2018 Media Guide - Cowboys

2017 ProRodeo Top Cowboys (continued) Professional 2017 Highlights – partner Chad Masters ★ ★ Won the California Rodeo Salinas ★ ★ Won the Canby (Ore.) Rodeo ★ ★ Won the World’s Oldest Rodeo (Prescott, Ariz.) ★ ★ Won the Springville (Calif.) Sierra Rodeo ★ ★ Won the Rodeo of the Ozarks (Springdale, Ark.) Career Highlights

★ ★ 2016: (Partner Colby Lovell) Placed in two rounds to rank 12th at the Wrangler NFR. Finished 14th in the world standings with $106,450.Won the Canby (Ore) Rodeo, the (Phillipsburg) Kansas’Biggest Rodeo, theWild Bill Hickok Rodeo (Abilene, Kan.) and the RanchoMissionViejo Rodeo (San Juan Capistrano, Calif.). Co-champion at the Sikeston (Mo.) Jaycee Bootheel Rodeo, the Southwestern International PRCA Rodeo (El Paso, Texas) and the Steamboat Springs (Colo.) Pro Rodeo Series (July 8-9) ★ ★ 2015: (Partner ChadMasters) Placed in three rounds at theWrangler NFR.Won the Clovis (Calif.) Rodeo, the Caldwell (Idaho) Night Rodeo and the Missoula (Mont.) Stampede. Co-champion at the Lea County Fair & PRCA Rodeo (Lovington, N.M.). Finished 10th in the world standings with $143,496 ★ ★ 2014: (PartnerTrevor Brazile)Won Round 8 of theWrangler NFR with a time of 3.8 seconds and placed in four other rounds en route to finishing fifth in the average standings. Won California Rodeo Salinas; the National Western Stock Show and Rodeo (Denver); the Canby (Ore.) Rodeo and the Ramona (Calif.) Rodeo. Co-champion at the Wrangler Champions Challenge Finale (Omaha, Neb.); the Wrangler Champions Challenge (Rapid City, S.D.); the Hugo (Okla.) PRCA Rodeo and the Parker County Frontier Days and PRCA Rodeo (Weatherford, Texas). Finished second in the world standings with $176,183 ★ ★ 2013: (Partner Kaleb Driggers)Won Round 9 of theWrangler NFR with a rodeo-best time of 3.6 seconds and placed in three other rounds; finished third in the world standings with $162,351. Won the Cody (Wyo.) Stampede; the Clovis (Calif.) Rodeo; the Dodge City (Kan.) Roundup Rodeo; the Pikes Peak or Bust Rodeo (Colorado Springs, Colo.); the Pioneer Days Rodeo (Clovis, N.M.); the Coleman (Texas) PRCA Rodeo; the Tulsa (Okla.) State Fair PRCA Rodeo, withTurtle Powell and theWalker County Fair & Rodeo (Huntsville,Texas). Co-champion at the Stephenville (Texas) Cowboy Capital Pro Rodeo and the Butterfield Stage Days PRCA Rodeo (Bridgeport, Texas), with Luke Brown. Co-champion at the Glen Rose (Texas) PRCA Rodeo, with Clay Tryan ★ ★ 2012: (Partner ClayTryan)Won Round 7 of theWrangler NFR in 3.6 seconds and placed in four other rounds. Finished eighth in the world standings with $137,287.Won the Justin Boots Playoffs (Puyallup,Wash.); the c; the Clark County Fair & Rodeo (Logandale, Nev.); the Gooding (Idaho) ProRodeo; the Molalla (Ore.) Buckeroo Rodeo; the Lynden (Wash.) PRCA Rodeo and Montana’s Biggest Weekend (Dillon, Mont.) ★ ★ 2011: (Partner Clay Tryan) Placed in four rounds at the Wrangler NFR and finished second in the world standings with $189,649. Won the National Western Stock Show & Rodeo (Denver); the Ellensburg (Wash.) Rodeo; the Lea County Fair & PRCA Rodeo (Lovington, N.M.); the Lewiston (Idaho) Roundup; the Lynden (Wash.) PRCA Rodeo; the Sandhills Stock Show & Rodeo (Odessa, Texas); the Red Bluff (Calif.) Round-Up and the Cassia County Fair & Rodeo (Burley, Idaho) ★ ★ 2010: (Partner Clay Tryan) Placed in five rounds of theWrangler NFR, including a win in Round 9 with a time of 4.2 seconds. Finished second in the world standings with $185,784 after breaking the regular-season earnings record for team roping heeling with $147,653, eclipsing the record of $118,277 set by Jade Corkill in 2009. Won the Justin Boots Championships (Omaha, Neb.); Tryan and Graves won the most championship money of anyone in Omaha, collecting $34,955 each. Won the Black Hills Stock Show & Rodeo (Rapid City, S.D.); the Pikes Peak or Bust Rodeo (Colorado Springs, Colo.); the Sisters (Ore.) Rodeo; Rodeo de Santa Fe (N.M.); the Cassia County Fair & Rodeo (Burley, Idaho); the Othello (Wash.) PRCA Rodeo ★ ★ 2009: (Partner Turtle Powell) Won the Fort Worth (Texas) Stock Show and Rodeo and the Lawton (Okla.) Rangers Rodeo; finished 22nd in the world standings with earnings of $42,810 ★ ★ 2008: (Partner Turtle Powell) Placed in four of 10 rounds in the Wrangler NFR, finishing second in the average standings and 11th in the world standings with season earnings of $107,701. Won the San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo; the Dinosaur Round-Up Rodeo (Vernal, Utah); the Lea County Fair & Rodeo (Lovington, N.M.); the Missoula (Mont.) Stampede and the Moses Lake (Wash.) Roundup ★ ★ 2007: Co-champion at the FortWorth (Texas) Stock Show and Rodeo, with Keven Daniel, and won the Beef Empire Days PRCA Rodeo (Garden City, Kan.), with Turtle Powell ★ ★ 2006: Won the Poway (Calif.) Rodeo, with Keven Daniel ★ ★ 2002: Won the Wrangler ProRodeo Tour Round at the Ellensburg (Wash.) Rodeo, with Blaine Linaweaver Amateur Won the International Finals Youth Rodeo heeling title, 2001 Personal 5-10, 205 …Wife, Tamika (married June 11, 2005); son, Tee (born Nov. 5, 2012); daughter, True Vista (born June 24, 2014) … Enjoys basketball, Mexican food and alternative music … His father, Ronnie, is a rancher and horse trainer; mother, Teresa, is a middle school teacher … Lists Walt Woodard and Clay O’Brien Cooper as his rodeo idols

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