2009 World Standings place: 24th
2009 earnings: $30,742
Tour Finale qualifications: 0
DNCFR qualifications: 2 (2004, 2006)
Education: Tarleton State University (Stephenville, Texas); Texas Tech University (Lubbock), bachelor's degree in agricultural leadership
Professional
2010 Highlights
• Won the Crockett (Texas) Lions Club PRCA Rodeo
• Won the Spirit of Texana Pro Rodeo (Edna, Texas)
• Won the Matagorda Fair & Rodeo (Bay City, Texas)
• Won the Cowboy Capital Pro Rodeo (Bandera, Texas)
• Won the Coleman (Texas) PRCA Rodeo
• Co-champion of the Isanti (Minn.) Firefighters Rodeo
• Won the Mesquite (Texas) Championship Rodeo, June 4-5
Career Highlights
• 2009: Won the Canton (Texas) Stampede Rodeo; the Ramona (Calif.) Rodeo; the Livingston (Mont.) Round-Up; the Crockett (Texas) Lions Club PRCA Rodeo; the Coleman (Texas) PRCA Rodeo; the Red Desert Round Up (Rock Springs, Wyo.)
• 2008: Won the Eugene (Ore.) Pro Rodeo; the Thermopolis (Wyo.) PRCA Rodeo and the Kit Carson Fair & Rodeo (Burlington, Colo.). Finished 44th in the world standings with $20,990
• 2007: Co-champion at the YMBL Championship Rodeo (Beaumont, Texas; the Molalla (Ore.) Buckeroo and the Strathmore (Alberta) Stampede. Won the 55th Mid-Winter Fair & Rodeo (Lafayette, La.)
• 2006: Co-champion at the Upper Peninsula Championship Rodeo (Iron River, Mich.) and the Jayhawker Roundup Rodeo (Hill City, Kan.). Won the Bennington (Kan.) PRCA Rodeo; the Jasper (Texas) Lions Benefit Rodeo; the Okeechobee (Fla.) Cattlemen’s Spring Rodeo and the Southwestern Exposition and Livestock Rodeo (Fort Worth, Texas)
• 2005: Co-champion at the Southwestern International Livestock Show and Rodeo (El Paso, Texas) and the Conroe (Texas) Lions Rodeo. Won the Ocala (Fla.) Shrine Rodeo; the Sonora (Texas) Outlaw Pro Rodeo; Iowa’s Championship Rodeo (Sidney, Iowa); the Santa Rosa Roundup (Vernon, Texas) and the Panola County Cattlemen’s Association Rodeo (Carthage, Texas). Finished the year 28th in the world standings with $30,945
• 2004: Co-champion at the Old Fort Days (Fort Smith, Ark.); qualified for the Dodge National Circuit Finals Rodeo (Pocatello, Idaho); finished 25th in the world with $34,856
• 2003: Co-champion at the Walker County Fair & Rodeo (Huntsville, Texas)
• 2002: Finished third among ProRodeo rookies in bareback riding, earning $22,517
Amateur
Four-time College National Finals Rodeo qualifier, finishing 13th in 2002; fourth in 2003 and 2004 and 12th . He also qualified for the National High School Rodeo Association finals in 2001
Personal
5-8, 155…Wife, Ashley; son Dalton (born Jan. 8, 2010)…Started his collegiate career at Wharton County (Texas) Junior College…Is the son of Monk Dishman, a National Finals Rodeo bareback riding qualifier from 1982-84; mom Kay owns J & K Construction in Beaumont, Texas; sister Zane is a student at Texas A&M…Graduated from Westbrook High School in Beaumont in 2001…Earned his 2004 DNCFR berth after longtime friend James Boudreaux, the circuit’s year-end champion, went down with an arm and shoulder injury