There will be two scholarships this year: $2,000 and $1,000 sponsored by the Bill Lane Fund, the Mounted Patrol Foundation, and the Friends of Huddart and Wunderlich Parks. For more information on Friends, click  

Friends of Huddart and Wunderlich Park website

Rodeo participants can apply for the above scholarship awards by meeting the following requirements:

• 1. High School Junior or Senior
  
• 2. MUST be a competitor at the 2022 4th of July Junior Rodeo this year to win
  
• 3. Community members are eligible if they are competing in the Rodeo or participating as Rodeo Queen/Princess, etc.
  
• 4. Submit a sealed academic transcript
  
• 5. Complete the Scholarship Application form
  
• 6. Submit an essay describing educational goals, and how these goals will help preserve horsemanship and the western lifestyle that Bill Lane cultivated through his publishing business.
  
• 7. Complete and signed applications must be received by June 15th.  Download Application at: Lane_Scholarship_Application_Form_2022.pdf
  

Submit entries by e-mail, to: RodeoScholarship@MountedPatrolFoundation.org

or by mail or courier, to:

The winner will be selected by June 30th and the award will be presented at this year's Woodside 4th of July Junior Rodeo

Mounted Patrol Foundation 2021 Rodeo Scholarship -CANCELED

Next year. when hopefully the COVID-19 problems are resolved, we will again have the traditional rodeo, and again be offering scholarships.  The scholarship information will be announced in March  2021. 

Mounted Patrol Foundation 2020 Rodeo Scholarship is CANCELED

The 4th of July Rodeo has been canceled due to COVID-19.  See you next year

This year the plan was to award two Scholarships for two students. The first for $2000 sponsored by the Bill Lane Fund and the Mounted Patrol Foundation.  The second for $1000. sponsored by the Friends of Huddart and Wunderlich Parks. For more information on Friends, click  

Friends of Huddart and Wunderlich Park website

Rodeo participants can apply for the above scholarship awards by meeting the following requirements:

• High School Junior or Senior
• MUST be a participant or involved or supporting the 2020 4th of July Junior Rodeo this year to win
• Submit a sealed academic transcript
• Complete the Scholarship Application form
• Submit an essay describing educational goals, and how these goals will help preserve horsemanship and the western lifestyle that Bill Lane cultivated through his publishing business.

Mounted Patrol Foundation Announces 2019 Rodeo Scholarship Winner

The Mounted Patrol of San Mateo County is pleased to announce the recipients of its 2019 academic scholarships. One scholarship funded by the Bill Lane Scholarship fund a for $2,000 was awarded by the Mounted Patrol Foundation.

Makenna Byrne from Gridley CA was awarded this  $2,000 scholarship at the 2019 4^th of July Rodeo.  She has an excellent academic record at Gridley High School.  Her poem Where I am From was outstanding.  Where_I_am_From by Makerna Byrne

Mounted Patrol Foundation Announces 2018 Rodeo Scholarship Winners

The Mounted Patrol of San Mateo County is pleased to announce the recipients of its 2018 academic scholarships. Two scholarships totaling $3,000 were awarded by the Mounted Patrol Foundation. A $2,000 scholarship funded by the Bill Lane Scholarship Fund administered by the Mounted Patrol Foundation and an additional $1,000 scholarship funded equally by The Friends of Huddart and Wunderlich Parks and the Mounted Patrol Foundation. For more information on Friends, click   Friends of Huddart and Wunderlich Park website

These scholarships were created to honor individuals that strive to support horsemanship and the western heritage lifestyle that the Honorable Bill Lane Jr cultivated through his lifetime work and as publisher of Sunset Magazine.

Winner of the $2,000 scholarship is Erin Shipely, of Madera California. Erin plans on attending California State University, Fresno and will compete on their rodeo team. Erin plans on attending medical school with the US Navy and become a cardiothoracic surgeon. Erin hopes that following medical school she wishes to compete in the professional rodeo association and start a business breeding barrel racing horses. We wish her all the best in her equine and educational endeavors.

Winner of the $1,000 scholarship is Kaitlin Raynor, of Woodside California. Kaitlin plans on attending UCLA in civil engineering. Kaitlin comes from a self described "horse obsessed family" and sees herself using her civil engineering to pursue a career in sustainable urban development that can be equine friendly allowing children the opportunity to grow up enjoying the equine lifestyle that she has enjoyed. We wish her nothing but success in her educational and equine future.

Please join the Mounted Patrol, The Bill Lane Scholarship Fund, and The Friends of Huddart and Wunderlich Parks in congratulating these two very deserving scholarship recipients.

History of the Mounted Patrol Rodeo Scholarships - 2011 to 2018

The Mounted Patrol Foundation has, annually since 2011, awarded a college scholarship to a deserving competitor in the Mounted Patrol's 4th of July Junior Rodeo.  The source of the funds for the scholarships has been Lane family donations to the Foundation over the years, earmarked for the Rodeo, augmented by funds from other donors and from the Foundation's discretionary funds.  The following is a listing of the past awardees:

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