APRIL 2024 ROPERS SPORTS NEWS PAGE 3 EXPERIENCE THE SPEED OF LITE Learn More Want to catch at the Speed of Lite? With one swing of the Powerline4 Lite, you’ll understand why it’s the #1 choice of World Champions. Its four-strand construction, made of twisted nylon and polyester filament, winds around a CoreTech™ nylon core. This increases the rope’s body and widens the loop, allowing you to throw with more accuracy and control. classicrope.com Quinn Kesler Showed That Good Cowboys Still Exist “Rope Like Quinn” April 24, 1993 - February 26, 2024 HOLDEN, UTAH – Quinn Baker Kesler, 30, was called home on February 26, 2024, in Holden, Utah. While we miss him dearly, we are comforted knowing he is serving on the other side. Quinn was born April 24, 1993, in Salt Lake City, UT, the fifth of Greg and Allyson Kesler’s six children. His family soon moved to Holden where Quinn spent the remainder of his life doing what he loved: working outdoors on the family ranch, roping, raising horses, and establishing lasting relationships with people of all ages and walks of life. Quinn always had a rope in his hand from the time he was a small child. He roped anything and everything in sight, even his foot during a particularly boring sacrament meeting. It didn’t take long for him to establish himself as a skilled roper, and he entered his first championship at the age of nine. His first big roping win came during the National Finals Rodeo in 2015. Quinn experienced a unique upbringing where he earned his education on the back of a horse. During his high school years, he was a three-time Utah high school state champion in team roping in 2009-11 and calf roping champion in 2011. He also was a four-time qualifier for the National High School Finals Rodeo. He was a Seminary graduate, an Eagle Scout, and served an honorable mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Omaha, Nebraska. After his return, Quinn made the best catch of his life when he married Jessie Rae Hodson on August 8, 2015, in the Salt Lake LDS Temple. The couple met during high school rodeo and continued the shared hobby throughout their marriage. They were overjoyed when their daughter, Quincy Rae, joined their family on July 13, 2021. Quincy was the highlight of Quinn’s life, and he was 100 percent invested from day one. He eagerly volunteered to change diapers or arrange ponytails, and the duo quickly became inseparable. “Pretty girl,” as he called Quincy, was Quinn Kesler heeled for TJ McCauley to win the reserve championship at the 2011 Bob Feist Invitational (BFI) in Reno. The team had switched ends from 2010 where they ended up seventh in the average. In 2011, they won $95,000 in cash plus awards. – Kirt Steinke Photo a constant at his side, and he rarely left her behind whether he was just going somewhere on the ranch or to a roping or rodeo. His new role as a father was an influential turning point in his life, and he never experienced greater joy or success than when he was with Quincy and Jessie. Quinn served as a father figure, mentor, and friend to many. Just as he used to attract a crowd when he was roping (whether steers or just dummies), Quinn had the innate ability to draw people in. That was the only time he ever threw his rope wide: to gather as many people as he could. While he was so kind and made everyone feel welcome, he also had a personal touch that made you feel like you were his favorite. He established many one-onone relationships that will be cherished by anyone privileged to know him. Among his family, he earned the title of “favorite uncle” from his adoring nieces See QUINN KESLER On Page 5
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