2019 PRCA Media Guide - Announcers

OCCUPATIONS: college basketball official, voice-over talent. ADDITIONAL INTEREST: team roping, golf. WEBSITE: www.jodycarper.com. Announcers (continued) Ray Champ PRCA MEMBERSHIP: 2010. ACHIEVEMENTS: Yellowstone River Roundup (Billings, Mont.), 2015; Big Horn Stampede (Hardin, Mont.), 2015; Wild West Days PRCA Rodeo (Sturgis, S.D.), 2010; Cody (Wyo.) Stampede Gold Rodeo, 2013, slack, 2010. RESIDENCE: Cut Bank, Mont. BORN: May 16, 1976. FAMILY: wife, Jimi; sons, Tal and Rance. COLLEGE: degrees in elementary education and business management. OTHER OCCUPATIONS: ranching. ADDITIONAL INTERESTS: raising horses, team roping. WEBSITE: www.raychamp.com. Ben Clements PRCA MEMBERSHIP: 2002. ACHIEVEMENTS: Lea County Fair and Rodeo (Lovington, N.M.); High Plains Junior Rodeo Finals. RESIDENCE: Stephenville, Texas. BORN: May 27, 1976. FAMILY: wife, Jodi; daughters, TyAnn and Ryon. COLLEGE: Howard College (Big Spring, Texas), University of Texas of the Permian Basin (Odessa), bachelor’s degree in mass communications. OTHER OCCUPATIONS: team roping announcer; host, TV’s“The Final Spin.” ADDITIONAL INTERESTS: team roping, event production, family. WEBSITE : www.ben. clements.net. Dusty Cleveland PRCA MEMBERSHIP: 1966, Gold Card. ACHIEVEMENTS: shared 2006 Emmy for Best Sporting Game Live/Unedited for Comcast’s Cowtown Rodeo ; has announced Cowtown Rodeo for more than 30 years; First Frontier Circuit president, 1978-86, First Frontier Circuit’s lifetime achievement award, 1996; 18-time RAM First Frontier Circuit Finals Rodeo announcer; co-host of RAM First Frontier Circuit Finals Rodeo, 1992; RAM First Frontier Circuit Finals Rodeo team roping qualifier, 1980-81. RESIDENCE: Ballston Spa, N.Y. BORN: Oct. 24, 1942. FAMILY: wife, Diane; daughters, Sheri Nastri, Lorri Holcomb, Jody Stockton. COLLEGE: Reische American School of Auctioneering (Mason City, Iowa). OTHER OCCUPATION: auctioneer. ADDITIONAL INTERESTS: hunting, fishing. Randy Corley NFR: 1985-86, 1992, 1994-96, 2007-17; alternate, 1984, 2005. PRCA MEMBERSHIP: 1980, Gold Card. ACHIEVEMENTS: Tour Playoffs Series (Caldwell, Idaho, and Puyallup, Wash., 2007-08); Tour Finale (Las Vegas), 2002; Tour Finale Challenge (Omaha, Neb.), 2003; 12- time PRCA Announcer of the Year (1984, 1990-96, 1998, 2003, 2011, 2015), nominated, 2008-10, 2012- 14, 2016; Original Coors Rodeo Showdown, 1993-98; RAM National Circuit Finals Rodeo, 1987, 1997, 2008; Caldwell (Idaho) Night Rodeo, 1982-2011; Puyallup (Wash.) Rodeo, 1983-2011; Kitsap County Fair and

Rodeo (Bremerton, Wash.), 1983-2011; La Fiesta de los Vaqueros (Tucson, Ariz.), 2005-11; San Antonio Stock and Rodeo, 1997- 2011; Buffalo Bill Rodeo (North Platte, Neb.), 1982-2011; in 2005, he and Amanda became the first father-daughter tandem to work the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo, as announcer and timer; 2017 ProRodeo Hall of Fame Inductee. RESIDENCE: Silverdale, Wash. BORN: Nov. 22, 1951. FAMILY: wife, Michelle; daughters, Brittany, Amanda, Kassi; son, Cole. COLLEGE: Ron Bailey School of Broadcast (Seattle). ADDITIONAL INTERESTS : scuba diving, golf and leather work. Shaun Costello PRCA MEMBERSHIP: 2004. ACHIEVEMENTS: Wild West Days PRCA Rodeo (Sturgis, S.D.), 2011-14; co- announced Deadwood (S.D.) Days of ‘76, 2011, 2013- 14; Badlands Circuit Finals Steer Roping (Deadwood, S.D.), 2013; Montana Circuit Finals Steer Roping (Silesia), 2014; Black Hills Roundup (steer roping) (Belle Fourche, S.D.), 2013-14; Wyoming State Fair Rodeo (Douglas), 2009; Steamboat Springs (Colo.) ProRodeo Series finals, 2008, 2011; Deke LathamMemorial Rodeo (Kaycee, Wyo.), 2006; Benny Binion Bucking Horse and Bull Sale, 2003-08, 2010-14; Cody (Wyo.) Nite Rodeo, 2002-04; U.S. Army veteran. RESIDENCE: Sundance, Wyo. BORN: June 9, 1964. FAMILY: wife, Virginia; stepson, Ben. COLLEGE: World Wide College of Auctioneering (Mason City, Iowa). OTHER OCCUPATIONS: ironworker, auctioneer. ADDITIONAL INTERESTS: horses, hunting, roping. Bob Edmonds PRCA MEMBERSHIP: 2006. ACHIEVEMENTS: 2018 WPRA Announcer of the Year; National Circuit Finals Steer Roping (Torrington, Wyo.), 2018; National RAM Mountain States Circuit Finals Rodeo (Loveland, Colo.), 2010-11, 2013-18; Alamosa (Colo.) Round-up, 2010- 18; Sand and Sage Roundup (Lamar, Colo.), 2010-18; Laramie (Wyo.) Jubilee Days, 2012-18; Hellzapoppin PRCA Rodeo (Buckeye, Ariz.), 2014-18; Avi River Stampede (Fort Mohave, Ariz.), 2015-17; Fort Mohave (Ariz.) Classic Xtreme Bulls, 2015-18; Douglas County Fair and Rodeo Xtreme Bulls (Castle Rock, Colo.), 2014-18; Laramie (Wyo.) Jubilee Days Xtreme Bulls, 2014-18; Andy Devine Days Rodeo (Kingman, Ariz.), 2015-18; Jurupa Valley Pro Rodeo (Calif.), 2016-18; Steamboat Springs (Colo.) Pro Rodeo Series, 2006, 2010, 2016-18; Ramona (Calif.) Rodeo, 2018; Larimer County Fair & Rodeo (Loveland, Colo.), 2017-18; Jayhawker Roundup (Hill City, KS), 2017-18; Banning (Calif.) Stagecoach Days, 2018; Carlsbad (N.M.) ECSP Pro Rodeo, 2018; Great American Cowboy (Casper, Wyo.), 2018. RESIDENCE: Kersey, Colo. BORN: Sept. 20, 1977. FAMILY: wife, Brandy; twin daughters, Kaycee and Koree. COLLEGE: Trinidad (Colo.) State Junior College, associate degree; University of Southern Colorado (Pueblo), bachelor’s degree in civil engineering technology;Western College of Auctioneering (Billings, Mont.). OTHER OCCUPATIONS: licensed land surveyor,

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