 James in October 2009 | |
| Birth name | Charmayne James |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Rodeo competitor |
| Discipline | Barrel racing |
| Born | June 23, 1970 Boerne, Texas |
| Major wins/Championships | 11 WPRA Barrel Racing World Championships 7 NFR Average Titles |
| Lifetime achievements | Career earnings $1,896,568 through 2002 |
| Honors | |
| 1984 WPRA Rookie of the Year 2017 ProRodeo Hall of Fame | |
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| Website | |
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Charmayne James (born June 23, 1970) is an American former professional rodeo cowgirl who specialized in barrel racing. In her career, She won 11 Women’s Professional Rodeo Association (WPRA) barrel racing world championships, the most in history. She won ten consecutive world championships from 1984 to 1993, and then a final one in 2002. She qualified for the National Finals Rodeo (NFR) 19 times and also won seven NFR barrel racing average titles in 1984, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1993, and 2002. James retired her horse, Gills Bay Boy, nicknamed Scamper, whom she won the bulk of her titles with, in 1993 after winning her tenth world championship. James herself would retire from barrel racing in 2002 after winning her 11th world championship.
Scamper was inducted into the ProRodeo Hall of Fame in 1996. James was inducted into the National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame in 1992 and the ProRodeo Hall of Fame in 2017. The August 2017 induction ceremony was ProRodeo's 38th annual event, and marked the first time in the event's history that the class of inductees included barrel racers from the WPRA.