Kristi Wise was named Miss Teen Rodeo Florida 2010 this past October at the Silver Spurs Arena in Kissimmee , Florida . This Pensacola cowgirl was also awarded the Horsemanship Award.
Kristi Wise, better known as Kricket, is the 18 year old daughter of Clayton and Sheri Wise of Pensacola , FL. Kricket is a graduate of J. M. Tate High School . She currently attends Chipola Community College in Marianna Fl.. where she is working toward a degree in Equine Science in preparation for a career in Equine Rehabilitation.
Kricket was a member of the Alabama High School Rodeo Association. As 2008 AHSRA Student Secretary she organized a trip to the Children's Hospital as Sacred Heart for members of the AHSRA and placed 4th at Nationals with the Association Scrapbook. Kricket also received 1st alternate in the 2008 Miss Alabama High School Rodeo Queen competition. She represented the state of Alabama in Pole Bending, Barrel Racing, Breakaway Roping and Ribbon Roping at the first Wrangler Junior Nationals in 2005 again made a trip to the National High School Finals 2006 competing in barrels. Kricket was also a member of the Alabama Junior Rodeo Association. She was a member of Future Farmers of America and reigned as the 2004 Tate High School FFA Alumni Rodeo Princess. Kricket held several offices in her 4-H club and participated on several levels in Cattle Judging, Consumer Sciences and Public Speaking.
It is safe to say that Kricket's first love is horses, but that isn't all she does. In her spare time she enjoys riding 4 wheelers with her friends, going boating with her family, traveling to various countries with her grandparents, reading, sewing and driving the tractors on the farm.
For geographical reasons most of Kricket's rodeo competition has been in other States and now she is looking forward to traveling through out her home state of Florida with Miss Rodeo Florida , Heather Hall, talking with people about her passion for horses and promoting the sport she loves so dearly - RODEO!!