2018 PRCA Media Guide

Mounted Posse Rodeo; the Caldwell (Idaho) Night Rodeo; theWar Bonnet Roundup Rodeo (Idaho Falls, Idaho); the Big Sky Pro Rodeo Roundup (Great Falls, Mont.); the Greeley (Colo.) Independence Stampede; theWrangler ProRodeo Tour Round and average titles at the San Antonio (Texas) Stock Show and Rodeo and the Dixie National Rodeo (Jackson, Miss.). Won the Williams (Ariz.) Labor Day PRCA Rodeo, with Dylan Frost ★ ★ 2005: Won the RAM Dodge National Circuit Finals Rodeo (Pocatello, Idaho), with Rube Woolsey; won the San Bernardino (Calif.) Sheriff’s PRCA Rodeo, withTravisWoodard, and the Cache County Fair and Rodeo (Logan, Mont.), with Jett Hillman. Finished 26th in the world with $28,155 Awards Horse Nicks Rocket Rojo (Nickolas) named AQHA Team Roping Heading Horse of the Year, 2006 Personal 6-1, 175 …Wife, Kim; daughters, Megan, Jessica, Aubrie and Ashlie; sons, Cody, Logan and Porter … Hobbies include playing basketball and roping with his kids … Got involved in rodeo through his family. Parents are Bill and Marci, and he has four brothers – Steve, Dole, Kit and J.C. – and 2000 World Champion Bull Rider Cody Hancock is his first cousin … Owned a flooring and tile company in Queen Creek, Ariz., for 10 years before he sold it to hit the rodeo trail full time in 2006 … Favorite food is his wife’s beef, potatoes and gravy, followed by Costco pepperoni pizza

Matt Shiozawa

Tie-down roping

Event:

13th 13th

2017 world standings place: 2017 NFR standings place:

$41,731 $135,094 $1,980,908

2017 NFR earnings: 2017 earnings: Career earnings:

May 3, 1980, in Pocatello, Idaho

Born:

Chubbuck, Idaho

Residence: Joined PRCA: World titles:

1999

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10 (2005-07, 2009, 2011-12, 2014-17)

Wrangler NFR qualifications: Wrangler NFR average titles: Tour Finale qualifications:

1 (2011)

8

2005-06

Winter: Summer:

2002, 2006

2005-06, 2012, 2014 4 (2008, 2012-13, 2017) 9 (2008-13, 2015-17)

Championship: RNCFR titles:

RNCFR qualifications:

Vernon (Texas) Regional Junior College

Education:

Professional 2017 Highlights ★ ★ Won the RAM National Circuit Finals Rodeo (Kissimmee, Fla.)

★ ★ Won the Snake River Stampede (Nampa, Idaho) ★ ★ Won the Williams Lake (British Columbia) Stampede ★ ★ Won the Fort Herriman PRCA Rodeo (Herriman, Utah) ★ ★ Won the Poway (Calif.) Rodeo ★ ★ Won the Lincoln County Fair Rodeo (Afton, Wyo.) ★ ★ Won the Northwest Montana Fair and Rodeo (Kalispell) ★ ★ Won the all-around and tie-down roping at the Dixie Roundup (St. George, Utah) Career Highlights

★ ★ 2016: Won Round 7 and placed in five rounds to rank 10th at theWrangler NFR. Finished ninth in the world standings with $161,281. Won the RAMWilderness Circuit Finals Rodeo (Heber City, Utah), the Walla Walla (Wash.) Frontier Days, the Lynden (Wash.) PRCA Rodeo, Won the Jasper (Alberta) Heritage Pro Rodeo, Won the Evanston (Wyo.) Cowboy Days Inc. and the Nicola Valley Pro Rodeo (Merritt, British Columbia). Co-champion at the Oakley Independence Day Rodeo (Oakley City, Utah) ★ ★ 2015: Won Round 7 and placed in three other rounds to rank third at theWrangler NFR.Won theWrangler Champions Challenges (Kissimmee, Fla. and Redding, Calif.); the Home of Champions Rodeo (Red Lodge, Mont.); the Waller County Fair & Rodeo (Hempstead,Texas); the RAMWilderness Circuit Finals Rodeo (Heber City, Utah); the LasVegas (Nev.) Elks Helldorado Days; the Grand Prairie (Alberta) Stompede; That Famous Preston (Idaho) Night Rodeo; the Jasper (Alberta) Heritage Rodeo and Utah’s Own Rodeo (Salt Lake City). Co-champion at the Rancho Mission Viejo Rodeo (San Juan Capistrano, Calif.); the Cody (Wyo.) Stampede Champions Challenge; the Big Sky ProRodeo Roundup (Great Falls, Mont.) and the Colorado State Fair & Rodeo (Pueblo). Finished third in the world standings with $216,835 ★ ★ 2014: Shared wins in Rounds 6 and 8 of theWrangler NFR and placed in three additional rounds en route to finishing third in the average and third in the final world standings with $199,888. Won the Horse Heaven Round-up (Kennewick, Wash.); the Grande Prairie (Alberta) Stompede; the Home of Champions Rodeo (Red Lodge, Mont.); the Last Chance Stampede (Helena, Mont.); the Big Sky ProRodeo Roundup (Great Falls, Mont.);That Famous Preston (Idaho) Night Rodeo; the MountainValley Stampede (Heber City, Utah); the Golden Spike Rodeo (Tremonton, Utah);

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