ProRodeo Sports News - October 29, 2021

PRCA announces 2021 award nominations Each year, the PRCA

BY THE NUMBERS 8 The number of cowboys who have won world championships their rookie years in the PRCA. The list consists of steer wrestler Harry Charters (1959); Bill Kornell (1963); tie-down roper Roy Cooper (1976); team roper Tee Woolman (1980); tie-down roper Joe Beaver (1985); bull rider Sage Kimzey (2014); all-around Stetson Wright (2019); and tie-down roper Haven Meged (2019). 10 The number of times Kyle Whitaker has won the Linderman Awards, a PRCA record. Whitaker accomplished the feat in 1997-98, 2003, 2005-06, 2011, 2015-18. $70K The amount of money ($70,651) Cody Lee earned at the 2016 National Finals Steer Roping, which was an NFSR record. The 2021 NFSR is in Mulvane, Kan., Nov. 12-13.

DONITA BARNES LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD Andrea Moon Irene Singer

PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR James Fain Roseanna Sales Bob Click

expresses its gratitude for rodeo personnel at the annual PRCA Awards Banquet before the start of the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo. The final online ballot process will be open Oct. 25- 31 for applicable voting PRCA members. Eligible voters will need to keep an eye on their email inboxes for voting information on Oct. 25. The winners for each category will be announced at the PRCA Awards Banquet at the South Point Hotel in Las Vegas at 6 p.m. (PT), Dec 1. The following men, women, and committees are the top-5 nominees:

The Harris Family Jennifer Nicholson Kay Gay

Clay Guardipee Robby Freeman

PICKUP MAN OF THE YEAR Brent Sutton Chase Cervi Matt Twitchell Jason Bottoms William Calhoun SECRETARY OF THE YEAR Sandy Gwatney Haley Bridwell Brenda Crowder Sunni Deb Backstrom Eva Chadwick STOCK CONTRACTING FIRM OF THE YEAR Powder River Rodeo Cervi Championship Rodeo Stace Smith Pro Rodeos Pete Carr Pro Rodeo Frontier Rodeo

ANNOUNCER OF THE YEAR Will Rasmussen Randy Corley Garrett Yerigan Bob Tallman Wayne Brooks

CLOWN/BARRELMAN OF THE YEAR Cody Sosebee Keith Isley J.J. Harrison

Justin Rumford John Harrison

SMALL RODEO OF THE YEAR Coulee City, Wash.

BULLFIGHTER OF THE YEAR Cody Emerson Nathan Harp Nathan Jestes Dusty Tuckness Cody Webster COMEDY ACT OF THE YEAR Matthew Tarr Matthew Merritt Gizmo McCracken Keith Isley John Harrison DRESS ACT OF THE YEAR Jessica Blair John Payne Madison MacDonald, Shelby Pierson, and Piper Yule Bethany Iles/Rider Kiesner Bobby Kerr MUSIC DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR Mark Evans

Aberdeen, S.D. Abbyville, Kan. Yuma, Colo. Claremore, Okla.

MEDIUM RODEO OF THE YEAR Cave Creek, Ariz. Arcadia, Fla.

TIMER OF THE YEAR Sandy Gwatney Judy Crowder Michelle Corley Molly Jane Twitchell Shawna Ray

Jackson, Miss. Amarillo, Texas Belle Fourche, S.D.

LARGE INDOOR RODEO OF THE YEAR Arlington, Texas San Angelo, Texas Nampa, Idaho San Antonio, Texas Rapid City, S.D. LARGE OUTDOOR RODEO OF THE YEAR Cody, Wyo.

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Dodge City, Kan. Deadwood, S.D. Pendleton, Ore. Cheyenne, Wyo.

Randy Mayer Benje Bendele Joshua Hilton Jill Loden Franzen

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