2009 World standings place: 20th (TR-Header)
2009 earnings: $54,247
Tour Finale qualifications: 1
Championship: 2009
Education: Southern Virginia University (Buena Vista, Va.)
Professional
2010 Highlights – partner Austin Adams
• Won the Guymon (Okla.) Pioneer Days Rodeo
• Won the Laughlin (Nev.) River Stampede
• Won the all-around and the team roping at the Days of the Old West Rodeo (Delta, Utah)
• Won the Mountain Valley Stampede (Heber City, Utah)
• Co- all-around champion at the Steamboat Springs (Colo.) Pro Rodeo Series, July 9-10
Career Highlights
• 2009: (Partner Austin Adams) Won the St. Paul (Ore.) Rodeo; the Caldwell (Idaho) Night Rodeo and the Guy Weadick Memorial Rodeo (High River, Alberta)
• 2008: Won the Fort Herriman (Utah) Memorial PRCA Rodeo
• 2007: (Partner Randon Adams) Won the Eastern Oregon Livestock Show (Union, Ore.) and the Molalla (Ore.) Buckeroo
• 2006: (Partner Randon Adams) Won the fourth round at the Wrangler NFR with a time of 4.2 seconds. Co-champion at the St. Paul (Ore.) Rodeo. Won the Guy Weadick Memorial Rodeo (High River, Alberta) and the Daines Ranch Rodeo (Innisfail, Alberta)
Awards
PRCA Rookie of the Year in team roping (heading), 2003
Personal
6-2, 175 ... Wife, Haley (married June 2, 2007) ... Parents are Wesley and Liz Adams, who operate Western States Ranching Corp., which includes properties in Georgia, Texas, Colorado and a 380-acre ranch in Logandale, Nev., once owned by Wayne Newton. Jay has four brothers and a sister. His brother Randon was the rookie of the year in team roping (heeling) in 2002, and Jay ropes with his youngest brother, Austin … Broke his left ankle in two places while on the Southern Virginia Uniiversity (NAIA) football team as a redshirt quarterback ... A member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, he served on a church mission to Torreon, Coahuila, Mexico ... Operates Bex Sunglasses as an online business
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