PRCA Media Guide - Cowboys Part 2

★ ★ 2006: Won theWrangler NFR average title, with Allen Bach, in a time of 88.5 seconds on 10 head. Won the second and third rounds with times of 4.5 and 4.3 seconds, respectively. Won $98,714 at theWrangler NFR, setting a team roping earnings record and finished second in the world standings with $151,403. (Partner Cole Bigbee) Won the Southwestern International Livestock Show & Rodeo (El Paso, Texas); the Walla Walla (Wash.) Fair & Frontier Days; the Farm-City Pro Rodeo (Hermiston, Ore.) and the Dodge City (Kan.) Roundup ★ ★ 2005: Won the Heart O’Texas Fair and Rodeo (Waco) with Boogie Ray; the Santa Barbara (Calif.) Old Spanish Days Stock Horse Show & Rodeo and the Cody (Wyo.) Stampede, with Dugan Kelly. Finished the year 16th in the world with $38,451 ★ ★ 2004: Won the National Western Stock Show & Rodeo (Denver) and theWalker County Fair and Rodeo (Huntsville, Texas) with Michael Jones. Placed in five rounds at the Wrangler NFR, with Dugan Kelly, tying for first in Round 9 with a time of 3.8 seconds and Round 10 with a 4.0-second run; finished eighth in the world with $104,720 ★ ★ 2003: (Partner Michael Jones) Won the Tour Championships (Dallas); the Walker County Fair & Rodeo (Huntsville, Texas); the Grand National Rodeo (San Francisco) and the Kitsap County Fair Stampede (Bremerton,Wash.). Shared win in Round 10 of the Wrangler NFR with a 4.4-second run. Finished eighth in the world standings with $98,862 ★ ★ 2002: Qualified for the Winter Tour Finale (Las Vegas), with Michael Harris, reaching the semifinal round, and won the Beef Empire Days PRCA Rodeo (Garden City, Kan.); finished 17th in the world with $46,796 Amateur Tennessee high school rodeo team roping champion, 1996-99; tie-down roping champion, 1998-99 Personal 5-8, 155 … Single … Hobbies include movies and training horses … Attended Jo Byrns School in Cedar Hill, Tenn … Got involved in rodeo through his dad, Bobby, who roped calves. Started team roping at age 8 … His father trains horses now, but worked for Pepsi for 30 years. His mother, Debbie, also aided in his success by opening the roping chute every day during practice … Rodeo competitors he most admires are SpeedWilliams, Trevor Brazile and Kevin Stewart … Owns a ranch in Lipan, Texas, with a house, barn, arena and a couple of sheds … Underwent surgery on March 26, 2008, to repair a torn anterior cruciate ligament suffered at the Fort Worth (Texas) Stock Show & Rodeo; he also had a strained medial collateral ligament and two cracks in his kneecap … Injured his left knee on March 1, 2013 at the Timed Event Championship of the World in Guthrie, Okla.

Tyler McKnight

Team roping (heeling)

Event:

16 th

2018 world standings place:

$60,834 $456,026

2018 earnings: Career earnings:

July 22, 1989, in Lufkin, Texas

Born:

Wells, Texas

Residence: Joined PRCA: World titles:

2009

0

1 (2017)

Wrangler NFR qualifications:

Angelina Community College (Lufkin, Texas)

Education:

PRORODEO COWBOYS

Professional 2018 Highlights – Partner Tyler Wade ★ ★ Won the American Royal Rodeo (Kansas City, Mo.) ★ ★ Won the Rooftop Rodeo (Estes Park, Colo.) ★ ★ Won the Last Chance Stampede (Helena, Mont.) ★ ★ Won the Mesquite (Texas) Championship Rodeo, June 9th ★ ★ Won the Gooding (Idaho) Pro Rodeo ★ ★ Co-champion at the 49th Annual Cowboy Capital of the World PRCA Rodeo (Stephenville, Texas) Career Highlights ★ ★ 2017: Won the Days of‘47 Cowboy Games and Rodeo (Salt Lake City, Utah), with Jr. Dees. Finished 11th in the world standings with $150,297 ★ ★ 2016: Finished 21st in the world standings with $47,792.Won the All-American ProRodeo Finals (Waco,Texas), with Jake Cooper ★ ★ 2015: Won California Rodeo Salinas, with Jake Cooper. Won the Sheriff’s PRCA Rodeo (San Bernardino, Calif.), with Tom Richards. Won the Wrangler Champion Challenge presented by Justin Boots (Kissimmee, Fla.), with Dustin Bird. Finished 17th in the world standings with $65,815 ★ ★ 2014: (Partner Jake Cooper) Won the Walla Walla (Wash.) Frontier Days. Co-champion at the Dinosaur Roundup Rodeo (Vernal, Utah) and the Moses Lake (Wash.) Round-up. Finished 28th in the world standings with $39,043 ★ ★ 2013: (Partner Tyler Wade) Won the Buc Days ProRodeo (Corpus Christi, Texas); the Mesquite (Texas) ProRodeo Series, June 7-8; the Mesquite (Texas) ProRodeo Series, June 14-15; the Mesquite (Texas) ProRodeo Series, June ★ ★ Won the Gem State Stampede (Coeur D Alene, Idaho), with Kolton Schmidt ★ ★ Won the Qualifier TE Only National Western Rodeo (Denver, Colo.), with Jr. Dees

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