Add Josie Mousel to the list as one of the great University of Wyoming national goat tying and all-around champions.

The Colman, S.D., Cowgirl continued her dominating College National Finals Rodeo (CNFR) week in the championship round Saturday night to win the national goat tying championship. She is the first UW individual national champion in 17 years. The last was Sarah Mullholland, who claimed the title in, yes, goat tying.

Each day, Mousel has seen a banner hanging on the UW rodeo barn wall that lists all the former Cowgirls who have won national goat tying titles.

"I've seen those names up there each day," she said minutes after winning the event. "I wanted my name up there, too -- and, to know that my name will be up there now is crazy, because those girls were good, too."

Not only is she a national goat tying champion; she also earned the prestigious all-around title for scoring points in more than one event during the weeklong CNFR in Casper. Mousel also added breakaway roping points to her individual total in dominating fashion, scoring 395 individual points. The runner-up managed 70.

The last Cowgirl to win the CNFR all-around championship was Nikki Steffes in 2009. Steffes, UW's all-time leading scorer, won two such titles in her Cowgirl career.

Mousel's production boosted the Cowgirls in the team standings. The UW women were crowned national runners-up with 405 points, while Texas A&M won the national title with 692.5 points.

Mousel, the Central Rocky Mountain Region (CRMR) champion during the regular season, was dominant all week in building a full-second lead on her nearest competitor heading into the championship round. She opened her three runs by winning the opening round in the week's best time of 5.8 seconds. The next day, she split the second best time and, on her third, run she clocked the third-best time.

Even with her full second run, which is a good cushion in the event, she never thought about playing it safe, even with the time advantage, Mousel said.

"I never thought about playing it safe at all," she said. "When I play it safe, I usually bobble. I knew that I had to go for it."

Waiting for her turn in the alley under the stands, she couldn't see what the other competitors were doing on their runs. Mousel never heard the times being announced before she entered the arena because she turned up the sound on her earbuds, listening to music to drown out the background noise -- it was her way to concentrate on the run ahead. Once she pulled up on deck to enter the box, Mousel did see the time of the competitor ahead of her.

"I had my earbuds on because it was pretty loud out there. I was staying in my own lane because I know that the only person I'm competing against is myself," she added. "I stuck to my plan, made my own run, was aggressive. I was so happy to capitalize on it. I've worked for this my whole life and this scenario."

Mousel closed out with an overall time of 24.4 seconds on four runs, while Faith Lundberg, of Tarleton State Universty posted 25 seconds to place second.

UW Coach Seth Glause was the first person to congratulate her outside the Ford Wyoming Center. They shared a long hug, while Mousel happily repeated, "I can't believe it. I can't believe it."

"This is really unbelievable. I just can't thank my coaches, my teammates. my family at home enough," she added. "There are so many people I want to thank who got me here."

Glause said Mousel was consistent all week.

"She knew what she had to do tonight. She maybe didn't have the easiest goat to tie, and it kind of spaced away from her when she got to him, but she handled him well," he said. "She got the 6.4 (time) and put an exclamation point on a national championship."

He said the coaching staff knew from the start that Mousel was capable of doing well on the national stage when she got to UW.

"For her to come in, compete the way she did and to just dominate in two events and to win an all-around title as well, I'm just so happy for her," Glause said. "She's a grinder, she works hard day-in and-day out, and she earned every inch of these national titles."

He added that he was proud of the team and how it performed at the CNFR.

"For them to accomplish that is a testament to our students," Glause said. "I get a front-row seat to their success and am just thankful to them for their hard work. They earned it. For them to end this way is huge."

Two UW Cowboys also competed in the championship round, and both placed fourth in the average in their respective events.

Traven Sharon, of Ordway, Colo., got hot at the right time during the week, putting together back-to-back strong saddle bronc rides to put him sixth the average entering the finals. And, he delivered with his best ride of the week, posting an 82.75 that boosted him to fourth overall in the final standings with 318 points on four.

Right after Sharon was helped off Uncertain Vagaries by the two pickup men, the UW freshman started to pump his fist to the delight of the partisan crowd. He knew he had a good ride.

"I was trying to get the crowd going," Sharon said. "I really felt that I bashed that horse, and I felt like I did the best that I could. It sure felt like a good ride."

He admitted that he lost track of where he ended in the overall average because he was helping older brother, Waitley, who was competing for Tarleton State University and was the No. 2 seed coming in. However, Traven's older brother was bucked off during his final ride.

Traven was the CRMR all-around champ this past season and was second in both the saddle bronc and tie-down roping events for the Cowboys. His season-long journey accumulated with a flourish late in the CNFR week.

"I was pretty pleased on the last three horses I had. I shot myself in the foot on the first one, and I had to battle back," he said. "Overall, I'm pretty happy. I for dang sure am ready to come back with a vengeance next year."

Colton Farrow had a solid ride in the bareback riding finals, but it was not the score he was looking for to move up the leaderboard.

The Greybull graduate student came into the short go fourth in the average and needed a high score to make some noise; however, his 79.5 points on a good horse left him short of his goal. Farrow's four marks in the aggregate left him with 319 points -- and he remained fourth in the average.

"I definitely needed more points to be able to win it, but I did everything that I hoped I could, but maybe I could have spurred her harder," he said. "I did the best I could. You just gotta get on the horse that you get on. That's just rodeo."

Farrow produced his best season of his UW career, finishing second in the region and, earlier in the week at the CNFR, he was sitting second in the nation during the third go. He had two 80 or better marks, with a career-best 83.75 in the third round.

Glause mentioned that he was proud of the men's team that put up quite a few points to finish sixth in the nation with 485 points. Clarendon College won the national title with 1,100 points, while Weatherford College scored 980 for second.

"I'm proud of our men's team, and to have two top-four finishers in roughstock events is huge. Our students came in and competed well. They took care of business," Glause said. "I'm proud of this team; I'm proud of all the individuals. I am excited for them and the future of this program."

"We proved this year that we're capable of doing that," he added.