2018 PRCA Media Guide

2017 ProRodeo Top Cowboys (continued) Won the all-around and the bareback riding at Rodeo Austin (Texas).Won Cheyenne (Wyo.) Frontier Days; the Redding (Calif.) Rodeo and the Big Sky ProRodeo RoundUp (Great Falls, Mont.). Co-champion of theWallaWalla (Wash.) Frontier Days; the Beef Empire Days PRCA Rodeo (Garden City, Kan.) and the Crooked River Roundup (Prineville, Ore.) ★ ★ 2009: Won the bareback riding at the Clark County Fair & Rodeo (Logandale, Nev.); the IPE & Stampede (Armstrong, British Columbia) and the Guy Weadick Memorial Rodeo (High River, Alberta) co-champion at the Magic Valley Stampede (Filer, Idaho).Won the all-around and saddle bronc titles at the Elizabeth (Colo.) Stampede; the all-around title at the Sisters (Ore.) Rodeo. Missed three months of competition in the summer of 2009 due to an injury to his left knee. Finished 10th in the all-around with $51,984 and 20th in the bareback riding with $40,220 ★ ★ 2008: Placed in five of 10 rounds in theWrangler NFR to finish fourth in the average. Finished second in the bareback riding world standings with $210,799 and third in the all-around with $215,240. Won theWrangler ProRodeo Tour Championship (Dallas). Won the bareback riding at Rodeo Houston (Texas), earning $53,500; tied event record with 91-point ride on Calgary Stampede’s Knight Rocket in Shootout Round.Won the bareback riding at the Caldwell (Idaho) Night Rodeo (first round, Tour Playoffs); the Dodge City (Kan.) Roundup Rodeo; the Sheridan WYO Rodeo and the Muscogee Creek Nation Rodeo (Okmulgee, Okla.). Co-champion in the bareback riding at the Lea County Fair & Rodeo (Lovington, N.M.); the Home of Champions Rodeo (Red Lodge, Mont.) and theWill Rogers Stampede (Claremore, Okla.). Won the all-around and was co-champion in the bareback riding at the Rodeo of the Ozarks (Springdale, Ark.).Won all-around titles at the Matagorda County Fair & Rodeo (Bay City,Texas); the Abdallah Shrine Rodeo (Tonganoxie, Kan.) and the Larimer County Fair & Rodeo (Loveland, Colo.) ★ ★ 2007: Placed in three rounds of 10 at the Wrangler NFR. Won the bareback riding and was co-champion in the saddle bronc riding at the Walker County Fair and Rodeo (Huntsville, Texas). Won the bareback riding titles at the North Central Rodeo (Medford, Wis.); the Dinosaur Roundup Rodeo (Vernal, Utah); the Fiesta Days Rodeo (Spanish Fork, Utah) and the Larimer County Fair & Rodeo (Loveland, Colo.); co-champion at the ABC Pro Rodeo (Lubbock, Texas); the Angelina County Benefit Rodeo (Lufkin,Texas) and the State Fair Championship Rodeo (Oklahoma City). Won the saddle bronc riding title at the Rodeo of the Ozarks (Springdale, Ark.). Finished 15th in the bareback riding world standings with $73,469 and ninth in the all-around with $84,574 ★ ★ 2006: Won the all-around title at the DodgeTexas Circuit Finals Rodeo (Waco); won the bareback riding title at the Central Wyoming Fair & Rodeo (Casper) Awards PRCA Resistol All-Around and Bareback Riding Rookie of the Year, 2006 Amateur Won the all-around at the 2007 College National Finals Rodeo (Casper, Wyo.), and helped Ranger College to the team title. Competed for Mullen High School andwon the Nebraska High School Association all-around regular season title. As a sophomore, qualified for the National High School Finals Rodeo in bareback riding, saddle bronc riding and bull riding Personal 5-9, 170 …Wife, Kay (married Oct. 17, 2009); son, Cylas James (born Jan. 22, 2013) … After missing three months of competition due to a knee injury in the summer of 2009, he returned to action in the fall and scored 88 points on six-time Bareback Riding Bucking Horse of the Year Grated Coconut of the Calgary Stampede string at the Ellensburg (Wash.) Rodeo … A bronze sculpture of Dent riding a bucking horse was unveiled at the 2009 Ellensburg (Wash.) Rodeo. The bareback riding sculpture was the final event represented to complete the collection commemorating the rodeo … Favorite event is saddle bronc riding, but he’s most consistent in bareback riding …Went to about 100 rodeos his rookie year (2006) … Participated in high school football, wrestling, track and field and rodeo. Mullen High was state champion in eight-man football during Dent’s junior year, when he led the state with 2,488 yards rushing; Dent was also a state wrestling champion as a senior …Was contacted by college football recruiters from Kansas and Colorado State…While Dent was in high school, a bull jerked him down into a head-to-head collision; Dent shattered both cheekbones, broke his jaw in 11 places and had his mouth wired shut. He hasn’t ridden a bull since…His college rodeo coach was 2001 Saddle Bronc Riding World Champion Tom Reeves … Parents, Steve and Erin Dent, own a 12,000-acre ranch just north of Mullen, Neb … Started competing at age 4, receiving instruction from his father… Favorite movies are“Cinderella Man”and“Lonesome Dove”and favorite food is“anything my mom makes”

PRORODEO COWBOYS

Isaac Diaz

Saddle bronc riding

Event:

19th

2017 world standings place:

$61,389 $967,324

2017 earnings: Career earnings:

Sept. 15, 1986, in Davie, Fla.

Born:

Desdemona, Texas

Residence: Joined PRCA: World titles:

2006

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5 (2007, 2009, 2012-13, 2015)

Wrangler NFR qualifications:

1 (2009)

Tour Finale titles:

4 (2007, 2009, 2012-13)

Tour Finale qualifications: RNCFR qualifications:

1 (2008)

Vernon (Texas) College, associate degree;Tarleton State University (Stephenville, Texas)

Education:

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