2008 World standings place: 28th
2008 earnings: $36,386
Tour Finale qualifications: 1
Winter Tour Finalet: 2004
Education: Western Texas College (Snyder); and Texas Tech University (Lubbock)
Professional
2009 Highlights
• Won the Leduc (Alberta) Black Gold Rodeo & Exhibition
• Won the Brooks (Alberta) Kinsmen Rodeo
• Won the Field of Dreams Stampede (La Crete, Alberta)
• Won the Moose Mountain Rodeo (Kennedy, Saskatchewan)
• Co-champion Okotoks (Alberta) Pro Rodeo Pro Rodeo
Career Highlights
• 2008: Won the Leduc (Alberta) Black Gold Rodeo & Exhibition; the Stavely (Alberta) Indoor Rodeo; the Grand Prairie (Alberta) Stompede; the Jasper (Alberta) Heritage Rodeo; the Pincher Creek (Alberta) Fair & Rodeo and the Kamloops (British Columbia) Outdoor Pro Rodeo. Co-champion at the Rocky Pro Rodeo (Rocky Mountain House, Alberta); the Mighty Fraser Rodeo (Abbotsford, British Columbia); the Benalto (Alberta) Stampede and the IPE & Stampede (Armstrong, British Columbia)
• 2007: Finished eighth in the Canadian Professional Rodeo Association standings
• 2006: Won the Olds (Alberta) Fair & Rodeo; the Home of Champions (Red Lodge, Mont.); the Santa Maria (Calif.) Elks Rodeo and the San Diego (Calif.) Iron Horse Pro Rodeo Shootout. Co-champion at the Amarillo (Texas) Tri-State Fair Pro Rodeo; the Ft. Madison (Iowa) Tri-State Rodeo and the Wild West Pro Rodeo (Silver City, N.M.)
• 2005: Won the Colorado State Fair & Rodeo (Pueblo), the Moses Lake (Wash.) Roundup, the Yuma County Fair & Rodeo (Yuma, Colo.), the Strathmore (Alberta) Stampede, the Lea Park Rodeo (Marwayne, Alberta), the Luxton Pro Rodeo (Victoria, British Columbia), the Arcadia All-Florida Championship Rodeo, the Okeechobee (Fla.) Cattlemen’s Spring Rodeo and the Nacogdoches (Texas) Pro Rodeo; was co-champion at Rodeo Royal (Calgary, Alberta), the Sheridan (Wyo.) Rodeo, and the Taber (Alberta) Pro Rodeo; was co-champion in the Wrangler ProRodeo Tour Round and won the average title at La Fiesta de los Vaqueros (Tucson, Ariz.). Placed eighth at the Wrangler NFR with $17,079 and finished the year ninth in the world standings with $123,749. Canadian Rodeo Tour champion
• 2004: Finished the year 11th in the world with $97,099 and was eighth in the average at the Wrangler NFR, winning $31,422; won the Tour round at Clovis (Calif.) Rodeo; won Livingston (Mont.) Round-up Rodeo; was co-champion at Fort Bend County Fair and Rodeo (Rosenberg, Texas), and placed in six of the 10 rounds at the Wrangler NFR
• 2003: Won the Snake River Stampede (Nampa, Idaho); Canadian champion and had a record 90-point ride on Calgary’s world champion Grated Coconut at the Canadian Finals Rodeo; finished the year 29th in the world with $26,836
• 2001: Won the Dodge City (Kan.) Roundup; finished 23rd in the world; qualified for the Canadian Finals Rodeo (2000-01)
Personal
6-0, 180...Single...Hobbies include skiing and golf...His brother is three-time Wrangler NFR qualifier, Robert…Started his rodeo career as a steer wrestler and bareback rider and for the first few years he won more money in steer wrestling. Then he tore up his knee riding bareback horses and never went back to steer wrestling. He currently competes in the bareback riding with no ACL…Has won the Cowboy Downhill skiing competition in Steamboat Springs, Colo., three times (2003, 2005-06)