2009 World standings place: 24th
2009 earnings: $15,768
NFSR qualifications: 0
Education: New Mexico Junior College (Hobbs); Texas Tech University (Lubbock), degree in agricultural education
Professional
2009 Highlights
• Won the Ellensburg (Wash) Rodeo
• Won Nebraska's Big Rodeo (Burwell, Neb.)
Career Highlights
• 2008: Finished 24th in the world standings with $16,109
• 2006: Finished 27th in the world standings with $10,467
• 2005: Reserve Rookie of the Year in steer roping; finished the year 19th in the world with $17,100
Amateur
Qualified for the National High School Finals Rodeo, 1997; qualified for the College National Finals Rodeo four times, 1999-2004
Personal
6-3, 205…Wife, Lorenda (married in 2005)…Got involved in rodeo through his family. Father, Randy, is a farmer and rancher and his mother, Bobbi, is a schoolteacher. He has one sister, Shaley…Graduated from Samnorwood High School with 10 people…Other occupation are farming and ranching; also works as a pickup man at PRCA rodeos…Favorite rodeo is Cheyenne (Wyo.) Frontier Days and favorite foods are steak and potatoes…Likes to bowl and play horseshoes while on the road...Travels with 18-time World Champion Steer Roper Guy Allen...Stalls' horse Foxy Duplicate (Pacific) finished third in the 2008 AQHA/PRCA Steer Roping Horse of the Year balloting