PRCA Media Guide - Cowboys Part 2

2018 ProRodeo Top Cowboys (continued) ★ ★ 2011: (Partner Brady Tryan) Won Round 8 of theWrangler NFR with a time of 3.7 seconds and placed in four other rounds; finished ninth in the world standings with $129,061. Won the Justin Boots Playoffs (Puyallup, Wash.); the Southwestern International PRCA Rodeo (El Paso,Texas) and the Parker County Frontier Days ProRodeo (Weatherford, Texas). Co-champion at the Livingston (Mont.) Round-Up ★ ★ 2010: (Partner Brady Tryan) Placed in five of 10 rounds in his Wrangler NFR debut, including wins in rounds 4 (3.5) and 7 (3.9). Won the St. Paul (Ore.) Rodeo and theWild, WildWest Pro Rodeo (Silver City, N.M.). Finished sixth in the world standings with $160,907 ★ ★ 2009: (Partner Coleman Proctor) Won the Bell County PRCA Rodeo (Belton, Texas); the Nacogdoches (Texas) Pro Rodeo and the Barber County Fair & Rodeo (Hardtner, Kan.); co-champion at the Abdallah Shrine Rodeo (Tonganoxie, Kan.). Won the Harrison (Ark.) PRCA Rodeo and co-champion at the Linn County Fair & PRCA Rodeo (Mound City, Kan.), with Adam Rose. Finished 43rd in the world standings with $27,411 ★ ★ 2008: (Partner Coleman Proctor) Won the Wrangler Pro Rodeo Classic (Wichita, Kan.); the Inter-State Rodeo (Coffeyville, Kan.), the Elk City (Okla.) Rodeo of Champions and the Harrison (Ark.) Roundup Club PRCA Rodeo.Won the Parker County Frontier Days (Weatherford, Texas), with Kelsey Parchman, and the Linn County Fair & Rodeo (Mound City, Kan.), with Justin Turner. Finished first in the Prairie Circuit year-end standings and 39th in the world standings with $23,524 ★ ★ 2007: (Partner Coleman Proctor) Won the Buc Days Pro Rodeo (Corpus Christi, Texas); the Abbyville (Kan.) Frontier Days; the Laramie (Wyo.) Jubilee Days; theWahoo (Neb.) PRCA Rodeo and the Dodge National Circuit Finals Rodeo (Pocatello, Idaho), with Colt Braden. Finished 24th in the world standings with $42,952 Personal 6-0, 205 …Wife, Tasha (married August 2005); daughters, Haven (born June 9, 2008) and Haizlee (born April 6, 2012) … Both Jake and Tasha graduated from Northwestern Oklahoma State University in Alva … Long got started in rodeo through his parents, Crickett Long (rancher) and PamWeatherby (teacher), both of whom competed at the amateur level. Has one brother, Zack … Favorite rodeo is San Antonio, favorite movie is“Tombstone”and favorite sports team is the University of Kansas basketball team… Rodeo idol is Clay O’Brien Cooper

Will Lowe

Bareback riding

Event:

2018 world standings place: 15th 2018 Wrangler NFR standings place: 12 th 2018 Wrangler NFR earnings: $21,500 2018 earnings: $91,517 Career earnings: $2,621,749 Born:

Dec. 24, 1982, in Gardner, Kan.

Canyon, Texas

Residence: Joined PRCA: World titles:

2001

3 (2003, 2005-06) 15 (2002-15, 2018)

Wrangler NFR qualifications: Wrangler NFR average titles:

2 (2006-07)

Vernon (Texas) College, associate’s degree in science degree

Education:

Professional 2018 Highlights ★ ★ Placed in two rounds of the Wrangler NFR before missing the last two rounds due to injury ★ ★ Won Cheyenne (Wyo.) Frontier Days

★ ★ Won the Colorado (Pueblo) State Fair & Rodeo ★ ★ Won the Wichita Falls (Texas) PRCA Rodeo ★ ★ Won the Santa Rosa Roundup (Vernon, Texas) ★ ★ Won the Pioneer Days Rodeo (Clovis, N.M.) ★ ★ Won the Gooding (Idaho) Pro Rodeo ★ ★ Won the Cassia County Fair & Rodeo (Burley, Idaho) ★ ★ Won the Springhill (La.) PRCA Rodeo ★ ★ Won the Comal County Fair & Rodeo (New Braunfels, Texas) ★ ★ Co-champion at the Wild Bill Hickok Rodeo (Abilene, Kan.)

Career Highlights ★ ★ 2017: Finished 43rd in the world standings with $21,744. Won the New Mexico (Albuquerque) State Fair & Rodeo, the Steamboat Springs (Colo.) Pro Rodeo Series, June 30-July 1 and the Western Stampede (West Jordan, Utah) ★ ★ Co-champion at the Amarillo (Texas) Tri-State Fair and Rodeo ★ ★ 2016: Did not compete ★ ★ 2015: Placed in five rounds at theWrangler NFR.Won the Sikeston (Mo.) Jaycee Bootheel Rodeo, the Lawton (Okla.) Rangers Rodeo, the Lewiston (Idaho) Roundup, the Rodeo of the Ozarks (Springdale, Ark.), the Arcadia (Fla.) All-Florida Championship Rodeo, the Golden Spike Rodeo (Tremonton, Utah) and the OregonTrail Rodeo (Hastings,

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