DNCFR titles: 1 (2007)
Tour Finale qualifications: 11
Winter: 2002, 2005-06
Summer: 2001-02, 2004-06
Championship: 2004-06
Education: Texas Tech University (Lubbock), Western Texas College (Snyder)
Professional
2008 Highlights
• Won the average title at the Heart O’ Texas Fair and Rodeo (Waco)
• Won the Los Fresnos (Texas) PRCA Rodeo
• Won the ABC Pro Rodeo (Lubbock, Texas)
• Won the Washington Parish Free Fair Rodeo (Franklinton, La.)
• Won the Lone Star Stampede (Conroe, Texas)
• Won the Lorain County Fair Pro Rodeo (Wellington, Ohio)
• Co-champion at the Old Fort Days Rodeo (Fort Smith, Ark.)
Career Highlights
• 2007 – Won title at the Dodge National Circuit Finals Rodeo and was co-champion at the Oakley (Utah) Independence Day Rodeo, Strawberry Days Rodeo (Pleasant Grove, Utah), Cowboy Capital Pro Rodeo (Bandera, Texas) and the Dodge Texas Circuit Finals Rodeo; finished 30th in the final world standings with $24,940
• 2006 – Placed in four out of 10 rounds at the Wrangler NFR, winning the first round with an 89-point ride on Classic Pro Rodeo’s Wise Guy. Co-champion at the Fort Bend County Fair and Rodeo (Rosenberg, Texas); the Buffalo Bill Rodeo (North Platte, Neb.) and the Sandhills Stock Show and Rodeo (Odessa, Texas). Won the Newnan (Ga.) ProRodeo; the Southwestern International Livestock Show & Rodeo (El Paso, Texas); the Ogden (Utah) Pioneer Days Rodeo; the Rodeo of the Ozarks (Springdale, Ark.); the West of the Pecos (Texas) Rodeo
• 2005 – Won the first round at the Wrangler NFR with an 87.5-point ride on Cervi Championship Rodeo’s Hostage and placed in six other rounds; won the Charlotte (Mich.) Frontier Days; the Wrangler ProRodeo Tour Round and average title at the Ellensburg (Wash.) Rodeo; the Wrangler ProRodeo Tour Round at the Caldwell (Idaho) Night Rodeo; the Indiana State Fair Rodeo (Indianapolis, Ind.); the Eagle (Colo.) County Fair and Rodeo; the Great Grand Forks (N.D.) Fair, Exhibition and PRCA Rodeo; the Co-Expo ProRodeo (Mt. Pleasant, Mich.); the Crosby (Texas) Fair & PRCA Rodeo and the Gladewater (Texas) Round-up Association Rodeo; was co-champion at the Cowboy Capital of the World Pro Rodeo (Stephenville, Texas); finished third in the world with $165,484
• 2004 – Finished 13th in the world with $88,738; won World’s “Oldest” Rodeo Prescott (Ariz.) Frontier Days and Rancho Mission Viejo Rodeo (San Juan Capistrano, Calif.); co-champion at the Ellensburg (Wash.) Rodeo; semifinalist at Pace Challenge (Omaha, Neb.) and Pace Classic (Dallas); placed in four out of 10 rounds at the Wrangler NFR picking up $30,270 and finishing 12th in the average
• 2003 – Injured
• 2002 – Broke world record bareback riding with a 94-point ride on Kesler Championship Rodeo’s Cover Girl at U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Co. Cup Finale (Dallas) (now called the Pace Picante ProRodeo Classic); won Guymon (Okla.) Pioneer Days Rodeo, St. Paul (Ore.) Rodeo and West Texas Fair & Rodeo (Abilene, Texas); finished the year 10th in the world with $94,306
• 2000 – Won the Cloverdale Rodeo & Exhibition (Surrey, British Columbia) and Ponoka (Alberta) Stampede
Amateur
National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association’s Southwest Region champion, 1999-2000
Personal
5-6, 150...Wife, Francie (married May 2005)...Hobbies include raising and judging livestock...Toward end of 2000 season he sustained a severe leg injury in Bremerton, Wash....Finished 19th in 2001 after missing first part of year rehabbing. In 2002, at the Texas Stampede in Dallas after setting the world record, he re-injured his leg. Following the Wrangler NFR, doctors recommended immediate attention to his leg. In fact, the NFR ended on Sunday, and on Tuesday he was undergoing surgery. In a two-month span, he had eight surgeries to finally correct the problem (doctors had to take away part of the bone in his leg and then had to stretch what was left to make it the same length as the other leg). He spent the rest of the year in rehab, working out with the Texas Tech football team after returning to school full-time. He made the dean’s list...His 2007 season was slowed by elbow and ankle injuries…Enjoys watching Texas Tech football...Parents are Terry and Kathy and has one sister...Travels with Will Lowe, Royce Ford and Tom McFarland, and they call their group the “Wolfpack”...Rodeo idol is Bruce Ford