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2017 ProRodeo Top Cowboys (continued) Awards PRCA Resistol Team Roping Heeler Rookie of the Year, 2014 Amateur Seven-time winner of Brazil’s biggest roping competition; he claimed nine cars, 54 motorcycles and two horse trailers in the course of his career in Brazil Personal 6-0, 170 … Single … Name is pronounced No-Gada … Father, the late Lucinei Nogueira, was an accomplished tie- down roper in Brazil; mother, Eliziane, is a breakaway roper and a team roping header; younger sister, Ludmila … Started roping when he was 4 and turned pro in Brazil at the age of 14 …Met seven-time World Champion Header Jake Barnes through a mutual friend a week before the 2013 Wrangler NFR and they decided to rope together shortly after that; he lives with Barnes and his wife, Toni, in Scottsdale, Ariz.

Shane O’Connell

Bareback riding

Event:

19th

2017 world standings place:

$64,757 $126,707

2017 earnings: Career earnings:

Oct. 12, 1995, in Rapid City, S.D.

Born:

Rapid City, S.D.

Residence: Joined PRCA: World titles:

2015

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Wrangler NFR qualifications:

Western Texas College (Snyder, Texas)

Education:

Professional 2017 Highlights ★ ★ Won the all-around at the Deadwood (S.D.) Days of ‘76 Rodeo ★ ★ Won the PRCA Championship Rodeo (Lincoln, Neb.) ★ ★ Won the Greeley (Colo.) Stampede

★ ★ Won the Crystal Springs Rodeo (Clear Lake, S.D.) ★ ★ Won the Dacotah Stampede Rodeo (Aberdeen, S.D.) ★ ★ Co-champion at the Red Bluff (Calif.) Round-Up Career Highlights ★ ★ 2016: Ranked second in the Resistol Rookie Standings for bareback, fifth in the RAM Badlands Circuit for bareback ★ ★ 2015: Won the Comal County Fair & Rodeo (New Braunfels, Texas) Amateur Won the South Dakota High School Rodeo bareback title (2011-13) and bull riding title (2014), the National Little Britches Rodeo bareback title (2008-12) and was co-champion bareback rider at the National High School Finals Rodeo (2013) Personal 5-10, 165 … Parents, Jiggs and Ann O’Connell, sisters, Eryn and Rylee … Is not related to Tim O’Connell, but they are friends … Started competing in rodeo when he was 5 years old … Describes his riding style as“a little old school,” meaning strong on his feet and aggressive … Favorite horse to draw is Three Hills Rodeo’s Mr. Harry …Wishes he’d had a chance to ride Burch Rodeo’s Lunatic Fringe … Cheyenne (Wyo.) Frontier Days is his favorite rodeo because of its history and because he split second place with Tim O’Connell in 2016 … Looks up to PRCA bareback rider Joe Wilson, who taught him how to ride … Graduated from Rapid City (S.D.) Central High School in 2014 with a class of 350 students …Wrestled and played football until he graduated … Ranches with his dad …Maintains a simple workout routine with pushups, sit-ups and stretching, also keeps active working cattle and fixing fences … Enjoys watching wrestling and the Denver Broncos … Likes to go fishing, shooting, and hunting for mule deer … Favorite movies are“Jeremiah Johnson”and“8 Seconds”… Favorite book is“Where the Red Fern Grows”… Is a fan of Waylon Jennings … Doesn’t put his hat on the bed

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