2020 Media Guide - PRORODEO Cowboys

2019 ProRodeo Top Cowboys (continued)

★ Won the Caldwell (Idaho) Night Rodeo ★ Won theTri-State Rodeo Cinch Shoot-Out in Fort Madison, Iowa ★ Co-champion at the Santa Maria (Calif.) Elks Rodeo ★ Co-champion at the Canby (Ore.) Rodeo

Career Highlights ★ 2018: Won the Grand National Rodeo in San Francisco, Calif.; theMother Lode Round-Up in Sonora, Calif.; Cattlemen’s Days in Gunnison, Colo.; theWar Bonnet Roundup Rodeo in Idaho Falls, Idaho, and the Gooding (Idaho) Pro Rodeo ★ Ranked 31st in the world standings with $36,918 ★ 2017: Co-champion at the Daniel Dopps Memorial RAMPRCA Rodeo. Ranked 90th in the world standings with $9,330

★ 2016: Ranked 160th in the world standings with $1,159 ★ 2015: Ranked 31st in the permit standings with $1,343 Amateur Qualified for the College National Finals Rodeo three times Personal

5-7, 145 …Wife, Jordan, married Oct. 5, 2019 … Dad, Kelly Pollock is a welder; mom, Tammy Pollock is a retired teacher …Younger brother, Daniel … Graduated from Lowry High School in Winnemucca, Nev., in 2011 with a class of 200 … Is working on building his own herd of cows … Originally went to college in Pendleton, Ore., to play baseball but started competing in rodeo at 21 years old … Also competed in football and wrestling, and was the Nevada State Champion in wrestling in 2010 …The San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo is his favorite competition because of the atmosphere and that it’s the same venue the San Antonio Spurs compete in … Considers The American in 2019 to be his best competition because“it’s the best stage of rodeo besides the Wrangler NFR”… MajorHuckleberry is his favorite draw and he would like to draw Resistol’s Top Hat … Looks up to Cody Wright and tries to emulate his riding style … Focuses on cardio exercise to stay in shape for rodeo … Enjoys hunting for mule deer, elk and bighorn sheep, also likes to go wakeboarding

Brady Portenier

Bull Riding

Event:

19th

2019 world standings place:

$80,569 $323,739

2019 earnings: Career earnings:

Feb. 22, 1995, in Reno, Nev.

Born:

Caldwell, Idaho

Residence: Joined PRCA: World titles:

2013

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Wrangler NFR qualifications:

Professional 2019Highlights

★ Won the Deadwood (S.D.) Days Of 76 Rodeo ★ Won the Pile‘O Bones (Regina, Saskatchewan)

Career Highlights ★ 2018: Won the Lewiston (Idaho) Roundup and the Old Fort Days PRCA Xtreme Bull Riding (Fort Smith, Ark.). Co-champion at the RAMNational Circuit Finals Rodeo (Kissimmee, Fla.) ★ 2017: Won the St. Paul (Ore.) Rodeo, theWallaWalla (Wash.) Frontier Days, the Elgin Stampede (Belton,Texas), the Southern NewMexico (Las Cruces) State Fair and theYoung Living PRCA Rodeo (Mona, Utah). C o-champion at the Reno (Nev.) Rodeo. Finished 16th in the world standings with $102,991 ★ 2016: Finished 34th in the world standings with $39,277.Won the Adrian FooteMemorial Rodeo (Newtown, N.D.) and the Central Point (Ore.)Wild Rogue Pro Rodeo. ★ 2015: Won the Eastern Oregon Livestock Show (Union, Ore.). Finished 81st in the bull riding standings with $14,629. ★ 2014: Co-champion at the ABC Pro Rodeo (Lubbock,Texas). Finished 88th in the bull riding standings with $13,989. Personal 6-1, 160 … Single … Father, Ty, competed as a bull rider in the PRCA; he now works in construction; mother, Samantha, was formerly a barrel racer and is now a doctor … Has two sisters, Paige and Jesse … Enjoys watching the Boise State Broncos football team and Indianapolis Colts …Wrestled in high school … Continues to coach middle school wrestling in his spare time … Favorite rodeo is St. Paul (Ore.) Rodeo … Favorite food is Mexican …

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