Chadron State College Athletics

Churchill won the team roping championship in the Great Plains Region that was made up of eight states in the Upper Midwest in 1975-1976 and was first in calf roping and second in team roping to his Chadron State teammate, Kelvin Sharp, in the region in 1977-78.
During the fall of 1975, he placed first, second, third and fourth in team roping at regional rodeos to take the lead in the national standings that were being kept at that time.  
In the spring of 1978, he was the all-around cowboy at four consecutive rodeos—those at the University of Illinois, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, the University of Nebraska School of Technical Agriculture at Curtis and Chadron State
Churchill was president of the Chadron State Rodeo Club and was the Great Plains Region’s student director in 1977-78. After graduating in 1978, he attended South Dakota State University where he earned a master’s degree. In 1978-79 he was the student president of National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association. Since he had not rodeoed at Chadron State as a freshman and was a national officer, he was granted two more years of eligibility while at SDSU and won the regional team roping championship again in 1979-80.
Churchill and his wife, the former Cathie Jaggers of Hay Springs, who also attended Chadron State, are involved in the family’s Rocking Arrow Charolais Ranch south of Valentine.