2018 PRCA Media Guide

Top ProRodeo Cowboys Bios

= competed at the 2017 Clem McSpadden National Finals Steer Roping

= competed at the 2017 Wrangler National Finals Rodeo

Event Abbreviations

AA BB

BR SR

TR SB TD

All-Around

Bull Riding Steer Roping

Team Roping

Saddle Bronc Riding Tie-Down Roping

Bareback Riding SW Steer Wrestling

Tanner Aus

Bareback riding

Event:

3rd 5th

2017 world standings place: 2017 NFR standings place:

$99,058 $235,715 $734,778

2017 NFR earnings: 2017 earnings: Career earnings:

June 4, 1990, in Granite Falls, Minn.

Born:

Granite Falls, Minn.

Residence: Joined PRCA: World titles:

2010

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3 (2015-17)

Wrangler NFR qualifications:

4 (2011-12, 2015-16)

RNCFR qualifications:

Iowa Central Community College (Fort Dodge, Iowa) andMissouriValley College (Marshall, Mo.)

Education:

Professional 2017 Highlights ★ ★ Won Rodeo Austin (Texas)

★ ★ Won the Fallon County Fair & Rodeo (Baker, Mont.) ★ ★ Won the Buffalo (Minn.) Championship PRCA Rodeo ★ ★ Won the Hamel (Minn.) Rodeo & Bull Ridin’Bonanza ★ ★ Won the Airdrie (Alberta) Pro Rodeo ★ ★ Won (Sidney) Iowa’s Championship Rodeo ★ ★ Won the Richland County Fair & Rodeo (Sidney, Mont.) ★ ★ Won the Bowman (N.D.) County Pro Rodeo ★ ★ Won the Range Days Rodeo (Rapid City, S.D.) ★ ★ Co-champion at the Sitting Bull Stampede (Mobridge, S.D.) ★ ★ Co-champion at the Minnesota (St. Paul) Horse Exposition Rodeo Career Highlights

★ ★ 2016: Won Rounds 1 and 9, split the win in Round 3, and placed in six total rounds at the Wrangler NFR where he placed 10th in the average. Finished fifth in the world standings with $213,152. Won the Snake River Stampede (Nampa, Idaho), the PRCA Championship Rodeo (Fargo, N.D.), the Minnesota (St. Paul) Horse Exposition Rodeo, the Franklin (Tenn.) Rodeo, the American Royal Rodeo (Kansas City, Mo.), the Crystal Springs Rodeo (Clear Lake, S.D.), the American Heroes PRCA Rodeo (Hawley, Minn.), the Jackson County Pro Rodeo (Bellevue, Iowa), theWestern Fest Stampede Rodeo (Granite Falls, Minn.) and the Adrian Foote Memorial (Newtown, N.D.). Co-champion at the Lexington (Ky.) Rodeo, the Sioux Empire Fair Rodeo (Sioux Falls, S.D.) and the Wrangler Champions Challenge presented by Justin Boots (Kissimmee, Fla.) ★ ★ 2015: Placed in three rounds at his firstWrangler NFR, including a split of the Round 10 win with an 83.5-point ride. Won Cheyenne (Wyo.) Frontier Days, the Fallon County Fair & Rodeo (Baker, Mont.), the American Heroes PRCA Rodeo (Hawley, Minn.), theWisconsin River ProRodeo (Merrill), the Jackson County ProRodeo (Bellevue, Iowa), the Adrian Foote Memorial (Newtown, N.D.), the Linn County Fair PRCA Rodeo, (Marshall, Minn.) and the RAM Great Lake Circuit Finals Rodeo (Louisville, Ky.). Co-champion at the SheridanWYO Rodeo, and the PRCA Championship Rodeo (Fargo, N.D.). Finished sixth in the world standings with $83,756 ★ ★ 2014: Won the Roughrider Days Rodeo (Dickinson, N.D.), the American Heroes PRCA Rodeo (Hawley, Minn.) and the Pine City (Minn.) Championship PRCA Rodeo. Co-champion at Kansas’Largest Night Rodeo (Pretty Prairie), the Edgewood (Iowa) Days PRCA Rodeo and the Jackson County ProRodeo (Bellevue, Iowa). Finished 40th in the world

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