06/25/21 : Brad Gjermundson began his rodeo career by winning the N.D. High School Rodeo Association saddle bronc championship in 1976 and 1977 and all around champion in 1977. He was the NDHSRA team roping champion in 1975 and competed in the National High School Rodeo Association Finals in 1975 1977. He continued to compete on the Dickinson State College rodeo team from 1977 1980, winning the National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association Great Plains Region in 1978 1980 and 5th in the nation in 1978, 2nd in 1979 and the championship in 1980. He was named the NDRA "Rookie of the Year" in 1978, winning the NDRA saddle bronc championship in 1979.

He was inducted into the N.D. Sports Hall of Fame in 1994 and the Pro-Rodeo Hall of Fame in Colorado Springs, Colo., in 1995. He received the DSU Young Hawk Award in 1997 and was named to the DSU Alumni Fellow Program in 2008.