Jacob O'Mara

2016 world standings place: 43rd
2016 earnings: $32,383
RNCFR qualifications: 2 (2011, 2015)

 

Professional
2017 Highlights • 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