2020 Media Guide - PRORODEO Cowboys

Ruger Piva

Bull Riding

Event:

17 th

2019 world standings place:

$95,032 $191,527

2019 earnings: Career earnings:

Feb. 23, 1995, in Challis, Idaho

Born:

Challis, Idaho

Residence: Joined PRCA: World titles:

2016

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Wrangler NFR qualifications:

Challis High School, University of Montana Western (Dillon)

Education:

Professional 2019 Highlights ★ Won the Larimer County Fair & Rodeo (Loveland, Colo.); the Lynden (Wash.) PRCA Rodeo; the Caldwell (Idaho) Night Rodeo; andWild Rides Rodeo Dickinson (N.D.). Finished 17th in the worldwith $95,032 Career Highlights ★ 2018: Won the Rocky Mountain Classic (Kalispell, Mont.); theWoodlake (Calif.) Lions Rodeo; theMolalla (Ore.) Buckeroo Rodeo and the Payette County Rodeo (New Plymouth, Idaho). Finished 34th in the worldwith $55,357 ★ 2017: Won the Oakley Independence Day Rodeo (Oakley City, Utah); the Summit County Fair & Rodeo (Coalville, Utah); the Salmon (Idaho) Stampede PRCA Rodeo; the GemState Stampede (Coeur d’Alene, Idaho) and the Pendleton (Ore.) Round-Up. Finished 37th in the world and fifth in the rookie standings with $41,138 ★ 2016: Finished 26th in the permit standings with $5,069 Amateur Competed at the National High School Finals Rodeo his junior year and competed at the College National Finals Rodeo in 2016-17 Personal 5-7, 165 … Single …Mom, Jennifer Piva, is a high school computer teacher … Has two younger brothers, Hoak and Rowdy, and one younger sister, Krista, and an older sister, Rachael … Graduated from Challis High School in 2014 with a class of 25 … Attended University of Montana Western (Dillon) from 2015-18 and competed on the college’s rodeo team… Helps out on his grandpa’s ranch when not on the road for rodeo … Competed in wrestling and football, won a national title in wrestling for UMW his freshman year … Started competing in junior rodeos when he was 9 and got on his first big bull when he was 13 … Enjoys snowboarding … He is particularly proud of winning the Pendleton (Ore.) Round-Up his rookie year and for scoring 92 points on Powder River Rodeo’s Sweetpro’s Bruiser at the Caldwell (Idaho) Night Rodeo in 2019 … Cheyenne (Wyo.) Frontier Days is his favorite rodeo because it’s where he’s won the most money … Looks up to J.W. Harris and Cody Custer

Mitch Pollock

PRORODEO COWBOYS

Saddle Bronc Riding

Event:

2019 world standings place: 13 th 2019 Wrangler NFR standings place: 14 th 2019 Wrangler NFR earnings:

$25,654 $125,196 $174,604

2019 earnings: Career earnings:

April 9, 1993, inWinnemucca, Nev.

Born:

Twin Falls, Idaho

Residence: Joined PRCA:

2015

1 (2019)

Wrangler NFR qualifications:

CollegeofSouthern Idaho(TwinFalls) , agricultural science and liberal arts degree (2016)

Education:

Professional 2019Highlights ★ Placed in one round to rank 14th in the average with 171.5 points on two head at theWrangler NFR ★ Won the Lakeside (Calif.) Rodeo

★ Won theWild Rogue Pro Rodeo in Central Point, Ore. ★ Won the Fort Herriman PRCA Rodeo in Herriman, Utah ★ Won the Buffalo Bill Rodeo in North Platte, Neb. ★ Won the Daniel Dopps Memorial RAMPRCA Rodeo inMountain Home, Idaho ★ Won Iowa’s Championship Rodeo in Sidney ★ Won the Cache County Fair and Rodeo in Logan, Utah

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