Career earnings: $2,845,092
15-time WNFR Qualifier
3-time World champion: 3 (2003, 2005-2006)
2-time WNFR champion: 2 (2006-07)
Awards
PRCA Resistol Overall and Bareback Riding Rookie of the Year, 2002
Education: Vernon (Texas) College, associate in science degree
Will Lowe was born and raised in Canyon, Texas. Attended Vernon College and was on the Men’s National Champion College Rodeo team in 2003.
In 2002, Will won the Bareback Riding Rookie title and qualified for his first NFR. Will also won the prestigious Cheyenne Frontier Days championship for the 3rd time in July 2018. He started riding bareback at age 7. He grew up in town but after attending a rodeo for the first time, his mind was set. His perspective on the competition was “its not a competition against the other guys, its how well you and that animal can perform and show everyone how awesome our sport is.”
Will appeared in Sports Illustrated’s, Faces in the Crowd in the Oct. 20, 2003, issue for tying the bareback riding world record of 94 points at the Summer Tour Finale in Omaha, Nebraska. He traveled with Wes Stevenson, Royce Ford and Tom McFarland; they call their group the “Wolf Pack”. … Rodeo idols are Bruce Ford, Clint Corey and Mark Garrett.
