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2017 ProRodeo Top Cowboys (continued) Pierre Jayne … Father Jean Pierre Jayne was a trick rider in France, performing in a rodeo/WildWest show and Evan used to assist him… Came to the United States as a foreign exchange student with the intention of pursuing a career in rodeo … Drew inspiration from a French language edition of Louise Serpa’s book Rodeo (1995) … Evan and Clint Cannon were among the subjects of a 2007 French documentary film“Ballade Pour Un Cowboy”(Ballad of a Cowboy) … Credits 1993 World Champion Bareback Rider Deb Greenough and National Finals Rodeo qualifier Pete Hawkins with helping him advance his career

Sage Kimzey

Bull riding

Event:

1st 1st

2017 world standings place: 2017 NFR standings place:

$192,135 $436,479 $1,414,671

2017 NFR earnings: 2017 earnings: Career earnings:

Aug. 26, 1994, in Strong City, Okla.

Born:

Strong City, Okla.

Residence: Joined PRCA: World titles:

2013

4 (2014-17) 4 (2014-17)

Wrangler NFR qualifications: Tour Finale qualifications:

1 (2014) 1 (2014)

RNCFR qualifications:

Southwestern Oklahoma State University (Weatherford), majoring in entrepreneurship

Education:

Professional 2017 Highlights ★ ★ Won the Days of ‘47 Cowboy Games and Rodeo (Salt Lake City, Utah) ★ ★ Won the K-Days Rodeo (Edmonton, Alberta) ★ ★ Won the Ellensburg (Wash.) Rodeo ★ ★ Won the Walker County Fair & Rodeo (Huntsville, Texas) ★ ★ Won the SWELS-Xtreme Bulls (Fort Worth, Texas) ★ ★ Won the Crystal Springs Rodeo Xtreme Bulls (Clear Lake, S.D.) ★ ★ Won the Lea County Fair & PRCA Rodeo Xtreme Bulls (Lovington, N.M.) ★ ★ Won the Bell County PRCA Rodeo (Belton, Texas) ★ ★ Won the Rodeo Killeen (Texas) ★ ★ Won the Mandan (N.D.) Rodeo Days Xtreme Bulls ★ ★ Won the Wild, WildWest ProRodeo (Silver City, N.M.) ★ ★ Won the Red Desert Roundup (Rock Springs, Wyo.) ★ ★ Won the Wind River PRCA Rodeo Roundup (Riverton, Wyo.) ★ ★ Won the Crossett (Ark.) Riding Club 68th Annual PRCA Rodeo ★ ★ Co-champion at the Redding (Calif.) Rodeo Career Highlights

PRORODEO COWBOYS

★ ★ 2016: Won Round 1 and placed in five rounds to rank third at the Wrangler NFR and claim his third consecutive world championship with $311,462. Won the San Antonio (Texas) Stock Show & Rodeo, the Pendleton (Ore.) Round-Up, the Sikeston (Mo.) Jaycee Bootheel Rodeo, the Ogden (Utah) Pioneer Days, the Molalla (Ore.) Buckeroo Rodeo, the Kansas (Phillipsburg) Biggest Rodeo, the Pueblo ColoradoWrangler Champions Challenge, theWrangler Champion Challenge presented by Justin Boots (Spanish Fork, Utah), the Cody (Wyo.) Stampede Champions Challenge presented by Justin Boots, the 40th Annual Isanti (Minn.) Firefighters Rodeo and the Iowa’s (Sidney) Championship Rodeo. Co-champion at the Horse Heaven Round-up Wrangler Champions Challenge presented by Justin Boots (Kennewick, Wash.) and the Wild Bill Hickok Rodeo (Abilene, Kan.) ★ ★ 2015: Placed in seven rounds at theWrangler NFR to finish second in the average and win his second consecutive world championship with $327,178. Won the Ellensburg (Wash.) Rodeo, the Xtreme Bulls Tour Finale (Ellensburg, Wash.), the Pendleton (Ore.) Round-Up, the Wrangler Champions Challenge Finale (Omaha, Neb.), the Wrangler Champions Challenge (Logandale, Nev.), the Redding (Calif.) Wrangler Champions Challenge, the Spanish Fork (Utah) Fiesta Days Rodeo, the Lawton (Okla.) Rangers Rodeo, the Gooding (Idaho) Pro Rodeo, the Range Days Rodeo (Rapid City, S.D.), the Cassia County Fair & Rodeo (Burley, Idaho), the Pasadena (Texas) Livestock Show & Rodeo and the Division 2 Qualifying Xtreme Bulls Event (Oklahoma City, Okla.). Co-champion at the Guymon (Okla.) Pioneer Days and the Cattleman Days Rodeo (Ashland, Mo.) ★ ★ 2014: Won an event-record-tying four rounds of the Wrangler NFR to secure the average title and become the second rookie bull rider to win a gold buckle, following Bill Kornell (1963). His total Wrangler NFR earnings of $175,466 was the highest of any competitor in Las Vegas, giving him the RAM Truck Top Gun Award and allowing him to finish with a rookie record total (any event or combined) of $318,631. Won PRCA Resistol Rookie of theYear Award.Won the San Antonio (Texas) Stock Show and Rodeo; the San Antonio (Texas) Xtreme Bulls; the All American ProRodeo Finals (Waco,Texas); the NewMexico State Fair & Rodeo (Albuquerque); the CentralWyoming Fair & PRCA Rodeo (Casper); the Woodward (Okla.) Elks Rodeo; the Tulsa (Okla.) State Fair PRCA Rodeo; the Chisholm Trail

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