2018 PRCA Media Guide

2017 ProRodeo Top Cowboys (continued)

Wyatt Denny

Bareback riding

Event:

14th 13th

2017 world standings place: 2017 NFR standings place:

$30,730 $140,084 $335,100

2017 NFR earnings: 2017 earnings: Career earnings:

Aug. 25, 1995, in Roseville, Calif.

Born:

Minden, Nev.

Residence: Joined PRCA: World titles:

2015

0

2 (2016-2017)

Wrangler NFR qualifications:

Panola College (Carthage, Texas), Feather River College (Quincy, Calif.)

Education:

Professional 2017 Highlights ★ ★ Won the Moses Lake (Wash.) Round-Up ★ ★ Won the Days of ‘47 Cowboy Games and Rodeo (Salt Lake City, Utah) ★ ★ Won the Oakley Independence Day Rodeo (Oakley City, Utah) ★ ★ Won the Springville (Calif.) Sierra Rodeo ★ ★ Won the Central Point (Ore.) Wild Rogue Pro Rodeo ★ ★ Co-champion the Lakeside (Calif.) Rodeo Career Highlights

★ ★ 2016: Placed in five rounds of the Wrangler NFR to rank 12th in the average. Finished 10th in the world standings with $148,862. Won the Southeastern Livestock Exposition (Montgomery, Ala.), the Riverdale (Calif.) Rodeo, the (Pueblo) Colorado State Fair & Rodeo, the West Texas Fair & Rodeo (Abilene), the Magic Valley Stampede (Filer, Idaho), the Big Sky ProRodeo Roundup (Great Falls, Mont.), the Larimer County Fair & Rodeo (Loveland, Colo.) and the Othello (Wash.) PRCA Rodeo. Finished 10th in the world standings with $148,862. ★ ★ 2015: Won the Cheney (Wash.) Rodeo, theWild Bill Hickok Rodeo (Abilene, Kan.), the Omak (Wash.) Stampede, the Bell County PRCA Rodeo (Belton, Texas), the Angelina County Benefit Rodeo (Lufkin, Texas), the PRCA Stampede Rodeo (Athens, Texas), the Cedar City (Utah) PRCA Championships and the Pioneer Days Rodeo (Clovis, N.M.). Finished 28th in the world standings with $37,961 ★ ★ 2014: Won the West Monroe (La.) Pro Rodeo, the Panola County Cattleman’s Rodeo (Carthage, Texas) and the Evergreen (Colo.) Rodeo. Finished third among bareback riders on their permit with $19,250; finished second at the Permit Challenge (Las Vegas) behind then-traveling partner Wyatt Bloom Awards PRCA Resistol Bareback Riding Rookie of the Year, 2015 Amateur Qualified for the 2015 College National Finals Rodeo (Casper, Wyo.) after finishing first in the Southern Region. A two-time Nevada high school all-around champion, he qualified for the National High School Finals Rodeo four times, finishing second in 2012 and fifth in 2013 as a bareback rider Personal 5-5, 160 … Single … Father, Norm, is a general contractor, mother, Cindy, a graphic designer; older brothers, Keston and Grant also rodeo. Grant is a PRCA bareback rider and Keston now team ropes for fun after competing at the college level …Works for dad’s company, Pinnacle Construction, in Minden, Nev., when not on the road competing… Skied competitively until he was 13 before deciding to concentrate on rodeo full time; didn’t get on his first bucking horse until he was 14…Enjoys training horses and is proficient as a farrier …Favorite rodeo is Reno (Nev.); it’s 35 miles from his family’s ranch … Favorite movie“Your Highness”

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