Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association - Standings, World Standings, Wrangler Tour Standings, Rookie Standings, Heartland Series Standings, Circuit Standings

2009 World standings place: 2nd
2009 NFSR place: 8th
2009 NFSR earnings: $14,826
2009 earnings: $79,492

NFSR qualifications: 9 (2001-09)

NFSR average titles: 1 (2005)
NCFSR qualification: 1 (2010)

Education: Southwest Texas Junior College (Uvalde), Texas A&M (Kingsville)

Professional
2009 Highlights

• Won Round 8 of the Clem McSpadden National Finals Steer Roping (Guthrie, Okla.) with a rodeo-best time of 9.2 seconds; placed in three additional rounds to finish second in the final world standings by just $1,431 to Rocky Patterson

• Won the Cheyenne (Wyo.) Frontier Days Rodeo
• Won the SandHills Stock Show & Rodeo (Odessa, Texas)

• Won the Inter-State Rodeo (Coffeyville, Kan.)
• Won the Amarillo (Texas) Tri-State Fair and Rodeo

• Won the Silverton (Texas) Buck Wild Days Rodeo

Career Highlights

• 2008: Won Round 4 of the NFSR (Hobbs, N.M.) with a time of 9.5 seconds, Round 6 in 10.0 and Round 9 in 9.4; placed in five rounds of 10 to earn $25,000 and clinch his second world championship in four years. Finished with earnings of $90,185. Won the steer roping at the Pendleton (Ore.) Round-Up; the Ellensburg (Wash.) Rodeo; the Walker County Fair & Rodeo (Huntsville, Texas); the 4th of July Celebration & PRCA Rodeo (Belton, Texas); Nebraska's Big Rodeo (Burwell, Neb.); the Lea County Fair & Rodeo (Lovington, N.M.) and the Sonora (Texas) Outlaw Pro Rodeo. Won the all-around and steer roping titles at the Northeast Texas Stampede (Greenville, Texas) and the Black Gold Pro Rodeo (Andrews, Texas-June 21). Won the all-around at the Black Gold Pro Rodeo (Andrews, Texas-June 20). Won the team roping at the Black Gold Pro Rodeo (Andrews, Texas-June 19), with Walt Priestly

• 2007: Placed in seven of 10 rounds at the NFSR and recorded the best time twice – 9.0 seconds in Round 5 and 9.1 seconds in Round 10. He earned $24,000 at the NFSR, the third highest total for the event and finished third in the world standings. Won the Dodge City (Kan.) Roundup Rodeo

• 2006: Won the Deadwood (S.D.) Days of ’76 Rodeo; finished sixth in the world standings

• 2005: Won his first world title by $1.67 over 18-time world champion Guy Allen. This was the closest world title race in any single event in PRCA history. He also won the NFSR average title en route to the world title. Finished the year with $69,382. Won the Woodward (Okla.) Elks Rodeo and the Bell County Youth Fair & Livestock Show and PRCA Rodeo (Belton, Texas)

• 2004: Set single-run record (since broken by Cash Myers) at the NFSR, with a time of 8.4 seconds in Round 10; finished the year third in the world with $62,584
• 2003: Won the Days of '76 Rodeo (Deadwood, S.D.); finished third in the world standings with $55,389
• 2002: Qualified for the National Finals Steer Roping for second year in a row; finished ninth in the world standings with $30,430

Amateur

College National Finals Rodeo team roping champion, 1995. Texas state high school team roping champion, 1992

Awards

Co-owner of Pistle Watch Joe Bar "Pistol," runnerup in the AQHA Steer Roping Horse of the Year voting in 2003 and 2004

Personal

6-0, 160...Wife, Kelli; son, Colton; daughter, Kallyn...Owner of a Western store...Hobbies include hunting, traveling and spending time with family...Attended Needville (Texas) High School…Has one brother, Tim, who used to compete in youth rodeo…Competed in tie-down roping and team roping in high school, but now focuses on steer roping. Also played basketball in high school…Favorite restaurant is Pappadeaux, favorite ice cream is chocolate, favorite sports team is the NBA's San Antonio Spurs and favorite rodeo is Deadwood, S.D…Biggest influence on his rodeo career has been Buster Record Jr.