2008 World standings place: 30th
2008 earnings: $43,250
DNCFR qualifications: 0
Education: Hill College (Hillsboro, Texas), majoring in applied science
Professional
2009 Highlights
• Won Rodeo Killeen (Texas)
• Won the Mesquite (Texas) Championship Rodeo-Aug. 15 & Aug. 22
• Won the Mesquite (Texas) Championship Rodeo-Aug. 28
Career Highlights
• 2008: Won the Spanish Fork (Utah) Fiesta Days Rodeo and was co-champion at the Lewiston (Idaho) Roundup with Kanin Asay
• 2007: Won the Rio Grande Valley Livestock Show (Mercedes, Texas), the Athens (Texas) MDA Pro Rodeo and the Fourth of July Celebration and PRCA Rodeo (Belton, Texas). Co-champion at the Elk City (Okla.) Rodeo of Champions. Finished 38th in world standings and fourth in PRCA Rookie of the Year standings with earnings of $27,957
Amateur
College National Finals Rodeo bull riding champion, 2009
Personal
6-0, 175…Single…Father, Mike German, is a heavy equipment operator for the Walnut Creek Mining Company in Bremond, Texas, and mother, Sonya, is a computer teacher at Groesbeck (Texas) Elementary School; brother Jake, 14, is a middle school student…Both parents have a background in rodeo, Mike as a bull rider/team roper and Sonya as a barrel racer...Chad began riding calves in junior rodeos when he was 5...He graduated from Groesbeck (Texas) High School in 2006…When not on road competing, works as a hand for Rettig Ranch…Hobbies are hunting, fishing and golf …Favorite movie is Saving Private Ryan…Favorite food is steak at Texas Roadhouse…Favorite rodeo is the Cheyenne (Wyo.) Frontier Days…Broken right ankle at Athens, Texas, rodeo knocked him out of contention for the National College Finals Rodeo in 2008. He won the CNFR title in 2009 to become the sixth Hill College bull rider to become national champion, following Philip Elkins (1993), Aaron Williams (1996), Chad Eubank (2003), Matt Austin (2005) and Jerrod Craig (2006) …Is due to complete work on his associate’s degree in applied science in 2009 and will then be a certified welder