2018 PRCA Media Guide

2017 ProRodeo Top Cowboys (continued)

J.D. Struxness

Steer wrestling

Event:

7th 4th

2017 world standings place: 2017 NFR standings place:

$109,479 $185,921 $458,067

2017 NFR earnings: 2017 earnings: Career earnings:

Nov. 6, 1994, inWilmer, Minn.

Born:

Appleton, Minn.

Residence: Joined PRCA: World titles:

2014

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2 (2016-17)

Wrangler NFR qualifications:

1 (2016)

RNCFR qualifications:

Missouri Valley College (Marshall, Mo.) and NorthwesternOklahoma State University (Alva)

Education:

Professional 2017 Highlights ★ ★ Won the Beef Empire Days PRCA Rodeo (Garden City, Kan.) Career Highlights

★ ★ 2016: Won Rounds 4, 5, and 10, split the win in Round 3 and placed in six rounds of theWrangler NFR to rank 12th in the average. Finished fourth in the world standings with $213,218. Won Cheyenne (Wyo.) Frontier Days; Won the Lewiston (Idaho) Roundup, the Lawton (Okla.) Rangers Rodeo, the Tri-State Rodeo (Fort Madison, Iowa) and the Hamel (Minn.) Rodeo & Bull Ridin Bonanza. Co-champion at the (Albuquerque) NewMexico State Fair & Rodeo and the Lea County Fair & PRCA Rodeo (Lovington, N.M.) ★ ★ 2015: Won the Justin Boots Playoffs (Puyallup, Wash.), the Santa Rosa Roundup (Vernon, Texas) and the Oregon Trail Rodeo (Hastings, Neb.). Co-champion at the XIT Rodeo & Reunion (Dalhart, Texas). Finished 19th in the world standings with $55,450 ★ ★ 2014: Won the Crazy Horse (S.D.) Stampede, theWill Rogers Memorial Rodeo (Vinita, Okla.) and the Longford (Kan.) Rodeo; earned $7,268 on his permit and qualified for the PRCA Permit Challenge in Las Vegas, Nev. Amateur Qualified for the National High School Finals Rodeo four times as a tie-down roper and three times as a steer wrestler. Qualified for the College National Finals Rodeo in 2013 while at Missouri Valley College Personal 6-2, 240 … Single … Father, Dan, is a feed mill manager; mother, Missy, works at the Johnson Memorial Healthcare Clinic (Dawson, Minn.); sisters, Kacey and Lauren, competed in college rodeo at Missouri Valley College … Given name is James Daniel Struxness, but has always gone by J.D … Graduated from Lac Qui Parle Valley High School (Madison, Minn.) in 2012, where he played fullback and middle linebacker in football and wrestled; he finished second in the state meet as a junior and senior, one spot better than his father had done during his high school career … Enjoys pheasant and goose hunting and hanging out with his friends … Favorite rodeo is Cheyenne (Wyo.) Frontier Days … Favorite kind of music is old-time country … Favorite meal is steak and potatoes

PRORODEO COWBOYS

Clint Summers

Team roping

Event:

19th

2017 world standings place:

$51,647 $195,392

2017 earnings: Career earnings:

Aug. 24, 1991, in Lake City, Fla.

Born:

Lake City, Fla.

Residence: Joined PRCA: World titles:

2012

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Wrangler NFR qualifications:

1 (2012)

RNCFR qualifications:

Professional 2017 Highlights

★ ★ Won the Washington State Fair Pro Rodeo (Puyallup) with Hayes Smith ★ ★ Won the 138th Silver Spurs Rodeo (Kissimmee, Fla.), with Cory Clark ★ ★ Won the all-around and team roping at the Wide Open Rodeo (Fort Pierce, Fla.), with Cory Clark ★ ★ Won the all-around and team roping at the Davie (Fla.) Pro Rodeo, with Cory Clark ★ ★ Won the (Phillipsburg) Kansas’Biggest Rodeo, with Tyler Wade ★ ★ Won the Parker County Sherriff’s Posse Frontier Days and PRCA Rodeo (Weatherford, Texas), with Tyler Wade ★ ★ Won the Flagstaff (Ariz.) Pro Rodeo, with Tyler Wade

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