forward to competing in Sioux Falls under more normal conditions. She is looking forward to honoring “those people that champion us and our sport and allowed us to make a living in 2020,” Hailey said.
As she plans for approaching rodeos, she is also taking steps to make sure that her 12-year-old horse, Sister, is prepared for big events. Sister currently has $2.8 million in earnings and has always shown up ready to compete. “She’s had an incredible career and one that isn’t anywhere close to finished,” Hailey said. She picks certain rodeos to bring Sister to so she has less travel time and is ready for bigger rodeos. Hailey explains that Sister is “truly special” and is sure to keep Sister’s fitness up through workouts. Hailey also spends time to make sure that she is communicating well with Sister and they are both prepared for rodeos.
When she’s back home in Cotulla, Hailey spends her time training horses. She trains horses for different purposes like ranch work, barrel racing and to sell. She trains an equal amount for her personal use as she does to sell at this point. When she is travelling, her mom helps with the training when she can. Hailey has enjoyed training kid horses that are safe for children to ride and has clients in south Texas for these horses.
As she prepares for upcoming rodeos, she never forgets the reason why she is where she is. “I’m very thankful for the blessings I’ve had that allowed me to live this dream, but I always try to remember that I’m living this dream because of what God has for me to do, which is to give Him glory,” Hailey said.

Community Coffee has been part of Shane’s life for a few years now. “What a better fit,” he said of the partnership. “Their consumers are the western world, and we are the people they sell to.” Shane, a chef himself, loves the coffee; his favorite is the Signature Blend. Shane and his wife, Taylor, run a food trailer, Bo’s Boil n Geaux, specializing in crawfish boils, shrimp, gumbo, and all things Cajun. “We go from Stephenville to Weatherford, and Giddings.” The food trailer is a side job for now.
Shane’s fulltime job is tie down roping and he has made 13 consecutive world finals with his skills. The Sulphur, Louisiana, native started roping left handed, but switched to right handed when he was young. He played a lot of sports and didn’t get serious about roping until high school. “I realized I could make a living at this.” He went through the Louisiana High School Rodeo Association, making Nationals all four years, and winning the state twice. He went to college in 2009, making the CNFR, and earned Resistol Rookie of the Year in 2009. He made his first of 13 appearances at the Wrangler National Finals in 2010.
Shane has had his share of misfortune, missing two world championships by one tenth of a second. He has also lost two horses, one two weeks before the 2021 WNFR. He has never let any of adversity stop him. “I still battle with it every day – I still think about it; but in order to move on and keep my head up, I’ve got to be confident and trust what God has in store for me and He has a bigger plan than what you think you have.”
This year started off great. He won Greeley and has moved into the fourth position in the world for now. “I’ve been on the road since the beginning of June,” he said. “My wife is breakaway roping so we have different schedules. I get to see her, just not rodeo with her.” Shane plans to be home after Pendleton for a short time before heading out again. Shane met his wife, Taylor Jacob, through rodeo. As fate would have it, she broke down coming back from Calgary and he pulled up to help … and the rest is history. They share a love of horses, rodeo, roping, and business. She made the WNFR in 2013 and 2015. They started dating in 2015 and got married in April of 2021. They have relocated to Texas.
He knows and appreciates all of his sponsor partnerships. “If I want them to stay on my shirts I’ve got to compete at the highest level.”
The first thing that comes to his mind about future goals are more world titles. “That is obviously the first thing, but after that, we want the food trailer to be successful. We hope to have kids and I’d like to be retired from rodeo by the time I’m 40. Then I want to ride off into the sunset with no regrets.”