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Jess Martin
Events: Saddle Bronc Riding
Born: 7/1/1970 Glasgow, Mont.
Joined PRCA: 1994
PRCA Career Earnings: $727,890.00
World Titles Won: 0
WNFR Qualifications: 4 (1996-1998, 2002)
Current Residence: Dillon, Mont.
2011 earnings: Did not compete
Tour Finale qualifications: 6
Winter Finale: 2002, 2004, 2006
Summer Finale: 2001-03
DNCFR qualifications: 3 (1999-01)
Education: Western Montana College (Dillon)
Professional
Career Highlights
• 2008: Co-champion at the Lea Park Rodeo (Marwayne, Alberta) and won the Belt (Mont.) Rodeo; finished 24th in the final world standings with $41,320
• 2007: Co-champion at the Buc Days Pro Rodeo (Corpus Christi, Texas)
• 2006: Won the Spanish Fork (Utah) Fiesta Days Rodeo; the Arlee (Mont.) PRCA Rodeo; the Butte (Mont.) Vigilante Rodeo; the Ponoka (Alberta) Stampede; the Cloverdale Rodeo and Exhibition (Surrey, British Columbia) and the Goliad (Texas) County Fair and PRCA Rodeo
• 2004: Semifinalist at Winter Tour Finale (Las Vegas)
• 2002: Injured during Wrangler National Finals Rodeo and had to withdraw after the eighth round; won Livingston (Mont.) Roundup and was co-champion at Kitsap County Fair & Stampede (Bremerton, Wash.)
• 2001: Summer Wrangler ProRodeo Tour saddle bronc riding points leader
• 2000: Won the Santa Maria (Calif.) Elks Rodeo; co-champion at Brighton Field Day & PRCA Rodeo (Okeechobee, Fla.)
• 1998: Won the ABC Pro Rodeo (Lubbock, Texas) and the Prescott (Ariz.) Frontier Days Rodeo
• 1996: Won the Red Bluff (Calif.) Round-Up and the Puyallup (Wash.) Fair Rodeo
Personal
5-7, 170…Single…Hobbies include hunting, skiing, playing cards and sports…Diagnosed with diabetes when he was 24 years old and uses an insulin pump...Plans to raise bucking horses when his days as a competitor are over…PRCA barrelman Flint Rasmussen was Martin’s resident assistant when he was going to school at Western Montana College…Had 12 people in his graduating class at Drummond (Mont.) High School…Parents are Doug and Shirley Martin, and he has two brothers