PRCA Media Guide - Cowboys Part 2

2018 ProRodeo Top Cowboys (continued)

Adam Gray

Tie-down roping

Event:

17 th

2018 world standings place:

$76,969 $940,821

2018 earnings: Career earnings:

Oct. 19, 1983, inWichita Falls, Texas

Born:

Seymour, Texas

Residence: Joined PRCA: World titles:

2008

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4 (2009, 2011-12, 2014)

Wrangler NFR qualifications: Wrangler NFR average titles:

1 (2012)

Texas Tech University (Lubbock), bachelor’s degree in civil engineering

Education:

Professional 2018 Highlights ★ ★ Won the Redding (Calif.) Rodeo ★ ★ Won the Woodlake (Calif.) Lions Rodeo ★ ★ Won the Rodeo of the Ozarks (Springdale, Ark.) ★ ★ Won the Dixie Roundup (St. George, Utah) ★ ★ Won the Four States Fair & Rodeo (Texarkana, Ark.)

Career Highlights ★ ★ 2017: Won the Mesquite (Texas) ProRodeo Series, Sept. 2. Co-champion at the Mesquite (Texas) ProRodeo Series, Sept. 23. Finished 198th in the world standings with $4,075 ★ ★ 2016: Finished 17th in the world standings with $59,586. Won the Ellensburg (Wash.) Rodeo, the Clark County Fair & Rodeo (Logandale, Nev.) and the Wranglers Champions Challenge presented by Justin Boots (Scottsdale, Ariz.) ★ ★ 2015: Won the National Western Stock Show and Rodeo (Denver, Colo.). Finished 17th in the world standings with $65,798 ★ ★ 2014: Won Round 5 of theWrangler NFR and placed in three other rounds.Won theWild Bill Hickok Rodeo (Abilene, Kan.). Co-champion at the American Royal ProRodeo (Kansas City, Mo.). Finished seventh in the world standings with $119,665 ★ ★ 2013: Won the RAM Texas Circuit Finals Rodeo (Waco); the Matagorda County Fair & Rodeo (Bay City, Texas); the XIT Rodeo & Reunion (Dalhart, Texas) and the Parker County Frontier Days & PRCA Rodeo (Weatherford, Texas). Co-champion at the Glen Rose (Texas) PRCA Rodeo. Finished 19th in the world standings with $53,464 ★ ★ 2012: Placed in four rounds and won the Wrangler NFR average title with a time of 87.8 seconds on 10 head to jump from13th to sixth place in the final world standings.Won the Last Chance Stampede (Helena, Mont.); Montana’s Biggest Weekend (Dillon) and the Amarillo (Texas) Tri-State Fair & Rodeo. Finished 6th in the world standings with $153,016 ★ ★ 2011: Placed in five rounds of theWrangler NFR on his way to tying Cory Solomon for second place in the average andmoving from12th to ninth in the final world standings with season earnings of $130,336.Won the All-American ProRodeo Finals (Waco, Texas) ★ ★ 2010: Won the Snake River Stampede (Nampa, Idaho); the Guadalupe County Fair and Rodeo (Seguin, Texas) and the Lea Park Rodeo (Marwayne, Alberta). Finished 19th in the final world standings with $63,679 ★ ★ 2009: Placed in two rounds of the Wrangler NFR; finished 12th in the world standings with $109,908. Won the Sikeston (Mo.) Jaycee Bootheel Rodeo; the Lewiston (Idaho) Roundup; the Goliad County Fair PRCA Rodeo (Goliad, Texas) and the Cowboy Capital of the World Pro Rodeo (Stephenville, Texas) ★ ★ 2008: Won Rodeo Killeen (Texas) and co-champion at the Canby (Ore.) Rodeo. Finished 17th in the world standings with $61,506 and second to Tuf Cooper in the PRCA rookie standings in tie-down roping Amateur College National Finals Rodeo tie-down roping qualifier, 2005-06. National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association (NIRA) Southwest Region tie-down roping champion, 2005-06. Earned NIRA Academic All-American honors in 2006 with a 3.5 grade-point average. Placed fourth in team roping at the 2001 Texas High School Rodeo Association Finals Rodeo Personal 6-4, 190 … Single … Grew up on a ranch in Seymour, Texas … Parents, Gil and Beverly Gray … Earned money at 11 of his first 14 professional rodeos …Was a college teammate of ProRodeo bareback rider Ryan Gray (no relation)

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