2018 PRCA Media Guide

Stampede (Duncan, Okla.); the Will Rogers Stampede (Claremore, Okla.); the Spokane (Wash.) Interstate Rodeo; the Southwestern International PRCA Rodeo (El Paso,Texas); the Kitsap Stampede Division 2 Xtreme Bulls (Bremerton, Wash.); the Division 2 Qualifying Xtreme Bulls Event (Oklahoma City, Okla.) and the Gem State Classic ProRodeo Series (Blackfoot, Idaho). Co-champion at the Xtreme Bulls Tour Finale (Ellensburg, Wash.); the Guymon (Okla.) Pioneer Days Rodeo; the Rapid City (S.D.)Wrangler Champions Challenge and the Nacogdoches (Texas) Pro Rodeo & Steer Show ★ ★ 2013: Won the Lawton (Okla.) Rangers Rodeo with a 93-point ride on D&H Cattle’s No. 43x; the Chisholm Trail Stampede (Duncan, Okla.); the Hinton (Okla.) Crosstie PRCA Rodeo; the Land Rush Pro Rodeo (Beggs, Okla.); the Kit Carson County Fair & Rodeo (Burlington, Colo.); the Belton (Texas) Area Chamber of Commerce 4th of July Rodeo; the Mesquite (Texas) ProRodeo Series on June 21 and July 5; and the MH Henry Pro Rodeo (Bowie, Texas) on Sept. 14 and Sept. 15; co-champion at theTopeka (Kan.) PRCA Rodeo and the Jayhawker Roundup Rodeo (Hill City, Kan.). Set a PRCA record for most money won on a permit in a single season with $47,726 Amateur Qualified for the College National Finals Rodeo as a freshman in 2013 and finished fourth Personal 5-7, 140 … Single … Became the youngest millionaire in PRCA history during the 2016 Wrangler NFR, at 22 years, three months and two weeks old … Father, Ted, was a longtime PRCA barrelman/clown who worked as the National Finals Rodeo barrelman in 1980 and 1987 (alternate 1986); mother, Jennifer; older sister, Dusta, and younger brother, Trey, are professional trick riders (performing as Tricked Out); Dusta also competed for Southwestern Oklahoma State University and Trey qualified for the National Junior High School Finals as a bull rider, then bought his PRCA permit in January 2017 … Enjoys playing golf and being outside during his free time … Graduated from Cheyenne (Okla.) High School, where he played basketball as a point guard all four years; the team won the Class A State title in his senior year … Favorite rodeos are the San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo, Cheyenne (Wyo.) Frontier Days and the Pendleton (Ore.) Round-Up … Favorite book is Psycho Cybernetics by Maxwell Maltz … Favorite meal is Italian

Kory Koontz

Team roping (heeling)

Event:

8th 8th

2017 world standings place: 2017 NFR standings place:

$104,769 $179,421 $2,337,684

2017 NFR earnings: 2017 earnings: Career earnings:

July 30, 1971, in Lubbock, Texas

Born:

Sudan, Texas

Residence: Joined PRCA: World titles:

1991

0

21 (1992-2007, 2010-12, 2015, 2017)

Wrangler NFR qualifications: Wrangler NFR average titles:

1 (1997)

1

Tour Finale titles:

2005

Summer:

17

Tour Finale qualifications:

2003-06

Winter:

2000, 2002-03, 2005-06 2003, 2005-07, 2010-12, 2015

Summer:

Championship:

2 (1995-96)

RNCFR qualifications:

Vernon (Texas) College

Education:

Professional 2017 Highlights – partner Dustin Egusquiza ★ ★ Won the National Western Stock Show and Rodeo (Denver, Colo.) ★ ★ Won the Horse Heaven Round-Up (Kennewick, Wash.) ★ ★ Won the Strawberry Days Rodeo (Pleasant Grove, Utah) ★ ★ Won the Clark County Fair & Rodeo (Logandale, Nev.) ★ ★ Won the Jayhawker Roundup Rodeo (Hill City, Kan.) ★ ★ Won the Mesquite (Texas) ProRodeo Series Career Highlights

★ ★ 2016: (Partner Colby Lovell) Finished 22nd in the world standings with $47,632. Won the Cody (Wyo.) Stampede Champions Challenge presented by Justin Boots. Co-champion at the Wrangler Champions Challenge presented by Justin Boots (Scottsdale, Ariz.) ★ ★ 2015: (Partner Colby Lovell) Placed in six rounds at theWrangler NFR.Won the Justin Boots Championships (Omaha, Neb.), the Kitsap Stampede (Bremerton,Wash.), the Lewiston (Idaho) Roundup, theWild Bill Hickok Rodeo (Abilene, Kan.), the Spring Classic (Mesquite, Texas), the Jayhawker Roundup Rodeo (Hill City, Kan.) and the XIT Rodeo & Reunion (Dalhart,Texas). Co-champion at the Justin Boots Playoffs (Puyallup,Wash.). Finished seventh in the world standings with $$187,891

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