PRCA Media Guide - Cowboys Part 2

Trey Benton III

Bull riding

Event:

2018 world standings place: 12th 2018 Wrangler NFR standings place: 11th 2018 Wrangler NFR earnings: $40,462 2018 earnings: $141,393 Career earnings: $867,190 Born:

Oct. 17, 1991, in Rock Island, Texas

Rock Island, Texas

Residence: Joined PRCA: World titles:

2012

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4 (2012-14, 2017-18)

Wrangler NFR qualifications:

Wharton County Junior College (Wharton,Texas)

Education:

Professional 2018 Highlights ★ ★ Won Round 1 and placed in two rounds to rank 11th in the average with 170 points on two head at the Wrangler NFR ★ ★ Won the San Angelo (Texas) Rodeo ★ ★ Won the Dixie Roundup (St. George, Utah) ★ ★ Co-champion at the Arcadia All-Fla Championship Rodeo ★ ★ Co-champion at the Mineral Wells (Texas) Rodeo Career Highlights ★ ★ 2017: Finished second in the world standings with $322,208. Won Rounds 1, 4, 6, and 9 at the Wrangler NFR to rank third in the average with 530.5 points on six.Won California Rodeo Salinas, the San Angelo (Texas) Rodeo, the Reno (Nev.) Rodeo Xtreme Bulls, the Lawton (Okla.) Rangers Rodeo, the Red Bluff (Calif.) Round-Up, the Hugo (Okla.) PRCA Rodeo, the Industry (Calif.) Hills Charity Pro Rodeo and the Wrangler Champions Challenge presented by Justin Boots (Sioux Falls, S.D), won the all-around and bull riding at the Mineral Wells (Texas) Rodeo and the all- around at Rodeo Killeen (Texas). Co-champion at the Colorado (Pueblo) State Fair & Rodeo ★ ★ 2016: Finished 70th in the world standings with $14,976. Won the State Fair of Louisiana (Shreveport) Pro Rodeo ★ ★ 2015: Won the Oakley (Utah) Independence Day Rodeo and the Molalla (Ore.) Buckaroo Rodeo. Finished 98th in the world standings with $11,095 ★ ★ 2014: Placed in three rounds of the Wrangler NFR, including a second-place result in Round 3. Won the Wrangler Champions Challenge Finale (Omaha, Neb.), Sheridan (Wyo.)WYO Rodeo,West of the Pecos (Texas) Rodeo, Lewiston (Idaho) Roundup, Gladewater (Texas) Round-Up Division 2 Xtreme Bulls, and the Rodeo de Santa Fe (N.M.). Co-champion at the Days of ‘47 Rodeo (Salt Lake City, Utah). Finished 3rd in the world standings with $164,471 ★ ★ 2013: Won Round 5 of the Wrangler NFR with a 90.5-point ride on Andrews Rodeo’s Gun and Juice; finished 13th in the world standings with $91,959.Won California Rodeo Salinas and the Ellensburg (Wash.) Rodeo; co-champion at the World’s Oldest Rodeo (Prescott, Ariz.) ★ ★ 2012: Placed in two rounds of his Wrangler NFR debut and finished ninth in the world standings with $117,400. Won the Red Bluff (Calif.) Round-Up; the Rancho Mission Viejo Rodeo (San Juan Capistrano, Calif.); the Dodge City (Kan.) Round-Up; the Rooftop Rodeo (Estes Park, Colo.) with a 91-point ride on D&H Cattle’s No. 72; the Guadalupe County Fair and Rodeo (Seguin, Texas); the Rio Grande Livestock Show & Rodeo (Mercedes, Texas); the SW District Fat Stock Show & Rodeo (Lake Charles, La.) and the Crossett (Ark.) Riding Club PRCA Rodeo. Co-champion at the Sikeston (Mo.) Jaycee Bootheel Rodeo and the Eagle (Colo.) County Fair & Rodeo Awards PRCA Resistol Bull Riding Rookie of the Year, 2012 Amateur Qualified for the National High School Finals Rodeo twice, once as a tie-down roper and once as a bull rider Personal 5-8, 140 … Single … Father, Tom, is a chemical engineer and mother, Johnna, is an elementary school teacher … Sister, Haley; brother, Connor … Started riding calves at age 8 and rode his first bull at 14 … Favorite rodeo is Austin, Texas … Likes to work on his father’s ranch in his spare time … Favorite musical group is Cross Canadian Ragweed … Favorite athlete is Tim Tebow… Likes the TV show“Nitro Circus”and the movie“Project X”… Likes to go to the lake and wakeboard with friends

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