PRCA Media Guide - Cowboys Part 2

2018 ProRodeo Top Cowboys (continued) ★ ★ 2004: Finished as the world champion runner-up with $179,906. Won Tour Round and average titles at La Fiesta de los Vaqueros (Tucson, Ariz.) and set an arena record with an 89-point ride on Beutler & Son’s Comotion. Won Tour Round at RodeoHouston.Won the Clovis (Calif.) Rodeo; the MineralWells (Texas) PRCA Rodeo; theWill Rogers Stampede (Claremore, Okla.) and the Farm-City Pro Rodeo (Hermiston, Ore.); co-champion at the Sheridan WYO Rodeo. Finished second at the Winter Tour Finale (Las Vegas) and won the Tour Championships (Dallas) with an 89-point ride aboard Stace Smith Pro Rodeo’s RDMercer. Placed in four of 10 rounds at theWrangler NFR, winning Round 4 with a 90.5-point ride aboard Andrews Rodeo’s Roly Poly. Finished ninth in the Wrangler NFR average, picking up $36,785; won the average title at the Dodge Texas Circuit Finals Rodeo (Waco) and qualified for his first DNCFR ★ ★ 2003: Won his first world championship and set a record for most money won in a year in bareback riding with $188,247. The previous record was set by Lan LaJeunesse in 2001 with $185,556. Became the first contestant to win all three Tour Finale events (summer, winter and championships); tied the world record at the Summer Tour Finale (Omaha, Neb.) with a 94-point ride on Kesler Rodeo’s Sky Reach. Won RodeoHouston; the Calgary (Alberta) Stampede; the Puyallup (Wash.) Rodeo and the Heart O’Texas Fair & Rodeo (Waco) ★ ★ 2002: Finished third in the world as a rookie. Won the Lawton (Okla.) Rangers Rodeo; the Caldwell (Idaho) Night Rodeo; the Ellensburg (Wash.) Rodeo and the Tri-State Rodeo (Fort Madison, Iowa). Summer Wrangler ProRodeo Tour points leader Awards PRCA Resistol Overall and Bareback Riding Rookie of the Year, 2002 Personal 5-5, 150 …Wife, Tiffani (married 2002); son, Garrett William (born June 10, 2009) and son, Levi (born Jan. 28, 2012) … Hobbies include horse training and fishing … Enjoys watching Kansas State football …Mother, Susan, is a music teacher; has one brother and one sister; father, Alex, died of cancer Jan. 20, 2008 … Appeared in Sports Illustrated’s Faces in the Crowd in the Oct. 20, 2003, issue for tying the bareback riding world record of 94 points at the Summer Tour Finale in Omaha, Neb … Earned $112,500 in winning the 2008 Calgary (Alberta) Stampede… Rodeo idols are Bruce Ford, Clint Corey and Mark Garrett

Will Lummus

Steer wrestling, tie-down roping, team roping

Events:

2018 world standings place: 3 rd 2018 Wrangler NFR standings place: 3 rd 2018 Wrangler NFR earnings:

$132,551 $195,182 $291,985

2018 earnings: Career earnings:

April 15, 1992, inWest Point, Miss.

Born:

West Point, Miss.

Residence: Joined PRCA: World titles:

2012

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University of Tennessee-Martin

Education:

Professional 2018 Highlights ★ ★ Placed in seven rounds in hisWrangler NFR debut, including winning Round 5. Finished third in the world standings with $195,182 and was third in the Wrangler NFR average ★ ★ Won the California Rodeo Salinas

★ ★ Won the Rancho Mission Viejo Rodeo (San Juan Capistrano, Calif.) ★ ★ Won the Pikes Peak or Bust Rodeo (Colorado Springs, Colo.) ★ ★ Won the Rooftop Rodeo (Estes Park, Colo.) ★ ★ Won the Arcadia All-Fla Championship Rodeo ★ ★ Won the Gem State Stampede (Coeur D Alene, Idaho) ★ ★ Won the Ropin Dreams Cowboy Fellowship PRCA Rodeo (Jourdanton, Texas) ★ ★ Won the Moses Lake (Wash.) Round-Up Rodeo ★ ★ Co-champion at the Richland County Fair & Rodeo (Sidney, Mont.)

Career Highlights ★ ★ 2017: Won the steer wrestling at the Northwest Florida Championship Rodeo (Bonifay, Fla.), the Lowry’s 4L Ranch Rodeo (Summerville, Ga.), the Heart of the North Rodeo (Spooner,Wis.) and the Cassia County Fair & Rodeo (Burley, Idaho); finished 20th in the world standings with $66,520 ★ ★ 2016: Finished 163rd in the world standings with $6,096.Won the steer wrestling at the Stampede at the Ike Rodeo (West Monroe, La.) and the Pasco County Fair Championship Rodeo (Dade City, Fla.)

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