2018 PRCA Media Guide

2017 ProRodeo Top Cowboys (continued)

Matt Sherwood

Team roping

Event:

17th

2017 world standings place:

$61,983

2017 earnings: Career earnings:

$1,189,700

Sept. 20, 1969, in Snowflake, Ariz.

Born:

Pima, Ariz.

Residence: Joined PRCA: World titles:

1994

2 (2006, 2008)

5 (2006, 2008, 2011, 2015-16)

Wrangler NFR qualifications:

1

Tour Finale titles:

2006

Summer:

7

Tour Finale qualifications:

2006

Winter: Summer:

2005-06

2006, 2008, 2010, 2015

Championship: RNCFR titles:

1 (2005)

9 (1994-95, 2003, 2005, 2008-12)

RNCFR qualifications:

Professional 2017 Highlights – partner Walt Woodard ★ ★ Won the Missoula (Mont.) Stampede ★ ★ Won the Lakeside (Calif.) Rodeo

★ ★ Won the Bozeman (Mont.) Stampede ★ ★ Won the Ute Stampede (Nephi, Utah) ★ ★ Won the Cassia County Fair & Rodeo (Burley, Idaho)

★ ★ Won the Spokane (Wash.) Interstate Rodeo, with Chase Tryan ★ ★ Won the Industry (Calif.) Hills Charity Pro Rodeo, with Kyle Lockett Career Highlights

★ ★ 2016: (Partner Quinn Kesler) Won Round 7, co-champion of Round 3, and placed in three rounds to rank eighth at theWrangler NFR. Finished eighth in the world standings with $145,907.Won Parada del Sol (Scottsdale, Ariz.) and the Wrangler Champion Challenge presented by Justin Boots (Spanish Fork, Utah). Co-champion at the Annual Fourth of July & PRCA Rodeo (Window Rock, Ariz.), with Quinn Kesler ★ ★ 2015: Placed in two rounds to rank 15th in the average at theWrangler NFR with partner TravisWoodard. Won the Snake River Stampede (Nampa, Idaho), the National Western Rodeo Timed-Event Qualifier (Denver, Colo.), the Western Stampede (West Jordan, Utah) and the Spokane (Wash.) Interstate Rodeo, with Quinn Kesler. Finished 15th in the world standings with $88,436 ★ ★ 2014: Finished 76th in the world standings with $14,230 ★ ★ 2013: Won the Missoula (Mont.) Stampede, with Tommy Zuniga. Co-champion at the Bell County PRCA Rodeo (Belton, Texas), with Jhett Johnson. Finished 34th in the world standings with $32,608 ★ ★ 2012: Won the Black Diamond Legends (Price, Utah), with Rhen Richard; the Sheriff’s PRCA Rodeo (San Bernardino, Calif.), with Daylan Frost; Laramie (Wyo.) Jubilee Days, with Dakota Kirchenschlager and the Mountain Valley Stampede (Heber City, Utah), with Mike Beers. Finished 21st in the world standings with $50,001 ★ ★ 2011: (Partner Cory Petska) Won Round 1 of the Wrangler NFR and placed in six other rounds to rank sixth in the average. Won the NewMexico State Fair Rodeo (Albuquerque); the Farm-City ProRodeo (Hermiston, Ore.); theWar Bonnet Roundup Rodeo (Idaho Falls, Idaho); the Safford (Ariz.) ProRodeo and the SheridanWYO Rodeo. Co-champion at the Roots N Boots ProRodeo (Queen Creek, Ariz.). Finished third in the world standings with $159,706 ★ ★ 2010: (Partner Randon Adams)Won the DodgeWilderness Circuit Finals Rodeo (Ogden, Utah); co-champion at the Fiesta Days Rodeo (Spanish Fork, Utah) and the Southwestern International PRCA Rodeo (El Paso, Texas). Won the Clovis (Calif.) Rodeo, with Allen Bach. Finished 18th in the world standings with $55,340 ★ ★ 2009: (Partner Rhen Richard) Won the Guymon (Okla.) Pioneer Days Rodeo; the Ponoka (Alberta) Stampede; the Dodge Wilderness Circuit Finals Rodeo (Ogden, Utah); the Gooding (Idaho) Pro Rodeo; the Cassia County Fair & Rodeo (Burley, Idaho); co-champion at the Deseret Peak PRCA Stampede (Tooele, Utah). Finished 21st in the world standings with $48,665 ★ ★ 2008: (Partner Randon Adams) Won Round 9 of the Wrangler NFR and finished second in three additional rounds to rank sixth in the average en route to his second world championship with event-record earnings of $189,568. Won the River City Roundup (Omaha, Neb.); the Fort Worth (Texas) Stock Show and Rodeo; the Clark County Fair & Rodeo (Logandale, Nev.); the Molalla (Ore.) Buckeroo Rodeo; the Oakley Independence Day Rodeo (Oakley City, Utah); the Lincoln County Fair & Rodeo (Afton, Wyo.) and That Famous Preston (Idaho) Night Rodeo; co-champion at the War Bonnet Roundup (Idaho Falls, Idaho). Finished first in the Wilderness Circuit year-end standings ★ ★ 2007: (Partner Randon Adams) Won That Famous Preston (Idaho) Night Rodeo and the Dodge Wilderness Circuit Finals Rodeo (Ogden, Utah). Finished 17th in the world standings with $47,678 ★ ★ 2006: (PartnerWaltWoodard)Was the regular-season leader with $93,075 and won his first world title after placing in six rounds and ranking fifth in the average at theWrangler NFR withWoodard for a total of $152,251. He shared the world title with Allen Bach, who won the most money among team roping heelers for the 2006 season. Won The Qualifier at the Fort (Fort Collins, Colo.); the ProRodeo Tour Summer Finale (Omaha, Neb.); the Norco (Calif.)

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