2008 World standings place: 21st (TR-heeler)
2008 earnings: $44,010
Tour Finale qualifications:  3 (TR)
    Winter:  2001, 2003
    Summer:  2000
Education: Blue Mountain Community College (Pendleton, Ore.)

Professional

Career Highlights
• 2008: (Partner Brandon Beers) Won the Bonus Round at the Ponoka (Alberta) Stampede and co-champion at the Mountain Valley Stampede (Heber City, Utah)

• 2007: (Partner Brandon Beers) Won RodeoHouston; the Falkland (B.C.) Stampede; the Luxton Pro Rodeo (Victoria, B.C.); the Sisters (Ore.) Rodeo; the Ponoka (Alberta) Stampede; the Cheney (Wash) Rodeo; the Fort Dalles Pro Rodeo (The Dalles, Ore.) and the Dodge Columbia River Circuit Finals Rodeo (Redmond, Ore.)• 2006 – Won the Hanna (Alberta) Pro Rodeo; the North Idaho Fair & Rodeo (Coeur d’Alene); the Omak (Wash.) Stampede; the Eugene (Ore.) Pro Rodeo and the Wainwright (Alberta) Stampede

• 2006: Won the Hanna (Alberta) Pro Rodeo; the North Idaho Fair & Rodeo (Coeur d’Alene); the Omak (Wash.) Stampede; the Eugene (Ore.) Pro Rodeo and the Wainwright (Alberta) Stampede

• 2005: Won Yakima Valley Fair & Rodeo (Grandview, Wash.) with Brandon Beers
• 2004: Won steer roping title at the Pendleton (Ore.) Round-Up and the year-end team roping title in the Columbia River Circuit (with Charly Crawford). Finished 29th in the in the team roping with $25,421 and 30th in the steer roping with $9,753
• 2003: Won team roping title at San Antonio (Texas) Livestock Exposition with partner Jason Stewart
• 2002: Won (with Shain Sproul) team roping titles at Days of '47 Rodeo (Salt Lake City) and Farm-City Pro Rodeo (Hermiston, Ore.); finished seventh in the world team roping heeling, 11th in the all-around and 43rd in steer roping
• 2001: Won (with Bobby Hurley) team roping titles at American Royal Rodeo (Kansas City, Mo.) and Eugene (Ore.) Pro Rodeo
• 2000: Won (with Tee Woolman) team roping titles at Days of '47 Rodeo (Salt Lake City) and Dodge City (Kan.) Round-Up

• Won 1984 World Championship with Dee Pickett, earning $57,557
• Columbia River Circuit all-around champion in 1981, 1985, 1987-88, 1991-95, 1997, 1999; team roping champion in 1981, 1983,1985, 1988, 1991-92; tie-down roping champion in 1981, 1995; and steer roping champion in 1986, 1988, 1991, 1994, 1996-97

Amateur
College National Finals Rodeo team roping champion, 1978. Oregon high school all-around and team roping champion, 1977

Personal
6-2, 215...Sons, Brandon and Joe...Teamed with Brandon in 2007 to become the first father-son combination to qualify for the Wrangler Nationals Finals Rodeo in 20 years and the 11th all time….Hobbies include hunting and fishing…Suffered broken pelvis and shoulder during a practice session July 31, 2007 in Culver, Ore., and missed four months of competition, before returning for the Wrangler NFR…Mike’s brother, Jack, competed in team roping, tie-down roping, bareback riding and bull riding…Their father ran a restaurant