Hall of Fame

CMSA Hall of Fame

CMSA Hall of Fame was founded by Teal Henkel.

Teal and the CMSA Board of Directors want to recognize our great cowboys and cowgirls by picking one cowboy and one cowgirl out of five nominees in each category, to be inducted into our CMSA Hall of Fame.

Every year from this year forward, at the CMSA World Championships, two new inductees will be recognized for years of hard work, skills, and dedication.

Each Hall of Fame inductee will receive a beautiful trophy to keep in remembrance of this honorary occasion, and a place in our Hall of Fame with their picture and biography in the CMSA Rundown, holding their place of honor in CMSA History!

Hall of Fame Criteria:
Best Ambassador/Promoter Best Dresser World/National Champion Shoots Attended Length of Membership
CMSA Cowboy Hall of Fame
Jim Rodgers — Arizona
2001
  • CMSA Founder and Chairman of the Board
  • The original NFR Colt Invitational Champion Cowboy
  • 94 CMSA World Champion Cowboy
  • 96, 97, 98 World High Point Champion Cowboy
  • 92, 93, 94, 95, 96 & 99 CMSA National Champion Cowboy
Frank Turben — Arizona
2001
  • CMSA Commissioner and Board Director
  • 97, 98 CMSA Reserve World Champion Cowboy
  • 98, 99 CMSA Reserve National Champion Cowboy
  • 96 ACMSA Founding President
  • Multi-champion Cowboy
Phil Spangenberger — California
2001
  • 94 CMSA Founding Board of Directors and Inspirer
  • Western Historian and Author
  • Firearm Historian and Author
  • Multi-champion Cowboy
Greg Worley — California
2001
  • California Board of Directors
  • Award Coordinator/Sponsorships for CMSA WPQ's
  • Happy Trails Children Foundation Chairman
  • Multi-champion Cowboy
Joe Whiteley — California
2002
  • Founding President of the California Desperados
  • Major supporter of CMSA
  • Multi-champion Cowboy
Don Hensley — Arizona
2003
  • CMSA Board of Directors
  • Major supporter of CMSA and ACMSA
  • Multi-champion Cowboy
Randy Myers — Colorado
2003
  • Started the first CMSA Club in Colorado
  • On the National Advisory Board
  • Produced the Salt Lake City Olympic Shoot
  • Produced the Western U.S. Championship
  • Produced the Pro Series of Cowboy Mounted Shooting
John Pat Doyle — Kansas
2004
  • Chairman of the Rifle Committee
  • 01 Senior Division Champion
  • Multi-champion Cowboy
Robert Ruwe — Ohio
2005
  • First Level 5 shooter east of the Mississippi
  • First shooter to accumulate 1000 National Points
  • 2003 Class 5 World Win
  • First Senior Men's 6 shooter east of the Mississippi
John Peel — Arizona
2006
  • First CMSA Vice President
  • On the Original Board of Directors
Dan Plaster — Missouri
2007
  • CMSA President
Brady Carr — Tennessee
2007
  • CMSA Director
Mike Harvey — Texas
2012
Denny Sonnenfelt — Wyoming
2013
Dan App — Ohio
2013
William Keys — Connecticut
2013
Don Sronce — Texas
2014
Mark Marley — New Mexico
2015
Steve Miller — Montana
2016
Jeff Chadwick — North Carolina
2017
Gary Vickers — Tennessee
2017
Chad Little — Minnesota
2019
Dave Bishop — Arizona
2019
Sam Helms — North Carolina
2022
Matt Sronce — Texas
2022
Zane Chunn — Arkansas
2022
CMSA Cowgirl Hall of Fame
Linda Spangenberger — California
2001
  • 95, 96, 97 World Champion Cowgirl
  • 96, 97 CMSA World Highpoint Champion Cowgirl
  • 97 CMSA National Champion Cowgirl
  • 96, 97 California Desperados State Champion Cowgirl
  • 97 Arizona State Champion Cowgirl
Marian Hensley — Arizona
2002
  • ACMSA Treasurer and Board of Directors
  • ACMSA Awards Banquet Chairman
  • 01 World Point Top Ten Cowgirl
  • Multi-champion Cowgirl
Cheryl McLane — Texas
2003
  • Founder and Chairman of Gulf Coast Mounted Shooters
  • 01 Texas Lady High Point Champion
  • 02 Olympic CMSA Match Qualifier
  • 03 Western South Central Regional Lady Champion
  • Chairman of the 04 American Paint Horse Exhibition
Lily Rodgers — Arizona
2004
  • First Lady of CMSA
  • Public Relations and Ambassador since 1991
  • First CMSA Announcer
  • CMSA Volunteer Photographer
  • Multiple time Top Ten High Point Cowgirl
  • Has won many Costume Awards
Dee Ladd — Arizona
2005
Sharon Scronce — Texas
2006
Annie Bianco Ellett — Arizona
2007
  • CMSA Spokeswoman
Barb Ruwe — Ohio
2011
Lily Rodgers — Arizona
2013
Barb Haydon — Missouri
2014
Teal Rodgers-Henkel — Arizona
2014
Kenda Lenseigne — Arizona
2015
Ruth Jeffers — Alabama
2015
Mary Ellen Lantis — South Dakota
2016
Tammy Coffman — Tennessee
2017
Andra Olson — Minnesota
2018
Glenda Wilson — Tennessee
2019