PRCA Media Guide - Cowboys Part 2

★ ★ 2014: Won an event-record-tying four rounds of the Wrangler NFR to secure the average title and become the second rookie bull rider to win a gold buckle, following Bill Kornell (1963). His total Wrangler NFR earnings of $175,466 was the highest of any competitor in Las Vegas, giving him the RAM Truck Top Gun Award and allowing him to finish with a rookie record total (any event or combined) of $318,631. Won the San Antonio (Texas) Stock Show and Rodeo; the San Antonio (Texas) Xtreme Bulls; the All American ProRodeo Finals (Waco, Texas); the New Mexico State Fair & Rodeo (Albuquerque); the CentralWyoming Fair & PRCA Rodeo (Casper); theWoodward (Okla.) Elks Rodeo; the Tulsa (Okla.) State Fair PRCA Rodeo; the Chisholm Trail Stampede (Duncan, Okla.); the Will Rogers Stampede (Claremore, Okla.); the Spokane (Wash.) Interstate Rodeo; the Southwestern International PRCA Rodeo (El Paso, Texas); the Kitsap Stampede Division 2 Xtreme Bulls (Bremerton, Wash.); the Division 2 Qualifying Xtreme Bulls Event (Oklahoma City, Okla.) and the Gem State Classic ProRodeo Series (Blackfoot, Idaho). Co-champion at the Xtreme Bulls Tour Finale (Ellensburg, Wash.); the Guymon (Okla.) Pioneer Days Rodeo; the Rapid City (S.D.) Wrangler Champions Challenge and the Nacogdoches (Texas) Pro Rodeo & Steer Show ★ ★ 2013: Won the Lawton (Okla.) Rangers Rodeo with a 93-point ride on D&H Cattle’s No. 43x; the Chisholm Trail Stampede (Duncan, Okla.); the Hinton (Okla.) Crosstie PRCA Rodeo; the Land Rush Pro Rodeo (Beggs, Okla.); the Kit Carson County Fair & Rodeo (Burlington, Colo.); the Belton (Texas) Area Chamber of Commerce 4th of July Rodeo; the Mesquite (Texas) ProRodeo Series on June 21 and July 5; and the MH Henry Pro Rodeo (Bowie, Texas) on Sept. 14 and Sept. 15; co-champion at theTopeka (Kan.) PRCA Rodeo and the Jayhawker Roundup Rodeo (Hill City, Kan.). Set a PRCA record for most money won on a permit in a single season with $47,726 Amateur Qualified for the College National Finals Rodeo as a freshman in 2013 and finished fourth Personal 5-7, 140 … Single … Became the youngest millionaire in PRCA history during the 2016 Wrangler NFR, at 22 years, three months and two weeks old … Father, Ted, was a longtime PRCA barrelman/clown who worked as a National Finals Rodeo barrelman in 1980 and 1987 (alternate 1986); mother, Jennifer; older sister, Dusta, and younger brother, Trey, are professional trick riders (performing as Tricked Out); Dusta also competed for Southwestern Oklahoma State University and Trey qualified for the National Junior High School Finals as a bull rider, then bought his PRCA permit in January 2017 … Enjoys playing golf and being outside during his free time … Graduated from Cheyenne (Okla.) High School, where he played basketball as a point guard all four years; the team won the Class A State title in his senior year … Favorite rodeos are the San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo, Cheyenne (Wyo.) Frontier Days and the Pendleton (Ore.) Round-Up because they are“ traditional rodeos that continue to preserve the Western way of life”… Favorite book is“Psycho Cybernetics”by Maxwell Maltz … Favorite meal is Italian food

Blake Knowles

Steer wrestling

Event:

2018 world standings place: 9th 2018 Wrangler NFR standings place: 3 rd 2018 Wrangler NFR earnings:

$87,212 $162,669 $855,814

2018 earnings: Career earnings:

Sept. 11, 1982, inWallaWalla, Wash.

Born:

PRORODEO COWBOYS

Heppner, Ore.

Residence: Joined PRCA: World titles:

2002

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4 (2009, 2011, 2015, 2018)

Wrangler NFR qualifications: Wrangler NFR average titles:

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Education:

University of Montana (Missoula),WallaWalla (Wash.) Community College, Montana State University (Bozeman) and Eastern Oregon University (La Grande); Bachelor of Science degree in business administration, marketing

Professional 2018 Highlights ★ ★ Placed in two rounds at the Wrangler NFR with a best finish of second in Round 1. Finished ninth in the world standings with $162,669 and was fifth in the Wrangler NFR average with a 68.2-second time on 10 head

★ ★ Won the Farm-City Pro Rodeo (Hermiston, Ore.) ★ ★ Won the Oakdale (Calif.) Saddle Club Rodeo ★ ★ Won the La Fiesta de los Vaqueros (Tucson, Ariz.) ★ ★ Won the Central Point (Ore.) Wild Rogue Pro Rodeo ★ ★ Won the Crooked River Roundup (Prineville, Ore.) ★ ★ Won Kansas’Biggest Rodeo (Phillipsburg) ★ ★ Co-champion at the Fiesta Days Rodeo (Spanish Fork, Utah)

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