PRCA Media Guide - Cowboys Part 2

2018 ProRodeo Top Cowboys (continued) ★ ★ 2006: (Partner Jimmy Edens) Co-champion at the Guadalupe County PRCA Rodeo (Seguin,Texas). Won the Comal County Fair & Rodeo (New Braunfels, Texas); the Spokane (Wash.) County Interstate Fair & Rodeo; the Lea County Fair & Rodeo (Lovington, N.M.); Kansas’Biggest Rodeo (Phillipsburg) and Rodeo Killeen (Texas) ★ ★ 2003: (Partner David Motes) Finished 24th in the world standings with $25,999 ★ ★ 2002: (Partner David Motes)Won the Santa Maria (Calif.) Elks Rodeo and the Horse Heaven Round-Up (Kennewick, Wash.); finished 34th in the world standings with $20,087 ★ ★ 2001: (Partner David Motes) Won the Dinosaur Roundup Rodeo (Vernal, Utah); the Oakdale (Calif.) Saddle Club Rodeo and the Chief Joseph Days Rodeo (Joseph, Ore.); finished 21st in the world standings with $34,629 Personal 5-9, 180 …Wife, Courtney (Ford); married Sept. 10, 2005 … His father, David, won the team roping world championship in 1977 with his brother, (Ryan’s uncle) Dennis, and qualified for the NFR 22 times … Ryan competed with his dad in 2001-2003 and they won five titles … In the offseason, helps run the family ranch and mare breeding program. He also gives roping lessons and trains horses … Paired with Caleb Mitchell to win the 2009 Bob Feist Invitational Team Roping Classic and shared $149,410

Taos Muncy

Saddle bronc riding

Event:

2018 world standings place: 15 th 2018 Wrangler NFR standings place: 15 th 2018 Wrangler NFR earnings:

$12,115 $90,906

2018 earnings: Career earnings:

$1,689,717

June 28, 1987, in Albuquerque, N.M.

Born:

Corona, N.M.

Residence: Joined PRCA: World titles:

2006

2 (2007, 2011)

10 (2007, 2009-15, 2017-18)

Wrangler NFR qualifications:

Oklahoma Panhandle State University, Goodwell, Okla., majoring in agricultural business

Education:

Professional 2018 Highlights ★ ★ Placed in one round and ranked 15th at the Wrangler NFR with 244 points on three head. Finished the year 15th in the world standings with $90,906 ★ ★ Won the saddle bronc riding at the Pasadena (Texas) Livestock Show & Rodeo ★ ★ Co-champion in saddle bronc riding at the Springville (Calif.) Sierra Rodeo ★ ★ Won the all-around at the Jesse Andrus & Mike Hillman Memorial (Roswell, N.M.) ★ ★ Won the 73rd Annual Yuma (Ariz.) Jaycees Silver Spur Rodeo ★ ★ Won the all-around and saddle bronc riding at the Ute Mountain Roundup Rodeo (Cortez, Colo.) Career Highlights ★ ★ 2017: Won Round 10 and placed in three rounds to rank 12th in the average at the Wrangler NFR with 544 points on seven head. Finished the year ranked 11th in the world standings with $142,202.Won the SheridanWYO Rodeo, the Sisters (Ore.) Rodeo, the Strawberry Days Rodeo (Pleasant Grove, Utah), the Rio Grande Valley Livestock Show & Rodeo (Mercedes,Texas), the Jesse Andrus &Mike HillmanMemorial (Roswell, N.M.), the 72nd AnnualYuma (Ariz.) Jaycees Silver Spur Rodeo, the Gary Hardt Memorial Rodeo (Payson, Ariz.), the Ute Mountain Roundup Rodeo (Cortez, Colo.) and Ropin Dreams Cowboy Fellowship PRCA Rodeo (Jourdanton,Texas), Co-champion at the Clovis (Calif.) Rodeo, the Iowa’s (Sidney) Championship Rodeo, the Rodeo Corpus Christi (Texas) and the Douglas County Fair and Rodeo (Castle Rock, Colo.) ★ ★ 2016: Finished 17th in the world standings with $63,940. Won the Redding (Calif.) Rodeo, the Livingston (Mont.) Roundup, the Arcadia (Fla.) All-Fla Championship Rodeo, the Bandera (Texas) Pro Rodeo, the Pioneer Days Rodeo (Clovis, N.M.), Iowa’s (Sidney) Championship Rodeo, the Wild Bill Hickok Rodeo (Abilene, Kan.), the Okeechobee Cattlemen’s Spring Rodeo and the Big Spring (Texas) Cowboy Reunion & Rodeo ★ ★ 2015: Won Round 9 and placed in two other rounds at theWrangler NFR.Won the St. Paul, (Ore.) Rodeo, the Caldwell (Idaho) Night Rodeo, theWrangler Champions Challenge Finale (Omaha, Neb.), theWrangler Champions Challenge (Logandale, Nev.), the Guymon (Okla.) Pioneer Days, the Sisters (Ore.) Rodeo, the Livingston (Mont.) Roundup, the Grand National Rodeo (San Francisco, Calif.), the Golden Spike Rodeo (Tremonton, Utah), the Industry Hills (Calif.) Charity Pro Rodeo, the San Luis Valley Ski-Hi Stampede (Monte Vista, Colo.) and the RAM Turquoise Circuit Finals Rodeo (Las Cruces, N.M.). Co-champion at the LasVegas (Nev.) Elks Helldorado Days. Finished seventh in the world standings with $157,307 ★ ★ Won the Brawley (Calif) Cattle Call Rodeo ★ ★ Won the Pincher Creek (Alberta) Pro Rodeo

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