hIGH SCHOOL Membership

The 2024-2025 membership for TNHSRA and NHSRA will open August 1st. 

Both the national & state memberships will be processed on-line through the NHSRA website. 

We also encourage parents or grandparents to become adult members of TNHSRA in order to get involved and to participate in serving our kids as a voting member, board member, event director, or officer.  To become an adult member, please print the membership form from our FORMS/DOCUMENTS page and return to the rodeo office with your payment.

The first step will be to go the National High School Rodeo Association website (nhsra.com) after August 1st and click on “Register/Login” at the top right hand side of the screen.

Every RENEWING member  (including those coming up from Jr. High or transfering from another state)  already has an account.  Your username should be “Last_First” (for example, Smith_John, unless you changed it).

If do not remember your password, click on “forgot password”.  You will get an e-mail with instructions to re-set it.  If you do not get an e-mail, please send an e-mail to tnhsra@yahoo.com for assistance or call Bebe @901-412-1689. 

 If you are a NEW member (ie, have NEVER joined NHSRA before), you will login on the right side of your screen.

There will be an instructional video to help you through the process at the login screen. 

Once you are logged on, review the information that is already in the system and make any corrections or additions. 

*You will need to print the Membership Application and the Minor’s Release. 

Both the Release and Application must be signed  by BOTH parents and contestant. 

The Release also must be notarized with the contestant's as well as BOTH parents' signatures (even if divorced. If one parent is deceased or there is sole custody, you MUST make a note of it on the form; the national office will not process your membership without this).   PLEASE HAVE THE NOTARY WRITE ALL 3 SIGNATURES IN THE SPACE AS APPEARING BEFORE HIM OR HER WHEN NOTARIZED!!! 

MUST HAVE ALL THESE PAPERS SIGNED & NOTARIZED CORRECTLY, AS SPELLED OUT ABOVE IN ORDER TO BE ACCEPTED. 

Once signed, both of the documents need to be uploaded to your account. You can upload these forms as a pdf or a picture. 

You will also need to upload the last school report card.  If you homeschool, you will also need to upload the Home School Verification Form.  https://nhsra.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Home-School-Form.pdf   If you do not upload your these school forms, be sure to turn in a copy at our first rodeo. 

At the same time, you are going through this paperwork process, you will pay your annual state & national dues online.  

National High School Rodeo Association  annual dues:  $139

Tennessee High School Rodeo Association annual dues: $65

(NHSRA will charge a small service fee of $13.77, so the total due will be $217.77.)

You will receive a monthly subscription of the NHSRA Times magazine, be eligible for many scholarships, have sponsor opportunities, compete with other youth rodeo contestants, and compete to earn a position on the TN National Team that will compete at the NHSFR in Rock Springs, Wyoming,  July 13-19th.

To be eligible to compete with us, both of these dues and forms must be completed prior to entering your first TNHSRA rodeo. 

If you live outside of TN, a one time transfer request will be required.  If it is the first time for you to rodeo with TNHSRA (jr high or high school), a transfer request will be generated automatically. If you rodeoed with TNHSRA (jr high or high school) last year, you will not need another transfer. 

Once generated, the office of NHSRA will contact both National Directors (the one from the state you are transferring from as well as the one from the state you are transferring to) to sign your form.  You will not have to get these signatures; we will make sure we have them.  If you have any questions regarding this, contact us via email @ tnhsra@yahoo.com or phone @901-412-1689.

HERE'S A CHECKLIST:

-Update your profile on NHSRA's member site

-Pay your national & state dues online on NHSRA's member site

-Print your membership form & your release form.

-Upload 3 forms: 

    1- Signed Membership Form (contestant & BOTH parents; note reason if only one) 

    2- Signed & Notarized Form (contestant & BOTH parents or note reason if only one) 

    3- Last Report Card

    4- IF YOU HOMESCHOOL, also upload the Homeschool Verification Form

-You are then ready to enter your first rodeo! No need to mail in any forms or upload any other forms.