PRCA Media Guide - Cowboys Part 2

2018 ProRodeo Top Cowboys (continued)

Dustin Egusquiza

Team roping (heading)

Event:

2018 world standings place: 8th 2018 Wrangler NFR standings place: 13 th 2018 Wrangler NFR earnings:

$39,122 $145,518 $390,323

2018 earnings: Career earnings:

Sept. 19, 1995, in Hollywood, Fla.

Born:

Mariana, Fla.

Residence: Joined PRCA: World titles:

2016

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2 (2017-18)

Wrangler NFR qualifications:

EasternMississippi Community College (Scooba, Miss.)

Education:

Professional 2018 Highlights – Partner Kory Koontz ★ ★ Finished eighth in the world standings with $145,518. Placed 13th in the average at the Wrangler NFR, earning $39,122. Placed in two rounds

★ ★ Won the Horse Heaven / Kennewick (Wash.) Round-Up ★ ★ Won the Pasadena (Texas) Livestock Show & Rodeo ★ ★ Won the Livingston (Mont.) Roundup ★ ★ Won the Ogden (Utah) Pioneer Days ★ ★ Won the Black Hills Roundup (Belle Fourche, S.D.) ★ ★ Won the Oakley Independence Day Rodeo (Oakley City, Utah)

★ ★ Won the Bell County PRCA Rodeo (Belton, Texas) ★ ★ Won the Gladewater (Texas) Round-Up Rodeo ★ ★ Won the Silver State Stampede (Elko, Nev.)

★ ★ Co-champion at the Dinosaur Roundup Rodeo (Vernal, Utah) ★ ★ Co-champion at the Walker County Fair & Rodeo (Huntsville, Texas) ★ ★ Co-champion at the Matagorda County Fair & Rodeo (Bay City, Texas)

Career Highlights ★ ★ 2017: (Partner- Kory Koontz) Finished eighth in the world standings with $182,206. Placed sixth at the Wrangler NFR with $104,769. Placed in five rounds. Won Round 7 and split the win in Round 4. Won the National Western Stock Show and Rodeo (Denver, Colo.), the Horse Heaven Round-Up (Kennewick,Wash.), the Strawberry Days Rodeo (Pleasant Grove, Utah), the Clark County Fair & Rodeo (Logandale, Nev.), the Jayhawker Roundup Rodeo (Hill City, Kan.) and the Mesquite (Texas) ProRodeo Series, Sept. 23 ★ ★ 2016: (Partner Brad Culpepper) Finished 18th in the world standings with $58,682.Won the Mason ProRodeo Classic (Lakeland, Fla.), theWalker County Fair and Rodeo (Huntsville, Texas) and the Springville (Calif.) Sierra Rodeo. Won Rodeo Killeen (Texas), with Clint Summers and the 101WildWest Rodeo (Ponca City, Okla.) and the Rooftop Rodeo (Estes Park, Colo.). Co-champion at the Franklin (Tenn.) Rodeo with Brad Culpepper. Set two arena records with partner Brad Culpepper – ★ ★ 3.5-second run in the second round of the Southeastern Livestock Exposition (Montgomery, Ala.) and a 3.9 at the Springville (Calif.) Sierra Rodeo Amateur Competed at the National High School Finals Rodeo in 2012-14 Personal 6-2, 220 … Parents Manny and Ann Egusquiza, brother, Manny Jr., half-sister, Dannie Lynn … His grandpa, Manuel, dad, Manny, and brother, Manny Jr., all competed in team roping and calf roping and that’s how he got into rodeo … Started competing in seventh or eighth grade … Describes his roping style as ”aggressive, maybe too aggressive; I need to slow”… Favorite rodeo is the Rancho Mission Viejo Rodeo (San Juan Capistrano, Calif.) because it’s in the middle of the city, the stands are always packed and the prize money is good … Does not have a regular workout routine, but he eats healthy and practices often … Graduated from Sneads (Fla.) High School and attended Eastern Mississippi Community College for a semester in 2014 … His rodeo idols are his dad and brother … Favorite food is Panda Express … Favorite music is rap and country … Favorite video games are the NBA series … Favorite movie is “Lonesome Dove”… Likes to play cards and listen to music while traveling to rodeos … Enjoys fishing and watching the Golden State Warriors play basketball

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