PRCA Media Guide - Cowboys Part 2

Clay Elliott

Saddle bronc riding

Event:

2018 world standings place: 10 th 2018 Wrangler NFR standings place: 7 th 2018 Wrangler NFR earnings:

$44,692 $148,868 $474,081

2018 earnings: Career earnings:

March 9, 1994, in Vernon, British Columbia

Born:

Nanton, Alberta

Residence: Joined PRCA: World titles:

2014

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3 (2016-18)

Wrangler NFR qualifications:

Oklahoma Panhandle StateUniversity (Goodwell)

Education:

Professional 2018 Highlights ★ ★ Placed in three rounds to rank seventh in the average with 511.5 points on six head at the Wrangler NFR ★ ★ Won Rodeo Austin (Texas)

★ ★ Won the K-Days Rodeo (Edmonton, Alberta) ★ ★ Won the Strathmore (Alberta) Stampede ★ ★ Won the Stavely (Alberta) Indoor Pro Rodeo ★ ★ Won the Canby (Ore.) Rodeo

★ ★ Won the Home Of Champions Rodeo (Red Lodge, Mont.) ★ ★ Won the Hard Grass Bronc Match (Pollockville, Alberta) ★ ★ Won the Great Plains Xtreme Broncs Match (Herried, S.D.) ★ ★ Won the Last Chance Stampede (Helena, Mont.) ★ ★ Co-champion at the Arcadia All-Fla Championship Rodeo Career Highlights

★ ★ 2017: Placed in five rounds to rank 14th in the average at the Wrangler NFR. Ranked 14th in the world standings with $121,755.Won the RanchoMissionViejo Rodeo (San Juan Capistrano, Calif.), the Strathmore (Alberta) Stampede, the Arcadia All-Fla Championship Rodeo, the High Prairie (Alberta) Elks Pro Rodeo, the Stavely (Alberta) Indoor Pro Rodeo, Won the Grande Prarie (Alberta) Stompede and the Lea Park Rodeo (Marwayne, Alberta). Co-champion at the Southeastern Livestock Exposition (Montgomery, Ala.) and the Omak (Wash.) Stampede ★ ★ 2016: Placed in five rounds to rank ninth at theWrangler NFR. Finished 11th in the world standings with $139,760. Won the World’s Oldest Rodeo (Prescott, Ariz.), the Canby (Ore) Rodeo, the Chisholm (Okla.) Trail Stampede, the Omak (Wash.) Stampede, the Pincher Creek (Alberta) Pro Rodeo and the Jasper (Alberta) Heritage Pro Rodeo ★ ★ 2015: Won the Cowboy Capital of the World PRCA Rodeo (Stephenville, Texas) and the Rotary Rodeo (Starkville, Miss.). Co-champion at the Strawberry Days Rodeo (Pleasant Grove, Utah). Finished 17th in the world standings with $56,616 ★ ★ 2014: Co-champion at the Hand Hills Lake Rodeo (Craigmyle, Alberta); finished 16th in the PRCA rookie standings and 38th in the world standings with $2,362 ★ ★ 2013: Earned $790 on his permit Amateur National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association Central Plains Region Saddle Bronc Riding champion and College National Finals Rodeo qualifier, 2015 Personal 6-0, 175 … Single … Father, Vern, is a retired bull rider; mother, Mona, died in 2011; older brother, Ty, is a bull rider and sister-in-law, Haley, is a barrel racer …The family established Mona’s Cowboy Inspiration Fund, which assists people in the ranch and rodeo world who are faced with life-altering illness or disability …Worked for a while at the Calgary Stampede Ranch … Clay owns Gold Spring Custom Hats in Nanton, Alberta, the result of growing up in a family that operated The Cowboys Choice hat company for three decades … Holds a second-degree black belt in taekwondo … Canadian saddle bronc riding greats Rod Hay andWinston Bruce have mentored him… In college, he also competed in tie-down roping and team roping … Favorite rodeo is the Ponoka (Alberta) Stampede … Favorite movie is“The Wolf of Wall Street”and favorite TV shows are“Two-and-a-Half Men,”“Ridiculousness”and“Family Guy” … Favorite restaurant is Subway

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