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Awards Won Mississippi High School rodeo state champion in bull riding as a freshman, sophomore, junior and Shawnee (Okla.) International Finals Youth Rodeo bull riding championship in 2015 Personal 5-7, 145 … Single … Father, Wayne, rancher and works at a chemical plant in Baton Rouge; Mother, Jennifer, is a high school teacher; older sister, Kortlin, is a school teacher and is married to PRCA bull rider Jacob O’Mara … Family dabbled in rodeo and Koby took it to the next level … Started riding calves when was 8 and progressed from there … Homeschooled … Favorite rodeo is Cheyenne (Wyo.) Frontier Days … Favorite sports team is Louisiana State University football … Favorite restaurant is Long Horn Steakhouse … Favorite movie is“Friday Night Lights”… Likes to duck hunt and fish when not rodeoing … Favorite type of music is country and favorite artist is George Strait 2019 ProRodeo Top Cowboys (continued)

Rhen Richard

Tie-down Roping

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2019 world standings place: 15th 2019 Wrangler NFR standings place: 12 th 2019 Wrangler NFR earnings: $23,327 2019 earnings: $111,988 Career earnings: $1,158,844 Born:

May 22, 1989, in Roosevelt, Utah

Roosevelt, Utah

Residence: Joined PRCA: World titles:

2008

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Professional 2019Highlights All-Around ★ Won the NationalWestern Stock Show and Rodeo (Denver, Colo.) ★ Won the Red Bluff (Calif.) Round-Up ★ Won the La Fiesta De LosVaqueros (Tucson, Ariz.) ★ Won the UteMountain Roundup Rodeo (Cortez, Colo.) ★ Won the Strawberry Days Rodeo (Pleasant Grove, Utah) ★ Won the Dinosaur Roundup Rodeo (Vernal, Utah) ★ Won theMountainValley Stampede Rodeo (Heber City, Utah) ★ Won the Ellensburg (Wash.) Rodeo ★ Won the Lions’Dixie Roundup (St. George, Utah) ★ Co-champion atThat Famous Preston (Idaho) Night Rodeo ★ Co-champion the LasVegas (Nev.) Days

Tie-down Roping ★ Finished 15th in the world standings with $111,988. He placed in one round at theWrangler NFR, finishing 12th in the average after earning $23,327 ★ Won the Ellensburg (Wash.) Rodeo ★ Won the La Fiesta De LosVaqueros (Tucson, Ariz.) ★ Won the San Juan Stampede Pro Rodeo (Monticello, Utah) ★ Won the Lewiston (Idaho) Roundup ★ Co-champion at the UteMountain Roundup Rodeo (Cortez, Colo.) Career Highlights ★ 2018: (Partner Quinn Kessler) Made hisWrangler NFR debut in two events in tie-down roping and as a team roping header with partner Quinn Kesler. He placed in two rounds in theWrangler NFR in tie-down roping, a best effort of split for second place in Round 3 with Jake Pratt and Sterling Smith. He finished second in the average with an 88.5-second time on 10 head. In team roping header standings, he finished 15th in the world standings with $113,520 andwas sixth in the average with a 73.6-second time on eight head. He and Kesler placed in three rounds with a best effort of splitting third in Round 2 with Bubba Buckaloo and ChaseTryan.Won the tie-down roping at the Dinosaur Roundup Rodeo (Vernal, Utah), the Days OfThe OldWest Rodeo (Delta, Utah), the RAMWilderness Circuit Finals Rodeo (Heber City, Utah). Co-champion at the Big Sky Pro Rodeo Roundup (Great Falls, Mont.) and the K-Days Rodeo (Edmonton, Alberta).Won the team roping at the Pony Express Rodeo (EagleMountain, Utah), theMeridian (Idaho) Lions Rodeo and the Summit County Fair & Rodeo (Coalville, Utah)

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