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2017 ProRodeo Top Cowboys (continued) ★ ★ 2012: Won the Oregon Trail Rodeo (Hastings, Neb.), the National Cattle Congress Rodeo (Waterloo, Iowa), the Western Fest Stampede Rodeo (Granite Falls, Minn.); theWahoo (Neb.) Saddle Club PRCA Rodeo, the Green County Fair Pro Rodeo (Monroe, Wis.), the Upper Peninsula Championships (Iron River, Mich.), the Lyon County Fair PRCA Rodeo (Marshall, Minn.), the Tomah (Wis.) PRCA Rodeo and the Wapello (Iowa) PRCA Rodeo. Finished first in the RAM Great Lakes Circuit year-end standings and earned $20,242 on his permit ★ ★ 2011: Won the Carson (Iowa) Community Rodeo and the Rock County Fair Pro Rodeo (Janesville,Wis.); co-champion at the Horse Days Rodeo (Belvidere, Ill.) Awards PRCA Resistol Bareback Riding Rookie of the Year, 2013; PRCA Bareback Riding Permit Holder of the Year, 2012 Amateur Wisconsin high school bull riding champion in 2010 and a four-time qualifier for the National High School Finals Rodeo (2007-10). Qualified for the College National Finals Rodeo in 2011-12 Personal 5-7, 145 …wife, Sami (married October 2015) …son, Hazen born March 2018 … father, Ray, is a PRCA pickup man; mother, Joann; brother, Will, is a PRCA bullfighter, who was a bull rider who qualified for the RAM National Circuit Finals Rodeo from the First Frontier Circuit … Graduated from Maquoketa (Iowa) High School, which is near the Wisconsin border and received a waiver to compete in the Wisconsin state rodeo championships and represent that state in the National High School Finals Rodeo … Also competed in high school wrestling … Credits his rapid rise in the sport to Three Hills Rodeo’s Free Ride Program, which provides expert instruction at its Bernard, Iowa, facility, then pays permit dues and entry fees for all rodeos produced by Three Hills … Favorite rodeo is the Tri-State Rodeo in Fort Madison, Iowa,“the biggest rodeo closest to my hometown”… Enjoys hunting … Favorite movie is the Will Ferrell basketball comedy“Semi-Pro”… Favorite food is sushi … Nine-time World Champion Ty Murray is his rodeo idol … Dream livestock draw is Dirty Jacket of the Carr Pro Rodeo string

Rowdy Parrot

Steer wrestling

Event:

12th 11th

2017 world standings place: 2017 NFR standings place:

$69,146 $142,704 $243,989

2017 NFR earnings: 2017 earnings: Career earnings:

Feb. 9, 1994, in Mamou, La.

Born:

Mamou, La.

Residence: Joined PRCA: World titles:

2013

0

1 (2017)

Wrangler NFR qualifications:

McNeese State University (Lake Charles, La.)

Education:

PRORODEO COWBOYS

Professional 2017 Highlights

★ ★ Won the (Albuquerque) New Mexico State Fair & Rodeo ★ ★ Won the Horse Heaven Round-Up (Kennewick, Wash.) ★ ★ Won the Oakley Independence Day Rodeo (Oakley City, Utah) ★ ★ Won the Magnolia (Ark.) Stampede ★ ★ Won the Caldwell (Idaho) Night Rodeo ★ ★ Won the Jasper (Texas) Lions Benefit Rodeo ★ ★ Co-champion at the Sanders County Fair & PRCA Rodeo (Plains, Mont.) Career Highlights

★ ★ 2016: Finished21stintheworldstandingswith$53,653.WontheMidWinterFair&Rodeo(Lafayette,La.),wontheMandan (N.D.) Rodeo Days, the Gooding (Idaho) Pro Rodeo and the RanchoMissionViejo Rodeo (San Juan Capistrano, Calif.). ★ ★ 2015: Won the Crosby (Texas) Fair & Rodeo; co-champion at the Eugene (Ore.) Pro Rodeo; ranked 34th in the RAM Texas Circuit standings for steer wrestling ★ ★ 2014: Steer Wrestling Rookie of the Year, won the New Mexico State Fair & Rodeo (Albuquerque); co-champion at the Johnson County Sheriff’s Posse Rodeo (Cleburne, Texas) Amateur Won the Louisiana High School Finals steer wrestling title (2011), competed at the National High School Finals Rodeo for steer wrestling (2010-12) and competed at the National High School Finals rodeo for team roping (2009) Personal 5-11, 180 …Wife, Lynette; parents, Mitch and Tammy Parrott; sister, Tobi; brother, Remey … Started competing in rodeo in eighth grade, his grandfather was involved in rodeo … Describes his steer wrestling style as mechanically correct because“I’m not big, so I need to do it right”…The San Antonio (Texas) Stock Show & Rodeo is his favorite

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