Born: March 1, 1968, in Toppenish, Wash.
Residence: Geary, Okla.
Joined PRCA: 1990
World Titles: 0
Wrangler NFR Qualifications: 3 (1999 alt., 2004, 2006)
Tour Finale Qualifications: 4
Summer Finale: 2004, 2006
Championship: 2004, 2006
Education: Walla Walla (Wash.) Community College, Southwestern Oklahoma State University (Weatherford)
2006 World Standings Place: 11th
2006 Wrangler NFR Place: 5th
2006 Wrangler NFR Earnings: $38,590
2006 Earnings: $105,921
Career Earnings: $561,917
Professional
2006 Highlights
* Placed in six out of 10 rounds at the Wrangler NFR.
* Co-champion at the Old Fort Days Rodeo (Fort Smith, Ark.).
2005 Highlights
* Won the West Texas Fair & Rodeo (Abilene, Texas).
* Won the Charlotte (Mich.) Frontier Days.
* Won the Great Plains Stampede (Altus, Okla.).
* Won the Nebraska's Big Rodeo (Burwell, Neb.).
* Won Woodward (Okla.) Elks Rodeo.
* Won Wahoo (Neb.) PRCA Rodeo.
* Co-champion at Kansas Largest Night Rodeo (Pretty Prairie, Kan.).
Career Highlights
2004 Was a finalist at the Dodge National Circuit Finals Rodeo (Pocatello, Idaho) after earlier finishing second in the second round, tied for third in the average and won the semifinal round; won the Wrangler Tour-round title at the Greeley (Colo.) Rocky Mountain Stampede; finished third at the Pace Picante ProRodeo Challenge (Omaha, Neb.) and second at the Pace Picante ProRodeo Classic (Dallas); placed in four of 10 rounds at the Wrangler NFR. Finished 14th in the world with $81,590.
2003 Claimed year-end title in the Prairie Circuit.
2001 Won Great Lake Circuit's year-end title.
2000 Earned share of event title at the Lawton (Okla.) Rangers Rodeo.
1999 Finished 16th during the regular season, but replaced the injured Glen O'Neill at the National Finals Rodeo and won $24,672, highlighted by a victory in the fourth round with an 83-point ride on Big Bend's Skoal's Miss Kitty; finished 11th in the final world standings; earned aggregate title at the San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo.
1995 Won the aggregate title at the San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo. This was the first time he had won a belt buckle at a PRCA rodeo.
Amateur Highlights
* Member of the NIRA men's national championship team at Southwestern Oklahoma State (1991-92).
Personal
5-9, 175
Wife, Lynn; daughters, Sarah and Sage
Lynn works for the Board of Regents in Oklahoma that governs six Oklahoma state universities
Has a younger brother, Buck, and an older sister, Patty
Competed in all six events in high school and part of college before settling on saddle bronc riding
Was a resident of Moore, Okla., on May 3, 1999, when a F5 tornado (winds measured more than 200 mph) roared through the southern metro Oklahoma City area, including Moore, causing 36 deaths and more than $1 billion in damage, the costliest tornado in U.S. history. In June of 2004, another tornado ripped through his property in Geary, causing damage. They estimated it to be an F2 tornado
Greatest rodeo moment was winning San Antonio in 1995 and receiving his first belt buckle from a PRCA rodeo. It gave him the confidence to know that he could compete in the professional ranks
Greatest influences have been his dad, Ben, along with Butch Knowles, who helped him with his riding when he started out and Derek Clark, who he traveled with and really learned the business of rodeo
In 2000 at the Great Lakes Circuit Finals, he was bucked off and landed on his neck. In the landing, some rib heads from his sternum were broken off and lodged in his shoulder blade, causing him to lose mobility. As a result, he was forced out of rodeo for a while but used the time to get his equine dentistry certification. The movements used in dentistry helped him gain strength in his shoulder and back, allowing him to return to the rodeo arena.