2018 PRCA Media Guide

Tim O’Connell

Bareback riding

Event:

1st 1st

2017 world standings place: 2017 NFR standings place :

$169,500 $371,416 $1,142,687

2017 NFR earnings: 2017 earnings: Career earnings:

Oct. 24, 1991, in Dubuque, Iowa

Born:

Zwingle, Iowa

Residence: Joined PRCA: World titles:

2013

2 (2016-17) 4 (2014-17) 2 (2016-17)

Wrangler NFR qualifications: Wrangler NFR average titles:

4 (2013, 2015-17)

RNCFR qualifications:

Iowa Central Community College (Fort Dodge) and Missouri Valley College (Marshall, Mo.)

Education:

Professional 2017 Highlights ★ ★ Won Cheyenne (Wyo.) Frontier Days ★ ★ Won the National Western Stock Show & Rodeo (Denver, Colo.) ★ ★ Won the Southwestern Exposition and Livestock Show (Fort Worth, Texas) ★ ★ Won the Horse Heaven Round-Up (Kennewick, Wash.) ★ ★ Won Rodeo of the Ozarks (Springdale, Ark.) ★ ★ Won the Old Fort Days Rodeo (Fort Smith, Ark.) ★ ★ Won the U.S. Navy Seal Danny Dietz Ultimate Challenge (Rosenberg, Texas) ★ ★ Won the Beef Empire Days PRCA Rodeo (Garden City, Kan.) ★ ★ Won the Gladewater (Texas) Round-Up Rodeo ★ ★ Won the 41st Annual Isanti (Minn.) Firefighters Rodeo ★ ★ Won the Jackson County Pro Rodeo (Bellevue, Iowa) ★ ★ Won the Elk City (Okla.) Rodeo of Champions ★ ★ Won the Carson (Iowa) Community Rodeo ★ ★ Won the Pioneer City Rodeo (Palestine, Ill.) ★ ★ Co-champion at the Minnesota Horse Exposition Rodeo (St. Paul) ★ ★ Co-champion at the Golden Spike Rodeo (Tremonton, Utah) Career Highlights ★ ★ Won Rodeo Corpus Christi (Texas) ★ ★ Won the Ogden (Utah) Pioneer Days ★ ★ Won the St. Paul (Ore.) Rodeo

★ ★ 2016: Won the world champion title and theWrangler NFR average by splitting the top spot in Round 2 and placing in seven rounds. O’Connell set a bareback riding record and claimed the biggest single-season total in any event with $347,272 earned. Won the RAM National Circuit Finals Rodeo (Kissimmee, Fla.), the RAM Great Lakes Circuit Finals Rodeo (Louisville, Ky.), the Pendleton (Ore.) Round-Up, the Southwestern Exposition and Livestock Show (Fort Worth, Texas), the Justin Boots Playoffs (Puyallup, Wash.), the Dodge City (Kan.) Roundup Rodeo, the St. Paul (Ore.) Rodeo.Won the Lawton (Okla.) Rangers Rodeo, the Buffalo Bill Rodeo (North Platte, Neb.), theWill Rogers Stampede (Claremore, Okla.), the 101 Wild West Rodeo (Ponca City, Okla.), the Edgewood (Iowa) Days PRCA Rodeo, the 40th Annual Isanti (Minn.) Firefighters Rodeo, the Gerry (N.Y.) Volunteer Firemen’s Rodeo, the Carson (Iowa) Community Rodeo, the Pioneer City Rodeo (Palestine, Ill.) and the Pine City (Minn.) Championship PRCA Rodeo. Co-champion at the Old Fort Days Rodeo (Fort Smith, Ark.) and the Beef Empire Days PRCA Rodeo (Garden City, Kan.) ★ ★ 2015: Won or split the win in two rounds and placed in four others at the Wrangler NFR. Won the Tri-State Rodeo (Fort Madison, Iowa), the Amarillo (Texas) Tri-State Fair and Rodeo, the Dixie National Rodeo (Jackson, Miss.), the Homestead (Fla.) Championship Rodeo, the Okeechobee (Fla.) Cattlemen’s Spring Rodeo, theWill Rogers Memorial Rodeo (Vinita, Okla.), the Franklin (Tenn.) Rodeo, the Dayton (Iowa) Championship Rodeo, the Licking (Mo.) PRCA Rodeo, theWest Texas Fair & Rodeo (Abilene) and the Harrison (Ark.) PRCA Rodeo. Co-champion at the Inter-State Rodeo (Coffeyville, Kan.), the Wrangler Champions Challenge (Scottsdale, Ariz. and Logandale, Nev.) and the Edgewood (Iowa) Days PRCA Rodeo. Finished fourth in the world standings with $217,917. ★ ★ 2014: Tied Bobby Mote for the win in Round 4 of theWrangler NFR and finished third in Round 7.Won theWrangler Champions Challenge Finale (Omaha, Neb.); the RAM Great Lakes Circuit Finals Rodeo (Louisville, Ky.); the Greeley (Colo.) Stampede, theWrangler Champions Challenge (Amarillo,Texas), the Oakdale (Calif.) Saddle Club Rodeo, the Amarillo (Texas) Tri-State Fair & Rodeo, the Cherokee (Iowa) Chamber PRCA Rodeo and the Dayton (Iowa) Championship Rodeo. Co-champion at the Pendleton (Ore.) Round-Up, the Guymon (Okla.) Pioneer Days Rodeo, the Lawton (Okla.) Rangers Rodeo, the Franklin (Tenn.) Rodeo, the Jackson County ProRodeo (Bellevue, Iowa) and the Pioneer City Rodeo (Palestine, Ill.). Finished eighth in world standings with $131,240. ★ ★ 2013: Won the Lyon County Fair PRCA Rodeo (Marshall, Minn.), the Carson (Iowa) Community Rodeo and the Crossett (Ark.) Riding Club PRCA Rodeo. Co-champion at the Iowa Championship Rodeo (Sidney). Finished 21st in the world standings with $47,843

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