PRCA Media Guide - Cowboys Part 2

Personal 6-5, 240 …Wife, Kristen; daughter, Maddie; sons, Hudson, Crewe, and Case … Parents, Keith and RaeCille; brother, Boone … Graduated from Stevensville High School in 2007 with a class of 100 students … Earned his bachelor’s degree in Health and Human Performance from University of Montana Western-Dillon in 2013 …Taught special education for one year and now runs a drug dog business with his dad … Grew up around horses and his uncle used to rope … Started competing in rodeo when he was a junior in high school and then competed on the University of Montana Western-Dillon rodeo team… Considers the 2018 RAM National Circuit Finals Rodeo to be his most challenging competition since it was his first time competing against the best competitors from all over the country … His favorite rodeo is the Ponoka (Alberta) Stampede because the long alleyway requires judging your distance … Played basketball in high school and enjoys hunting for deer and elk … Enjoys spending time with his family when not traveling for rodeos … Looks up to steer wrestler Rod Lyman since he grew up nearby … Favorite food is steak … Favorite book is“Where the Red Fern Grows”… Enjoys Western movies and all types of music

Richmond Champion

Bareback riding

Event:

2018 world standings place: 5 th 2018 Wrangler NFR standings place: 5 th 2018 Wrangler NFR earnings:

$123,526 $243,345 $954,514

2018 earnings: Career earnings:

Dec. 16, 1992, in Orange County, Calif.

Born:

TheWoodlands, Texas

Residence: Joined PRCA: World titles:

2012

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4 (2014, 2016-18)

Wrangler NFR qualifications:

Tarleton State University (Stephenville, Texas)

Education:

Professional 2018 Highlights ★ ★ Placed in six rounds at the Wrangler NFR, while earning $123,526 ★ ★ Won the Ponoka (Alberta) Stampede ★ ★ Won the Washington (Puyallup) State Fair Pro Rodeo ★ ★ Won the Ellensburg (Wash.) Rodeo ★ ★ Won the Rocky Pro Rodeo (Rocky Mountain House, Alberta)

★ ★ Won the Williams Lake (British Columbia) Stampede ★ ★ Won the Black Hills Roundup (Belle Fourche, S.D.) ★ ★ Won the Sioux Falls (S.D.) Premier Rodeo

Career Highlights ★ ★ 2017: Finished second in the world standings with $268,511, earning $167,314 of that at theWrangler NFR, where he finished second in the average. Won the Ellensburg (Wash.) Rodeo, the Strathmore (Alberta) Stampede, the Dawson Creek (Brith Columbia) Exhibition and Stampede, the Strawberry Days Rodeo (Pleasant Grove, Utah), the Angelina County Benefit Rodeo (Lufkin, Texas), the Leduc (Alberta) Black Gold Rodeo and the Sundre (Alberta) ProRodeo. Co-champion at the Wainwright (Alberta) Stampede, the Grande Prairie (Alberta) Stompede and the Golden Spike Rodeo (Tremonton, Utah) ★ ★ 2016: Placed in three rounds of theWrangler NFR to rank fifth in the average. Finished 11th in the world standings with $129,092. Won the Canby (Ore) Rodeo, the Deadwood (S.D.) Days of ‘76 Rodeo, the Livermore (Calif.) Rodeo, the Home of Champions Rodeo (Red Lodge, Mont.), the Chief Joseph (Ore.) Days and the XIT Rodeo & Reunion (Dalhart, Texas) ★ ★ 2015: Won That Famous Preston (Idaho) Night Rodeo, the Butterfield Stage Days PRCA Rodeo (Bridgeport, Texas), theWill Rogers Stampede (Claremore, Okla.) and the Eagle (Colo.) County Fair & Rodeo. Co-champion at the Canby (Ore.) Rodeo. Finished 23rd in the world standings with $51,538 ★ ★ 2014: Won Round 5 of the Wrangler NFR with an 88.5-point ride on PRCA Bareback Horse of the Year Dirty Jacket and Round 7 while placing in four other rounds; finished second in theWrangler NFR average standings and third in the world with $198,075. Won Cheyenne (Wyo.) Frontier Days, the Spanish Fork (Utah) Fiesta Days Rodeo, the Dodge City (Kan.) Roundup Rodeo and the Gladewater (Texas) Round-Up Rodeo. Co-champion at the National Western Stock Show and Rodeo (Denver) the Southeastern Livestock Exposition (Montgomery, Ala.), the Guymon (Okla.) Pioneer Days Rodeo and the Walla Walla (Wash.) Frontier Days. ★ ★ 2013: Won the Pikes Peak or Bust Rodeo (Colorado Springs, Colo.), the Ellensburg (Wash.) Rodeo and the Cowboy Capital ProRodeo (Bandera, Texas). Co-champion at the Eagle (Colo.) County Fair & Rodeo. Finished 25th in the world standings with $36,124 ★ ★ 2012: Won the State Fair of Louisiana Pro Rodeo (Shreveport), the Four States Fair Rodeo (Texarkana, Ark.), the Angelina County Benefit Rodeo (Lufkin, Texas), the Kit Carson County Fair & Rodeo (Burlington, Colo.), and the Comal County Fair & Rodeo (New Braunfels, Texas). Co-champion at the Silver Spurs Rodeo (Kissimmee, Fla.). Finished 32nd in the world standings with $26,176

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