Evelyn Picking 13-year-old rodeo rider
Evelyn Picking (13), comes from a long line of rodeo riders and has been riding horses since before she could walk. Evelyn trained her horse, Seahawk, all by herself and since then has been competing in rodeos in the Junior Rodeo circuit.
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Thirteen-year-old Evelyn Picking greets two of the horses kept at the home of her grandparents, Bob and Peggy Nelson, Wednesday, May 17, 2017, in Omak, Washington. Picking has enrolled in Washington Virtual Academy, aka WAVA, and finding success in online learning which allows her to spend time with her horses during the day.
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Thirteen-year-old Evelyn Picking greets her horse, Hawk, in the corral across from the home of her grandparents, Bob and Peggy Nelson, near Omak, Washington Wednesday, May 17, 2017. Picking, once frustrated by traditional school, has enrolled in Washington Virtual Academy, aka WAVA, and finding success in online learning which allows her to spend time with her horses during the day.
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Thirteen-year-old Evelyn Picking, left, is the granddaughter of Peggy Nelson, right, who talks about how Washington Virtual Academy allows Picking to enjoy her horses during breaks in classes Wednesday, May 17, 2017 at their home in Omak, Washington. Picking has enrolled in Washington Virtual Academy, aka WAVA, and finding success in online learning, partly because Peggy and her husband, Bob, are retired teachers and help Picking stay on task.
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Thirteen-year-old Evelyn Picking picks handfuls of glass as treats for her horses Wednesday, May 17, 2017 at home in Omak, Washington. Picking was a frustrated as a middle school student and has enrolled in Washington Virtual Academy, aka WAVA, and finding success in online learning which allows her to spend time with her horses during the day.
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Thirteen-year-old Evelyn Picking walks across the road from the home of her grandparents, Bob and Peggy Nelson, to see her horses Wednesday, May 17, 2017 at home in Omak, Washington. Picking has enrolled in Washington Virtual Academy, aka WAVA, and finding success in online learning because it allows her to spend time with her horses during breaks in school work.
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Give her an opening and thirteen-year-old Evelyn Picking will tell you about her love of rodeo, shown Wednesday, May 17, 2017 at home in Omak, Washington. She never knew her great-grandfather, Leo Moomaw, in the photo, a legendary rodeo man who helped found the Omak Stampede, but her heritage is probably the genesis of her obsession with the sport. Picking has enrolled in Washington Virtual Academy, aka WAVA, and finding success in online learning which allows her to spend time with her horses during the day.
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Thirteen-year-old Evelyn Picking sits in the home of her grandparents, Bob and Peggy Nelson, and demonstrates her goat roping skill, from one of the rodeo events for kids at her age level. Photographed Wednesday, May 17, 2017 at home in Omak, Washington. Picking has enrolled in Washington Virtual Academy, aka WAVA, and finding success in online learning which allows her to spend time with her horses during the day.
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Thirteen-year-old Evelyn Picking sits in the home of her grandparents, Bob and Peggy Nelson, and talks about her love of rodeo, shown Wednesday, May 17, 2017 at home in Omak, Washington. Since being a restless, unhappy middle school student, Picking has enrolled in Washington Virtual Academy, aka WAVA, and finding success in online learning which allows her to spend time with her horses during the day.
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Thirteen-year-old Evelyn Picking opens a Washington state history textbook while listening to a teacher in her online class at the home of her grandparents, Bob and Peggy Nelson, Wednesday, May 17, 2017 at home in Omak, Washington. Since being an unhappy and restless student more than a year ago, Picking is now enrolled in Washington Virtual Academy, aka WAVA, and finding success in online learning which allows her to spend time with her horses during the day.
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While grandfather Bob Nelson watches from his easy chair, thirteen-year-old Evelyn Picking works on an online class from Washington Virtual Academy Wednesday, May 17, 2017 at home in Omak, Washington. Picking, who first love is rodeo and horses, has enrolled in Washington Virtual Academy, aka WAVA, and finding success in online learning which allows her to spend time with her horses during the day.
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Thirteen-year-old Evelyn Picking opens a Washington history book while listening to a teacher in an online class at the home of her grandparents, Bob and Peggy Nelson Wednesday, May 17, 2017, near Omak, Washington. Picking has enrolled in Washington Virtual Academy, aka WAVA, and finding success in online learning which allows her to spend time with her horses during the day.
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Thirteen-year-old Evelyn Picking, sits in the home of her grandparents while grandmother Peggy Nelson talks about Pickings school progress Wednesday, May 17, 2017 at home in Omak, Washington. Picking has enrolled in Washington Virtual Academy, aka WAVA, and finding success in online learning which allows her to spend time with her horses during the day.
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Thirteen-year-old Evelyn Picking holds a newborn rabbit at the home of her grandparents, Bob and Peggy Nelson, Wednesday, May 17, 2017 at home in Omak, Washington. Picking has enrolled in Washington Virtual Academy, aka WAVA, and finding success in online learning which allows her to spend time with her horses and other animals during the day.
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