PRCA Media Guide - Cowboys Part 2

2018 ProRodeo Top Cowboys (continued) Amateur Three-time qualifier for the National High Schools Finals Rodeo; Oklahoma high school champion in 2006 Personal 6-3, 210 …Wife, Josie (married Sept. 27, 2014) … Father, Steve, is a rancher who also owns a sand and gravel business in Kingston, Okla.; mother, Rita Ginter, is a nurse; older sister, Holly Wynn … Other occupation is horse training … Enjoys riding horses and spending time with family when he is not competing … Graduated from Kingston (Okla.) High School in 2007, in a class of 70; played basketball and football there until his sophomore year, when he decided to concentrate on rodeo … Started roping with his dad at the age of five … Favorite rodeo is Cheyenne (Wyo.) Frontier Days … Favorite movie is“The Cowboys”with John Wayne … Rodeo idol is seven-time world champion team roping heeler Clay O’Brien Cooper

Billy Bugenig

Steer Wrestling

Event:

19 th

2018 world standings place:

$60,663 $871,473

2018 earnings: Career earnings:

May 7, 1981, in Fortuna, Calif.

Born:

Ferndale, Calif.

Residence: Joined PRCA: World titles:

2003

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4 (2010-12, 2016)

Wrangler NFR qualifications:

Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo University, bachelor’s degree in business management

Education:

Professional 2018 Highlights ★ ★ Won the Ellensburg (Wash.) Rodeo

★ ★ Won the Gold County Pro Rodeo (Auburn, Calif.) ★ ★ Won the Mother Lode Round-Up (Sonora, Calif.) ★ ★ Co-champion at the RAM California (Lancaster) Circuit Finals

Career Highlights ★ ★ 2017: Won the Livermore (Calif.) Rodeo. Finished 39th in the world standings with $32,294 ★ ★ 2016: Split the win in Round 6 and placed in two rounds of theWrangler NFR to rank 14th in the average. Won the Deadwood (S.D.) Days of ‘76 Rodeo and the Poway (Calif.) Rodeo ★ ★ 2015: Finished 61st in the world standings with $19,260 ★ ★ 2014: Co-champion at the Justin Boots Championships (Omaha, Neb.); won the Big Sky ProRodeo Roundup (Great Falls, Mont.) and the Airdrie (Alberta) ProRodeo. Finished 19th in the world standings with $46,824 ★ ★ 2013: Won the Livermore (Calif.) Rodeo; theWallaWalla (Wash.) Frontier Days; the LasVegas (Nev.) Elks Helldorado Days and the Sheriff’s PRCA Rodeo (San Bernardino, Calif.). Co-champion at the Colorado State Fair & Rodeo (Pueblo) and the Woodlake (Calif.) Lions Rodeo; finished 32nd in the world standings with $33,677 ★ ★ 2012: Won Round 2 of theWrangler NFR in 3.6 seconds and placed in four other rounds.Won the Dodge City (Kan.) Round-Up; the Mother Lode Round-Up (Sonora, Calif.) and the Larimer County Fair & Rodeo (Loveland, Colo.). Finished ninth in the world standings with $116,443 ★ ★ 2011: Placed in two rounds of theWrangler NFR.Won the Farm-City ProRodeo (Hermiston, Ore.); the Rowell Ranch Rodeo (Hayward, Calif.); the Kern County Sheriff Reserve Stampede Days Rodeo (Bakersfield, Calif.); the Dinosaur Roundup Rodeo (Vernal, Utah). Co-champion at the Woodlake (Calif.) Lions Rodeo. Finished sixth in the world standings with $125,107 ★ ★ 2010: SharedWrangler NFR average title with Dean Gorsuch in a time of 45.7 seconds on 10 head in his NFR debut; placed in four rounds, including a win in Round 1 with a time of 3.4 seconds. Finished seventh in the world standings with $135,387. Won the Ellensburg (Wash.) Rodeo; the Southwestern International PRCA Rodeo (El Paso, Texas); the Glennville (Calif.) Round-Up and the Colorado State Fair & Rodeo (Pueblo). Co-champion at the New Mexico State Fair (Albuquerque) and the Wild Rogue Pro Rodeo (Central Point, Ore.) ★ ★ 2009: Won the average at the Dodge California Circuit Finals Rodeo (Norco, Calif.); finished 31st in the world standings with $37,559 ★ ★ 2008: Won the Rowell Ranch Rodeo (Hayward, Calif.) and the Larimer County Fair & Rodeo (Loveland, Colo.); finished 34th in the world standings with $29,953 ★ ★ 2007: Won the first round, average and final round at the Puyallup (Wash.) Pro Rodeo, the second leg of the Tour Playoffs series ★ ★ 2006: Finished 49th in world standings with earnings of $23,365; won the final round at the Southwestern Exposition and Livestock Show (Fort Worth, Texas) in 3.4 seconds

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