2020 Media Guide - PRORODEO Cowboys

and won Round 3 (3.8 seconds) ★ Won the Washington (Puyallup) State Fair Pro Rodeo ★ Won the Williams Lake (Alberta) Stampede ★ Won the Oakdale (Calif.) Saddle Club Rodeo ★ Won the Snake River Stampede (Nampa, Idaho) ★ Co-champion at the Red Bluff (Calif.) Round-Up

Career Highlights ★ 2018: Placed in five rounds in the Wrangler NFR, including splitting the Round 7 win with Tyler Pearson. Finished eighth in the world standings with $167,890 and was eighth in the NFR average with a 40.5-second time on nine head. Won the Reno (Nev.) Rodeo, the Kitsap Stampede (Bremerton, Wash.), the Central Wyoming (Casper) Fair & PRCA Rodeo, the Guymon (Okla.) Pioneer Days Rodeo and the Kit Carson County Fair & Rodeo (Burlington, Colo.). Co-champion at the Snake River Stampede (Nampa, Idaho) ★ 2017: Won the Big Sky ProRodeo Roundup (Great Falls, Mont.), the Jesse Andrus & Mike Hillman Memorial (Roswell, N.M.), the San Juan Stampede (Monticello, Utah) and the Nicola Valley Pro Rodeo (Merritt, British Columbia). Co-champion at the Ramona (Calif.) Rodeo. Finished 33rd in the world standings with $47,285 ★ 2016: Did not compete ★ 2015: Split the win in Round 2 and placed in five other rounds at the Wrangler NFR to capture his second world title with $241,515. Won the Reno (Nev.) Rodeo; the Pendleton (Ore.) Round-Up and the West Texas Fair & Rodeo (Abilene). Was co-champion at the Wichita Falls (Texas) PRCA Rodeo, April 25 ★ 2014: Won the Rowell Ranch Rodeo (Hayward, Calif.) and the Seven Clans PRCA Rodeo (Cherokee, N.C.). Finished 28th in the world standings with $35,837 ★ 2013: Won Round 5 (4.1 seconds) and Round 8 of the Wrangler NFR, and earned checks in seven rounds overall, allowing him to rise from seventh place to his first world championship with $173,355. Won the Reno (Nev.) Rodeo; the New Mexico State Fair & Rodeo (Albuquerque); the Sheridan WYO Rodeo and the Glen Rose (Texas) PRCA Rodeo. Co-champion at the ABC ProRodeo (Lubbock, Texas) ★ 2012: Won the Atlantic City (N.J.) Boardwalk Rodeo; finished 60th in the world standings with $19,128 ★ 2011: Won the Santa Rosa Roundup (Vernon, Texas); finished 64th in the world standings with $16,575 ★ 2010: Won the Sundre (Alberta) Pro Rodeo and the Dodge Texas Circuit Finals Rodeo (Waco); finished 32nd in the world standings with $36,144 ★ 2009: Placed in three rounds of the Wrangler NFR en route to a sixth-place result in the average; won the Big Sky Pro Rodeo Roundup (Great Falls, Mont.); finished 11th in the world standings with $96,521 ★ 2008: Co-champion at the Central Wyoming Fair & Rodeo (Casper). Finished 18th in the world standings ★ 2007: Won average title at the Guymon (Okla.) Pioneer Days Rodeo; the Mineral Wells (Texas) Rodeo and the Lawton (Okla.) Rangers Rodeo; qualified for the Caldwell (Idaho) Night Rodeo and Puyallup (Wash.) Pro Rodeo, the first two events in the Tour Playoffs series Amateur Cure was a member of the Texas Tech rodeo team for three years and advanced to the College National Finals Rodeo each time; won the National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association Southwest Region title and collegiate national championship in 2004; won the NIRA Southwest Region title in 2006 Personal 6-0, 195 …Wife, Bristi (married 2006), daughter Halli (May 25, 2012), son, Hayes (June 21, 2014). Both Hunter and Bristi attended Texas Tech and were members of the rodeo team. Bristi competed in the barrel racing, and she earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees in communications … Hunter’s uncle, Joe HowardWilliamson, has won several world championships in cutting … Cure runs cattle on his Holliday, Texas, ranch and provides stock for the steer wrestling competitions in San Antonio; Fort Worth; San Angelo, Texas, Houston…He also likes hunting deer and wild hogs … Hunter lost two horses in a semi-truck accident in March 2007 … His favorite restaurant is Outback Steakhouse, and his favorite food is steak

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