2018 PRCA Media Guide

Jake Wright

Saddle bronc riding

Event:

8th 6th

2017 world standings place: 2017 NFR standings place:

$76,705 $168,450 $1,018,641

2017 NFR earnings: 2017 earnings: Career earnings:

June 21, 1989, in Milford, Utah

Born:

Milford, Utah

Residence: Joined PRCA: World titles:

2009

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6 (2012-17) 4 (2012-15) 2 (2013-14)

Wrangler NFR qualifications: Tour Finale qualifications:

RNCFR qualifications:

Western Texas College (Snyder)

Education:

Professional 2017 Highlights

★ ★ Won the (Pueblo) Colorado State Fair & Rodeo ★ ★ Won the Farm-City Rodeo (Hermiston, Ore.) ★ ★ Won the Southwestern Exposition and Livestock Show (Fort Worth, Texas) ★ ★ Won the Wrangler Champions Challenge presented by Justin Boots (Grand Island, Neb.) ★ ★ Won the Lakeside (Calif.) Rodeo Career Highlights

★ ★ 2016: Placed in four rounds to rank eighth at the Wrangler NFR. Finished eighth in the world standings with $166,818.Won the Southwestern Exposition and Livestock Show (FortWorth,Texas), the (Albuquerque) NewMexico State Fair & Rodeo, the Horse Heaven Round-up Wrangler Champions Challenge presented by Justin Boots (Kennewick, Wash.), the Rio Grande Valley Livestock Show and Rodeo (Mercedes, Texas) and the Mother Lode Round-Up (Sonora, Calif.).Won the all-around and saddle bronc riding at the Salmon (Idaho) Stampede PRCA Rodeo and the Evanston (Wyo) Cowboy Days Inc. Co-champion at the Horse Heaven Round-Up (Kennewick, Wash.) and the Dixie National Rodeo (Jackson, Miss) ★ ★ 2015: Placed in four rounds to rank third in the average at theWrangler NFR.Won the Rancho MissionViejo Rodeo (San Juan Capistrano, Calif.), the Wrangler Champions Challenges (Kissimmee, Fla. and Pueblo, Colo.), the Molalla (Ore.) Buckeroo Rodeo, the Home of Champions Rodeo (Red Lodge, Mont.), the Lehi (Utah) Round-Up, theTri-State Rodeo (Fort Madison, Iowa), the Red Desert Roundup (Rock Springs, Wyo.), the Marysville (Calif.) Stampede. Co-champion at the Oakdale (Calif.) Saddle Club Rodeo and the Kern County Sheriff Reserve Stampede Days Rodeo (Bakersfield, Calif.). Finished ninth in the world standings with $136,462 ★ ★ 2014: Won Round 6 of the Wrangler NFR and placed in five additional rounds to finish third in the average and jump from 14th to fifth in the world standings with $155,420. Won the Livingston (Mont.) Roundup; the Santa Maria (Calif.) Elks Rodeo; the Days of the Old West Rodeo (Delta, Utah); the West of the Pecos (Texas) Rodeo; the Lehi (Utah) Roundup; the Norco (Calif.) Mounted Posse Rodeo and the GemState Classic ProRodeo Series (Blackfoot, Idaho). Co-champion at the Daniel Dopps Memorial RAM PRCA Rodeo (Mountain Home, Idaho) ★ ★ 2013: Won Rounds 1, 4, 7 and 8 at the Wrangler NFR to earn an event-best $106,270 and advance from seventh place to second in the final world standings with $194,365. Won the Pendleton (Ore.) Round-Up; the St. Paul (Ore.) Rodeo; the Strawberry Days Rodeo (Pleasant Grove, Utah); the Livingston (Mont.) Roundup; the Evanston (Wyo.) Cowboy Days and the Summit County Fair & Rodeo (Coalville, Utah). Co-champion at the Lea County Fair & PRCA Rodeo (Lovington, N.M.); theWorld’s Oldest Rodeo (Prescott, Ariz.) and the Gem State Classic ProRodeo (Blackfoot, Idaho) ★ ★ 2012: Shared the win in Round 2 and 3 of the Wrangler NFR; placed in two other rounds to advance from eighth to sixth in the final world standings with $125,840.Won the RAMWilderness Circuit Finals Rodeo (Heber City, Utah); the Redding (Calif.) Rodeo; the CentralWyoming Fair & PRCA Rodeo (Casper); the Cassia County Fair & Rodeo (Burley, Idaho); the Industry (Calif.) Hills Charity ProRodeo; the Navajo Nation Fourth of July PRCA Rodeo (Window Rock, Ariz.); the Caribou County Fair & Rodeo (Grace, Idaho) and the Norco (Calif.) Mounted Posse Rodeo. Co-champion at the Larimer County Fair & Rodeo (Loveland, Colo.) and the Evanston (Wyo.) Cowboy Days. ★ ★ 2011: Missed theWrangler NFR field by $85 to 2009World Champion Jesse Kruse.Won the Pikes Peak or Bust Rodeo (Colorado Springs, Colo.) and the St. George (Utah) Lions Dixie Round-up. Won all-around and saddle bronc riding at the Barstow (Calif.) Boys & Girls Club PRCA Rodeo. Co-champion at the Cache County Fair and Rodeo (Logan, Utah). Finished 16th in the world standings with $44,056 ★ ★ 2010: Won the Wendy Wood Memorial (Cedar City, Utah); the Sanders County Fair & PRCA Rodeo (Plains, Mont.) and the Barstow (Calif.) Boys & Girls Club Rodeo. Finished 47th in the world standings with $19,042 Amateur Won the saddle bronc riding at the National High School Finals Rodeo, 2007. During his one year at Western Texas College he won the National College Finals Rodeo all-around title and was the Southwest Region champion in saddle bronc riding Personal 5-9, 170 …Wife, Loni … Father, Bill, is a rancher and works in the concrete business; mother, Evelyn, is a school

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