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2017 ProRodeo Top Cowboys (continued)

Personal 6-0, 175 … Single … Father, Vern, is a retired bull rider; mother, Mona, died in 2011; older brother, Ty, is a bull rider and sister-in-law, Haley, is a barrel racer …The family established Mona’s Cowboy Inspiration Fund, which assists people in the ranch and rodeo world who are faced with life-altering illness or disability …Worked for a while at the Calgary Stampede Ranch … Clay owns Gold Spring Custom Hats in Nanton, Alberta, the result of growing up in a family that operated The Cowboys Choice hat company for three decades … Holds a second-degree black belt in taekwondo … Canadian saddle bronc riding greats Rod Hay andWinston Bruce have mentored him… In college, he also competed in tie-down roping and team roping … Favorite rodeo is the Ponoka (Alberta) Stampede … Favorite movie is“The Wolf of Wall Street”and favorite TV shows are“Two-and-a-Half Men,”“Ridiculousness”and“Family Guy” … Favorite restaurant is Subway

Ty Erickson

Steer wrestling

Event:

2nd 6th

2017 world standings place: 2017 NFR standings place:

$100,115 $263,267 $829,824

2017 NFR earnings: 2017 earnings: Career earnings:

Aug. 11, 1990, in Helena, Mont.

Born:

Helena, Mont.

Residence: Joined PRCA: World titles:

2011

0

4 (2014-17)

Wrangler NFR qualifications: Tour Finale qualifications:

1 (2014)

3 (2011-12, 2016)

RNCFR qualifications:

Montana State University (Bozeman), business marketing

Education:

Professional ★ ★ 2017 Highlights

★ ★ Won the Guymon (Okla.) Pioneer Days Rodeo ★ ★ Won the Dixie National Rodeo (Jackson, Miss.) ★ ★ Won the Wolf Point (Mont.) Wild Horse Stampede ★ ★ Won the Mountain Valley Stampede (Heber City, Utah) ★ ★ Won the Ram Montana (Great Falls) Pro Rodeo Circuit Finals ★ ★ Won the Rio Grande Valley Livestock Show & Rodeo (Mercedes, Texas) ★ ★ Won the Wrangler Champions Challenge presented by Justin Boots, (Rapid City, S.D.) ★ ★ Co-champion at the Helldorado Days Rodeo (Las Vegas, Nev.) ★ ★ Career Highlights

PRORODEO COWBOYS

★ ★ 2016: Placed in three rounds of the Wrangler NFR to rank 13th in the average. Finished seventh in the world standings with $145,673. Won the Red Bluff (Calif.) Round-Up, the Fallon County Fair & Rodeo (Baker, Mont.), the Livingston (Mont.) Roundup and the Lynden (Wash.) PRCA Rodeo ★ ★ 2015: Placed in seven rounds at theWrangler NFR.Won California Rodeo Salinas, the Farm-City Pro Rodeo (Hermiston, Ore.), the Redding (Calif.)Wrangler Champions Challenge, the RAMMontana Circuit Finals Rodeo (Great Falls, Mont.) and the White Sulphur Springs (Mont.) Labor Day Rodeo. Co-champion at the Last Chance Stampede (Helena, Mont.) and the Montana’s Biggest Weekend (Dillon). Finished fourth in the world standings with $197,933 ★ ★ 2014: Tied Kyle Irwin for the win in Round 8 of the Wrangler NFR with a time of 3.7 seconds and placed in four additional rounds on his way to finishing second in the average and jumping from 15th place to seventh in the world standings. Won the Red Bluff (Calif.) Round-Up, the Greeley (Colo.) Stampede, the Lea County Fair & PRCA Rodeo (Lovington, N.M.), the Butterfield Stage Days PRCA Rodeo (Bridgeport, Texas), the Mineral Wells (Texas) Rodeo and the Last Chance Stampede (Helena, Mont.). Finished seventh in the world standings with $123,116 ★ ★ 2013: Won the NILE ProRodeo (Billings, Mont.) in 3.8 seconds. Co-champion at the Colorado State Fair & Rodeo (Pueblo). Finished 23rd in the world standings with $42,502 ★ ★ 2012: Won the RAM Montana Circuit Finals Rodeo (Great Falls) with a time of 13.5 seconds on three head, the Drummond (Mont.) PRCA Rodeo, the Chouteau County Fair & Rodeo (Fort Benton, Mont.) and the Cody (Wyo.) Nite Rodeo on June 8. Finished 45th in the world standings with $24,488 ★ ★ 2011: Won the PRCA Kootenai River Rodeo (Libby, Mont.), the Northeast Montana Fair & Rodeo (Glasgow). Reached the finals of the RAM National Circuit Finals Rodeo and was event-leader in money earned with $14,054 (which did not count in his official earnings). Finished 49th in the world standings and first in the rookie standings with $22,007 ★ ★ 2010: Won theWolf Point (Mont.) Wild Horse Stampede, the Energy Town Pro Rodeo (Gillette, Wyo.), the 50th Belt (Mont.) Rodeo, the Mission Mountain PRCA Rodeo (Polson, Mont.) and the Drummond (Mont.) PRCA Rodeo. Co-champion at the Last Chance Stampede (Helena). Finished first in the Montana Circuit year-end standings while competing on his permit, earning $10,740

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