PRCA Media Guide - Cowboys Part 2

2018 ProRodeo Top Cowboys (continued) ★ ★ 2007: Won the Canby (Ore.) Rodeo and the West Texas Fair & Rodeo (Abilene), with Allen Bach; won the Cowboy Capital of theWorld Pro Rodeo (Stephenville), withYork Gill, won the Rusk County PRCA Rodeo (Henderson,Texas) and was co-champion at the Southwest Arkansas District Livestock Show & Rodeo (Hope), with Arky Rogers. Qualified for the first two legs (Caldwell, Idaho, and Puyallup, Wash.) of the Tour Playoffs; finished 37th in the final heading standings with $30,038 ★ ★ 2005: (Partner Nick Simmons) Won La Fiesta de los Vaqueros (Tucson, Ariz.); finished 31st in the world heading standings with $23,278 ★ ★ 2001: Won the Clark County Fair & Rodeo (Logandale, Nev.) and the Beef Empire Days PRCA Rodeo (Garden City, Kan.), with Mickey Gomez. Won the Sandhills Stock Show & Rodeo (Odessa, Texas), with Chad Spillers Amateur Qualified for the National High School Finals Rodeo twice in steer wrestling, tie-down roping and team roping. He won six South Carolina state titles, claiming two titles in the all-around, team roping and tie-down roping Personal 5-8, 160 …Wife Lacy (married Nov. 5, 2011); daughter, Libby … His given name is Luke Swann Brown III. His parents, Luke Jr. and Debbie, own and operate a construction company in Rock Hill, S.C., located about a half hour south of Charlotte. Luke’s brothers, Jay and Cody, also work for the company … Although his home is in South Carolina, Brown has a place in Stephenville, Texas, just down the road from 2007 and 2012 World Team Roping (Heading) Champion Chad Masters … Enjoys fishing, reading the Bible, all types of music, eating at Outback Steakhouse and any Italian food … Roped with four-time World Champion Team Roper Allen Bach during the second half of the 2007 season and called the experience“the greatest thing that’s ever happened to me”… Lists Jake Barnes, Speed Williams, Chad Masters and Bach as his major influences … Brown’s 2008 appearance in Las Vegas made him the first contestant from South Carolina to qualify for the Wrangler NFR since steer wrestler Charles Thompson in 1977

Tanner Brunner

Steer wrestling

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2018 world standings place: 15th 2018 Wrangler NFR standings place: 10 th 2018 Wrangler NFR earnings: $13,667 2018 earnings: $98,193 Career earnings: $192,198 Born:

Jan. 15, 1993, in Ramona, Kan.

Ramona, Kan.

Residence: Joined PRCA: World titles:

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Kansas State University (Manhattan, Kan.)

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Professional 2018 Highlights

★ ★ Placed in one round in his Wrangler NFR debut, splitting fifth place in Round 3. He finished 15th in the world standings with $98,193 and was 10th in theWrangler NFR average with a 95.5-second time on nine head. He earned $13,667 at the Wrangler NFR. ★ ★ Won the Cody (Wyo.) Stampede ★ ★ Won the 49th Annual Cowboy Capital of the World PRCA Rodeo (Stephenville, Texas) ★ ★ Won the Black Hills Roundup (Belle Fourche, S.D.) ★ ★ Won the Strawberry Days Rodeo (Pleasant Grove, Utah) ★ ★ Won Rodeo de Santa Fe (N.M.) ★ ★ Co-champion at the Sikeston (Mo.) Jaycee Bootheel Rodeo Career Highlights ★ ★ 2017: Won the Kaw Valley Rodeo (Manhattan, Kan.). Finished 47th in the world standings with $25,505. ★ ★ 2016: Won the XIT Rodeo & Reunion (Dalhart,Texas) and the Sikeston (Mo.) Jaycee Bootheel Rodeo. Co-champion at the Crystal Springs Rodeo (Clear Lake, S.D.). Finished 28th in the world standings with $37,753 ★ ★ 2015: Won the Qualifier TE Only National Western Rodeo (Denver, Colo.); co-champion at the Flint Hills Rodeo (Strong City, Kan.). Finished 63rd in the world standings with $19,131 ★ ★ 2014: Won the PRCA Championship Rodeo (Lincoln, Neb.), the KawValley Rodeo (Manhattan, Kan.); co-champion at the Linn County Fair & Rodeo (Mound City, Kan.)

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