PRCA Media Guide - Cowboys Part 2

★ ★ 2004: Won the Fort Bend County Fair & Rodeo (Rosenberg,Texas); finished the year 16th in the world with $16,234 ★ ★ 2003: Won the all-around and steer roping atWill Rogers Stampede (Claremore, Okla.); co-champion in steer roping at Coleman (Okla.) PRCA Rodeo. Runner-up in the all-around and won the steer roping at the West of the Pecos Rodeo (Pecos, Texas) ★ ★ 2002: Qualified for first National Finals Steer Roping; recorded fastest time – 12.9 seconds – at Cheyenne (Wyo.) Frontier Days ★ ★ 2001: Won the 101 Wild West Rodeo (Ponca City, Okla.); runner-up in the PRCA Steer Roping Rookie of the Year standings Awards Owner of the AQHA Steer Roping Horse of the Year – Fannin War Leo (Leo), 2003 Personal 6-0, 170 …Wife, Candace; sons, Jett and Mack; daughter, Danlee … Parents are Dr. Pam and Dan Fisher. Dan is a 16-time NFSR qualifier who is also a rancher/oilman. Pam serves on the Andrews (Texas) School Board …Vin became interested in rodeo through his dad and grandfather, Marvin. Started roping from horseback at age 7 and began competing in rodeo in 1992 when he was just 11 years old. His brother, J. Tom, also competes in the PRCA, and he has one sister, McKinley Morgan, an attorney … Graduated from Andrews High School in 1999, where he played basketball and tennis … Hobbies include basketball and skiing … Favorite sports team is the NBA’s San Antonio Spurs; enjoys following NASCAR … Favorite rodeo is the Pendleton (Ore.) Round-Up … Favorite movie is “Tombstone”… Rodeo idols are his father and grandfather

Jeff Flenniken

Team roping (heading)

Event:

17 th

2018 world standings place:

$61,826 $65,942

2018 earnings: Career earnings:

June 1, 1987, in Caldwell, Idaho

Born:

Caldwell, Idaho

Residence: Joined PRCA: World titles:

2017

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Wrangler NFR qualifications:

Professional 2018 Highlights-- (Partner Jake Minor) ★ ★ Won the 2018 Permit Members Of the Year Challenge with Wyatt Hansen (Las Vegas, Nev.) ★ ★ Won the Elgin (Ore.) Stampede ★ ★ Won the Rancho Mission Viejo Rodeo (San Juan Capistrano, Calif.) ★ ★ Won the Spokane (Wash.) Interstate Rodeo ★ ★ Won the Othello (Wash.) PRCA Rodeo ★ ★ Won the Young Living Last Chance PRCA Rodeo (Mona, Utah) ★ ★ Co-champion was Redding (Calif.) Rodeo

PRORODEO COWBOYS

Career Highlights ★ ★ 2017: (Partner Asher Freeman) Won the Silver State Stampede (Elko, Nev.). Ranked third in the 2017 RAM Rodeo Permit Standings with $11,843 ★ ★ 2016: (Partner Tommy Flenniken Jr.) Ranked 33rd in the 2016 RAM Rodeo Permit Standings with $2,079. Personal 6-4, 185 … Single … Parents are Tommy Flenniken Jr. and Christie Wood, sister, Jade … Grandpa, Tommy Flenniken Sr., competed at the 1969 NFR as a team roper … Nickname is J.B … Graduated from Greenleaf Friends Academy with a class of 30 in 2015 …Works on his grandparent’s ranch and is building his own herd … Started competing in rodeo when he was 12 years old because his dad and grandpa competed … Considers the Pendleton (Ore.) Round- Up to be his most challenging competition and his favorite. He says it’s difficult because“it’s such a rush coming off the hill”and it was the most pressure he’d experienced at a rode. He also enjoys competing there because it was the first PRCA rodeo he competed at on his permit and he won enough money to fill his permit requirements in a single round by placing fifth alongside his dad to win $2,079 … Looks up to Riley Minor … Enjoys golfing and shooting hoops, but spends most of his time roping … Favorite food is Chick-fil-A … Favorite book is the Bible … Favorite movie is“The Gladiator”… Favorite musician is Eminem… Speaks some Portuguese since his great-grandparents immigrated from Portugal

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