2018 PRCA Media Guide

2017 ProRodeo Top Cowboys (continued) teacher … Jake is the twin brother of Jesse Wright, they are the eighth and ninth of 13 children … Brothers Cody, Jesse, Alex and Spencer are also PRCA saddle bronc riders …The Wrights broke new ground in 2014 when four of them (Jesse, Jake, Cody and Spencer) all qualified for the NFR in the same year … A documentary crew from Southern Utah University followed Cody’s quest for a world title in 2008 and produced the DVD Born To Ride. The SUU crew was back in 2014 to do a piece on the four Wright brothers in Wrangler NFR competition … Favorite rodeos are San Antonio, Spanish Fork, Utah, and Ogden, Utah … Favorite sports teams are the New England Patriots and the Green Bay Packers … Steak and mashed potatoes are his favorite foods … Likes to draw, hunt deer and elk and go fishing …Was a Utah high school wrestling champion in the 145-pound weight class … Also played football and baseball … Favorite musicians are George Strait and Alan Jackson … Exercises 45 minutes to an hour per day with a focus on running, sit-ups, push-ups and pull-ups … Favorite movie is“Gladiator”… Enjoys playing the video game“Big Buck Hunter”

Jesse Wright

Saddle bronc riding

Event:

15th 15th

2017 world standings place: 2017 NFR standings place:

$32,423 $109,053 $1,272,933

2017 NFR earnings: 2017 earnings: Career earnings:

June 21, 1989, in St. George, Utah

Born:

Milford, Utah

Residence: Joined PRCA: World titles:

2008

1 (2012)

7 (2010-14, 2016-17)

Wrangler NFR qualifications: Wrangler NFR average titles:

1 (2011) 1 (2012)

Tour Finale titles:

5 (2010-14) 2 (2010-11)

Tour Finale qualifications:

RNCFR titles:

6 (2010-13, 2015-16)

RNCFR qualifications:

College of Southern Idaho (Twin Falls)

Education:

Professional 2017 Highlights ★ ★ Won the Cody (Wyo.) Stampede ★ ★ Won the Dinosaur Roundup Rodeo (Vernal, Utah) ★ ★ Won the Lehi (Utah) Roundup ★ ★ Won the Evanston (Wyo.) Cowboy Days Inc.

★ ★ Won the Kit Carson County Fair & Rodeo (Burlington, Colo.) ★ ★ Won the San Luis Valley Ski-Hi Stampede (Monte Vista, Colo.) ★ ★ Won the Harrison (Ark.) PRCA Rodeo Career Highlights

PRORODEO COWBOYS

★ ★ 2016: Placed in four rounds to rank seventh at theWrangler NFR. Finished 10th in the world standings with $150,424. Won the RAMWilderness Circuit Finals Rodeo (Heber City, Utah), the Pendleton (Ore.) Round-Up, the Jesse Andrus & Mike Hillman Memorial (Roswell, N.M.), the Eagle (Idaho) Rodeo, the Lehi (Utah) Roundup, the Golden Spike Rodeo (Tremonton, Utah) and the Poway (Calif.) Rodeo. Co-champion at the Horse Heaven Round-Up (Kennewick, Wash.) ★ ★ 2015: Won the Rodeo of the Ozarks (Springdale, Ark.), the Wrangler Champions Challenge (Scottsdale, Ariz.), the Pony Express Rodeo (Eagle Mountain, Utah), the Desertview ProRodeo (Castle Dale, Utah), the Omak (Wash.) Stampede and the Evanston (Wyo.) Cowboy Days Inc. Co-champion at the Summit County Fair & Rodeo (Coalville, Utah). Finished 19th in the world standings with $53,769 ★ ★ 2014: Placed in four rounds to rank fourth at the Wrangler NFR. Won the RAM Wilderness Circuit Finals Rodeo (Heber City, Utah); theWrangler Champions Challenge Finale (Omaha, Neb.); California Rodeo Salinas; the Amarillo (Texas) Tri-State Fair & Rodeo and the Summit County Fair & Rodeo (Coalville, Utah). Co-champion at the Redding (Calif.) Rodeo; the Rotary Rodeo (Starkville, Miss.) and the Daniel Dopps Memorial RAM PRCA Rodeo (Mountain Home, Idaho). Finished eighth in the world standings with $134,502 ★ ★ 2013: Won Round 6 of the Wrangler NFR and placed in three other rounds to rank 10th in the average; finished eighth in the world standings with $146,110. Won theWrangler Champions Challenge (Amarillo, Texas); California Rodeo Salinas; the Lewiston (Idaho) Round-Up; the Oakdale (Calif.) Saddle Club Rodeo; the Colorado State Fair & Rodeo (Pueblo); the Santa Maria (Calif.) Elks Rodeo; the Crooked River Roundup (Prineville, Ore.); the Pony Express Days Rodeo (Eagle Mountain, Utah); the Red Desert Roundup (Rock Springs, Wyo.); the Daniel Dopps Memorial RAMPRCA Rodeo (Mountain Home, Idaho); the Eagle (Colo.) County Fair & Rodeo; the Davis County Fair (Farmington, Utah) and the St. George (Utah) Lions Dixie Roundup. Co-champion at the Magic Valley Stampede (Filer, Idaho); the Norco (Calif.) Mounted Posse Rodeo and the Gem State Classic ProRodeo (Blackfoot, Idaho)

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