PRCA Media Guide - Cowboys Part 2

Snake River Stampede (Nampa, Idaho); the Old Fort Days Rodeo (Fort Smith, Ark.); Nebraska’s Big Rodeo (Burwell, Neb.); the American Royal Rodeo (Kansas City, Mo.); the Fort Bend County Fair & Rodeo (Rosenberg,Texas); the San Angelo (Texas) Rodeo; the Mid-Winter Fair & Rodeo (Lafayette, La.); the Cowboy Capital ProRodeo (Bandera,Texas); the Helotes (Texas) Festival Association Rodeo ★ ★ 2010: Tied a Wrangler NFR record for bull riding with four round wins (2, 5, 6 and 7); he placed in eight rounds overall, never lower than fourth and won his second average title in three years on his way to a third consecutive gold buckle, a feat that hadn’t been accomplished since Don Gay (1979-81). Set an NFR single-event record with $158,738, and finished first in the world standings with $246,541. Repeated as the RAM National Circuit Finals Rodeo champion and helped Texas end the Wilderness Circuit’s three-year reign as team champion. Won Rodeo Austin (Texas); the Lawton (Okla.) Rangers Rodeo; the 101WildWest Rodeo (Ponca City, Okla.); the Inter-State Rodeo (Coffeyville, Kan.); Kansas’Biggest Rodeo (Phillipsburg); the Ski-Hi Stampede (Monte Vista, Colo.); the Cody (Wyo.) Yellowstone Seminole Hard Rocks Xtreme Bulls Tour stop; the Austin, Texas, Division 2 Xtreme Bull Riding Tour event and the Steamboat Springs (Colo.) Pro Rodeo Series-July 9-10 ★ ★ 2009: Broke his right (riding) hand in the second round of the Wrangler NFR and failed to earn a check, but had a big enough lead from the regular season that he was still able to claim the world championship. It made him the first bull rider since Blue Stone in 2001-02 to win back-to-back gold buckles with season earnings of $219,275.Won the Justin Boots Championships (Omaha, Neb.); the FortWorth (Texas) Stock Show& Rodeo; the Reno (Nev.) Rodeo; Rodeo Austin (Texas); the Dodge City (Kan.) Roundup; the Caldwell (Idaho) Night Rodeo; theWorld’s Oldest Rodeo (Prescott, Ariz.); the Fourth of July Celebration (Window Rock, Ariz.); the Dodge National Circuit Finals Rodeo (Pocatello, Idaho); the Dodge Texas Circuit Finals Rodeo (Waco); the Deadwood (S.D.) Days of ‘76 Rodeo; the West of the Pecos Rodeo (Pecos, Texas); the Bell County PRCA Rodeo (Belton, Texas); the Coleman (Texas) PRCA Rodeo; the Dayton (Iowa) Championship Rodeo; the Rio Grande Valley Livestock Show & Rodeo (Mercedes, Texas); the Leesville (La.) Lions Club Rodeo; the Lehi (Utah) Round-Up and the Mesquite (Texas) Championship Rodeo-Aug. 8. Co-champion at the San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo and the St. Paul (Ore.) Rodeo ★ ★ 2008: Won the Wrangler NFR average title with 507 points on six head, placing in all six of those rounds. Harris’ results in LasVegas carried him from fourth in the world standings to his first gold buckle with earnings of $208,437. Won the Dodge City (Kan.) Roundup Rodeo; the Pendleton (Ore.) Round-Up; the Tri-State Fair & Rodeo (Amarillo, Texas); theWalker County Fair & Rodeo (Huntsville,Texas); the Los Fresnos (Texas) PRCA Rodeo; the Arkansas State Fair & Rodeo (Little Rock); the Eastland County Rodeo (Ranger, Texas); the Cowboy Capital Pro Rodeo (Bandera, Texas) and the Cowboy Capital of the World Pro Rodeo (Stephenville, Texas) ★ ★ 2007: Won Round 1 at theWrangler NFR with an 89-point ride on Growney Brothers’Lights Out and Round 4 with 85 points on Flying U Rodeo’s High Waters. Won the Dodge Texas Circuit Finals (Waco); the Buc Days Pro Rodeo (Corpus Christi,Texas); the Jasper (Texas) Days Benefit Rodeo and Rodeo Killeen (Texas). Co-champion at the Mineral Wells (Texas) Rodeo and theWild,WildWest Pro Rodeo (Silver City, N.M.). Finished sixth in the world standings with $153,743 ★ ★ 2006: Placed in three of 10 rounds at theWrangler NFR.Won the Ellensburg (Wash.) Rodeo, setting an arena record with a 95-point ride on Big Bend Rodeo’s Fire Bird.Won the Kitsap County Fair & Stampede (Bremerton,Wash.); the Rowell Ranch Rodeo (Hayward (Calif.) and the Mineral Wells (Texas) Rodeo. Co-champion at the Greeley (Colo.) Independence Stampede. Won the Dodge Xtreme Bulls stop in Reno, Nev., and set an Xtreme Bulls record with a 96 point ride on Flying Five Rodeo’s Werewolf; shared the San Antonio Xtreme Bulls semifinal round title with 88-point ride on Andrews Rodeo’s Jumbo. Won first round of the Dodge National Circuit Finals Rodeo (Pocatello, Idaho) with 90 points on Flying Five Rodeo’s Fire Water and was rodeo’s two-head average leader (172) and top money winner ($11,444). Finished ninth in the world standings with $116,318 ★ ★ 2005: Won short-round at Cheyenne (Wyo.) Frontier Days Rodeo and finished second in the average. Finished the year ranked 32nd in the world with $35,192 Personal 5-10, 160 …Wife, Jackie (married Oct. 3, 2009), was Miss Rodeo Arkansas in 2004; daughter, Aubrey (born Nov. 30, 2010 in Las Vegas two days before the start of the Wrangler NFR); son, Dillon Cash (born Aug. 4, 2012) … Hobbies include raising bucking bulls; he owns 350 head of cattle … Full name is James William Harris, from roughstock rider James Garlick andWilliam, his great-grandfather … Became interested in rodeo through his father, Mark, who was the Texas Circuit Rookie of the Year in 1989 … Graduated from May High School with 18 classmates … Has a younger brother, Cody, who plays high school football and also fights bulls … Harris became the second world champion bull rider to wear a helmet, following B.J. Schumacher (2006); Harris suffered five concussions during the 2008 season … Bull riders he most admires are Don Gay and George Paul … Favorite movie is“Lonesome Dove”and favorite book is“Where the Red Fern Grows”

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