2020 Media Guide - PRORODEO Cowboys

★ Won the Black Hills Roundup (Belle Fourche, S.D.), with Jake Long ★ Co-champion at the Lewiston (Idaho) Roundup, with Jake Long Career Highlights ★ 2018: (Partner Kory Koontz) Finished eighth in the world standings with $145,518. Placed 13th in the average at the Wrangler NFR, earning $39,122. Placed in two rounds. Won the Horse Heaven / Kennewick (Wash.) Round-Up, the Pasadena (Texas) Livestock Show & Rodeo, the Livingston (Mont.) Roundup, the Ogden (Utah) Pioneer Days, the Black Hills Roundup (Belle Fourche, S.D.), the Oakley Independence Day Rodeo (Oakley City, Utah), the Bell County PRCA Rodeo (Belton, Texas), the Gladewater (Texas) Round-Up Rodeo and the Silver State Stampede (Elko, Nev.). Co-champion at the Dinosaur Roundup Rodeo (Vernal, Utah), the Walker County Fair & Rodeo (Huntsville, Texas) and the Matagorda County Fair & Rodeo (Bay City, Texas) ★ 2017: (Partner Kory Koontz) Finished eighth in the world standings with $182,206. Placed sixth at the Wrangler NFR with $104,769. Placed in five rounds. Won Round 7 and split the win in Round 4. Won the National Western Stock Show and Rodeo (Denver, Colo.), the Horse Heaven Round-Up (Kennewick, Wash.), the Strawberry Days Rodeo (Pleasant Grove, Utah), the Clark County Fair & Rodeo (Logandale, Nev.), the Jayhawker Roundup Rodeo (Hill City, Kan.) and the Mesquite (Texas) ProRodeo Series, Sept. 23 ★ 2016: (Partner Brad Culpepper) Finished 18th in the world standings with $58,682. Won the Mason ProRodeo Classic (Lakeland, Fla.), the Walker County Fair and Rodeo (Huntsville, Texas) and the Springville (Calif.) Sierra Rodeo. Won Rodeo Killeen (Texas) with Clint Summers and the 101 WildWest Rodeo (Ponca City, Okla.) and the Rooftop Rodeo (Estes Park, Colo.). Co-champion at the Franklin (Tenn.) Rodeo with Brad Culpepper. Set two arena records with partner Brad Culpepper: a 3.5-second run in the second round of the Southeastern Livestock Exposition (Montgomery, Ala.) and a 3.9 at the Springville (Calif.) Sierra Rodeo Amateur Competed at the National High School Finals Rodeo in 2012-14 Personal 6-2, 220 … Parents Manny and Ann Egusquiza, brother, Manny Jr., half-sister, Dannie Lynn … His grandpa, Manuel, dad, Manny, and brother, Manny Jr., all competed in team roping and calf roping and that’s how he got into rodeo … Started competing in seventh or eighth grade … Favorite rodeo is the Rancho Mission Viejo Rodeo (San Juan Capistrano, Calif.) because it’s in the middle of the city, the stands are always packed and the prize money is good … Graduated from Sneads (Fla.) High School and attended Eastern Mississippi Community College for a semester in 2014 … His rodeo idols are his dad and brother … Favorite movie is“Lonesome Dove”… Likes to play cards and listen to music while traveling to rodeos … Enjoys fishing and watching the Golden State Warriors play basketball

Dakota Eldridge

Steer Wrestling

Event:

2019 world standings place: 8th 2019 Wrangler NFR standings place: 7 th 2019 Wrangler NFR earnings:

$96,731 $177,834 $1,236,547

2019 earnings: Career earnings:

PRORODEO COWBOYS

Aug. 9, 1991, in Elko, Nev.

Born:

Elko, Nev.

Residence: Joined PRCA: World titles:

2012

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6 (2013-17, 2019)

Wrangler NFR qualifications:

Blue Mountain Community College (Pendleton, Ore.), associate of science degree

Education:

Professional 2019 Highlights

★ Qualified for his sixth career Wrangler NFR, finished eighth in the world standings with $177,834 and was seventh in the Wrangler NFR average. He placed in three rounds, winning Round 1 (3.6 seconds), and Round 10 (3.5 seconds) ★ Won the Clovis (Calif.) Rodeo ★ Won the Greeley (Colo.) Stampede

★ Won the Las Vegas (Nev.) Days ★ Won the Ramona (Calif.) Rodeo ★ Won the Lynden (Wash.) PRCA Rodeo ★ Won the Dodge City (Kan.) Roundup Rodeo ★ Won the Norco (Calif.) Mounted Posse PRCA Rodeo ★ Co-champion at the Mountain Valley Stampede Rodeo (Heber City, Utah)

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2020 PRCA MEDIA GUIDE