A Cowgirl Through and Through
Every sash she wore, she earned with a smile as big as her heart.
Lilly grew up in the saddle. Long before she ever carried a sash, she was already the girl at the arena gate before sunrise, the one who knew every horse by name and never met a stranger. Rodeo wasn't a hobby for her — it was home.
She went on to represent her community as the 2022 Amador County Fair Rodeo Queen and the 2021 Calaveras Saddle Queen, carrying the flag into arenas and stadiums with the same fearless grin she wore in every photo. She was also proud to serve as President of her FFA chapter, and brought the same energy to the volleyball court for her high school team.
She had a gift for making people feel like they belonged — teammates, competitors, fellow queens, little kids who wanted to pet her horse, all of them. That spirit is exactly why the community she loved started a movement in her name.
