2020 Media Guide - PRORODEO Cowboys

Wesley Thorp

Team Roping (Heeling)

Event:

2019 world standings place: 1 st 2019 Wrangler NFR standings place: 1 st 2019 Wrangler NFR earnings:

$161,885 $249,181 $743,536

2019 earnings: Career earnings:

Nov. 16, 1995, in Throckmorton, Texas

Born:

Stephenville, Texas

Residence: Joined PRCA: World titles:

2014

1 (2019)

4 (2016-19)

Wrangler NFR qualifications: Wrangler NFR average titles:

1 (2019)

Ranger College (Stephenville, Texas)

Education:

Professional 2019Highlights – Partner Cody Snow ★ Won his first world title thanks to winning the average at theWrangler NFR with 43.8 seconds on nine head by winning Round 7 and placing in six rounds ★ Won the Canby (Ore.) Rodeo ★ Won the Coleman (Texas) PRCA Rodeo ★ Won theTri-State Rodeo Cinch Shoot-Out (Fort Madison, Iowa) ★ Won the Springhill (La.) PRCA Rodeo ★ Won the Buffalo (Texas) Stampede PRCA Rodeo ★ Co-champion at the Oakley Independence Day Rodeo (Oakley City, Utah) Career Highlights ★ 2018: (Partner Cody Snow) Finished fifth in the world standings with $193,084. Placed fourth in the average at the Wrangler NFR, earning $108,788. Placed in five rounds.Won the Parker County Sheriff’s Posse Frontier Days and PRCA Rodeo (Weatherford,Texas), theYMBL Championship Rodeo (Beaumont,Texas), the Guymon (Okla.) Pioneer Days Rodeo and the Apache (Okla.) Stampede. Co-champion at the Deadwood (S.D) Days Of 78 Rodeo and the Evanston (Wyo.) Cowboy Days Inc. ★ 2017: (Partner Cody Snow) Finished 14th in the world standings with $114,480. Placed 14th at theWrangler NFR with $33,480. Split the win in Round 6.Won the Reno (Nev.) Rodeo, the JurupaValley (Calif.) Pro Rodeo, the Sanders County Fair & PRCA Rodeo (Plains, Mont.) and the Evanston (Wyo.) Cowboy Days Inc. ★ 2016: (Partner Zac Small) Co-champion of Round 10 and placed in three rounds to rank seventh at theWrangler NFR. Finished 9th in the world standings with $138,221.Won La Fiesta de losVaqueros (Tucson, Ariz.), the Helotes (Texas) Festival Association Rodeo, the American Royal Rodeo (Kansas City, Mo.) and the Rodeo de Santa Fe (N.M.) ★ 2015: Won the Glen Rose (Texas) PRCA Rodeo with Cody Snow and theMesquite (Texas) ProRodeo Series, June 14-15, with NathanMcWhorter. Co-champion at the NorthTexas State Fair & Rodeo (Denton), with NathanMcWhorter. Finished 60th in the world standings with $17,485 ★ 2014: Co-champion at theMineralWells (Texas) Rodeo, with AaronMacy. Earned $6,345 on his PRCA permit Amateur Qualified for the College National Finals Rodeo in 2015-16 while competing for Ranger College (Stephenville, Texas) as a team roping heeler Personal 6-0, 180 …Wife, Susanna and sons, Matthew and Charles … Father, Jahew, is a rancher, and mother, Kathy, is a social worker …Younger brother, Wyatt …Wesley started junior rodeoing at age 9 … Favorite music is rap and favorite artist is Kevin Gates … Favorite sports team is the Dallas Cowboys … Favorite athlete is Steph Curry … Favorite TV show is“Two and a Half Men”… Favorite movie is“Warrior”… Favorite restaurant is Fire Oak Grill (Weatherford, Texas)

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