Chadron State College Athletics

A 1970 graduate of Chadron State, Belden won both the calf roping and steer wrestling championships and was runner-up to the all-around cowboy in the Central Plains Region of the National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association as a senior at CSC. The region consisted of all the colleges and universities in Nebraska and Kansas. He was president of the CSC Rodeo Club in 1968-69 at a time when the club contained nearly 100 members. He has been involved in farming and ranching near his hometown of Bayard for many years.