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daughters, Kenley and Kylie … Parents are Romain Sonnier and Tina Cartimiglia, brother Chad … His dad owned show horses and cutting horses …Majored in ag business at McNeese State University … Owns a saddle shop and makes his own saddles … Favorite food is turtle sauce picante with rice … Enjoys roping and spending time with his family … Favorite book is the Bible … Listens to country music

Jordan Spears

Bull riding

Event:

18 th

2018 world standings place:

$91,009 $581,056

2018 earnings: Career earnings:

May 26, 1992, in Grass Valley, Calif.

Born:

Redding, Calif.

Residence: Joined PRCA: World titles:

2013

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3 (2014, 2016-17)

Wrangler NFR qualifications:

Mesalands Community College (Tucumcari, N.M.); Feather River College (Quincy, Calif.)

Education:

Professional 2018 Highlights ★ ★ Won the Pendleton (Ore.) Round-Up ★ ★ Won the Lea County Fair & PRCA Rodeo Xtreme Bulls (Lovington, N.M.) ★ ★ Won the Bell County PRCA Rodeo (Belton, Texas) ★ ★ Won the Laramie (Wyo.) Jubilee Days Xtreme Bulls ★ ★ Won the Douglas County Fair and Rodeo Xtreme Bulls (Castle Rock, Colo.) ★ ★ Won the Lake County Round-up (Lakeview, Ore.) ★ ★ Won the Othello (Wash.) PRCA Rodeo ★ ★ Co-champion at the Sisters (Ore.) Xtreme Bulls

Career Highlights ★ ★ 2017: Won the Xtreme Bull Tour Finale (Ellensburg, Wash.), the Clovis (Calif.) Rodeo, the Sisters (Ore.) Rodeo, the Woodlake (Calif.) Lions Rodeo, the Parada Del Sol (Scottsdale, Ariz.), the Central Point (Ore.) Wild Rogue Pro Rodeo, the Springville (Calif.) Sierra Rodeo and the Larimer County Fair & Rodeo (Loveland, Colo.). Co-champion at the Gooding (Idaho) Pro Rodeo and the Crooked River Roundup (Prineville, Ore.). Finished seventh in the world standings with $197,057 ★ ★ 2016: Placed in three rounds to rank ninth at the Wrangler NFR. Finished eighth in the world standings with $151,802.Won the RAMColumbia River Circuit Finals Rodeo (Yakima,Wash.), the Southeastern Livestock Exposition (Montgomery, Ala.), the Magic Valley Stampede (Filer, Idaho) and the Othello (Wash.) PRCA Rodeo ★ ★ 2015: Did not compete ★ ★ 2014: Won Round 8 of his Wrangler NFR debut with an 85.5-point ride on Rafter G Rodeo’s Johnny Ramone and placed in two other rounds to rank ninth in the average. Won the Fort Mohave Classic PRCA Xtreme Bulls Division 1 event, theWallaWalla (Wash.) Frontier Days and the Sanders County Fair & PRCA Rodeo (Plains, Mont.). Co-champion at the Wild Bill Hickok Rodeo (Abilene, Kan.) and the Summit County Fair & Rodeo (Coalville, Utah). Finished 11th in the world standings with $100,030 ★ ★ 2013: Won the Kitsap Stampede Xtreme Bulls Division 2 (Bremerton, Wash.); the Springville (Calif.) Sierra Rodeo and the Marysville (Calif.) Stampede. Finished second in the long rounds at both the Reno (Nev.) Rodeo and the Pendleton (Ore.) Round-Up. Finished 28th in the world standings with $40,963 ★ ★ 2012: Earned $1,867 on his permit Amateur California state high school all-around champion, 2010; qualified for the College National Finals Rodeo, 2011 while at Mesalands Community College Personal 5-7, 155 … Single … Father, Randy, was a longtime PRCA contestant who now works as a farrier; mother, Rochelle West; sisters, Jessica, Shandy and Odessa; brother, Sterling … Nickname, J.W. … Enjoys deer, duck, goose and squirrel hunting and would one day like to become a professional hunting guide … Plays golf and likes to go fishing … Graduated from Foothills High School (Palo Cedro, Calif.); played on the football team as a running back and safety … Favorite musicians are Nickelback, Daughtry and Chris LeDoux … Favorite movies are“Shooter”(2007) and “Warrior”(2011) … Favorite food is pizza

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