2018 Media Guide - Cowboys

2017 ProRodeo Top Cowboys (continued) Personal

6-0, 175 … Parents Elvenee and Nina Dees, sisters, Phyliss and Alexis … Full name is Elvenee Dees Jr., his nickname is Jr. since he is named after his dad … Got into rodeo because his dad was a PRCA team roper and his entire family participates in rodeos … Started competing in 2008 when he was 11 years old … Graduated from Bookings (S.D.) High School in 2016 with a class of 180 students …Trains horses for a living …The Pendleton (Ore.) Round-Up is his favorite rodeo because the arena has grass … Describes his roping style as aggressive … Practices roping and rides horses all day when at home … Looks up to team roper and tie-down roper Clay Smith … Plays basketball while traveling to rodeos … Enjoys watching the Dallas Cowboys … Favorite food is steak … Favorite movie is“Pistol Pete – Birth of a Legend”… Favorite book is“The Inner Game of Tennis”

Cody DeMoss

Saddle bronc riding

Event:

10th 11th

2017 world standings place: 2017 NFR standings place:

$36,231 $155,887 $2,294,095

2017 NFR earnings: 2017 earnings: Career earnings:

Jan. 14, 1981, in Crowville, La.

Born:

Heflin, La.

Residence: Joined PRCA: World titles:

2000

0

13 (2003-07, 2009-12, 2014-17)

Wrangler NFR qualifications: Wrangler NFR average titles:

1 (2012)

2

Tour Finale titles:

2004 2005

Summer:

Championship:

15

Tour Finale qualifications:

2004-06 2004-06

Winter:

Summer:

2004-07, 2009-12, 2014

Championship:

1 (2007)

RNCFR qualifications:

Northeast Texas Community College (Mount Pleasant), associate degree in farm & ranch management

Education:

Professional 2017 Highlights ★ ★ Won the Days of ‘47 Cowboy Games and Rodeo (Salt Lake City, Utah) ★ ★ Won the Dixie National Rodeo (Jackson, Miss.) ★ ★ Won the MidWinter Fair & Rodeo (Lafayette, La.) ★ ★ Won the Killdeer (N.D.) Mountain Roundup Rodeo ★ ★ Won the Deep South PRCA Rodeo (Winnsboro, La.) ★ ★ Co-champion at the (Lewiston) Central Montana Ram Pro Rodeo Career Highlights

PRORODEO COWBOYS

★ ★ 2016: Placed in four rounds to rank 11th at theWrangler NFR. Finished 12th in the world standings with $138,768. Won the Ellensburg (Wash.) Rodeo, the Lewiston (Idaho) Roundup, the Gladewater (Texas) Round-Up Rodeo, Chief Joseph (Ore.) Days, the Deep South PRCA Rodeo (Winnsboro, La.), (Dillon) Montana’s BiggestWeekend, the Oregon Trail Rodeo (Hastings, Neb.), the White Sulphur Springs (Mont.) Labor Day Rodeo and the Sanders County Fair & PRCA Rodeo (Plains, Mont.) ★ ★ 2015: Won Round 3 and placed in six other rounds at theWrangler NFR. Won the Ponoka (Alberta) Stampede, the National Western Stock Show & Rodeo (Denver, Colo.), the Airdrie (Alberta) ProRodeo, the Wainwright (Alberta) Stampede, the Cody (Wyo.) Stampede Champions Challenge, the Old Fort Days Rodeo (Fort Smith, Ark.), the Black Hills Stock Show Rodeo (Rapid City, S.D.), the Lethbridge (Alberta) Whoop-Up Days Pro Rodeo, the Southern Miss Coca-Cola Classic Rodeo (Hattiesburg, Miss.), the Georgia Junior Livestock Show& Rodeo (Perry, Ga.), the SWDistrict Fat Stock Show & Rodeo (Lake Charles, La.), the Helotes (Texas) Festival Association Rodeo, the Jasper (Alberta) Heritage Rodeo and the NicolaValley Pro Rodeo (Merritt, British Columbia).Won the all-around, saddle bronc riding and was co-champion in team roping at the Ringgold (La.) Round-Up, withWes Kent. Co-champion at the Marshall (Texas) ProRodeo. Finished fifth in the world standings with $228,8220 ★ ★ 2014: Won Round 10 of theWrangler NFR with an 86-point ride on Stace Smith Pro Rodeo’s Resistol’s Top Hat and finished second in two other rounds.Won the Lea County Fair & PRCA Rodeo (Lovington, N.M.); theTri-State Rodeo (Fort Madison, Iowa) and the Gerry (N.Y.) Volunteer Firemen’s Rodeo. Won the all-around at the Homestead (Fla.) Championship Rodeo. Co-champion at the Woodward (Okla.) Elks Rodeo. Finished 10th in the world standings with $115,722 ★ ★ 2013: Won theWrangler Champions Challenge (Redding, Calif.); the Home of Champions Rodeo (Red Lodge, Mont.) and the Mesquite (Texas) ProRodeo Series on June 28-29.Won the all-around and saddle bronc riding at the Amicus Club PRCA Rodeo (Alexandria, La.). Finished 45th in the world standings with $18,228

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