PRCA Media Guide - Cowboys Part 2

Wyatt Denny

Bareback riding

Event:

2018 world standings place: 14 th 2018 Wrangler NFR standings place: 15 th 2018 Wrangler NFR earnings:

$40,462 $117,958 $423,430

2018 earnings: Career earnings:

Aug. 25, 1995, in Roseville, Calif.

Born:

Minden, Nev.

Residence: Joined PRCA: World titles:

2015

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3 (2016-2018)

Wrangler NFR qualifications:

Panola College (Carthage, Texas), Feather River College (Quincy, Calif.)

Education:

Professional 2018 Highlights ★ ★ Won Round 1 of the Wrangler NFR with an 87-point ride on Pickett Pro Rodeo’s Night Crawler. He finished 14th in the world standings with $117,958 ★ ★ Won the Livingston (Mont.) Roundup ★ ★ Won the Lakeside (Calif.) Rodeo ★ ★ Won the Mother Lode Round-Up (Sonora, Calif.) ★ ★ Won the Flagstaff (Ariz.) Pro Rodeo ★ ★ Won the Sheriff’s PRCA Rodeo (San Bernardino, Calif.) Career Highlights ★ ★ 2017: Placed 14th in the world standings with $140,084 after winning $30,730 at the Wrangler NFR, where he finished 13th in the average. Won the Moses Lake (Wash.) Round -Up, the Days of ‘47 Cowboy Games and Rodeo (Salt Lake City, Utah), the Oakley Independence Day Rodeo (Oakley City, Utah), the Springville (Calif.) Sierra Rodeo and the Central Point (Ore.) Wild Rogue Pro Rodeo. Co-champion the Lakeside (Calif.) Rodeo ★ ★ 2016: Placed in five rounds of theWrangler NFR to rank 12th in the average. Finished tenth in the world standings with $148,862. Won the Southeastern Livestock Exposition (Montgomery, Ala.), the Riverdale (Calif.) Rodeo, Won the Colorado (Pueblo) State Fair & Rodeo, theWest Texas (Abilene) Fair & Rodeo, the Magic Valley Stampede (Filer, Idaho), the Big Sky ProRodeo Roundup (Great Falls, Mont.), the Larimer County Fair & Rodeo (Loveland, Colo.) and the Othello (Wash.) PRCA Rodeo. Finished 10th in the world standings with $148,862. ★ ★ 2015: Won the Cheney (Wash.) Rodeo, theWild Bill Hickok Rodeo (Abilene, Kan.), the Omak (Wash.) Stampede, the Bell County PRCA Rodeo (Belton, Texas), the Angelina County Benefit Rodeo (Lufkin, Texas), the PRCA Stampede Rodeo (Athens, Texas), the Cedar City (Utah) PRCA Championships and the Pioneer Days Rodeo (Clovis, N.M.). Finished 28th in the world standings with $37,961 ★ ★ 2014: Won the West Monroe (La.) Pro Rodeo, the Panola County Cattleman’s Rodeo (Carthage, Texas) and the Evergreen (Colo.) Rodeo. Finished third among bareback riders on their permit with $19,250; finished second at the Permit Challenge (Las Vegas) behind then-traveling partner Wyatt Bloom Awards PRCA Resistol Bareback Riding Rookie of the Year, 2015 Amateur Qualified for the 2015 College National Finals Rodeo (Casper, Wyo.) after finishing first in the Southern Region. A two-time Nevada high school all-around champion, he qualified for the National High School Finals Rodeo four times, finishing second in 2012 and fifth in 2013 as a bareback rider Personal 5-5, 160 … Single … Father, Norm, is a general contractor, mother, Cindy, a graphic designer; older brothers, Keston and Grant also rodeo. Grant is a PRCA bareback rider and Keston now team ropes for fun after competing at the college level …Works for dad’s company, Pinnacle Construction, in Minden, Nev., when not on the road competing … Skied competitively until he was 13 before deciding to concentrate on rodeo full time; didn’t get on his first bucking horse until he was 14 … Enjoys training horses and is proficient as a farrier … Favorite rodeo is Reno (Nev.) Rodeo; it’s 35 miles from his family’s ranch … Favorite movie is“Your Highness” ★ ★ Co-champion at the Sheridan WYO Rodeo ★ ★ Co-champion at the Riverdale (Calif.) Rodeo

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