PRCA Media Guide - Cowboys Part 2

Amateur Won the College National Finals Rodeo bull riding championship in 2010 Personal

5-8, 155 … Single … Parents Steve and Jeanne Askey are self-employed cattle dealers; brother, Tyler … Enjoys playing pool and bowling … Graduated from Central Mountain High School (Mill Hall, Pa.), 2006 … Favorite movie is “Lonesome Dove”… Favorite type of music is Red Dirt … Favorite food is steak … Injuries cut short his 2013 season after he had risen as high as 10th in the world standings

Tanner Aus

Bareback riding

Event :

18 th

2018 world standings place:

$67,793 $802,571

2018 earnings: Career earnings:

June 4, 1990, in Granite Falls, Minn.

Born:

Granite Falls, Minn.

Residence: Joined PRCA: World titles:

2010

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3 (2015-17)

Wrangler NFR qualifications:

Iowa Central Community College and Missouri Valley College (Marshall, Mo.)

Education:

Professional 2018 Highlights ★ ★ Won the RAM Great Lakes Circuit Finals (Louisville, Ky.) ★ ★ Won the Lawton (Okla.) Rangers Rodeo ★ ★ Won the Southeastern Livestock Exposition (Montgomery, Ala.) ★ ★ Won the Minnesota (St. Paul) Horse Exposition Rodeo ★ ★ Won the Oregon Trail Rodeo (Hastings, Neb.) ★ ★ Won the Four States Fair & Rodeo (Texarkana, Ark.) ★ ★ Co-champion at the Dixie Roundup (St. George, Utah)

Career Highlights ★ ★ 2017: Won Round 7 and split the win in Round 2. He placed in a total of five rounds and finished third in the world standings with $235,715. Won Rodeo Austin (Texas), the Fallon County Fair & Rodeo (Baker, Mont.), the Buffalo (Minn.) Championship PRCA Rodeo, the Hamel (Minn.) Rodeo & Bull Ridin Bonanza, the Airdrie (Alberta) Pro Rodeo, the Iowa’s (Sidney) Championship Rodeo, the Richland County Fair & Rodeo (Sidney, Mont.), the Bowman (N.D.) County Pro Rodeo, and the Range Days Rodeo (Rapid City, S.D.). Co-champion at the Sitting Bull Stampede (Mobridge, S.D.) and the Minnesota (St. Paul) Horse Exposition Rodeo. Finished third in the world standings with $235,715 ★ ★ 2016: Won Rounds 1 and 9, split the win in Round 3, and placed in six total rounds at the Wrangler NFR where he placed 10th in the average. Finished fifth in the world standings with $213,152. Won the Snake River Stampede (Nampa, Idaho), the PRCA Championship Rodeo (Fargo, N.D.), the Minnesota (St. Paul) Horse Exposition Rodeo, the Franklin (Tenn.) Rodeo, the American Royal Rodeo (Kansas City, Mo.), the Crystal Springs Rodeo (Clear Lake, S.D.), the American Heroes PRCA Rodeo (Hawley, Minn.), the Jackson County Pro Rodeo (Bellevue, Iowa), theWestern Fest Stampede Rodeo (Granite Falls, Minn.) and the Adrian Foote Memorial (Newtown, N.D.). Co-champion at the Lexington (Ky.) Rodeo, the Sioux Empire Fair Rodeo (Sioux Falls, S.D.) and the Wrangler Champions Challenge presented by Justin Boots (Kissimmee, Fla.) ★ ★ 2015: Placed in three rounds at his firstWrangler NFR, including a split of the Round 10 win with an 83.5-point ride. Won Cheyenne (Wyo.) Frontier Days, the Fallon County Fair & Rodeo (Baker, Mont.), the American Heroes PRCA Rodeo (Hawley, Minn.), theWisconsin River ProRodeo (Merrill), the Jackson County ProRodeo (Bellevue, Iowa), the Adrian Foote Memorial (Newtown, N.D.), the Linn County Fair PRCA Rodeo (Marshall, Minn.) and the RAM Great Lake Circuit Finals Rodeo (Louisville, Ky.). Co-champion at the SheridanWYO Rodeo, and the PRCA Championship Rodeo (Fargo, N.D.). Finished sixth in the world standings with $83,756 ★ ★ 2014: Won the Roughrider Days Rodeo (Dickinson, N.D.), the American Heroes PRCA Rodeo (Hawley, Minn.) and the Pine City (Minn.) Championship PRCA Rodeo. Co-champion at Kansas’Largest Night Rodeo (Pretty Prairie), the Edgewood (Iowa) Days PRCA Rodeo and the Jackson County ProRodeo (Bellevue, Iowa). Finished 40th in the world standings with $18,269 ★ ★ 2013: Won the First Chance Bonanza (Brookings, S.D.) and the Jackson County ProRodeo (Bellevue, Iowa). Finished 69th in the world standings with $9,212 ★ ★ 2012: Won the Dacotah Stampede Rodeo (Aberdeen, S.D.) and the PRCA Championship Rodeo (Sioux Falls, S.D.). Co-champion at the Pikes Peak or Bust Rodeo Days (Colorado Springs, Colo.) and the Cherokee (Iowa), Chamber PRCA Rodeo; finished 28th in the world standings with $31,843 ★ ★ 2011: Won the RAM Great Lakes Circuit Finals Rodeo (Louisville, Ky.), the Cherokee (Iowa) Chamber PRCA Rodeo, the Licking (Mo.) PRCA Rodeo, the BeaverValley Horse Club Rodeo (Strasburg, N.D.) and theWestern Fest Stampede Rodeo (Granite Falls, Minn.). Finished 31st in the world standings with $29,170

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