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2017 ProRodeo Top Cowboys (continued) ★ ★ Won the Semi-Annual Ralph Morgan Rodeo (Lauderdale, Miss.) ★ ★ Won the Pasco County Fair Championship Rodeo (Dade City, Fla.) ★ ★ Won the SW District Fat Stock Show & Rodeo (Lake Charles, La.) ★ ★ Co-champion at the Lynden (Wash.) PRCA Rodeo ★ ★ Co-champion at the Buffalo Bill Rodeo (North Platte, Neb.) ★ ★ Co-champion at the Ogden (Utah) Pioneer Days ★ ★ Co-champion at the Georgia (Perry) National Jr. Livestock Show & Rodeo ★ ★ Co-champion at the Fort Myers (Fla.) Pro Rodeo Career Highlights ★ ★ 2016: Did not compete

★ ★ 2015: Placed in three rounds at the Wrangler NFR. Finished 13th in the world standings with $120,574. Won the MidWinter Fair & Rodeo (Lafayette, La.) and the Strawberry Days Rodeo (Pleasant Grove, Utah) and the Semi-Annual Ralph Morgan Rodeo (Lauderdale, Miss.) ★ ★ 2014: Earned at least a share of the win in three rounds of his Wrangler National Finals debut and placed in three additional rounds en route to finishing fourth in the average and jumping all the way from 10th place to second in the final world standings with $147,699. Won the RAM National Circuit Finals Rodeo with a 3.3-second run in the final round, just a tenth-of-a-second off the RNCFR record. Won the Justin Boots Playoffs (Puyallup, Wash.); the RAM Prairie Circuit Finals Rodeo (Duncan, Okla.); the Ogden (Utah) Pioneer Days; the MagicValley Stampede (Filer, Idaho); Montana’s BiggestWeekend (Dillon); the Parker County Frontier Days and PRCA Rodeo (Weatherford,Texas) and Kansas’Biggest Rodeo (Phillipsburg) ★ ★ 2013: Won the Hinton (Okla.) Crosstie PRCA Rodeo and the 101WildWest Rodeo (Ponca City, Okla.); finished 45th in the world standings with $24,5333 ★ ★ 2012: Won the Kitsap Stampede (Bremerton, Wash.); Nebraska’s Big Rodeo (Burwell); the Elk City (Okla.) Rodeo of Champion; the 101WildWest Rodeo (Ponca City, Okla.) and the XIT Rodeo & Reunion (Dalhart,Texas) in a career-best 3.1 seconds. Finished 25th in the world standings with $38,990 ★ ★ 2011: Finished 107th in the world standings with $9,661 and fifth in the rookie standings Amateur Won the NIRA Central Plains Region titles in 2010 and 2012 and qualified for the College National Finals Rodeo four times; he finished second to Jason Thomas by a tenth of a second at the 2011 CNFR. Twice won the Alabama state high school championship; reserve champion once Personal 6-1, 205 …wife, Randa (married Nov. 7, 2015) … Father, Ken Irwin, works as a project manager for the construction company AG Peltz; mother, Ruthie Campbell, is a travel agent for Cruise Away in Robertsdale, Ala.; sisters, Brittany Franks, Karissa Rimpf and Laney Irwin … Graduated from Robertsdale (Ala.) High School in 2008 … Enjoys hunting and fishing – freshwater and deep-sea … Favorite rodeos are the Cheyenne (Wyo.) Frontier Days and the Deadwood (S.D.) Days of ‘76 … Favorite movie is“Lonesome Dove”…Three-time World Champion Steer Wrestler Steve Duhon is a family friend and Irwin got his start in the sport by attending Duhon’s schools … His hometown of Robertsdale, Ala., declared a day in his honor in 2014 … Favorite sports teams are the Auburn University football team and the Green Bay Packers … Favorite book is“American Sniper”and favorite music is Southern rock

PRORODEO COWBOYS

Lane Ivy

Team roping (header)

Event:

20th

2017 world standings place:

$57,576 $151,747

2017 earnings: Career earnings:

Oct. 2, 1992, in Adrian, Texas

Born:

Dublin, Texas

Residence: Joined PRCA: World titles:

2012

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Wrangler NFR qualifications:

Professional 2017 Highlights – partner Buddy Hawkins II ★ ★ Won the Crooked River Roundup (Prineville, Ore.) ★ ★ Won the Eugene (Ore.) Pro Rodeo ★ ★ Won the Molalla (Ore.) Buckeroo Rodeo ★ ★ Won the Livingston (Mont.) Roundup ★ ★ Won the Moses Lake (Wash.) Round-Up ★ ★ Won the Lake County Round-up (Lakeview, Ore.) Career Highlights

★ ★ 2016: Finished 31st in the world standings with $36,346. Won the Mineral Wells (Texas) Rodeo with B.J. Dugger. ★ ★ 2015: Co-champion at the Douglas County Fair and Rodeo (Castle Rock, Colo.) with Ryan Motes; and the Gooding (Idaho) Pro Rodeo. Ranked 59th in the world standings with $18,740.

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