In 2013, she and Stingray won her fourth, as she crushed the WPRA single-season earnings record with $155,889. By 2010, Sherry had become the first cowgirl in history to have over $2 million dollars in earnings, and had her third World Champion Title, won on MP Meter My Hay, known as Stingray. A year later, she was back, mainly because of the healing relationship with her horses. Then, she quit rodeo, not sure if she would ever return. She fulfilled her commitment as a part of the Olympic Command Performance Rodeo team in Utah. Although her heart was not in it, she competed that year at the NFR. Shortly after Sherry’s 26 th birthday in September, Mike was tragically killed in a private plane crash. She won her second World Champion Title in 1999. She was the second of only three women to do so. As the contestant coming into the NFR with the most money won that year, she wore the coveted number one back number. Sherry married Mike Cervi in 1995, qualified again for the NFR, and was the World Champion for the first time in her career. At nineteen, she qualified for the NFR and won the Reserve World Championship. She began riding a gray gelding in 1994, Sir Double Delight, better known as Troubles, and this partnership overcame any hurdles in barrel racing. After high school, Sherry enrolled in Central Arizona College to join their rodeo team. Though successful, she struggled with barrel racing, which happened to be her favorite event. At twelve, Sherry purchased her WPRA card and began rodeoing professionally. From the start as a child, she put in countless hours grooming, practicing, and riding. Sherry grew up with ranching and competing her parents Mel and Wendy Potter operated a horse ranch in Marana, Arizona, and a farm in Bancroft, Wisconsin, while they competed at the National Finals Rodeo (NFR). That push to compete resulted in a career as the all-time highest earning cowgirl in the Women’s Professional Rodeo Association (WPRA), becoming an icon in rodeo history. Even as a child running barrels in her parents’ front yard on her stick horse, she was determined to do her best. Legendary cowgirl Sherry Cervi combined a competitive spirit with a strong work ethic from a very young age.
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