PRCA Media Guide - Cowboys Part 2

2018 ProRodeo Top Cowboys (continued) ★ ★ 2010: Won Mandan (N.D.) Rodeo Days; the Jesse James Day Rodeo (Northfield, Minn.), the Wild West Days PRCA Rodeo (Sturgis, S.D.), the Juneau County Fair Pro Rodeo (Mauston, Wis.), the Pine City (Minn.) Championship PRCA Rodeo and the FederationWest PRCA Rodeo (Sedalia, Mo.). Co-champion at the PRCA Championship Rodeo (Lincoln, Neb.) and the Carson (Iowa) Community Rodeo. Finished 39th in the world standings with $23,368 ★ ★ 2009: Won the American Heroes PRCA Rodeo (Braham, Minn.), the Isanti (Minn.) Firefighters Rodeo and the Gerry (N.Y.) Volunteer Firemen’s Rodeo; earned $8,111 while competing on his permit Amateur Won the 2012 College National Finals Rodeo with 315 points on four head, finished second to J.R. Vezain at the 2011 CNFR and third in 2010; three-times finished as Great Plains College Regional champion. Minnesota high school bareback riding champion, 2008; finished fifth in the National High School Finals Rodeo, 2008 Personal 5-7, 160 …Wife, Lonissa (married Oct. 15, 2016) … Parents, John and Rae Ann; sisters, Dani and Braelee; John won the Great Lakes Circuit bareback riding year-end title in 1988 and served as president of the Minnesota High School Rodeo Association …Tanner started competing in rodeo at 9 years old … Enjoys relaxing or baling hay when he’s home from the rodeo road … Graduated fromYellow Medicine East High School (Granite Falls, Minn.) in a class of 67

Derrick Begay

Team roping (heading)

Event:

2018 world standings place: 6th 2018 Wrangler NFR standings place: 5 th 2018 Wrangler NFR earnings:

$108,788 $193,626 $1,204,435

2018 earnings: Career earnings:

Aug. 15, 1983, inWinslow, Ariz.

Born:

Seba Dalkai, Ariz.

Residence: Joined PRCA: World titles:

2004

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8 (2008-13, 2015, 2018)

Wrangler NFR qualifications:

Northland Pioneer College (Holbrook, Ariz.), associate degree in industrial arts

Education:

Professional 2018 Highlights-- Partner Cory Petska ★ ★ Placed fifth in average at the Wrangler NFR, earning $108,788. Won Rounds 3 and 9, and split the win in Round 7 ★ ★ Won the War Bonnet Roundup Rodeo (Idaho Falls, Idaho) ★ ★ Won the Mountain Valley Stampede (Heber City, Utah) ★ ★ Won the Yellowstone River Round-Up (Billings, Mont.) ★ ★ Won the New Mexico (Albuquerque) State Fair & Rodeo, with Rich Skelton Co-champion at the Nicola Valley Pro Rodeo (Merritt, British Columbia) Career Highlights ★ ★ 2017: Finished 45th in the world standings with $33,661. Co-champion at the Gooding (Idaho) Pro Rodeo, with Clay O’Brien Cooper ★ ★ 2016: Did not compete ★ ★ 2015: (Partner Clay O’Brien Cooper)Won Rounds 2 and 4 and split the win in Round 5 at theWrangler NFR, placing in five total rounds. Won Rodeo Austin (Texas). Finished third in the world standings with $218,464 ★ ★ 2014: (Partner Will Woodfin) Won the Parada del Sol (Scottsdale, Ariz.), with Aaron Tsinigine. Won the Last Chance Stampede (Helena, Mont.); theWild Bill Hickok Rodeo (Abilene, Kan.); the MagicValley Stampede (Filer, Idaho); the St. George (Utah) Lions Dixie Roundup and the 30th annual Andy Devine Days Rodeo (Kingman, Ariz.), with Jordan Olson. Finished 23rd in the world standings with $46,469 ★ ★ 2013: (Partner Cesar de la Cruz) Tied for first place in Round 10 and placed in three other rounds at the Wrangler NFR; finished 12th in the world standings with $108,335. Won the Justin Boots Championships (Omaha, Neb.); the Redding (Calif.) Rodeo; the Pendleton (Ore.) Round-Up; California Rodeo Salinas and the Ute Mountain Roundup (Cortez, Colo.). Co-champion at Montana’s Biggest Weekend (Dillon) ★ ★ 2012: (Partner Cesar de la Cruz) Placed in five rounds of the Wrangler NFR to finish sixth in the average standings and the world standings.Won the RAMTurquoise Circuit Finals Rodeo (Las Cruces, N.M.); theWorld’s Oldest Rodeo (Prescott, Ariz.); the Lawton (Okla.) Rangers Rodeo; the Central Wyoming Fair & PRCA Rodeo (Casper); the Navajo Nation Fourth of July PRCA Rodeo (Window Rock, Ariz.) and the Missoula (Mont.) Stampede. Co-champion at the Last Chance Stampede (Helena, Mont.) and the Dinosaur Roundup Rodeo (Vernal, Utah)

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