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Adam Strahan
Events: Steer wrestling
Born: 12/12/1973 Kankakee, Ill.
Joined PRCA: 1998
PRCA Career Earnings: $89,910.00
World Titles Won: 0
Wrangler NFR Qualifications: 0
Current Residence: McKinney, Texas
2014 world standings place: 225th
2014 earnings:
$3,214
RNCFR qualifications: 3 (1999, 2011-12)
Professional
2015 Highlights
• Finished second in the average at the National Western Stock Show & Rodeo (Denver)
• Won the Austin County Fair & Rodeo (Bellville, Texas) in 3.7 seconds
Career Highlights
• 2013: Finished 140th in the world standings with $7,704
• 2012: Won the Wisconsin River Pro Rodeo (Merrill); finished 104th in the world standings with $10,439
• 2011: Won the RAM Great Lakes Circuit Finals Rodeo (Louisville, Ky.), the Mid-Western Rodeo (Manawa, Wis.); finished 140th in the world standings with $7,034
• 2010: Won the Western Fest Stampede Rodeo (Granite Falls, Minn.) and the Wahoo (Neb.) Saddle Club PRCA Rodeo; co-champion at the Zumbrota (Minn.) PRCA Rodeo. Finished 62nd in the world standings with $16,229
• 2009: Won the Buckeye Stampede Pro Rodeo (Dover, Ohio) and the Green County Fair Pro Rodeo (Monroe, Wis.)
• 2008: Won the Mid-Western Rodeo (Manawa, Wis.) and the Piatt County Trail Blazers Rodeo (Monticello, Ill.)
• 2007: Won the Show Me Center Championships (Cape Girardeau, Mo.); the Seneca County Fair Pro Rodeo (Tiffin, Ohio) and the Jackson County Pro Rodeo (Bellevue, Iowa).
• 1998: Won the RAM Great Lakes Circuit Finals Rodeo (Louisville, Ky.) and was the Great Lakes Circuit Rookie of the Year
Amateur
Four-time Illinois High School steer wrestling champion (1989-92)
Personal
6-3, 225 … Son, Colten; daughters, Courtney and Caley … Father, Jim, was a PRCA steer wrestler, and mother LuAnn, works for Mary Kay cosmetics; brothers, Noel and Ty (aka Bones), have both competed as PRCA steer wrestlers; Noel won the Great Lakes Circuit Finals Rodeo in 2005 … Adam learned how to bulldog from his dad at 12 years old … Works as an equine dentist when not on the road competing … Enjoys bow hunting … Graduated from Herscher (Ill.) High School in 1992 in a class of 104