2020 Media Guide - PRORODEO Cowboys

★ Won the Northwest Florida Championship Rodeo (Bonifay) ★ Won the Lakeside (Calif.) Rodeo ★ Won the Wind River PRCA Rodeo Roundup (Riverton, Wyo.) ★ Won Iowa’s (Sidney) Championship Rodeo ★ Won the Gerry (N.Y.) Volunteer Firemen’s Rodeo ★ Won the Garfield County Fair & Rodeo (Rifle, Colo.) ★ Co-champion at the Sisters (Ore.) Rodeo ★ Co-champion at the Moses Lake (Wash.) Round-Up Rodeo

Career Highlights ★ 2018: Won the Colorado (Pueblo) State Fair & Rodeo, the Los Fresnos (Texas) PRCA Rodeo, the Range Days Rodeo (Rapid City, S.D.), the Longford (Kan.) Rodeo, the Pine City (Minn.) Championship PRCA Rodeo, the Defeat of Jesse James Days Rodeo (Northfield, Minn.), the Comal County Fair & Rodeo (New Braunfels, Texas) and the ECSP ProRodeo (Carlsbad, N.M.), Sept. 15th. Ranked 40 th in the world standings with $40,805 ★ 2017: Won the Red Bluff (Calif.) Round-Up, the Walla Walla (Wash.) Frontier Days, the Rooftop Rodeo, (Estes Park, Colo.), the Pasadena (Texas) Livestock Show & Rodeo, the Rio Grande Valley Livestock Show & Rodeo (Mercedes, Texas), the Cave Creek (Ariz.) Rodeo Days, the Los Fresnos (Texas) PRCA Rodeo and the Mesquite (Texas) ProRodeo Series Sept. 16. Finished 20th in the world standing with $70,016 ★ 2016: Resistol | PRCA Tie-Down Roping Rookie of the Year. Finished 25th in the world standings with $49,804. Won the Trinity Valley Exposition (Liberty, Texas), the Brawley (Calif.) Cattle Call Rodeo, the Big Spring (Texas) Cowboy Reunion & Rodeo, the Crooked River Roundup (Prineville, Ore.), the Snake River Stampede (Nampa, Idaho) and the Douglas County Fair and Rodeo (Castle Rock, Colo.) Awards PRCA |Resistol Tie-down Roping Rookie of the Year, 2016 Amateur Texas State Junior High Calf Roping Champion Personal 5-8, 215 … Parents, Scott and Kelly Hughes, sister, Haven … Started competing in rodeo when he was 5 years old … Describes his roping style as“more consistent than fast”because he likes to make up for time while on the ground …The Snake River Stampede (Nampa, Idaho) is his favorite rodeo because it was his first major ProRodeo win at $8,058 … Ropes and works out daily … Focuses on agility and endurance workouts with an emphasis on cardio … Looks up to eight-time Wrangler NFR qualifier Justin Maass … Fan of the Dallas Cowboys … Enjoys grilling out and going to the movies … Favorite food is sushi … Listens to George Strait and 2Pac … Favorite movie is“Top Gun”… Likes to play the Madden video games …Was homeschooled and graduated in 2016

Kyle Irwin

PRORODEO COWBOYS

Steer Wrestling

Event:

14 th

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

9 th

$51,462 $134,934 $813,282

2019 earnings: Career earnings:

May 18, 1990 Robertsdale, Ala.

Born:

Residence: Joined PRCA: World titles:

2011

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5 (2014-15, 2017-19)

Wrangler NFR qualifications: Wrangler NFR average titles:

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NorthwestOklahomaStateUniversity,agricultural business

Education:

Professional 2019 Highlights ★ Finished 14th in the world standings with $134,934. He won Round 5 and placed in two rounds at the Wrangler NFR; he finished ninth in the average after earning $51,462

★ Won the Ropin Dreams (Jourdanton, Texas) ★ Won the Molalla (Ore.) Buckeroo Rodeo ★ Won the Lawton (Okla.) Rangers Rodeo ★ Won the Dillon (Mont.) Jaycees PRCA Rodeo-Montana’s Biggest Weekend

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