2020 Media Guide - PRORODEO Cowboys

2019 ProRodeo Top Cowboys (continued)

Michael Otero

Tie-down Roping

Event:

14th 11th

2019 world standings place: 2019 Wrangler NFR standings place: 2019 Wrangler NFR earnings:

$18,462 $116,155 $537,019

2019 earnings: Career earnings:

March 29, 1982, Miami, Fla.

Born:

Foley, Ala.

Residence: Joined PRCA: World titles:

2003

0

1 (2019)

Wrangler NFR qualifications:

Odessa (Texas) College and Troy (Ala.) University, majoring in general business

Education:

Professional 2019 Highlights ★ Finished 14th in the world standings with $116,155. He placed in two rounds at his firstWrangler NFR, finishing 11th in the average after earning $18,462 ★ Won RodeoHouston (Texas) ★ Won the San Angelo (Texas) Rodeo ★ Won the NorthTexas (Denton) State Fair & Rodeo ★ Won theThree Rivers Shrine Club Championship Rodeo (Poplar Bluff, Mo.) Career Highlights ★ 2018: Won the Mesquite (Texas) Championship Rodeo, June 9th, the Mesquite (Texas) Championship Rodeo, June 23rd, the Mesquite (Texas) Championship Rodeo, July 21, the Mesquite (Texas) Championship Rodeo, July 28 and the Mesquite (Texas) Championship Rodeo, Aug. 18. Co-champion at the Lawton (Okla.) Rangers Rodeo ★ 2017: Won the Will Rogers Stampede (Claremore, Okla). Finished 34th in the world standings with $46,536 ★ 2016: Won the 136th Silver Spurs Rodeo (Kissimmee, Fla.), the Canby (Ore) Rodeo and the Wrangler Champion Challenge presented by Justin Boots (Spanish Fork, Utah). Finished 23rd in the world standings with $54,755 ★ 2015: Won the Reno (Nev.) Rodeo, the Southeastern Livestock Exposition (Montgomery, Ala.), and the Beef Empire Days PRCA Rodeo (Garden City, Kan.). Finished 19th in the world standings with $64,861 ★ 2014: Won the New Mexico State Fair & Rodeo (Albuquerque); the Homestead (Fla.) Championship Rodeo; the MidWinter Fair & Rodeo (Lafayette, La.) and the Georgia National Livestock Show & Rodeo (Perry). Co-champion at the 132nd Silver Spurs Rodeo (Kissimmee, Fla.). Finished 36th in the world standings with $33,237 ★ 2013: Won the 3 Bar A Rodeo (Tuscumbia, Ala.); finished 80th in the world standings with $13,659 ★ 2012: Won the Pikes Peak or Bust Rodeo Days (Colorado Springs, Colo.) and the North Carolina Mountain State Fair PRCA Rodeo (Fletcher, N.C.). Finished 55th in the world standings with $23,598 ★ 2011: Won the Sikeston (Mo.) Jaycee Bootheel Rodeo; the Southwestern International PRCA Rodeo (El Paso, Texas) and the Louisiana Southern Fried PRCA Rodeo (West Monroe, La.). Won the all-around and the tie-down roping at the Goliad County Fair PRCA Rodeo (Goliad, Texas). Finished 29th in the world standings with $32,732 ★ 2010: Did not compete ★ 2009: Won the Southeastern Livestock Expo Rodeo (Montgomery, Ala.) and co-champion at the Greater Gulf State Fair ProRodeo (Mobile, Ala.); finished 71st in the world standings with $16,388 ★ 2008: Earned $13,161 over Cowboy Christmas, finishing second at the Lehi (Utah) Roundup, sharing first place in a round with Josh Peek and Tyson Durfey at the Reno (Nev.) Rodeo, sharing third in the average at the Cody (Wyo.) Stampede and finishing third in a round at the Greeley (Colo.) Stampede. Finished 29th in the world tie-down roping standings with $41,406 ★ 2007: Won the Black Hills Stock Show & Rodeo (Rapid City, S.D.) and the Cattlemen’s Days (Gunnison, Colo.) ★ Won the Stockyards Championship (FortWorth,Texas) July 26-27 ★ Co-champion at theMesquite (Texas) Championship Rodeo, Aug. 17

Rodeo. Finished 42nd in the world standings with $28,455 ★ 2005: Finished 57th in the world standings with $18,653 Amateur Competed for Odessa (Texas) College and Troy (Ala.) University rodeo teams Personal

6-2, 195 …wife, barrel racer Carlee Pierce-Otero, a three-time qualifier for the Wrangler NFR; sons, Houston Rey (born, Nov. 2, 2019); Kale and daughters, Jacy and Makala … Father, Rey, is a plant manager for Alabama Steel and mother Linda (deceased) worked in the Department of Industrial Relations for the State of Alabama, in Montgomery; brother Peter lives in Atlanta … A fishing enthusiast, he has engaged in deep sea, freshwater and

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