2009 World standings: 9th
2009 Wrangler NFR place: 15th
2009 Wrangler NFR earnings: $47,963
2009 earnings: $107,143
Tour Finale qualifications: 7
Winter: 2005
Summer: 2004-05
Championship: 2004-05, 2007-08
DNCFR qualifications: 3 (2006, 2008, 2010)
DNCFR titles: 1 (2006)
Education: Northwestern Oklahoma State University (Alva), bachelor’s degree in agricultural business
Professional
2009 Highlights
• Won Round 8 of the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo with a time of 3.4 seconds and placed in four other rounds to move from 15th place to ninth in the final world standings
• Won Rodeo de Santa Fe (N.M.)
• Won Kansas' Biggest Rodeo (Phillipsburg, Kan.)
• Won the all-around title at the Hugo (Okla.) PRCA Rodeo
• Won the Dodge Prairie Circuit Finals Rodeo (Kansas City, Mo.)
Career Highlights
• 2008: Won Round 5 of the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo with a time of 3.9 seconds; placed in six of 10 rounds. Finished eighth in the world standings with earnings of $121,053. Won the Star of Texas Fair & Rodeo (Austin) and the Frontier Days Rodeo (Walla Walla, Wash.), setting an arena record with a time of 12.7 seconds on three head. Co-champion in the all-around at the Wild Bill Hickok Rodeo (Abilene, Kan.). Co-champion in steer wrestling at the Wrangler Pro Rodeo Classic (Wichita, Kan.)
• 2007: Won Round 7 of the Wrangler NFR with a time of 3.7 seconds and placed in five of the 10 rounds at the Thomas & Mack Center. Won Spokane (Wash.) Interstate Fair & Rodeo and the Dodge Prairie Circuit Finals Rodeo (Kansas City, Mo.). Co-champion at Nebraska’s Big Rodeo (Burwell, Neb.)
• 2006: Placed in six of 10 rounds at the Wrangler NFR, winning the fourth round in 3.3 seconds. Co-champion at the Canby (Ore.) Rodeo. Won the Snake River Stampede (Nampa, Idaho); the XIT Rodeo & Reunion (Dalhart, Texas); the Old Fort Days Rodeo (Fort Smith, Ark.) and the Chisholm Trail Stampede (Duncan, Okla.). Co-champion at the Top O’ Texas Rodeo (Pampa); the Buc Days Pro Rodeo (Corpus Christi, Texas) and the Walker County Fair and Rodeo (Huntsville, Texas). Won the steer wrestling title at the Dodge National Circuit Finals Rodeo (Pocatello, Idaho)
• 2005: Co-champion in the Wrangler ProRodeo Tour Round and average at the Farm-City Pro Rodeo (Hermiston, Ore.); won the Buffalo Bill Rodeo (North Platte, Neb.) and the Beef Empire Days PRCA Rodeo (Garden City, Kan.); won the eighth round with a time of 3.3 seconds at the 2005 Wrangler NFR. Finished the year ranked seventh in the world with $117,772
• 2004: Finished sixth in the world standings with $130,188 and was fourth in the Wrangler NFR average, picking up $41,751. Won the Will Rogers Stampede (Claremore, Okla.); the Top O’ Texas Rodeo (Pampa); the Days of ’47 Rodeo (Salt Lake City), and the Kitsap County Fair and Stampede (Bremerton, Wash.). Won Tour Round at the Dodge City (Kan.) Roundup Rodeo and the Farm City ProRodeo (Hermiston, Ore.); co-champion at Lewiston (Idaho) Round-Up and finished fourth at the Summer Tour Finale (Omaha, Neb.). Placed in five of 10 rounds at the Wrangler NFR
• 2003: Finished 30th in the world standings with $28,810
• 2002: Prairie Circuit Finals qualifier
• 1999: Prairie Circuit Finals qualifier
Amateur
Central Plains champion steer wrestler, 1999-2000; Oklahoma state champion high school steer wrestler, 1997
Awards
Horse Dark Laddy (nickname Chunk) finished third in the PRCA/AQHA Steer Wrestling Horse of the Year race, 2004
Personal
5-10, 220...Fiancé, Crissi Loch…Enjoys hunting and playing PlayStation…Father Jim Graves works for Conoco and mother Cheryl is a nurse...He has three sisters...Got involved in rodeo through his family. His father was a bulldogger; Stockton started bulldogging when he was 14. Ropes a little in Prairie Circuit competition, but his main focus is steer wrestling…One of the few steer wrestlers to compete wearing glasses…Primary steer wrestling horse is Chunk, whom he has owned since 2001...Favorite sports team is the University of Oklahoma football team…Traveling partners are Spud Duvall and Rodney Burks…Rodeo idol is three-time world champion Roy Duvall; he attended Duvall’s steer wrestling schools as a teenager
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