Community Conversation with Prince George’s County Rodeo Star, Morissa Hall

Co-presented with the Prince George's County Office of Human Rights

Join the Prince George’s County Office of Human Rights and the Prince George’s County Memorial Library System for a Community Conversation with Prince George’s County rodeo star, Morissa Hall.

The daughter of Morse Hall, III, and Theresa Church Moriarty, Morissa is a 16-year-old from Upper Marlboro, Maryland. She is the three-time Maryland High School Rodeo All-Around Cowgirl Champion and two-time Rodeo Queen. She is the first African American high school rodeo queen in Maryland. In 2022, County Executive Angela Alsobrooks proclaimed October 24th as Morissa Hall Day in Prince George’s County in recognition of Morissa’s incredible accomplishments.

She is currently the 2023 Maryland High School Rodeo’s Association’s barrel racing, pole bending, goat tying, and all around champion. 

In her first year in high school in 2021, she was the 2020-2021 Maryland High School Rodeo Pole Bending Champion, Rookie of the Year, Reserve Barrel Racing Champion, All-Around Cowgirl, and Rodeo Queen. She competed in barrel racing, pole bending, and the Queen Contest at the National High School Finals Rodeo in Nebraska in her first year. She won the impromptu question portion of the National High School Rodeo Queen Contest and placed 23rd overall in the nation. She is the first Maryland High school rodeo queen to win a portion of the National High School rodeo queen contest. 

In 2022, she competed at the NHSRF in Wyoming in barrel racing, pole bending, goat tying, and queen contest. She placed 17th overall in the Nation as the Maryland High School Rodeo Queen and placed fifth in the speech competition.

In addition to her extensive accomplishments in rodeo, only some of which are captured here, Morissa is a successful student, maintaining 4.2 GPA at Elizabeth Ann Seton High School where she participates in Honors and Advanced Placement classes, is a National Honor Society inductee, is a member of Seton Diamonds, the school’s women’s empowerment group, and is active in theatre, community service, and much more.