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2017 ProRodeo Top Cowboys (continued) ★ ★ Won the Kit Carson County Fair & Rodeo (Burlington, Colo.) ★ ★ Co-champion at the Santa Maria (Calif.) Elks Rodeo Career Highlights

★ ★ 2016: (Partner Jake Long) Won Rounds 2 and 6 and placed in six rounds to rank sixth at the Wrangler NFR. Won the Sheridan WYO Rodeo, the Wrangler Champions Challenge presented by Justin Boots (Rapid City, S.D. and Kennewick, Wash.), the Fallon County Fair & Rodeo (Baker, Mont.), the Kitsap Stampede (Bremerton, Wash.), the Fort Herriman (Utah) PRCA Rodeo, the Cody (Wyo.) Stampede, the Lea County Fair & PRCA Rodeo (Lovington, N.M.) and the Inter-State Rodeo (Coffeyville, Kan.). Co-champion at the Livingston (Mont.) Roundup. Finished third in the world standings with $228,436 ★ ★ 2015: (Partner Kollin VonAhn) Won Round 8 and placed in five other rounds at the Wrangler NFR to win his third Wrangler NFR average title and miss his first world title by less than $3,000. Won Cheyenne (Wyo.) Frontier Days, The Days of ‘47 Rodeo (Salt Lake City, Utah) and the Nacogdoches (Texas) Pro Rodeo & Steer Show ★ ★ 2014: (Partner Kollin VonAhn) Won Round 4 of the Wrangler NFR in a time of 3.6 seconds. Won the Wrangler Champions Challenge (Spanish Fork, Utah) and the Pasadena (Texas) Livestock Show & Rodeo. Co-champion at the Justin Boots Playoffs (Puyallup, Wash.). Finished 15th in world standings with $92,065 ★ ★ 2013: (Partner KollinVonAhn) Placed in six rounds of theWrangler NFR to claim the average title and an event-best $91,797. Finished second in the world standings with total earnings of $171,159. Won the Wrangler Champions Challenge (Amarillo,Texas), withMartin Lucero.Won the Spanish Fork (Utah) Fiesta Days Rodeo, the Lawton (Okla.) Rangers Rodeo, the Nacogdoches (Texas) Pro Rodeo & Steer Show, the Santa Rosa Roundup (Vernon, Texas) and the MH Henry Pro Rodeo (Bowie,Texas). Co-champion at the Stephenville (Texas) Cowboy Capital Pro Rodeo, with Travis Graves and at the Wild Bill Hickok Rodeo (Abilene, Kan.) ★ ★ 2012: (Partner Martin Lucero) Won Round 4 of the Wrangler NFR in 4.0 seconds and placed in one other round. Won the Justin Boots Championships (Omaha, Neb.), the Bell County PRCA Rodeo (Belton,Texas) and the Mesquite (Texas) ProRodeo Series. Co-champion at the Southwestern International PRCA Rodeo (El Paso,Texas), the Dinosaur Roundup Rodeo (Vernal, Utah) and the Glen Rose (Texas) PRCA Rodeo. Finished ninth in the world standings with $122,301 ★ ★ 2011: (Partner Martin Lucero) Won Round 4 of the Wrangler NFR with a time of 4.3 seconds and placed in four other rounds. Finished 10th in the world standings with $122,334.Won the RAMTexas Circuit Finals Rodeo (Waco), the Cowboy Capital of the World PRCA Rodeo (Stephenville, Texas), the Hugo (Okla.) PRCA Rodeo, the Dinosaur Roundup Rodeo (Vernal, Utah), the Laramie (Wyo.) Jubilee Days with Cole Davison ★ ★ 2010: (Partner Martin Lucero) Placed in five of 10 rounds, including a win in Round 2, en route to theWrangler NFR average title. Finished third in the world standings with $170,370.Won theWest of the Pecos Rodeo (Pecos,Texas), the Silverton (Texas) BuckWild Days Rodeo, the Fort Bend County Fair and Rodeo (Rosenberg,Texas), Rodeo Killeen (Texas) and the Big Spring (Texas) Cowboy Reunion & Rodeo. Co-champion at the Chief Joseph Days Rodeo (Joseph, Ore.) ★ ★ 2009: (Partner Martin Lucero) Placed in six rounds of the Wrangler NFR to finish second in the average and in the world standings with total earnings of $181,740. Won the Heartland ProRodeo Championships (Waco, Texas), the Clark County Fair & Rodeo (Logandale, Nev.), the New Mexico State Fair and Rodeo (Albuquerque), the Canton (Texas) Stampede Rodeo and (Sidney) Iowa’s Championship Rodeo ★ ★ 2008: Placed in seven of 10 rounds of the Wrangler NFR, with Jade Corkill. (Partner Monty Joe Petska) Won the Pendleton (Ore.) Round-Up and finished second in the average at the San Angelo (Texas) Stock Show and Rodeo, earning a season-best $9,745 after clocking the fastest time of the rodeo at 4.1 seconds to win the third round and also placed in another round. Co-champion at the San Bernardino (Calif.) Sheriff’s PRCA Rodeo ★ ★ 2007: Won the Canby (Ore.) Rodeo and the West Texas Fair & Rodeo (Abilene), with Allen Bach; won the Cowboy Capital of theWorld Pro Rodeo (Stephenville), withYork Gill, won the Rusk County PRCA Rodeo (Henderson,Texas) and was co-champion at the Southwest Arkansas District Livestock Show & Rodeo (Hope), with Arky Rogers. Qualified for the first two legs (Caldwell, Idaho, and Puyallup, Wash.) of the Tour Playoffs; finished 37thin the final heading standings with $30,038 ★ ★ 2005: (Partner Nick Simmons) Won La Fiesta de los Vaqueros (Tucson, Ariz.); finished 31st in the world heading standings with $23,278 ★ ★ 2001: Won the Clark County Fair & Rodeo (Logandale, Nev.) and the Beef Empire Days PRCA Rodeo (Garden City, Kan.), with Mickey Gomez. Won the SandHills Stock Show & Rodeo (Odessa, Texas), with Chad Spillers Amateur Qualified for the National High School Finals Rodeo twice in steer wrestling, tie-down roping and team roping. He won six South Carolina state titles, claiming two titles in the all-around, team roping and tie-down roping Personal 5-8, 160 …Wife Lacy (married Nov. 5, 2011); daughter, Libby … His given name is Luke Swann Brown III. His parents, Luke Jr. and Debbie, own and operate a construction company in Rock Hill, S.C., located about a half hour south of Charlotte. Luke’s brothers, Jay and Cody, also work for the company … Although his home is in South Carolina, Brown has a place in Stephenville, Texas, just down the road from 2007 and 2012 World Team Roping (Heading) Champion Chad Masters … Enjoys fishing, reading the Bible, all types of music, eating at Outback Steakhouse and any Italian food … Roped with four-time World Champion Team Roper Allen Bach during the second half of the 2007 season and called the experience“the greatest thing that’s ever happened to me”… Lists Jake Barnes, Speed Williams, Chad Masters and Bach as his major influences … Brown’s 2008 appearance in Las Vegas made him the first contestant from South Carolina to qualify for the Wrangler NFR since steer wrestler Charles Thompson in 1977

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