Miss Teen Rodeo Idaho 2026 Katie Brackett

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Katie Brackett is the reigning Miss Teen Rodeo Idaho 2026. She is the 19-year-old daughter of Gus and Kimberly Brackett from Three Creek, where she’s sixth generation cattle rancher and seventh generation Idahoan, along with her brother and two sisters.

Katie is a sophomore at Utah State University, where she is on the Dean’s List. She is pursuing a degree in Agricultural Communication and Journalism. Katie is an active member of Sigma Alpha sorority and Utah State Agricultural Communicators of Tomorrow.


Katie is also a member of the American Quarter Horse Association, student member of Idaho Cattle Association, and Idaho Section of Society of Range Management.

She graduated from Castleford High School in 2024 on the high honor roll, playing volleyball, basketball, high school rodeo, and FFA.

Katie was a member of the National High School Rodeo Association for four years, competing in girls cutting, reined cow horse, breakaway roping, team roping, and barrel racing. She qualified for the Idaho High School Finals Rodeo and Silver State International Rodeo all four years in girls cutting and reined cow horse. Katie has shown a 4-H/FFA market steer at the Twin Falls County Fair for nine years.

She represented the Twin Falls County Fair and the Magic Valley Stampede at the Miss Teen Rodeo Idaho Pageant, where she won the categories of appearance, personality, written test, speech, photogenic, and rodeo knowledge.

Katie is the first teen mother/daughter duo. Her mother, Kimberly Williams Brackett was the second Miss Teen Rodeo Idaho in 1992.

Katie was Miss Idaho High School Rodeo 2023-24. Other titles she held include Silver State International Rodeo Queen 2021-22, and District 6 High School Rodeo Queen 2021-23.