Page 34 - 2022 Rodeo Program

34 – CANBY RODEO
August 16-20, 2022, 64th Annual
Stetson Wright
Career earnings: $1,454,382
2021 World standings place: 1st (AA), 3rd (BR), 1st (SB) 2021 Wrangler NFR place: 4th (BR), 8th (SB)
2021 Wrangler NFR earnings: $138,889 (BR), $150,428 (SB)
2021 earnings: $585,850 (AA), $343,524 (SB), $342,989 (BR)
Education: Milford (Utah) High School
World Titles Won: 5 (AA, 2019-2021) (BR, 2020) (SB, 2021) Wrangler NFR Qualifications: 5 (BR, 2019-2021) (SB, 2020-21)
Professional
2022 Highlights
All-Around
• Won the San Antonio (Texas) Stock Show & Rodeo
• Won the Fort Worth (Texas) Stock Show & Rodeo
• Won the Wilderness Circuit Finals Rodeo (Heber City, Utah)
• Won the Southeastern Livestock Exposition (Mont- gomery, Ala.)
• Won the Clovis (Calif.) Rodeo
• Won the Fort Herriman (Utah) PRCA Rodeo
• Won the Livermore (Calif.) Rodeo
• Won the Days Of The Old West Rodeo (Delta, Utah)
• Won the Lehi (Utah) Roundup
• Won the Fiesta Days Rodeo (Spanish Fork, Utah)
• Won the Ogden (Utah) Pioneer Days
Saddle Bronc Riding
• Won the San Antonio (Texas) Stock Show & Rodeo
• Won the Fort Worth (Texas) Stock Show & Rodeo
• Won the Las Vegas (Nev.) Days
• Won the Cave Creek (Ariz.) Rodeo Days
• Won the Lakeside (Calif.) Rodeo
• Won the Fort Herriman (Utah) PRCA Rodeo
• Won the Days Of The Old West Rodeo (Delta, Utah)
• Won the Reno (Nev.) Rodeo
Bull Riding
• Won RODEOHOUSTON (Texas)
• Won Rodeo Austin (Texas)
• Won the SWELS - Xtreme Bulls (Fort Worth, Texas)
• Won the Clovis (Calif.) Rodeo
• Won the Ute Mountain Round-Up (Cortez, Colo.)
• Won the Livermore (Calif.) Rodeo
Career Highlights
• 2021: Won his third consecutive PRCA All-Around World Championship. He finished the season with a PRCA record of $686,513. He won the all-around title with a record $585,850. He was the saddle bronc riding champ with $343,524. He broke Trevor Brazile’s PRCA record for most won in a season at $518,011, which he accomplished in 2015. In saddle bronc riding, Wright won Round 10 with a round-
record tying ride of 93 points on Cervi Championship Rodeo’s Vitalix Ricky Bobby. That earned him $26,997 and pushed him to an eighth-place check in the average, which earned him $6,532. That combination allowed him to edge his brother Ryder, the 2020 saddle bronc riding world champ, who finished the season with $342,337. He also finished third in the bull riding world standings with $342,989. He won Round 5 and 7, his Round 5 ride was a 94.5-point performance on Powder River Rodeo’s Chiseled. He finished fourth in the NFR average with 348.5 point on four head. Wright won all-around titles at the Wilderness Circuit Finals Rodeo (Heber City, Utah), Southeastern Livestock Exposition & Rodeo (Montgomery, Ala.), Cedar City (Utah) Championship Rodeo, Fort Herriman PRCA Rodeo (Herriman, Utah), Strawberry Days Rodeo (Pleasant Grove, Utah), Days of the Old West Rodeo (Delta, Utah), Rooftop Rodeo (Estes Park, Colorado), Dinosaur Roundup Rodeo (Vernal, Utah), Oakley Independence Day Rodeo (Oakley City, Utah), St. Paul (Oregon) Rodeo, World’s Oldest Rodeo (Prescott, Arizona), Silver State Stampede (Elko, Nev.), San Angelo (Texas) Cinch Chute-Out, Sandhills Stock Show & Rodeo (Odessa, Texas), Cedar City (Utah) Championship Rodeo, Pikes Peak or Bust Rodeo (Colorado Springs, Colorado), Oakley Independence Day Rodeo (Oakley City, Utah), Lehi (Utah) Roundup, the Caldwell (Idaho) Night Rodeo, Kitsap Stampede (Bremerton, Wash.), Magic Valley Stampede (Filer, Idaho), Washington (Puyallup) State Fair Pro Rodeo and the Pendleton (Ore.) Round-Up. Won bull riding titles at San Antonio (Texas) Stock Show & Rodeo, Wilderness Circuit Finals Rodeo (Heber City, Utah), Days of the Old West Rodeo (Delta, Utah), Rooftop Rodeo (Estes Park, Colorado), Kitsap Stampede Xtreme Bulls (Bremerton, Wash.), Caldwell (Idaho) Night Rodeo, Kitsap Stampede (Bremerton, Wash.), Magic Valley Stampede (Filer, Idaho) and the Pendleton (Ore.) Round-Up. Co-champion at the Southeastern Livestock Exposition & Rodeo (Montgomery, Ala.). Won saddle bronc riding titles at Cheyenne (Wyoming) Frontier Days, Veater Financial Group Battle of the Best (Coarsegold, Calif.), Jerome (Idaho) County Fair And Rodeo, Caldwell (Idaho) Night Rodeo, Fallon Country Fair & Rodeo (Baker, Mont.), Lion’s Dixie Roundup (St. George, Utah.) and the Pendleton (Ore.) Round-Up. Co-champion at the Walla Walla (Wash.) Frontier Days
Personal
5-8, 140 ... Single ... Parents, Cody and ShaRee Wright, brothers Rusty, Ryder and Statler, sister, Lily ... Cody is a two-time world champion saddle bronc rider (2008, 2010), while Ryder also won two world titles (2017, 2020) ... Uncles are world champion saddle bronc riders Jesse Wright (2012) and Spencer Wright (2014); uncles Jake, Calvin and Alex Wright also compete in saddle bronc riding ... Started competing in rodeo in fourth grade and is the only member of the Wright family to compete in bull riding ... Graduated from Milford High School in 2018 with a class of 35 students ... Does cowboy work with his dad when not competing in rodeo ... Competed in football and wrestling in high school ... Considers Rodeo Austin to be the most challenging rodeo, but he likes every rodeo because “you’re around friends and my whole family is there” ... Likes riding Big Stone Rodeo’s Mortimer because he’s won all three times on him ... Also likes to ride Bar T Rodeo’s Pinto Pass and Powder River Rodeo’s Rich-N-Fancy ... Looks up to his dad and bull rider J.B. Mauney ... Favorite food is sushi ... Favorite book is “King of the Cowboys” ... Favorite movie is “8 Seconds” ... Likes to “bother the heck” out of Ryder while traveling, also enjoys bowling, Top Golf and watching movies.
Current All Around Champion