Thank you for visiting the official website of Shane Drury. Shane Drury was an inspiration to many throughout his life. As a bull rider, he conquered beast after beast in the rodeo arena. Perhaps that prepared him for the battle with cancer that would eventually take him from this earth. Shane’s determination in the arena served him well as he beat the disease once and returned to competition with Gortex patches filling his chest wall where ribs had been removed. Round one of Ewing’s Sarcoma started in May of 2002, included 15 chemo treatments and surgery to remove the tumor as well as parts of four ribs and a piece of his lung. In June of 2003, Doctors believed him to be cancer free. Shane came back to the arena first as a competitor and after being diagnosed a second time with Ewing’s Sarcoma he returned as a judge. Throughout everything, he kept a positive attitude and was very well known for his perseverance. Shane had many highlights in his bull riding career. He was on the Southwestern Oklahoma State University men’s rodeo team that won the national championship in 1999. In 2000, he made the trip to Las Vegas to compete at rodeo’s championship event, the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo (NFR). He won the prestigious Reno (Nev.) Rodeo championship spurs in 2001 setting an arena record. He just missed qualifying for the NFR that year finishing the season in 19th place. He was making a bid to get back to the NFR and was having back pain. When tests revealed that the pain was coming from a tumor, Drury faced that just as he faced every bull he ever got on – with determination that he would come out on top. He did that to the end with a smile on his face. Cancer never got the best of Shane Drury, he saved that for all the people that knew him.

Shane’s legacy will live on through the Shane Drury Scholarship, given to a National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association member that has faced adversity in their own lives and never given up. In June of 2006, Shane presented the first award to Jyme Peterson, a junior at Montana State University.during the College National Finals Rodeo in Casper, Wyo. Donations to the scholarship fund are fully tax deductible and can be made to the NIRA Foundation in Shane Drury’s name. They should be sent to: National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association Foundation, 2316 Eastgate North Suite 160, Walla Walla WA 99362. This site will now be used to continue Shane’s legacy of encouraging others, staying in touch with God and to keep smiling no matter what. Check the About page for updates from his brother Chad and sign the guestbook to share thoughts and memories. Shane would be proud to see his internet community staying in touch. To read CURRENT UPDATES from Shane's family, click on the "UPDATES" page. You can SIGN SHANE'S GUEST BOOK AND LEAVE A MESSAGE by clicking here: SHANE'S MESSAGEBOARD. To send him a PERSONAL EMAIL, go to the "CONTACT" page. To visit some of Shane's favorite websites, see "Links." (Compliments of Dan Hubbell, the right photo shows Shane riding Beutler's "Orleans" at the 2001 Greeley Stampede.)