PRCA Media Guide - Cowboys Part 2

2018 ProRodeo Top Cowboys (continued)

Tim O’Connell

Bareback riding

Event:

2018 world standings place: 1 st 2018 Wrangler NFR standings place: 1 st (tied) 2018 Wrangler NFR earnings: $132,551 2018 earnings: $319,801 Career earnings: $1,462,489 Born:

Oct. 24, 1991, in Dubuque, Iowa

Zwingle, Iowa

Residence: Joined PRCA: World titles:

2013

3 (2016-18) 5 (2014-18)

Wrangler NFR qualifications: Wrangler NFR average titles:

3 (2016-17, 2018 – tied)

Iowa Central Community College (Fort Dodge) and Missouri Valley College (Marshall, Mo.)

Education:

Professional 2018 Highlights

★ ★ Won third consecutive bareback riding world championship and third consecutiveWrangler NFR average title with 849.5 points on 10 head, splitting it with Steven Dent. Won Round 3 at theWrangler NFR on Powder River Rodeo’s Craig at Midnight and Round 9 on Cervi Championship Rodeo’s Vitalix Ain’t No Angel. Placed in Rounds 4 and 10 ★ ★ Won the Reno (Nev.) Rodeo ★ ★ Won the California Rodeo Salinas ★ ★ Won the St. Paul (Ore.) Rodeo ★ ★ Won the Horse Heaven / Kennewick (Wash.) Round-Up ★ ★ Won the Walla Walla (Wash.) Frontier Days ★ ★ Won the Greeley (Colo.) Stampede ★ ★ Won the Parker County Sheriff’s Posse Frontier Days And PRCA Rodeo (Weatherford, Texas) ★ ★ Won the Woodward (Okla.) Elks Rodeo ★ ★ Won the Midwest Horse Fair & Rodeo (Madison, Wis.)

★ ★ Won the Licking (Mo.) PRCA Rodeo ★ ★ Won the Coleman (Texas) PRCA Rodeo ★ ★ Won the Elizabeth (Colo.) Stampede Rodeo ★ ★ Won the Jackson County Pro Rodeo (Bellevue, Iowa) ★ ★ Won the Stanley (Wis.) Rodeo ★ ★ Won the 40th Annual Headwaters PRCA Rodeo (Park Rapids, Minn.) ★ ★ Won the Heart of the North Rodeo (Spooner, Wis.) ★ ★ Won the Western Fest Stampede Rodeo (Granite Falls, Minn.) ★ ★ Won the Oakley Independence Day Rodeo (Oakley City, Utah) ★ ★ Won the Fallon County Fair & Rodeo (Baker, Mont.) ★ ★ Won the River City Rodeo (Omaha, Neb.) ★ ★ Co-champion at the RAM National Circuit Finals Rodeo (Kissimmee, Fla.) ★ ★ Co-champion at the Franklin (Tenn.) Rodeo ★ ★ Co-champion at the Flint Hills Rodeo (Strong City, Kan.)

Career Highlights ★ ★ 2017: Won his second consecutive bareback riding world title with $371,416.Won his second consecutiveWrangler NFR average with 853.5 points on 10 head, earning $169,500.Won the Cheyenne (Wyo.) Frontier Days, the National Western Stock Show & Rodeo (Denver, Colo.), the Southwestern Exposition and Livestock Show (FortWorth,Texas), the Horse Heaven Round-Up (Kennewick,Wash.), the Rodeo Corpus Christi (Texas), the Ogden (Utah) Pioneer Days, the St. Paul (Ore.) Rodeo, the Rodeo of the Ozarks (Springdale, Ark.), the Old Fort Days Rodeo (Fort Smith, Ark.), the U.S. Navy Seal Danny Dietz Ultimate Challenge (Rosenberg,Texas), the Beef Empire Days PRCA Rodeo (Garden City, Kan.), the Gladewater (Texas) Round-Up Rodeo, the 41st Annual Isanti (Minn.) Firefighters Rodeo, the Jackson County Pro Rodeo (Bellevue, Iowa), the Elk City (Okla.) Rodeo Of Champions and the Carson (Iowa) Community Rodeo,Won the Pioneer City Rodeo (Palestine, Ill.). Co-champion at the Minnesota (St. Paul) Horse Exposition Rodeo and the Golden Spike Rodeo (Tremonton, Utah) ★ ★ 2016: Won the world champion title and theWrangler NFR average by splitting the top spot in Round 2 and placing in seven rounds. O’Connell set a bareback riding record and had the biggest single-season total in any event with $347,272 earned. Won the RAM National Circuit Finals Rodeo (Kissimmee, Fla.), the RAM Great Lakes Circuit Finals Rodeo (Louisville, Ky.), the Pendleton (Ore.) Round-Up, the Southwestern Exposition and Livestock Show (Fort Worth,Texas), the Justin Boots Playoffs (Puyallup,Wash.), the Dodge City, (Kan.) Roundup Rodeo, the St. Paul (Ore.) Rodeo.Won the Lawton (Okla.) Rangers Rodeo, the Buffalo Bill Rodeo (North Platte, Neb.), theWill Rogers Stampede (Claremore, Okla.), the 101 WildWest Rodeo (Ponca City, Okla.), the Edgewood (Iowa) Days PRCA Rodeo, the 40th Annual Isanti (Minn.) Firefighters Rodeo, the Gerry (N.Y.)Volunteer Firemen’s Rodeo, the Carson (Iowa) Community Rodeo, the Pioneer City Rodeo (Palestine, Ill.) and the Pine City (Minn.) Championship PRCA Rodeo. Co-champion at the Old Fort Days Rodeo (Fort Smith, Ark.) and the Beef Empire Days PRCA Rodeo (Garden City, Kan.)

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