PRCA Media Guide - Cowboys Part 2

Zeke Thurston

Saddle bronc riding

Event:

2018 world standings place: 3 rd 2018 Wrangler NFR standings place: 3 rd 2018 Wrangler NFR earnings:

$149,404 $262,041 $859,136

2018 earnings: Career earnings:

July 15, 1994, in Big Valley, Alberta

Born:

Big Valley, Alberta

Residence: Joined PRCA: World titles:

2015

1 (2016)

3 (2015-18)

Wrangler NFR qualifications: Wrangler NFR average titles:

1 (2016)

Sheridan (Wyo.) College

Education:

Professional 2018 Highlights ★ ★ Won Round 9 and split the win in Round 6 while placing in eight rounds of theWrangler NFR with 693.5 points on eight head ★ ★ Won the National Western Stock Show and Rodeo (Denver, Colo.) ★ ★ Won the Wainwright (Alberta) Stampede ★ ★ Won the Red Bluff (Calif.) Round-Up ★ ★ Won the Lea Park Rodeo (Marwayne, Alberta) ★ ★ Won the Innisfail (Alberta) Pro Rodeo ★ ★ Won the Wildwood (Alberta) Bronc Bustin’ ★ ★ Co-champion at the Fallon County Xtreme Broncs (Baker, Mont.). Career Highlights ★ ★ 2017: Won the K-Days Rodeo (Edmonton, Alberta), the Ponoka (Alberta) Stampede; Rodeo Austin (Texas), the Redding (Calif.) Rodeo, the IPE and Stampede (Armstrong, British Columbia), the Lewiston (Idaho) Roundup, the Wrangler Champions Challenge presented by Justin Boots (Rapid City, S.D.), the Camrose (Alberta) Spring Rodeo, the Daines Ranch Pro Rodeo (Innisfail, Alberta), the Rocky Pro Rodeo (Rocky Mountain House, Alberta), the Elgin (Ore.) Stampede, the Jasper (Alberta) Heritage Rodeo, the Kitsap Stampede (Bremerton, Wash.), the Golden Spike Rodeo (Tremonton, Utah) and the Iron County Fair and PRCA Rodeo (Parowan, Utah). Co-champion at theWorld’s Oldest Rodeo (Prescott, Ariz.). Placed 10th in the average at theWrangler NFR and seventh in the world standings with $199,917. ★ ★ 2016: Won Round 6 and placed in six rounds to rank first at the Wrangler NFR. Won the world title with $265,449. Won the Justin Boots Playoffs (Puyallup, Wash.), the Canby (Ore) Rodeo, the Southeastern Livestock Exposition (Montgomery, Ala.), the Hand Hills Lake Stampede (Craigmyle, Alberta), the Rodeo ofThe Ozarks (Springdale, Ark.), the Kitsap Stampede (Bremerton, Wash.), the Rodeo de Santa Fe (N.M.), the Missoula (Mont.) Stampede, and the Home On the Range Champions Ride (Sentinel Butte, N.D.). Co-champion at the 22nd Glen Rose (Texas) PRCA Rodeo ★ ★ 2015: Placed in two rounds at his first Wrangler National Finals Rodeo presented by Polaris RANGER, finished 11th in the world standings with $127,970. Won the World’s Oldest Rodeo (Prescott, Ariz.), the Oakley Independence Day Rodeo (Oakley City, Utah), La Fiesta de los Vaqueros (Tucson, Ariz.) with 168 points on two head, A Tribute to the Great American Cowboy (Casper,Wyo.), the Lake County Round-up (Lakeview, Ore.), the Rocky ProRodeo (Rocky Mountain House, Alberta) and the Oldstoberfest (Olds, Alberta). Co-champion at the Farm-City Pro Rodeo (Hermiston, Ore.), the Strathmore (Alberta) Stampede, the Oakdale (Calif.) Saddle Club Rodeo. ★ ★ 2014: Won the RAM Montana Circuit Finals Rodeo (Great Falls); A Tribute to the Great American Cowboy (Casper, Wyo.); the Rocky Mountain Classic (Kalispell, Mont.); the Richland County Fair (Sidney, Mont.) and the Dawson County Fair & Rodeo (Glendive, Mont.). Earned $18,239 on his permit ★ ★ 2013: Earned $6,204 on his permit in PRCA competition and qualified for the Canadian Finals Rodeo despite being sidelined by a broken ankle in June, which broke during the College National Finals Rodeo (Casper, Wyo.) Amateur Canadian Finals Rodeo Steer Riding Champion in 2008; three-time qualifier for the National High School Finals Rodeo and a qualifier for the College National Finals Rodeo Personal 5-9, 145 …Wife, Jayne; daughter, Lucy (born in 2018) … Father, Skeeter, qualified for the NFR six times (1986-87, 1989, 1991, 1994-95) as a saddle bronc rider; mother, Lynda; brothers, Wyatt and Sam, also compete in saddle bronc riding; younger sister, Tess, competes in barrel racing and goat tying … Special interests are ranching, roping, deer hunting and fishing … Enjoys drawing and tends to produce art of“real good cowboy wrecks.”

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