The Big Sandy Mountaineer -

On Thursday December 16th, the students at Big Sandy High School heard an inspirational talk from Amberley Snyder. Amberley is a former national champion rodeo rider and Utah State FFA president, who was paralyzed from the waist down while traveling to the Denver Stock Show and Rodeo to compete. During her talk, she described the car accident, ejection from the vehicle, injury, hospital stay, rehabilitation, and long road to return to competitive riding. Her story of demoralizing and debilitating setback held the students' rapt attention. Ultimately, it was the account of her return to the...