PRCA Media Guide - Cowboys Part 2

2018 ProRodeo Top Cowboys (continued) PRCA Rodeo (Lovington, N.M.) and the Lewiston (Idaho) Roundup. Won the all-around at the Johnson County Sheriff’s Posse (Cleburne, Texas). Co-champion at the Horse Heaven Round-up Wrangler Champions Challenge (Kennewick, Wash.) ★ ★ 2013: Placed in five rounds of the Wrangler NFR; finished fourth in the world standings with $167,716. Won the Red Bluff (Calif.) Round-Up; Rodeo Austin (Texas); the Williams Lake (British Columbia) Stampede; the Oakdale (Calif.) Saddle Club Rodeo; the NewMexico State Fair & Rodeo (Albuquerque); the Rio GrandeValley Livestock Show & Rodeo (Mercedes, Texas) and Evanston (Wyo.) Cowboy Days. Won the all-around at Cheyenne (Wyo.) Frontier Days; the Lawton (Okla.) Rangers Rodeo; the Guymon (Okla.) Pioneer Days Rodeo; That Famous Preston (Idaho) Night Rodeo and the Glen Rose (Texas) PRCA Rodeo. Co-champion at the Lewiston (Idaho) Round-Up and theTexas Stampede Rodeo (Allen,Texas). Co-champion in the all-around and tie-down roping at the Last Chance Stampede (Helena, Mont.) ★ ★ 2012: Won Rounds 1 and 4 of the Wrangler NFR and won his second consecutive world title by finishing second in theWrangler NFR average standings and earning $232,885 for the season.Won the Justin Boots Championships (Omaha, Neb.); the Reno (Nev.) Rodeo and the Tri-State Rodeo (Fort Madison, Iowa). Won the all-around and was co-champion in team roping at the 18th Annual Glen Rose (Texas) PRCA Rodeo, with Trey Johnson. Co-champion at the Home of Champions Rodeo (Red Lodge, Mont.) ★ ★ 2011: Placed in five rounds of theWrangler NFR on the way to his first world title with season earnings of $192,042. Won the Justin Boots Championships (Omaha, Neb.); the RAM Texas Circuit Finals Rodeo (Waco); the Snake River Stampede (Nampa, Idaho); the Clark County Fair & Rodeo (Logandale, Nev.); the Walker County Fair & Rodeo (Huntsville, Texas); the Pasadena (Texas) Livestock Show & Rodeo; the Dixie National Rodeo (Jackson, Miss.); the Butterfield Stage Days (Bridgeport, Texas); the Livingston (Mont.) Round-Up; the Gooding (Idaho) ProRodeo; co-champion at the Kitsap County Fair & Stampede (Bremerton, Wash.) ★ ★ 2010: Placed in five rounds of theWrangler NFR, including wins in Rounds 3 and 10 in which he twice equaled the rodeo-best time of 6.9 seconds; finished second in the average and second in the world standings with $203,968. Won the all-around at the Pasadena (Texas) Livestock Show and Rodeo; the Austin County Fair and Rodeo (Bellville, Texas) and the Othello (Wash.) PRCA Rodeo.Won the tie-down roping at the Ponoka (Alberta) Stampede; the Airdrie (Alberta) Pro Rodeo; the Glen Rose (Texas) PRCA Rodeo; the Santa Rosa Round Up (Vernon,Texas) and the Dawson Creek (British Columbia) Stampede; co-champion at the Rocky (Mountain House, Alberta) Pro Rodeo ★ ★ 2009: Placed in seven of 10 rounds in theWrangler NFR to win the average title with a time of 84.5 seconds, just a half-second off FredWhitfield’s NFR record.Won Rodeo Austin (Texas); the DodgeTexas Circuit Finals Rodeo (Waco); theWild Bill Hickok Rodeo (Abilene, Kan.); the Nacogdoches (Texas) Pro Rodeo and the Red Desert Round Up (Rock Springs,Wyo.),Won the all-around title at the Molalla (Ore.) Buckeroo Rodeo. Finished second in the world standings with $174,349 ★ ★ 2008: Won Round 9 of theWrangler NFR with a rodeo-best time of 6.7 seconds and placed in five other rounds on his way to finishing third in the average and fourth in the final world standings with $172,274. Won the River City Roundup (Omaha, Neb.); the Clark County Fair & Rodeo (Logandale, Nev.); the Rancho Mission Viejo Rodeo (San Juan Capistrano, Calif.); the Farm-City Pro Rodeo (Hermiston, Ore.); the Southern Mississippi Coca-Cola Classic Rodeo (Hattiesburg, Miss.); the Cowboy Capital of theWorld Pro Rodeo (Stephenville,Texas); the Big Spring (Texas) Cowboy Reunion and the Cassia County Fair & Rodeo (Burley, Idaho) Amateur Texas high school team roping champion (with Jake Cobb), 2007-08; tie-down roping champion, 2006. International Youth Finals Rodeo all-around and tie-down roping champion, 2006. Wrangler Division all-around cowboy at the inaugural Wrangler Junior High School Finals (Gallup, N.M.), 2005 Personal 5-11, 160 …Married to Tiffany … Parents are Shari Cooper and Roy“Super Looper”Cooper, a member of the ProRodeo Hall of Fame and an eight-time world champion; brothers Clint (five-time Wrangler NFR qualifier) and Clif are both PRCA competitors in tie-down roping. In 2010, Tuf, Clif and Clint became the first set of three brothers to qualify for the Wrangler NFR in tie-down roping in the same year; they repeated in 2011 … Sister Shada is married to 24-time World Champion Trevor Brazile. Grandfather, Clifton Smith, was an NFR tie-down roper in 1960 and 1962 and uncle, Stran Smith, is a 10-time NFR qualifier and the 2008 world champion …Won his first all-around title at age 6 at the Earth, Texas, High Plains Junior Rodeo Association event in 1996

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