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August 17-21, 2019, 63rd Annual
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Current World Champions
Team Roping (Heeler)
PAUL EAVES
Career earnings: $1,739,535 2020 world standings place: 1st
2020 Wrangler NFR standings place: 11th
2020 NFR earnings: $122,327
2020 earnings: $178,486 World Titles: 2 (2018, 2020)
Wrangler NFR Average Titles: 0 Wrangler NFR Qualifications: 9 (2012-20) Professional
• 2020: (Partner Colby Lovell) Won his second team roping heeler world title with $178,486 thanks to winning Rounds 8 and 10, splitting the win in Round 9 and placing in two other rounds to finish 11th in the average with 55.30 seconds on six head to take home $122,327 at the NFR. Won the Auto Plaza Group PRCA Regional Rodeo (Farmington, Mo.) and the West Texas Fair & Rodeo (Abilene). Co-champion at the Carson (Iowa) Community Rodeo, the Sikeston (Mo.) Jaycee Bootheel Rodeo. Won the Bell County PRCA Rodeo (Belton, Texas) with Cody Snow. Co-champion at the National Western Stock Show and Rodeo (Denver, Colo.) with Cody Snow
• 2019: Placed in five rounds to rank third in the average with 59.3 seconds on nine head at the Wrangler NFR with Luke Brown. Won the San Angelo (Texas) Cinch Shoot-Out Rodeo, with Clay Smith. Won the West Texas (Abilene) Fair & Rodeo, with Luke Brown. Finished seventh in the world with $186,600.
• 2018: (Partner Clay Smith) Won his first team roping heading world championship at the Wrangler NFR after finishing with a single-season record of $289,921. Placed third in the average at the Wrangler NFR with 34.4 seconds on eight head, earning $174,577. Placed in seven rounds. Won Rounds 2 and 5. Won the All American ProRodeo Finals (Waco, Texas), the San Angelo (Texas) Rodeo, the RAM Texas (Waco) Circuit Finals, the Old Fort Days Rodeo (Fort Smith, Ark.), the Mineral Wells (Texas) Rodeo and the XIT Rodeo & Reunion (Dalhart, Texas)
• 2017: Finished sixth in the world standings with $201,673. Placed 9th at the Wrangler NFR with $84,462. Placed in five rounds. Won Walla Walla (Wash.) Frontier Days, Won the Spanish Fork (Utah) Fiesta Days Rodeo, the Rancho Mission Viejo Rodeo (San Juan Capistrano, Calif.), the Black Hills Roundup (Belle Fourche, S.D.), the Rio Grande Valley Livestock Show & Rodeo (Mercedes, Texas), the Laramie (Wyo.) Jubilee Days, the Wrangler Champions Challenge presented by Justin Boots (Rapid City, S.D.), the Beef Empire Days PRCA Rodeo (Garden City, Kan.), the Mineral Wells (Texas) Rodeo and the
Rose City Roundup (Tyler, Texas). Co-champion at the Caldwell (Idaho) Night Rodeo and the Greeley (Colo.) Stampede. Won the RAM Texas (Waco) Circuit Finals Rodeo, with Colby Lovell
• 2016: (Partner Clay Smith) Placed in six rounds to rank second at the Wrangler NFR. Finished fourth in the world standings with $219,900. Won the Southwestern Exposition and Livestock Show (Fort Worth, Texas), the National Western Stock Show and Rodeo (Denver, Colo.), the Pasadena Livestock Show and Rodeo Champions Challenge presented by Justin Boots, the Lawton (Okla.) Rangers Rodeo, the Dodge City, (Kan.) Roundup Rodeo and the Canby (Ore) Rodeo. Co-champion at the Strawberry Days Rodeo (Pleasant Grove, Utah)
• 2015: (Partner Clay Smith) Placed in four rounds at the Wrangler NFR. Won the Deadwood (S.D.) Days of ‘76 Rodeo, the Mountain Valley Stampede (Heber City, Utah), That Famous Preston (Idaho) Night Rodeo and the Gladewater (Texas) Round-Up Rodeo. Co-champion at the Beef Empire Days PRCA Rodeo (Garden City, Kan.). Finished 12th in the world standings with $121,699
• 2014: (Partner Dustin Bird) Won Rounds 3 (3.9 seconds) and 7 (3.7) at the Wrangler NFR and placed in two other rounds. Won the Wrangler Champions Challenges (Kissimmee, Fla.) and (Kennewick, Wash.); the Wrangler Champions Challenge (Kennewick, Wash.); Rodeo Austin (Texas); La Fiesta de los Vaqueros (Tucson, Ariz.); the Medicine Hat (Alberta) Stampede; the North Idaho Fair & Rodeo (Coeur d’Alene); the IPE & Stampede (Armstrong, British Columbia) and the Gem State Classic ProRodeo Series (Blackfoot, Idaho). Co-champion at the Justin Boots Playoffs (Puyallup, Wash.); the Sheridan WYO Rodeo and the Spokane (Wash.) Interstate Rodeo. Finished fourth in the world standings with $93,735
• 2013: (Partner Dustin Bird) Tied for the win in Round 7 of the Wrangler NFR with a time of 4.1 seconds and placed in two other rounds; finished 13th in the world standings with $101,181. Won the Black Hills Stock Show & Rodeo (Rapid City, S.D.); the Yellowstone River Round- Up (Billings, Mont.); the Kitsap Stampede (Bremerton, Wash.); the Big Sky ProRodeo Roundup (Great Falls, Mont.); the Northwest Montana ProRodeo (Kalispell); the Sanders County Fair & PRCA Rodeo (Plains, Mont.) Personal
6-2, 180 ... Wife, Amanda (married October 2015).. Daughter, LoElla (5/8/17) & son, Jack 4/16/19 ... Parents, Russ and Joyce, live in Lonedell, Mo.; Russ is a physical therapist at St. Luke’s Hospital in St. Louis. Paul is the second of four children; he has an older sister, Shannon, a younger sister, Kelly, and a younger brother, Lucas ... Paul was homeschooled by his mom f rom the first grade ... Attended four-time World Champion Allen Bach’s roping school when he was starting out in the sport ... Rodeo heroes include Bach, Clay O’Brien Cooper, Walt Woodard and Rich Skelton ... Teamed up with Kelsey Parchman to win $100,000 on his 18th birthday at the 2008 Wildfire Open in Salado, Texas ... Favorite rodeo is Fort Worth (Texas) Stock Show & Rodeo