2009 World standings: 10th (AA), 20th (BB)

2009 earnings: $51,984 (AA), $40,220 (BB)

Tour Finale championships: 1 (2008)

Tour Finale qualifications: 1 (2008)
Education: Ranger (Texas) College

Professional
2010 Highlights

• Won the all-around and the bareback riding at Rodeo Austin (Texas)

• Won the Cheyenne (Wyo.) Frontier Days

• Won the Redding (Calif.) Rodeo

• Won the Big Sky ProRodeo Round Up (Great Falls, Mont.)

• Co-champion the Beef Empire Days PRCA Rodeo (Garden City, Kan.)

• Co-champion at the Crooked River Roundup (Prineville, Ore.)
Career Highlights

• 2009: Won the bareback riding at the Clark County Fair & Rodeo (Logandale, Nev.); the bareback riding at the IPE & Stampede (Armstrong, British Columbia); the bareback riding at the Guy Weadick Memorial Rodeo (High River, Alberta); won the all-around and saddle bronc titles at the Elizabeth (Colo.) Stampede; the all-around title at the Sisters (Ore.) Rodeo; co-champion in the bareback riding at the Magic Valley Stampede (Filer, Idaho); missed three months of competition in the summer of 2009 due to an injury to his left knee. 
• 2008: Placed in five of 10 rounds in the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo to finish fourth in the average. Finished second in the bareback riding world standings with $210,799 and third in the all-around with $215,240. Won the Wrangler ProRodeo Tour Championship (Dallas). Won the bareback at RodeoHouston (Texas), earning $53,500; tied event record with 91-point ride on Calgary Stampede's Knight Rocket in Shootout Round. Won the bareback riding at the Caldwell (Idaho) Night Rodeo (first round Tour Playoffs); the Dodge City (Kan.) Roundup Rodeo; at the Sheridan (Wyo.) Rodeo and the Muscogee Creek Nation Rodeo (Okmulgee, Okla.). Co-champion in the bareback riding at the Lea County Fair & Rodeo (Lovington, N.M.); the Home of Champions Rodeo (Red Lodge, Mont.) and the Will Rogers Stampede (Claremore, Okla.). Won the all-around and co-champion in the bareback riding at the Rodeo of the Ozarks (Springdale, Ark.); won the all-around titles at the Matagorda County Fair & Rodeo (Bay City, Texas); the Abdallah Shrine Rodeo (Tonganoxie, Kan.) and the Larimer County Fair & Rodeo (Loveland, Colo.)

• 2007: Placed in three rounds of 10 at the Wrangler NFR. Won the bareback and was co-champion in the saddle bronc riding at the Walker County Fair and Rodeo (Huntsville, Texas). Won the bareback riding titles at the North Central Rodeo (Medford, Wisc.); the Dinosaur Roundup Rodeo (Vernal, Utah; the Fiesta Days Rodeo (Spanish Fork, Utah) and the Larimer County Fair & Rodeo (Loveland, Colo.); co-champion at the ABC Pro Rodeo (Lubbock, Texas); the Angelina County Benefit Rodeo (Lufkin, Texas) and the State Fair Championship Rodeo (Oklahoma City). Won the saddle bronc riding title at the Rodeo of the Ozarks (Springdale, Ark.)

• 2006: Won the all-around title at the Dodge Texas Circuit Finals Rodeo (Waco); won the bareback riding title at the Central Wyoming Fair & Rodeo (Casper)

Amateur
• Won the all-around at the 2007 College National Finals Rodeo (Casper, Wyo.), and helped Ranger College to the team championship. Competed for Mullen High School and won the Nebraska High School Association all-around regular season title. As a sophomore, he qualified for the National High School Finals Rodeo in bareback, saddle bronc and bull riding

Awards
PRCA  All-Around and Bareback Riding Rookie of the Year, 2006

Personal
5-9, 170...Wife, Kay (married Oct. 17, 2009)... After missing three months of competion due to a knee inury in the summer of 2009, he returned to action in the fall and scored 88 points on six-time Bareback Riding Bucking Horse of the Year Grated Coconut of the Calgary Stampede string at the Ellensburg (Wash.) Rodeo... A bronze sculpture of Dent riding a bucking horse was unveiled at the 2009 Ellensburg Rodeo. The bareback riding sculpture was the final event represented to complete the collection to commemorate the rodeo...Favorite event is saddle bronc riding, but he’s most consistent in bareback riding…Went to about 100 rodeos his rookie year (2006)…Participated in high school football, wrestling, track and field and rodeo. Mullen High was state champion in eight-man football during Dent's junior year when he led the state with 2,488 yards rushing and Dent was also a state wrestling champion as a senior…Was contacted by college football recruiters from Kansas and Colorado State...While in high school, a bull jerked him down into a head-to-head collision; Dent shattered both cheekbones, broke his jaw in 11 places and had his mouth wired shut. He hasn't ridden a bull since…His college rodeo coach was 2001 Saddle Bronc World Champion Tom Reeves…Parents Steve and Erin Dent own a 12,000-acre ranch just north of Mullen, Neb...Started competing at age 4, receiving instruction from his father, who was a PRCA competitor...Favorite movies are Cinderella Man and Lonesome Dove and favorite food is anything his mom makes