2020 Media Guide - PRORODEO Cowboys

Ty Erickson

Steer Wrestling

Event:

2019 world standings place: 1 st 2019 Wrangler NFR standings place: 5 th 2019 Wrangler NFR earnings:

$88,410 $234,491 $1,235,578

2019 earnings: Career earnings:

Aug. 11, 1990, in Helena, Mont.

Born:

Helena, Mont.

Residence: Joined PRCA: World titles:

2011

1 (2019)

6 (2014-19)

Wrangler NFR qualifications: Wrangler NFR average titles:

0

Montana State University (Bozeman), business marketing

Education:

Professional 2019 Highlights

★ Qualified for his sixth Wrangler National Finals Rodeo and won his first world championship with $234,491. He finished fifth in the Wrangler NFR average with a 62.7-second time on 10 head. He earned $88,410 at the Wrangler NFR. Erickson placed in three rounds, including winning Round 9 with a 3.6-second run ★ Won the National Western Stock Show and Rodeo (Denver, Colo.) ★ Won The American (Arlington, Texas) ★ Won the World’s Oldest Rodeo (Prescott, Ariz.) ★ Won the YMBL Championship Rodeo (Beaumont, Texas) ★ Won the Belt (Mont.) PRCA Rodeo ★ Co-champion at Ogden (Utah) Pioneer Days ★ Co-champion at the Central Montana (Lewiston) RAM Pro Rodeo ★ Co-champion at the Magic Valley Stampede (Filer, Idaho) Career Highlights ★ 2018: Placed in five Rounds at the Wrangler NFR, including winning Round 9. He finished seventh in the world standings with $170,880 and was ninth in the Wrangler NFR average with an 87.6-second time on nine head. Won the Redding (Calif.) Rodeo, the Brighton Field Day Festival & Rodeo (Okeechobee, Fla.), the Coleman (Texas) PRCA Rodeo, the Bridger (Mont.) Summer Series and the White Sulphur Springs (Mont.) Labor Day Rodeo ★ 2017: Finished second in the world standings with $263,267 and was sixth in the Wrangler NFR average and won $100,115 at the Wrangler NFR. Won the Guymon (Okla.) Pioneer Days Rodeo, the Dixie National Rodeo (Jackson, Miss.), the Wolf Point (Mont.) Wild Horse Stampede, the Mountain Valley Stampede (Heber City, Utah), the RAM Montana (Great Falls) Pro Rodeo Circuit Finals, the Rio Grande Valley Livestock Show & Rodeo (Mercedes, Texas) and the Wrangler Champions Challenge presented by Justin Boots, (Rapid City, S.D.). Co-champion at the Helldorado Days Rodeo (Las Vegas, Nev.) ★ 2016: Placed in three rounds of the Wrangler NFR to rank 13th in the average. Finished seventh in the world standings with $145,673. Won the Red Bluff (Calif.) Round-Up, the Fallon County Fair & Rodeo (Baker, Mont.), the Livingston (Mont.) Roundup and the Lynden (Wash.) PRCA Rodeo ★ 2015: Placed in seven rounds at the Wrangler NFR. Won California Rodeo Salinas, the Farm-City Pro Rodeo (Hermiston, Ore.), the Redding (Calif.) Wrangler Champions Challenge, the RAM Montana Circuit Finals Rodeo (Great Falls, Mont.) and the White Sulphur Springs (Mont.) Labor Day Rodeo. Co-champion at the Last Chance Stampede (Helena, Mont.) and Montana’s Biggest Weekend (Dillon). Finished fourth in the world standings with $197,933 ★ 2014: Tied Kyle Irwin for the win in Round 8 of the Wrangler NFR with a time of 3.7 seconds and placed in four additional rounds on his way to finishing second in the average and jumping from 15th place to seventh in the world standings. Won the Red Bluff (Calif.) Round-Up, the Greeley (Colo.) Stampede, the Lea County Fair & PRCA Rodeo (Lovington, N.M.), the Butterfield Stage Days PRCA Rodeo (Bridgeport, Texas), the Mineral Wells (Texas) Rodeo and the Last Chance Stampede (Helena, Mont.). Finished seventh in the world standings with $123,116 ★ 2013: Won the NILE ProRodeo (Billings, Mont.). Co-champion at the Colorado State Fair & Rodeo (Pueblo). Finished 23rd in the world standings with $42,502 ★ 2012: Won the RAM Montana Circuit Finals Rodeo (Great Falls), the Drummond (Mont.) PRCA Rodeo, the Chouteau County Fair & Rodeo (Fort Benton, Mont.) and the Cody (Wyo.) Nite Rodeo on June 8. Finished 45th in the world standings with $24,488 ★ 2011: Won the PRCA Kootenai River Rodeo (Libby, Mont.), the Northeast Montana Fair & Rodeo (Glasgow). Reached the finals of the RAM National Circuit Finals Rodeo and was event-leader in money earned with $14,054 (which did not count in his official earnings). Finished 49th in the world standings and first in the rookie standings with $22,007 ★ 2010: Won the Wolf Point (Mont.) Wild Horse Stampede, the Energy Town Pro Rodeo (Gillette, Wyo.), the 50th Belt (Mont.) Rodeo, the Mission Mountain PRCA Rodeo (Polson, Mont.) and the Drummond (Mont.) PRCA Rodeo. Co-champion at the Last Chance Stampede (Helena). Finished first in the Montana Circuit year-end standings while competing on his permit, earning $10,740

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