Bio Information
Name: Colton Lee Workman
Community: Prairie Grove
Age: 4
Parents: Brittany Workman and the late Lewis Workman, of Prairie Grove
Siblings: Tabor Lewis, 9; Kayden Loftin, 6; Andi Raye
Born: July 4, 2010
Personal hi-lights: Scholarship received from the Roy Cooper Rodeo Foundation in partnership with Springfield, Mo., based Life's Journey for the 2014 launch of CRF's "Rope Your Dreams Partner Program," specifically designed to provide inspiration and opportunity to a roper working with a physical impairment. Candidate for Lincoln Riding Club Little Mister 2014.
Rodeo affiliations: Lincoln Riding Club, U.S. Team Roping Championships junior looper, National Barrel Horse Association
Horse: Molly, a 16-hands-tall, 16-year-old sorrel
Rodeo events: roping cows and running barrels
Mentor: his late father, Lewis Workman
Sport: Rodeo
Enhancing Rodeo Skills: Practices lassoing his roping dummy
Challenges: Born without a left hand and passing of his father April 3, 2013
Chores: Colton has two goats, Duke and Daisy, which he helps keep fed
Typical boy: Wears out a pair of cowboy boots every three months with constant activity
Notable: Public appearances with Roy Cooper at Old Fort Days Rodeo at Fort Smith in May and with Cooper; with Cooper in an RFD-TV commerical; and scheduled with Cooper and emcee George Straight for Cooper's induction into the Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame Aug. 4
Staff Report
Sports on 07/23/2014