2020 Media Guide - PRORODEO Cowboys

2019 ProRodeo Top Cowboys (continued)

Amateur Won the Central Plains Region for college rodeo bareback riding in 2016. Won the national Little Britches Rodeo title for bareback riding in 2013 Personal 6-0, 165 … Single … Father, R.C. Patterson, competed in the PRCA as a bareback rider, bull riding, and team roping; mom, Joanna Patterson; sister, Kamrynn is the 2020 Little Britches Rodeo Queen … Graduated from Kim (Colo.) High School with a class of six students … Started competing in rodeo when he was 13 under his father’s influence … Favorite draws are Dirty Jacket andWilson Sanchez …Would like to draw Good Times Charlie or Scarlett’s Web … Favorite rodeo is RodeoHouston because it has a competitive atmosphere with a big arena and big crowd … Looks up to bareback rider Bobby Mote … Enjoys mountain biking and spending time with family, also helps on the family ranch … Listens to all types of music and is a fan of the“Rocky”movies

Rocky Patterson

Steer Roping

Event:

9th 13 th

2019 world standings place: 2019 NFSR standings place:

$26,098 $66,912

2019 NFSR earnings:

2019 earnings: Career earnings:

$1,521,415

Nov. 24, 1965, in Kiowa, Kan.

Born:

Pratt, Kan.

Residence: Joined PRCA: World titles:

1992

4 (2009-2010, 2012, 2016)

0

Wrangler NFR qualifications:

25 (1994-95, 1997-2019)

NFSR qualifications: NFSR average titles:

2 (1999, 2001)

Allen County Community College (Iola, Kan.), associate degree; Oklahoma Panhandle State University (Goodwell), bachelor’s degree

Education:

Professional 2019Highlights ★ Qualified for his 25th ClemMcSpadden National Finals Steer Roping. Finished 13th in the NFSR average and 9th in the world standings. Competedwith his son Cole for the first time at the 2019 NFSR ★ Won National National Circuit Finals Steer Roping inTorrington,Wyo. ★ Won the Coleman (Texas) PRCA Rodeo Career Highlights ★ 2018: Qualified for his 24th ClemMcSpadden NFSR and finished fourth in the world standings with $97,559. He placed third in the average with a 133.9-second time on nine head. He earned $34,333 at the NFSR.Won the Parker County Sheriff’s Posse Frontier Days and PRCA Rodeo (Weatherford,Texas), theWorld’s Oldest Rodeo (Prescott, Ariz.), the Catfish Stampede (Onida, S.D.) and the Linn County Fair & Rodeo (Mound City, Kan.) ★ 2017: Won the Lea County Fair & PRCA Rodeo (Lovington, N.M.), theYellowstone River Round-Up (Billings, Mont.) and the Apache (Okla.) Stampede; finished eighth in the world standings with $80,897. He placed sixth at the NFSR with an 82.5-second time on seven head and earned $31,550 at the NFSR ★ 2016: Placed in eight rounds to rank third at the ClemMcSpadden NFSR. Set a record for most earnings at a single NFSR with $70,651. Finished first in the world standings with $142,350, a record for most steer roping earnings in one season. Won the San Antonio (Texas) Stock Show& Rodeo, the SheridanWYO Rodeo, the Fallon County Fair & Rodeo (Baker, Mont.), the Parker County Sheriff’s Posse Frontier Days and Rodeo (Weatherford,Texas), theWill Rogers Stampede (Claremore, Okla.), the JourneyToThe Cross (Dodge City, Kan.) and the RAMPrairie Circuit Finals Rodeo (Duncan, Okla.) ★ 2015: Placed in three rounds at the ClemMcSpadden NFSR.Won the RAMPrairie Circuit Final (Duncan, Okla.), theWill Rogers Stampede (Claremore, Okla.), the Coleman (Texas) PRCA Rodeo, the Spokane 4th of July Steer Roping (Colbert, Wash.), and the Cushing (Okla.) Community Rodeo. Finished eighth in the world standings with $73,021 ★ 2014: Placed in four rounds of the ClemMcSpadden NFSR (Mulvane, Kan.).Won theWild,WildWest ProRodeo (Silver City, N.M.); finished 11th in the world standings with $43,152 ★ 2013: Placed in three rounds of the ClemMcSpadden NFSR (Guthrie, Okla.) and finished second in the world standings with $80,162.Won the SheridanWYO Rodeo; the Guymon (Okla.) Pioneer Days Rodeo and the RAMPrairie Circuit Finals Rodeo (Duncan, Okla.)

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