PRCA Media Guide - Cowboys Part 2

Mont.), the Eastern Montana (Miles City) Fair Rodeo and the Gem State Stampede (Coeur D Alene, Idaho). Co-champ at theWainwright (Alberta) Stampede and the NicolaValley Pro Rodeo (Merritt, British Columbia). ★ ★ 2016: Placed in three rounds of the Wrangler NFR to tie for second place in the average. Finished eighth in the world standings with $159,508. Won the Eugene (Ore.) Pro Rodeo, the Bruce (Alberta) Stampede, the Wyoming (Douglas) State Fair & Rodeo and the Nicola Valley Pro Rodeo (Merritt, British Columbia) ★ ★ 2015: Finished 61st in the world standings with 11,484 ★ ★ 2014: Scored 668.5 on nine head to rank 13th in the average at Wrangler NFR. Won Lea County Fair & PRCA Rodeo (Lovington, N.M.),Yellowstone River Round-up (Billings, Mont.), Larimer County Fair & Rodeo (Loveland, Colo.), Arcadia (Fla.)All-FloridaChampionshipRodeo,ATributetotheGreatAmericanCowboy(Casper,Wyo.)andtheMaahDaahHey Stampede(GrassyButte,N.D.).Co-champattheOkotoks(Alberta)ProRodeo.Was15th inworldstandingswith$70,208 ★ ★ 2013: Placed in five rounds of the Wrangler NFR on his way to finishing third in the average and seventh in the world standings with $143,924.Won the Clovis (Calif.) Rodeo, the Red Bluff (Calif.) Round-Up, theYellowstone River Round-Up (Billings, Mont.), the Dinosaur Roundup Rodeo (Vernal, Utah), the Buc Days ProRodeo (Corpus Christi, Texas) and the Pincher Creek (Alberta) ProRodeo. Co-champion at the San Antonio (Texas) Stock Show and Rodeo ★ ★ 2012: Won Round 10 on Lancaster & Pickett Pro Rodeo’s Top Flight and placed in five other rounds at his first Wrangler NFR to finish fourth in the world standings with $199,304. Won Cody (Wyo.) Stampede; Larimer County Fair & Rodeo (Loveland, Colo.); Atlantic City (N.J.) Boardwalk Rodeo, Guymon (Okla.) Pioneer Days Rodeo, Wild Rogue ProRodeo (Central Point, Ore.), Pincher Creek (Alberta) ProRodeo andWhoop-Up Days (Lethbridge, Alberta) ★ ★ 2011: Finished 20th in the world standings with $47,845. Won the bareback riding at the Bowman (N.D.) County ProRodeo. Won the all-around and bareback riding at the Pikuni ProRodeo (Browning, Mont.). Won the bull riding and the all-around at the Tulsa (Okla.) State Fair PRCA Rodeo ★ ★ 2010: Won the year-end all-around title in the Montana Circuit, becoming the first roughstock cowboy to do so since Bob Schall in 1993. Won the all-around at theTulsa (Okla.) State Fair PRCA Rodeo and the Belt (Mont.) Rodeo. Won the bareback riding at the ChisholmTrail Stampede (Duncan, Okla.), the Drummond (Mont.) PRCA Rodeo, the EnergyTown Pro Rodeo (Gillette,Wyo.), the Fallon County Fair & Rodeo (Baker, Mont.), the Mo Betta Stampede and Native American Heritage Days (Anadarko, Okla.) and the Chouteau County Fair & Rodeo (Fort Benton, Mont.). Co-champion at the Yellowstone Stampede Pro Rodeo (Billings, Mont.) and theWest Texas Fair & Rodeo (Abilene). Won the bull riding at the Dawson County Fair & Rodeo (Glendive, Mont.), the Tulsa (Okla.) State Fair PRCA Rodeo and the Chouteau County Fair & Rodeo (Fort Benton, Mont.). Earned $23,614 while competing on his permit Awards Resistol Bareback Riding Rookie of the Year, 2011 Amateur National High School Finals Rodeo Bareback Riding Champion, 2009; finished third in NHSFR all-around and sixth in the bareback riding, 2010. College National Finals Rodeo all-around champion, 2011 Personal 5-8, 140 …Wife, Shelby …Mother, Shilo Christman; father, Justin Jarrett (a former bareback rider) … His given name is Greg Duncan Vezain, but he has always gone by J.R. because an aunt took to calling him“Junior”even before he was born … Learned to ride from his maternal uncle, Duncan Vezain, during summers spent in Bridger, Mont … A two-time Wyoming high school wrestling champion at Rocky Mountain High School (Cowley, Wyo.) … Says the sport prepared him for rodeo“because it taught me a lot of mental toughness (and the training produced) a lot of strength”… Attended Kelly Timberman’s rodeo school as a 16-year-old and credits the 2004 world champion with teaching him to ride bareback horses the right way …Transferred from Vernon (Texas) College to Casper (Wyo.) College in 2011 … He started working with leather at 9 years old while in a 4-H program and still enjoys doing it

PRORODEO COWBOYS

Tyler Wade

Team roping (heading)

Event:

2018 world standings place: 11 th 2018 Wrangler NFR standings place: 14 th 2018 Wrangler NFR earnings:

$63,308 $135,308 $552,100

2018 earnings: Career earnings:

June 23, 1992, in Dallas, Texas

Born:

Terrell, Texas

Residence: Joined PRCA: World titles:

2008

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Wrangler NFR qualifications:

Professional 2018 Highlights ★ ★ Finished 11th in the world standings with $135,308. Placed 14th in the average at the Wrangler NFR, earning $63,308. Placed in two rounds. Won Rounds 6 and 10

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