2008 World Standings place: 44th
2008 earnings: $20,990
Tour Finale qualifications: 0
Education: Tarleton State University (Stephenville, Texas)
Professional
2009 Highlights
• Won the Canton (Texas) Stampede Rodeo
• Won the Ramona (Calif.) Rodeo
• Won the Livingston (Mont.) Round-Up
• Won the Crockett (Texas) Lions Club PRCA Rodeo
• Won the Coleman (Texas) PRCA Rodeo
• Won the Red Desert Round Up (Rock Springs, Wyo.)
Career Highlights
• 2008: Won the Eugene (Ore.) Pro Rodeo; the Thermopolis (Wyo.) PRCA Rodeo and the Kit Carson Fair & Rodeo (Burlington, Colo.)
• 2007: Co-champion at the YMBL Championship Rodeo (Beaumont, Texas; at the Molalla (Ore.) Buckeroo and at 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
Three-time College National Finals Rodeo qualifier, finishing 13th in 2002 and fourth in 2003 and 2004. He also qualified for the National High School Rodeo Association finals in 2001
Personal
5-8, 155…Wife, Ashley…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…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