PRCA Media Guide - Cowboys Part 2

2018 ProRodeo Top Cowboys (continued)

Junior Nogueira

Team roping (heeling)

Event:

2018 world standings place: 2 nd 2018 Wrangler NFR standings place: 2 nd 2018 Wrangler NFR earnings:

$157,513 $273,448 $1,121,669

2018 earnings: Career earnings:

Sept. 6, 1990, in Presidente Prudente, Brazil

Born:

Scottsdale, Ariz.

Residence: Joined PRCA: World titles:

2014 1 (AA)

5 (2014-18)

Wrangler NFR qualifications:

Professional 2018 Highlights-- partner Kaleb Driggers ★ ★ Finished second in the world standings with $273,448. Placed second in the average at theWrangler NFR, earning

$157,513. Placed in seven rounds. Won Round 1 ★ ★ Won the K-Days Rodeo (Edmonton, Alberta) ★ ★ Won the Fiesta Days Rodeo (Spanish Fork, Utah)

★ ★ Won the West Of The Pecos (Texas) Rodeo ★ ★ Won the Molalla (Ore.) Buckeroo Rodeo ★ ★ Won the Grey Snow Annual Rodeo (Perkins, Okla.) ★ ★ Won the Steamboat Springs (Colo.) Pro Rodeo Series, July 27-28 ★ ★ Co-champion at the Deadwood (S.D) Days Of 78 Rodeo ★ ★ Co-champion at the Beef Empire Days PRCA Rodeo (Garden City, Kan.) ★ ★ Co-champion at the McCone County Fair PRCA Rodeo (Circle, Mont.) ★ ★ Won the all-around at the Four States Fair & Rodeo (Texarkana, Ark.)

Career Highlights ★ ★ 2017: (Partner Kaleb Driggers) Finished 5th in the all-around with $256,923, second in team roping with $255,417 and 143rd in tie-down roping with $7,324. Placed in six rounds at theWrangler NFR and won Rounds 1 and 9. Set a newNFR record for the fastest team roping time of 3.3 seconds.Won the Cody (Wyo.) Stampede, the Clovis (Calif.) Rodeo, the Snake River Stampede (Nampa, Idaho), the Rooftop Rodeo, (Estes Park, Colo.), theWest Texas (Abilene) Fair & Rodeo, theWolf Point (Mont.)Wild Horse Stampede, theWrangler Champions Challenge presented by Justin Boots (Redding, Calif.), theWrangler Champions Challenge presented by Justin Boots (Sioux Falls, S.D.), the Johnson County Sherriff’s Posse (Cleburne, Texas) and the Annual Fourth Celebration & PRCA Rodeo (Window Rock, Ariz.). Co-champion at the Santa Maria (Calif.) Elks Rodeo ★ ★ 2016: Co-champion in Round 5 and placed in six rounds to rank fourth at the Wrangler NFR. Became the first Brazilian world champion in PRCA history by winning the All-Around world title with $231,728, finished second in team roping with $230,284 and 221st in tie-down roping with $3,549. Won the Justin Boots Playoffs (Puyallup, Wash.).Won the Spanish Fork (Utah) Fiesta Days Rodeo, the St. Paul (Ore.) Rodeo, the Beef Empire Days PRCA Rodeo (Garden City, Kan.), the North Central Rodeo Championship Rodeo (Medford, Wis.), the Eugene (Ore.) Pro Rodeo, the West Texas (Abilene) Fair & Rodeo, the Hugo (Okla.) PRCA Rodeo, the Cherokee (Iowa) Chamber PRCA Rodeo, and the Caribou County Fair & Rodeo (Grace, Idaho). Won the all-around and team roping at theYellowstone River Round-Up (Billings, Mont.) and the all-around and team roping at the Pasadena (Texas) Livestock Show & Rodeo. Won the all-around at the American Royal Rodeo (Kansas City, Mo.). Co-champion at the Oakley Independence Day Rodeo (Oakley City, Utah), the Magic Valley Stampede (Filer, Idaho), the Strawberry Days Rodeo (Pleasant Grove, Utah) and the Livingston (Mont.) Roundup ★ ★ 2015: Placed in eight rounds at the Wrangler NFR with partner JoJo LeMond. (Partner Jake Barnes) Won the Chief Joseph (Ore.) Days, the Cody (Wyo.) Stampede Champions Challenge and the Ramona (Calif.) Rodeo. Finished fourth in the world standings with $198,737 ★ ★ 2014: (Partner Jake Barnes) First Brazilian team roper to qualify for the Wrangler NFR; placed in six rounds and finished second in the average to jump from 12th to seventh in the final world standings with $136,036. Won the Spanish Fork (Utah) Fiesta Days Rodeo; the Clark County Fair & Rodeo (Logandale, Nev.); the Oakley Independence Day Rodeo (Oakley City, Utah); the Cave Creek (Ariz.) Fiesta Days Rodeo; the Crooked River Roundup (Prineville, Ore.); the Springville (Calif.) Sierra Rodeo Awards PRCA Resistol Team Roping Heeler Rookie of the Year, 2014 Amateur Seven-time winner of Brazil’s biggest roping competition; he claimed nine cars, 54 motorcycles and two horse trailers during the course of his career in Brazil

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