PRCA Media Guide - Cowboys Part 2

Wade Sundell

Saddle bronc riding

Event:

1 st

2018 world standings place:

$177,327 $280,636 $1,757,611

2018 NFR earnings: 2018 earnings: Career earnings:

Feb. 10, 1985, in Boxholm, Iowa

Born:

Coleman, Okla.

Residence: Joined PRCA: World titles:

2007

1 (2018)

8 (2009-15, 2018)

Wrangler NFR qualifications:

Professional Career Highlights

★ ★ 2018: Won Round 5 and tied for first in Round 7 while placing in eight rounds of the 2018Wrangler NFR. He placed second in the average with 783.5 on nine head and won the 2018 world title by winning $177,327 in Las Vegas and $280,636 for the season.Won the RAMGreat Lakes Circuit Finals (Louisville, Ky.); the San Angelo (Texas) Rodeo; the Greeley (Colo.) Stampede; Mandan (N.D.) Rodeo Days; the Parker County Sheriff’s Posse Frontier Days And PRCA Rodeo (Weatherford, Texas); the Trinity Valley Exposition Fair & Rodeo (Liberty, Texas); and the Jackson County Pro Rodeo (Bellevue, Iowa). Co-champion at the RAMNational Circuit Finals Rodeo (Kissimmee, Fla.); the RanchoMission Viejo Rodeo (San Juan Capistrano, Calif.); and Pro Rodeo Oklahoma (Chickasha). ★ ★ 2017: Won the Edgewood (Iowa) Days PRCA Rodeo, the Mandan (N.D.) Rodeo Days, theWapello (Iowa) PRCA Rodeo, the Jayhawker Roundup Rodeo (Hill City, Kan.) and the Larimer County Fair & Rodeo (Loveland, Colo.). Co-champion at the Tri-State Rodeo (Fort Madison, Iowa). Ranked 33rd in the world standings with $32,952. ★ ★ 2016: Did not compete ★ ★ 2015: Won Rounds 1 and 10 and placed in four other rounds at the Wrangler NFR and finished as reserve world champion for the second time in his career. Won the San Angelo (Texas) Rodeo, the Deadwood (S.D.) Days of ‘76 Rodeo, the Lawton (Okla.) Rangers Rodeo, the Larimer County Fair & Rodeo (Loveland, Colo.), the Moose Mountain Pro Rodeo (Kennedy, Saskatchewan), the Parker County Frontier Days and PRCA Rodeo (Weatherford, Texas) and theWilliams Lake (British Columbia) Stampede. Co-champion at the Big Sky ProRodeo Roundup (Great Falls, Mont.) and the Home on the Range Champions Ride (Sentinel Butte, N.D.) ★ ★ 2014: Won Rounds 3, 5 and 9 of the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo and placed in four others to finish fifth in the average standings and rise from sixth to third in the final world standings with $180,726. Won the San Antonio (Texas) Stock Show & Rodeo; the Ogden (Utah) Pioneer Days; the LasVegas (Nev.) Helldorado Days; the Dodge City (Kan.) Roundup Rodeo; the Bennington (Kan.) PRCA Rodeo; the Beef Empire Days PRCA Rodeo (Garden City, Kan.); the Rodeo of the Ozarks (Springdale, Ark.); the Ken Lance Memorial (Ada, Okla.); the Coleman (Texas) PRCA Rodeo; the 101 Wild West Rodeo (Ponca City, Okla.); the Golden Spike Rodeo (Tremonton, Utah); the Dayton (Iowa) Championship Rodeo; theWill Rogers Memorial Rodeo (Vinita, Okla.) and the Pine City (Minn.) Championship PRCA Rodeo. Co-champion at the Clark County Fair & Rodeo (Logandale, Nev.); the Black Hills Roundup (Belle Fourche, S.D.); the Oakley Independence Day Rodeo (Oakley City, Utah); the Santa Rosa Roundup (Vernon, Texas); the Flint Hills Rodeo (Strong City, Kan.) and the American Royal ProRodeo (Kansas City, Mo.) ★ ★ 2013: Won Round 3 of theWrangler NFR with an 86-point ride on Big Stone, Moreno & Growney’s Big Muddy, won Round 6 with an 87.5-point ride on Burch Rodeo’s Lunatic Fringe and placed in four other rounds; finished sixth in the world standings with $164,345. Won the Justin Boots Playoffs (Puyallup, Wash.); the Rodeo of the Ozarks (Springdale, Ark.); the Black Hills Roundup (Belle Fourche, S.D.); theWoodward (Okla.) Elks Rodeo; the MineralWells (Texas) Rodeo; theWill Rogers Stampede (Claremore, Okla.); the Eastern Oregon Livestock Show (Union, Ore.); the Licking (Mo.) PRCA Rodeo and the Crockett (Texas) Lions Club PRCA Rodeo. Co-champion at the Cheyenne (Wyo.) Frontier Days; the Spanish Fork (Utah) Fiesta Days Rodeo and the Livermore (Calif.) Rodeo ★ ★ 2012: Split the win in Rounds 2 and 6 of the Wrangler NFR and placed in two other rounds to finish third in the average. Won the Ogden (Utah) Pioneer Days; the San Angelo (Texas) Rodeo; the Western Frontier ProRodeo (Pocatello, Idaho); the La Fiesta de los Vaqueros (Tucson, Ariz.); the 52nd Annual Belt (Mont.) Rodeo and the YMBL Championship Rodeo (Beaumont, Texas). Co-champion at the Cody (Wyo.) Stampede; the Snake River Stampede (Nampa, Idaho); theWest of the Pecos (Texas) Rodeo; the GuyWeadick Days (High River, Alberta) and the Old Fort Days Rodeo (Fort Smith, Ark.). Finished fourth in the world standings with $193,494 ★ ★ 2011: Won Round 1 of theWrangler NFR with an 85.5-point ride on Stace Smith ProRodeos’Goin’South and placed in seven other rounds en route to finishing third in the world standings with $223,974. Won the Justin Boots Championships (Omaha, Neb.); the Strathmore (Alberta) Stampede; the NewMexico State Fair Rodeo (Albuquerque, N.M.); the Rancho Mission Viejo Rodeo (San Juan Capistrano, Calif.); the Tri-State Rodeo (Fort Madison, Iowa); the Snake River Stampede (Nampa, Idaho); Iowa’s Championship Rodeo (Sidney, Iowa); the Silver Spurs Rodeo (Kissimmee, Fla.); the Clark County Fair & Rodeo (Logandale, Nev.) and the Livermore (Calif.) Rodeo. Co-champion at California Rodeo Salinas (Calif.); the Dixie National Rodeo (Jackson, Miss.) and the GuyWeadick Memorial Rodeo (High River, Alberta) ★ ★ 2010: Placed in eight rounds in theWrangler NFR to finish second in the average and take his world championship battle with CodyWright down to the last ride of the season before finishing second with $224,673. Won the Snake River Stampede (Nampa, Idaho) and with the win, he moved into first place in the PRCA regular-season world standings for the first time in his career with $78,323.Won Rodeo Austin (Texas); the Laughlin (Nev.) River Stampede; the MagicValley Stampede (Filer, Idaho); the Airdrie (Alberta) Pro Rodeo; the Buffalo Bill Rodeo (North Platte, Neb.); the Lakeside (Calif.) Rodeo; the Rotary Classic Rodeo (Starkville, Miss.) and the Walla Walla (Wash.) Frontier Days,

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