Ernest Righetti High School junior Karli Huguenard is more than just an outstanding cowgirl, she’s a mentor to other students hoping to show animals or compete in rodeos.
Huguenard, a member of Righetti’s Rodeo Club, is also a part of the school’s Warrior Goat Group, a program designed to help kids with special needs and disabilities get involved in competitive animal shows. Huguenard teaches other students to show goats, and she’s been involved in the program for about two years, according to Rodeo Club faculty advisor Dutch VanPatten.
And when she’s not helping her classmates, barrel racing, or tying goats, she’s working hard in school, where she’s kept a consistently high grade point average.
“She’s a prime example of what you’d want a kid to be like,” VanPatten said. “She’s just a great kid.”
This article appears in Nov 22-29, 2018.