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August 17-21, 2021, 63rd Annual
Stetson Wright
2020 world standings place: 1st (AA), 1st (BR), 7th (SB) 2020 earnings: $422,041 (AA, $392,302; SB, $154,101; BR, $267,941)
Education Milford (Utah) High School
World Titles Won: 3 (AA, 2019-2020) (BR, 2020)
Wrangler NFR Average Titles: 0
Wrangler NFR Qualifications: 3 (BR, 2019-2020) (SB, 2020) Professional
2021 Highlights
All-Around
• Won the Wilderness Circuit Finals Rodeo (Heber City, Utah)
• Won the Southeastern Livestock Exposition & Rodeo (Mont- gomery, Ala.)
• Won the Cedar City (Utah) Championship Rodeo
• Won the Fort Herriman PRCA Rodeo (Herriman, Utah) Saddle Bronc Riding
• Won the San Angelo (Texas) Cinch Chute-Out
• Won the Sandhills Stock Show & Rodeo (Odessa, Texas)
• Won the Veater Financial Group Battle of the Best (Coarse- gold, Calif.)
• Won the Cedar City (Utah) Championship Rodeo
Bull Riding
• Won the San Antonio (Texas) Stock Show & Rodeo
• Co-champion at the Southeastern Livestock Exposition & Rodeo (Montgomery, Ala.)
• Won the Wilderness Circuit Finals Rodeo (Heber City, Utah) Career Highlights
• 2020: Won his second consecutive all-around world title and claimed his first bull riding world championship. Won the all- around at the RAM Wilderness Circuit Finals Rodeo (Heber City, Utah), the Dinosaur Roundup Rodeo (Vernal, Utah), the Spanish Fork (Utah) Fiesta Days Rodeo, the Douglas County Fair and Rodeo (Castle Rock, Colo.), the Yuma (Colo.) Fair
& Rodeo, the Jerome (Idaho) County Fair and Rodeo, the Wyoming (Douglas) State Fair & Rodeo, the Eastern Mon- tana (Miles City) Fair Rodeo, the Cassia County Fair & Rodeo (Burley, Idaho), the Magic Valley Stampede (Filer, Idaho), the Gem State Classic Pro Rodeo (Blackfoot, Idaho), the Gooding (Idaho) Pro Rodeo and the Lion’s Dixie Roundup (St. George, Utah). • Won Round 7 in saddle bronc riding and split the
win in Round 10 and placed in four other rounds to finish 10th in the average with 610 points on seven head and take home $106,603 for saddle bronc riding at the Wrangler NFR. Won the saddle bronc ridings at the RAM Wilderness Circuit Finals Rodeo (Heber City, Utah), the Carson (Iowa) Commu- nity Rodeo and the Eastern Montana (Miles City) Fair Rodeo. Co-champion at the Range Days Rodeo (Rapid City, S.D.) and the RAM National Circuit Finals Rodeo (Greeley, Colo.). Won rounds 1, 2, 7 and 9 and placed in two other rounds to place second in the average with 539 points on six head and take home $207,295 for bull riding at the Finals to win his first bull riding world championship. Won the bull riding at San An-
Current All Around Champion
gelo (Texas) Xtreme Bulls, the Yuma (Colo.) Fair & Rodeo, the Gem State Classic Pro Rodeo (Blackfoot, Idaho) and the Lion’s Dixie Roundup (St. George, Utah)
• 2019: Won his first all-around world championship as a rookie while competing at his first Wrangler NFR after finish- ing with $297,923. Was the first rookie to win the all-around world title. Was the 2019 PRCA | Resistol Rookie of the Year
in all-around, saddle bronc riding and bull riding. In all- around, won the Spanish Fork (Utah) Fiesta Days Rodeo, the St. Paul (Ore.) Rodeo, the Dinosaur Roundup Rodeo (Vernal, Utah), the Ogden (Utah) Pioneer Days, the Rodeo de Sante Fe (N.M.), the Clark County Fair & Rodeo, the Pony Express Rodeo (Eagle Mountain, Utah), the Cody (Wyo.) Stampede, the Oakley Independence Day Rodeo (Oakley City, Utah),
the West Jordan (Utah) Western Stampede, the Red Desert Roundup (Rock Springs, Wyo.). In bull riding, won Rounds 1 and 4 and placed in five rounds at his Wrangler NFR debut. He placed fifth in the average after winning $114,923 and finished third in the world standings with $267,345. Won Cheyenne (Wyo.) Frontier Days, California Rodeo Salinas, the Spanish Fork (Utah) Fiesta Days Rodeo, Los Fresnos (Texas) Rodeo, the Dinosaur Roundup Rodeo (Vernal, Utah), the Clark County Fair & Rodeo (Logandale, Nev.), the Angelina Benefit Rodeo (Lufkin, Texas), the Pony Express Rodeo (Eagle Mountain, Utah), the Sisters (Ore.) Rodeo Xtreme Bull Riding, the Oakley Independence Day Rodeo (Oakley City, Utah) and the 2018 Permit Members of the Year Challenge in Las Vegas. Co-champion at the Guymon (Okla.) Pioneer Days Rodeo.
In saddle bronc riding, finished 20th in the world standings with $71,301. Won Ogden (Utah) Pioneer Days, the Dinosaur Roundup Rodeo (Vernal, Utah), the Big V Feeds Pro Rodeo in McAlester, Okla., the Livermore (Calif.) Rodeo, the Sheridan WYO Rodeo and the Gem State Classic Pro Rodeo (Blackfoot, Idaho).
• 2018: In saddle bronc riding, won the Lakeside (Calif.) Rodeo, the Pony Express Rodeo (Eagle Mountain, Utah), the Straw- berry Days Rodeo (Pleasant Grove, Utah), the Folsom (Calif.) Pro Rodeo, the Oakley Independence Day Rodeo (Oakley City, Utah), the Dinosaur Roundup Rodeo (Vernal, Utah), and split the win with his uncle Jake Wright at the Western Stam- pede (West Jordan, Utah). In bull riding, won the Lakeside (Calif.) Rodeo, the St. Paul (Ore.) Rodeo, the Ute Stampede (Nephi, Utah) and the Horse Heaven / Kennewick (Wash.) Round-Up. Placed first in the 2018 RAM Rodeo Permit Stand- ings for saddle bronc riding with $28,579 and second for bull riding with $39,490. Finished the year with $68,069.
Personal
5-8, 140 ... Single ... Parents, Cody and ShaRee Wright, broth- ers 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 cow- boy work with his dad when not competing in rodeo ... Com- peted 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.