PRCA Media Guide - Cowboys Part 2

2018 ProRodeo Top Cowboys (continued) Awards PRCA Resistol Bareback Riding Rookie of the Year, 2007 Amateur College National Finals Rodeo Bareback Riding champion (Casper, Wyo.), 2007 Personal 5-10, 170 …Wife, Melissa … Father, Terry, was a circuit bareback rider; mother, Patti; older sister, Mia …Tilden started riding in bareback competitions at age 15 … He was born in Shreveport, La., but considers Carthage, Texas, his hometown … Studied at Panola Junior College before turning to rodeo full time in 2008, when he competed in 113 PRCA rodeos … Hobbies including wakeboarding … Favorite movie is“Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy,”“or pretty much anything with Will Farrell”

Kyle Irwin

Steer wrestling

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2018 world standings place: 12th 2018 Wrangler NFR standings place: 11 th 2018 Wrangler NFR earnings: $64,083 2018 earnings: $139,416 Career earnings: $678,349 Born: May 18, 1990 Residence: Robertsdale, Ala. Joined PRCA: 2011 World titles: 0 Wrangler NFR qualifications: 4 (2014-15, 2017-18) Wrangler NFR average titles: 0 Education:

NorthwestOklahomaStateUniversity,agricultural business

Professional 2018 Highlights

★ ★ Placed in four rounds at the Wrangler NFR, highlighted by his second-place finish in Round 4. He finished 12th in the world standings with $139,416 and was 11th in the average with a 35.9-second time on eight head. Earned $64,083 at the Wrangler NFR ★ ★ Won the Citrus Stampede Rodeo (Inverness, Fla.) Career Highlights ★ ★ 2017: Finished fifth in the world standings with $194,819 and was third in the average at the Wrangler NFR with a 46.6-second time on 10 head. He earned $115,135 at the Wrangler NFR. ★ ★ Won the Cody (Wyo.) Stampede, the Canby (Ore.) Rodeo, the St. Paul (Ore.) Rodeo, the Arcadia All-Fla Championship Rodeo, the Semi-Annual Ralph Morgan Rodeo (Lauderdale, Miss.), the Pasco County Fair Championship Rodeo (Dade City, Fla.) and the SWDistrict Fat Stock Show& Rodeo (Lake Charles, La.). Co-champion at the Lynden (Wash.) PRCA Rodeo, the Buffalo Bill Rodeo (North Platte, Neb.). the Ogden (Utah) Pioneer Days, the Georgia (Perry) National Jr. Livestock Show & Rodeo and the Fort Myers (Fla.) Pro Rodeo. ★ ★ 2016: Did not compete ★ ★ 2015: Placed in three rounds at the Wrangler NFR. Finished 13th in the world standings with $120,574. Won the MidWinter Fair & Rodeo (Lafayette, La.) and the Strawberry Days Rodeo (Pleasant Grove, Utah) and the Semi-Annual Ralph Morgan Rodeo (Lauderdale, Miss.) ★ ★ 2014: Earned at least a share of the win in three rounds of his Wrangler National Finals debut and placed in three additional rounds en route to finishing fourth in the average and jumping all the way from 10th place to second in the final world standings with $147,699. Won the RAM National Circuit Finals Rodeo with a 3.3-second run in the final round, just a tenth-of-a-second off the RNCFR record. Won the Justin Boots Playoffs (Puyallup, Wash.); the RAM Prairie Circuit Finals Rodeo (Duncan, Okla.); the Ogden (Utah) Pioneer Days; the MagicValley Stampede (Filer, Idaho); Montana’s BiggestWeekend (Dillon); the Parker County Frontier Days and PRCA Rodeo (Weatherford,Texas) and Kansas’Biggest Rodeo (Phillipsburg) ★ ★ 2013: Won the Hinton (Okla.) Crosstie PRCA Rodeo and the 101WildWest Rodeo (Ponca City, Okla.); finished 45th in the world standings with $24,5333 ★ ★ 2012: Won the Kitsap Stampede (Bremerton, Wash.); Nebraska’s Big Rodeo (Burwell); the Elk City (Okla.) Rodeo of Champions; the 101 Wild West Rodeo (Ponca City, Okla.) and the XIT Rodeo & Reunion (Dalhart, Texas). Finished 25th in the world standings with $38,990 ★ ★ 2011: Finished 107th in the world standings with $9,661 and fifth in the rookie standings

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