2018 PRCA Media Guide

Taos Muncy

Saddle bronc riding

Event:

11th 12th

2017 world standings place: 2017 NFR standings place:

$54,000 $142,402 $1,598,812

2017 NFR earnings: 2017 earnings: Career earnings:

June 28, 1987, in Albuquerque, N.M.

Born:

Corona, N.M.

Residence:

2006

Joined PRCA: World titles:

2 (2007, 2011)

9 (2007, 2009-15, 2017)

Wrangler NFR qualifications: Tour Finale qualifications:

5 (2010-14)

6 (2008, 2010-13, 2015)

RNCFR qualifications:

Professional 2017 Highlights

★ ★ Won the Sheridan WYO Rodeo ★ ★ Won the Sisters (Ore.) Rodeo ★ ★ Won the Strawberry Days Rodeo (Pleasant Grove, Utah)

★ ★ Won the Rio Grande Valley Livestock Show & Rodeo (Mercedes, Texas) ★ ★ Won the Jesse Andrus & Mike Hillman Memorial (Roswell, N.M.) ★ ★ Won the 72nd Annual Yuma (Ariz.) Jaycees Silver Spur Rodeo ★ ★ Won the Gary Hardt Memorial Rodeo (Payson, Ariz.) ★ ★ Won the Ute Mountain Roundup Rodeo (Cortez, Colo.) ★ ★ Won the Ropin’Dreams Cowboy Fellowship PRCA Rodeo (Jourdanton, Texas) ★ ★ Co-champion at the Clovis (Calif.) Rodeo ★ ★ Co-champion at the Iowa’s (Sidney) Championship Rodeo ★ ★ Co-champion at the Rodeo Corpus Christi (Texas) ★ ★ Co-champion at the Douglas County Fair and Rodeo (Castle Rock, Colo.) Career Highlights

★ ★ 2016: Finished 17th in the world standings with $63,940. Won the Redding (Calif.) Rodeo, the Livingston (Mont.) Roundup, the Arcadia (Fla.) All-Fla Championship Rodeo, the Bandera (Texas) Pro Rodeo, the Pioneer Days Rodeo (Clovis, N.M.), Iowa’s (Sidney) Championship Rodeo, the Wild Bill Hickok Rodeo (Abilene, Kan.), the Okeechobee Cattlemen’s Spring Rodeo and the Big Spring (Texas) Cowboy Reunion & Rodeo ★ ★ 2015: Won Round 9 and placed in two other rounds at theWrangler NFR.Won the St. Paul, (Ore.) Rodeo, the Caldwell (Idaho) Night Rodeo, theWrangler Champions Challenge Finale (Omaha, Neb.), theWrangler Champions Challenge (Logandale, Nev.), the Guymon (Okla.) Pioneer Days, the Sisters (Ore.) Rodeo, the Livingston (Mont.) Roundup, the Grand National Rodeo (San Francisco, Calif.), the Golden Spike Rodeo (Tremonton, Utah), the Industry Hills (Calif.) Charity Pro Rodeo, the San Luis Valley Ski-Hi Stampede (Monte Vista, Colo.) and the RAM Turquoise Circuit Finals Rodeo (Las Cruces, N.M.). Co-champion at the LasVegas (Nev.) Elks Helldorado Days. Finished seventh in the world standings with $157,307 ★ ★ 2014: Placed in two rounds of theWrangler NFR.Won the Justin Boots Championships (Omaha, Neb.); theWrangler Champions Challenge (Kissimmee, Fla.); the Wrangler Champions Challenge (Spanish Fork, Utah); the Ponoka (Alberta) Stampede; the Caldwell (Idaho) Night Rodeo; the Oakdale (Calif.) Saddle Club Rodeo; the Black Hills Stock Show and Rodeo (Rapid City, S.D.); theWallaWalla (Wash.) Frontier Days; theWild, WildWest ProRodeo (Silver City, N.M.); the Cave Creek (Ariz.) Fiesta Days Rodeo and the Ute Mountain Roundup (Cortez, Colo.). Co-champion at the Livermore (Calif.) Rodeo; theWild Bill Hickok Rodeo (Abilene, Kan.) and the American Royal ProRodeo (Kansas City, Mo.). Finished sixth in the world standings with $149,712 ★ ★ 2013: Placed in seven rounds of theWrangler NFR and placed fourth in the average; finished seventh in the world standings with $147,496.Won theWainwright (Alberta) Stampede; the Pikes Peak or Bust Rodeo (Colorado Springs, Colo.); the Rooftop Rodeo (Estes Park, Colo.); the Jasper (Alberta) Heritage Rodeo; the New Mexico Stampede (Rio Rancho, N.M.) and the Cave Creek (Ariz.) Fiesta Days Rodeo. Co-champion at the Amarillo (Texas) Tri-State Fair & Rodeo ★ ★ 2012: Won Rounds 1 and 9 of the Wrangler NFR, shared first place in Round 6 with Wade Sundell and placed in one other round to earn $56,686. Finished fifth in the world standings with $157,427.Won the Justin Boots Playoffs (Puyallup, Wash.); the RAM Turquoise Circuit Finals Rodeo (Las Cruces, N.M.); the Spanish Fork (Utah) Fiesta Days Rodeo; Kansas’Biggest Rodeo (Phillipsburg); the Falkland (British Columbia) Stampede; the Elk City (Okla.) Rodeo of Champions; the Wild, Wild West ProRodeo (Silver City, N.M.); Utah’s Own Rodeo (Salt Lake City, Utah) and the West Texas Fair & Rodeo (Abilene, Texas). Co-champion at the Southwestern International PRCA Rodeo (El Paso, Texas); the Pikuni ProRodeo (Browning, Mont.) and the San Luis Valley Ski-Hi Stampede (Monte Vista, Colo.) ★ ★ 2011: Won Round 7 of theWrangler NFR with an 86.5-point ride and placed in five other rounds. Finished second in the average on his way to his second world championship with season earnings of $249,914. Won the Justin Boots Playoffs (Puyallup, Wash.); Rodeo Austin (Texas); the Pendleton (Ore.) Round-Up; the Buc Days Pro Rodeo (Corpus Christi,Texas); the Canadian Finals Rodeo (Edmonton, Alberta); the Rodeo of the Ozarks (Springdale, Ark.); the Home of Champions Rodeo (Red Lodge, Mont.); the Teepee Creek (Alberta) Stampede; the Taber (Alberta)

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