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Jacob O'Mara
Events: Bull Riding
Born: 8/30/1991 Baton Rouge, La.
Joined PRCA: 2010
PRCA Career Earnings: $321,322.00
World Titles Won: 0
WNFR Qualifications: 1 (2011)
Current Residence: Prairieville, La.
2016 world standings place: 43rd
2016 earnings: $32,383
RNCFR qualifications: 2 (2011, 2015)
Professional
2017 Highlights
• Co-champion at the Tops In Texas (Jacksonville) Rodeo
Career Highlights
• 2015: Won the Black Hills Stock Show Rodeo (Rapid City, S.D.), the Dodge City (Kan.) Roundup Xtreme Bulls, the Dodge City (Kan.) Roundup Rodeo Xtreme Bulls, the State Fair of Louisiana Pro Rodeo (Shreveport), the SW District Fat Stock Show & Rodeo (Lake Charles, La.), the Marshall (Texas) ProRodeo, the Crossett (Ark.) Riding Club 66th Annual PRCA Rodeo and the Franklin (Tenn.) Rodeo. Co-champion at the Longview (Texas) PRCA Rodeo. Finished 19th in the world standings with $58,793
• 2014: Won the RAM Southeastern Circuit Finals Rodeo (Davie, Fla.). Finished 54th in the world standings with $24,214
• 2013: Won the Bell County PRCA Rodeo (Belton, Texas); finished 103rd in the world standings with $10,136
• 2012: Won the American Royal Rodeo (Kansas City, Mo.)(Oct. 2011); the Navajo Nation Fourth of July PRCA Rodeo (Window Rock, Ariz.) and the Mid Winter Fair & Rodeo (Lafayette, La.). Finished 58th in the world standings with $18,741
• 2011: Won Round 3 of the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo with an 88.5-point ride on 4L & Diamond S Rodeo's Big Iron and placed in three other rounds. Won the Justin Boots Championships (Omaha, Neb.) with an 87-point ride on Robinson Pro Rodeo's Exotic Justin and finished with an event-best $22,169. Was the top money earner at the All-American ProRodeo Finals (Waco, Texas) with $16,413. Won La Fiesta de los Vaqueros (Tucson); the Dodge City (Kan.) Rodeo Roundup; the Omak (Wash.) Stampede; the Cowboy Capital of the World PRCA Rodeo (Stephenville, Texas); the Franklin (Tenn.) Rodeo. Finished fifth in the world standings with $151,706
• 2010: Won the Dodge Southeastern Circuit Finals Rodeo (Davie, Fla.) with 239 points on three head. Won the Goliad (Texas) County Fair PRCA Rodeo; the Panola County Cattlemen’s Rodeo (Carthage, Texas); Rodeo Killeen (Texas) with a career-best 92-point ride and the the Canton (Texas) Stampede; finished second in the 100th annual California Rodeo Salinas; finished second at the Reno (Nev.) Rodeo; finished second in the All-American ProRodeo Finals (Waco, Texas) and earned $11,487. Finished 38th in the final world standings with $29,831
• 2009: Sustained broken left wrist (riding hand)
Amateur
Finished fifth in the 2008 National High School Finals Rodeo; won the IFYRA bull riding title, Shawnee, Okla., 2008; Louisiana high school champion bull rider, 2008; top high school rookie, 2008
Awards
Finished second in the 2010 Resistol Bull Riding Rookie of the Year standings to Dylan Werner
Personal
5-9, 155 … Single … Father, Reggie works as a safety supervisor for Turner Industries, and mother, Denise, works as a bus driver for Ascension Parish (La.); older brother, Casey, was also a PRCA bull rider … Both parents were rodeo competitors; his mother was Louisiana state high school champion in pole bending and his dad rode bulls at the professional level … Enjoys hunting, fishing and wake boarding … Travels with D.J. Domangue, Bryan Richardson and Prairieville, La., neighbor Jason Beck