A list of the Grand Marshals since 1925
2022 Rodeo Parade Grand Marshal - Aida Barnes
Adia Barnes has been named the Grand Marshal of the 97th Tucson Rodeo Parade. Barnes is a championship player, coach, sports broadcaster, teacher, mentor, and community leader.
In six short years since her return to Tucson, Adia Barnes has captivated the local community. As head coach of the University of Arizona Women’s Basketball program, she has instilled a passion in her team and the local fan base. The Arizona alum has won more games in her short tenure than any other Arizona coach in the same time frame, winning the 2019 Women’s National Invitational Tournament championship and bringing her team within one basket of winning the national championship in 2021.
Her achievements on the court include a record-braking time at Arizona where she was named PAC-10 Conference Freshman of the Year in 1995. She led the Wildcats to their first WNIT championship in 1996 and first NCAA tournament appearances in school history. She was a first team All-American and PAC-10 Player of the Year her senior season. She left Arizona with 22 individual records including scoring, which she still holds.
Adia played professionally for seven seasons in the Women’s NBA and overseas for an additional six years. She helped the Seattle Storm to the WNBA championship in 2004. She started her coaching career in 2011 at the University of Washington and returned to her alma mater as head coach in 2016.
In addition to her playing and coaching career, Barnes has been extremely active in the community through the Adia Barnes Foundation, which mentors under-served youth and conducts charitable events and community service projects such as school supply drives. Her influence in the community was shown recently when she appealed to her fan base to contribute tissues to hospitalized local children. On short notice, over 5,500 boxes were collected and delivered.
The Tucson Rodeo Parade Committee is pleased to have Adia Barnes as Grand Marshal for the 97th Tucson Rodeo Parade
2024 - Louise Thomas
2023 - Jessica Cox
2014 - Dan Marries
2013 - Gabrielle Giffords and Mark Kelly
2012 - Tucson Boys Chorus
2011 - Joel D. Valdez
2010 - Big Jim Griffith
2009 - Mayor Robert E. Walkup
2008 - Humberto Lopez
2007 - Richard H. Carmona. M.D., M.P.H., F.A.C.S
2006 - Louise Serpa
2005 -Baxter Black
2004 - Mrs. Cele Peterson
2003 - Larry Mahan
2002 - Mike Candrea
2001 - olan Ellis
2000 - Hadley Barrett
1999 - Sons of the Pioneers
1998 - Rex Allen, Jr.
1997 - Don Collier
1996 - Ben Johnson
1995 - Charles Sampson
1994 - Gil Fricker
1993 - Jim Ronstadt
1992 - Burt Humphrey
1991 - Bill West
1990 - Chuck Henson
1989 - Jim Click, Jr.
1988 - Lute Olson
1987 - Governor Rose Mofford
1986 - Bill Breck
1985 - Paul Grimes
1984 - Mayor Lew Murphy
1983 - Frank B. Roe
1982 - Roscoe Christopher
1981 - Kingston J. Smallhouse
1980 - Joe Weinzapfel
1979 - Clinton L. Helbig
1978 - Roy P. Drachman
1977 - Joseph O. Niemann
1976 - Alex G. Jacome
1975 - Harry V. Chambers
[one-half-first]1974 Gene C. Reid
1973 Royal Irving
1972 Brooks Davis
1971 John R. Snider
1970 Ambassador Raul H. Castro
1969 U. S. Senator Carl Hayden
1968 C. Edgar Goyette
1967 Ferd Lauber
1966 George W. Chambers
1965 Fred Blanc
1964 Pete Waggoner
1963 Clarence E. Britten
1962 A. M. (Jake) Meyer
1961 Harry Blacklidge
1960 Dr. Richard Harvill
1959 Frank Putter
1958 Frank Putter
1957 Frank Putter
1956 Ed Echols
1955 Ed Echols
1954 Ed Echols
1953 Ed Echols
1952 Ed Echols
1951 Ed Echols
1950 Frank Putter
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1949 Frank Putter
1948 Frank Putter
1947 Frank Putter
1946 Frank Putter
1945 no Parade – WW II
1944 no Parade – WW II
1943 Frank Putter
1942 Frank Putter
1941 J. C. Jack Kinney
1940 J. C. Jack Kinney
1939 J. C. Jack Kinney
1938 J. C. Jack Kinney
1937 J. C. Jack Kinney
1936 J. C. Jack Kinney
1935 Fred Ginter
1934 J. C. Jack Kinney
1933 J. C. Jack Kinney
1932 J. C. Jack Kinney
1931 J. C. Jack Kinney
1930 J. C. Jack Kinney
1929 American Legion & Pete Waggoner
1928 American Legion & Pete Waggoner
1927 American Legion & Pete Waggoner
1926 American Legion & Pete Waggoner
1925
Lions Club, Kiwanis, Rotary Club & Pete Waggoner
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