Men’s Contestant Nominees
Brian Peewee Herman
Brian Herman, Victoria, TX cowboy, may be small in stature but he was huge in the bull riding
world!
The 3x NFR Qualifier and l 4x PBR Finalist was a main stay in the world of
professional bull riding for over 20 years.
Brian had big wins in 1994 in Pecos, TX and St. Paul, OR on the way to becoming
the 1994 Texas circuit champion and also winning the Texas circuit Finals that same
year.
Big wins in the PRCA at rodeos like Albuquerque, NM in 1998 & 2003 helped
Brian qualify for the NFR 3 times.
Competing in the PBR full time the later part of his career, Brian had huge wins in the
Touring Pro division including the Touring Pro Finals and year end championship in 1999.
PBR Bud Light Cup victories in Fort Worth, TX at the Tuff Hedeman Challenge
and Bossier City, LA were just a few highlights that helped "Pee Wee" compete at the worlds
highest level of bull riding finals competition unbelievable
14 times !
Brian is a loving father of 2, a devoted husband, and dang sure a COWBOY!
Brian Fields
Bryan Fields – Steer Wrestling
5x NFR Qualifier
7x Texas Circuit Qualifier
2001 NFR Reserve World Champion
2001 NFR Arena Record Holder 3.0 seconds
2001 Dodge Series Steer Wrestling Champion
2001 Original Coors Series Steer Wrestling Champion
2002 Winter Olympics Contestant
2002 Pikes Peak Steer Wrestling Champion
2003 AQHA Steer Wrestling Horse of the Year
2003 San Antonio Steer Wrestling Champion
2003 Kansas City Steer Wrestling Champion
2003 Oklahoma City Steer Wrestling Champion
2003 Texas Circuit Steer Wrestling Champion
2004 Calgary Stampede Steer Wrestling Champion
Neal Felton
Born and raised in New Mexico, I was a New Mexico Jr. Rodeo Champion many
times. I was the state High School Champion Calf Roper twice and the 1979
National High School Champion Roper. I moved to Stephenville, Texas in 1981
to attend Tarleton State University. In 1991 I married Vanette Ivy and made my
home in Real County to ranch and train horses and have resided in Texas ever
since.
I was College National Finalist (CR, SW, TR) twice and an NFR calf roping qualifier
in 1986 and 1988. I am
a professional trainer of performance horses for rodeo
competition and I still compete at multiple Texas Senior Pro Rodeos every year.
My son, Dakota Felton is currently pursuing his own pro-rodeo career.
Major PRCA Wins
Greely, CO
Oklahoma City, OK
Santa Maria, CA
Pecos, TX
Woodward, OK
Silver City, NM
Fort Madison, Iowa
Fort Worth, TX · Winner Windy Ryon Memorial Roping
Corpus Christi, TX
Stephenville, TX
Vernon, TX
Crosset, AR
Coleman, TX
Bandera, TX
Austin, TX
Lubbock, TX
Lewiston, ID
Central Point, OR
Sonora, TX
Sonora, CA
Union, OR
Tony Reina
Rodeo Accomplishments:
1993-Nira Southern Region Calf Roping Champion And Qualified For
The Cnfr. Joined PRCA this Year.
1996 Won 2nd In The Texas Circuit In Calf Roping
1999- Won 2nd At The San Antonio Rodeo In Calf Roping
1st Qualification For The Nfr Calf Roping Winning 1 Round At The Nfr And Ended 14th In The World
2009- Won 2nd In Round At Cheyenne In Steer Roping
2012- Won The Texas Circuit Rodeo And 3rd For The Year In Steer Roping In The Circuit Standings. Won 2nd At Odessa, Pecos And Stephenville That Year.
2013- Qualified For His First NFSR and Won The Average Title That Year, Placing In 3 Rounds And Ending 9th In World Standings
2014-Placed In 2 Rounds At The NFSR and Won 5th In Avg
2017- Finished 14th In World Standings And Qualified For Nfsr 2018-Finished 14th In World Standings And Qualified For Nfsr 2019-Finished 8th In World Standings And Qualified For Nfsr
Tony Has Placed In Nearly All Major Rodeos In The US.
Tony Is A Mentor And Great Horseman And A True Meaning Of The Word, “Cowboy”. True To His Word And Deserves His Place In The Hall Of Fame As He Continues To Give Back To Rodeo As A Mentor To Many Cowboys And Cowgirls.
Tony Has Served As The Youth Rodeo Association President From 2013-2020. He Is Currently Serving As The Chairman Of The Board For The PRCA Texas Circuit.
Tony Currently Lives In Wharton, Texas With His Wife, Kelly. They Have Two Daughters And 1 Grandson. Tony Owns And Operates A Maintenance Business Serving The Oil And Gas Industry.
Jackie Gibbs
Jackie was proud to be a Texan and has always lived in Texas. Worked with his dad,
Doodle Gibbs, raising bucking bulls. They sent bulls to the NFR and Canadian
Finals.
Rodeo Accomplishments: Numerous High School Finals Qualifications
1977 National High School Finals Champion
1981 IRA Finals Average Winner
1983 NFR Bull Riding Rookie of The Year CRA Finalist 5 times
Major PRCA Rodeos won include Dodge City, Kansas, Montgomery, Alabama,
Edmonton Alberta, Canada, Red Lodge, Montana and many other large rodeos.
Rode 5 Bucking Bulls of the Year in Various Associations.
Qualified for the Finals in every Association that he was ever a member of.
Wes Stevenson
Wes lives in Granbury, Texas with his wife Francie. Their daughter, Fiona was born
Nov. 2011. His Hobbies include raising and judging livestock. At the height of his career,
he traveled with Will Lowe, Caine Riddle and Tom McFarland; their group was
nicknamed the “Wolfpack”.
Rodeo Accomplishments:
1999-2000 NIRA Southwest Region Champion
In 2002, at Texas Stampede, PRCA Tour Finale, he scored a 94-point Bareback ride on
“Cover” Girl. The record held until recently.
2002-2010 Placed or won in multiple rodeos such as Wrangler NFR, Dodge City, KS,
Mesquite, TX, Elk City, OK, Cody, WY, Ellensburg, WA, Gladewater, TX, Conroe, TX,
Charlotte Frontier Days, Won the World’s Oldest Rodeo, Prescott, AZ, Pecos, TX and
Stephenville, TX
2011 Finished 13 th in the World – PRCA
2012 Finished 6 th in the World – PRCA
2013 Finished 6 th in the World – PRCA
NFR Qualifications: 9
Texas Circuit Finals Qualifications: 13
DNCFR Qualifications: 5 and 2007 was the DNCFR Champion
Michael Jones
Michael Jones, a five-time NFR qualifier, didn’t grow up in rodeo, but his
family studied the game and entered the industry hoping to bring a new spin to the practice pen. In 1989, 10 years before Michael would join the ranks of the PRCA, his dad David, mother Linda and he developed the first science-based, bio-mechanical team roping training system.
Michael used this system making headlines in 2001 winning the Pace Picante ProRodeo Chute-out in Las Vegas, qualifying him for the Olympic Command Performance Rodeo the following year in Farmington, Utah, during the Winter Olympic Games. He would go on to win the NFR average title in 2004 and became the first to rope a steer in 3.7 seconds in the Thomas and Mack.
His style helped revolutionize how heelers approached the game, changing the mindset of a heeler from a defensive type of roper to an offensive roper. This approach can now be seen in heelers competing today.
Adam Gray
Tie-Down Calf Roper, Adam Gray, joined the PRCA in 2008 and has achieved
many accolades since then. Adam earned NIRA Academic All-American honors
in 2006 with a 3.5 grade-point average. Adam was on the Texas Tech
University rodeo team, where he graduated with a Civil Engineering Degree.
Adam grew up on a ranch in Seymour, Texas, where his dad harvested wheat;
here, Adam learned the true meaning of being a cowboy and the work ethic
still instilled in Adam today.
Rodeo Accomplishments:
• 6-time qualifier for the National Finals Rodeo (NFR) 2020, 2019, 2014, 2012, 2011, 2009,
in Tie-Down Calf Roping
• 2012 National Final Rodeo (NFR) Champion
• 12- Time qualifier for the Texas Circuit Finals
• 2013 Texas Circuit Finals Champion
• 2012 Texas Circuit year end Champion
• 2- Time Dodge Circuit finals qualifier
College Rodeo Accomplishments:
• 2-Time College National Finals Rodeo tie-down roping qualifier, 2005, 2006
• National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association (NIRA) Southwest Region tie-down roping champion, 2006
Larger Rodeos Won:
• 2022: Won the Sandhills Stock Show & Rodeo (Odessa, Texas), the Mt. Pleasant (Texas) Rodeo, the Mesquite (Texas) Championship Rodeo, Jayhawker Roundup (Hill City, Kan.)
• 2021 San Antonio (Texas) Stock Show & Ro
deo Champion. 2021 Co-champion at the Lewiston (Idaho) Roundup
• 2-Time Champion at the National Western Stock Show and Rodeo (Denver, Colorado). 2021, 2015.
• 2012 Rodeo Houston Champion
• 2021 Won the Auto Plaza Group PRCA Regional Rodeo, the Mesquite (Texas) Championship Rodeo.
• 2019: . Champion at the Dodge City (Kan.) Roundup Rodeo, the Kitsap Stampede (Bremerton, Wash.), Pikes Peak or Bust Rodeo (Colorado Springs, Colo.), the Mineral Wells (Texas) PRCA Rodeo, the Laramie (Wyo.) Jubilee Days and the Jayhawker Roundup (Hill City, Kan.). Co-champion at the Amarillo (Texas) Tri-State Fair and Rodeo
• 2018: Won the Redding (Calif.) Rodeo, the Woodlake (Calif.) Lions Rodeo, the Rodeo of the Ozarks (Springdale, Ark.), the Dixie Roundup (St. George, Utah) and the Four States Fair & Rodeo (Texarkana, Ark.)
• 2017: Won the Mesquite (Texas) ProRodeo Series. Co-champion at the Mesquite (Texas) ProRodeo Series
• 2016 Won the Ellensburg (Wash.) Rodeo, the Clark County Fair & Rodeo (Logandale, Nev.) and the Wranglers Champions Challenge presented by Justin Boots (Scottsdale, Ariz.)
• 2014 Won the Wild Bill Hickok Rodeo (Abilene, Kan.). Co-champion at the American Royal ProRodeo (Kansas City, Mo.)
• 2013 Won the Matagorda County Fair & Rodeo (Bay City, Texas); the XIT Rodeo & Reunion (Dalhart, Texas) and the Parker County Frontier Days & PRCA Rodeo (Weatherford, Texas). Co-champion at the Glen Rose (Texas) PRCA Rodeo
• 2012 Won the Last Chance Stampede (Helena, Mont.); Montana’s Biggest Weekend (Dillon) and the Amarillo (Texas) Tri-State Fair & Rodeo
• 2011 Won the All-American ProRodeo Finals (Waco, Texas)
• 2010: Won the Snake River Stampede (Nampa, Idaho); the Guadalupe County Fair and Rodeo (Seguin, Texas) and the Lea Park Rodeo (Marwayne, Alberta
• 2009 Won the Sikeston (Mo.) Jaycee Bootheel Rodeo; the Lewiston (Idaho) Roundup; the Goliad County Fair PRCA Rodeo (Goliad, Texas) and the Cowboy Capital of the World Pro Rodeo (Stephenville, Texas)
• 2008: Won Rodeo Killeen (Texas) and co-champion at the Canby (Ore.)
Bryan Richardson
Bryan Richardson was born and raised in Dallas, Texas. His dad competed in the LSHSRA, CRA and the PRCA. Bryan
was introduced to the Mesquite Rodeo at a young age through close family ties to Mcllvain family. While working
the petting zoo for Frank Sr and even running the mechanical bull for Glenn at Donny Gay’s bull riding schools, the itch
to compete himself began. He started riding Jr Bulls at the age of 13 at the Historic Kow Bell area in Mansfield, TX,
as well as the Bull Palace in Desoto, TX. It was then that his dream became to one day qualify for the National Finals
Rodeo in Las Vegas, NV. Throughout his career he reached that goal and much more, breaking records at some of
the most historical events in the sport.
Early Rodeo Career:
1995 Pro Youth Rodeo Association Finalist
1996 Pro Youth Rodeo Association Finalist
1997 Lone Star High School Rodeo Association Finalist
1998 Texas High School State Finalist “Region 4”
Rodeo Events:
Bullriding
Rodeo Associations:
PYRA, LSHSRA, UPRA, CRRA, PRCA, PBR
Rodeo Titles:
1997 UPRA Finalist and Rookie of the Year
1998 UPRA and CRRA Finalist
1999 UPRA and CRRA Finalist
2002, 2003, 2005 National Finals Rodeo Qualifier
2008, 2009 PBR Finals Qualifier
Major Rodeos Won:
2002 Grand National Rodeo, San Francisco, CA Champion
2002 Texas Circuit Finals Champion
2003 Salt Lake City, UT Champion
2003 San Francisco, CA PBR Champion
2004 Clovis, CA Champion
2004 Ellensburg, WA Champion
2005 Pendleton RoundUp Champion
2005 Texas Stampede Champion
2005 Cody, WY Stampede Champion
2005 Wild Bill Hickok Rodeo Champion
2005 Ogden Pioneer Days Rodeo Champion
2005 Red Bluff, CA Champion
2005 Guthrie, OK Bullnanza Champion
2005 PBR ABBI Finals Champion, Las Vegas, NV
2006 Greeley Stampede Champion
2006 Stephenville, TX Champion
2006 Clovis, NM Champion
2006 Santa Maria, CA Champion
2007 Arcadia, FL Champion
2007 Rodeo Austin Champion
2007 Garden City, KS Champion
2007 Wild Bill Hickok Champion
2007 Birmingham, AL PBR Champion
2007 Sikeston, MO PBR Champion
2007 Salinas, CA PBR Champion
2008 Wichita, KS PBR Champion
2008 Kinder, LA PBR Champion
2009 Helena, MT Champion
2010 Clovis, NM Champion
2010 West Of the Pecos Rodeo Champion
2011 Gladewater, TX Champion
2011 Shreveport, LA Champion
2011 Kalispell, MT Champion
2011 Gunnison, CO Champion
2011 Athens, TX Champion
2012 Mesquite, TX Champion
2012 Cody, WY Stampede Champion
Other Rodeo Achievements:
2002 broke the 2 head average arena record at the historical Cow Palace coliseum Grand National Rodeo,
San Francisco, CA, with 180 points
2005 broke the Pioneer Days Rodeo arena record in Ogden, UT with 93 points
2005 broke the American Airlines Center Winter Tour Finale record in Dallas, TX with 95 points
2005 broke the Lazy E Bullnanza Guthrie, OK record with 95 points
Howdy Cloud
Howdy Cloud, born in 1979 in Beaumont, Texas. At five years old, his rodeo careerbegan with calf riding in the Lone Star Rodeo Association and local rodeos.• THSRA Region V 1995 All-Around Cowboy Rookie of the Year competing in
Bareback, Bull Riding, and Team Roping.
• IFYR 1997 Shawnee, Oklahoma, second, 1st Round in Bareback
• THSRA Region V 1998 All-Around Cowboy
• NHSRA, 1998, advanced to the national finals, second place in Bareback at
Gillette, Wyoming.
PRCA Rodeo Accomplishment:
• Qualifier for the NFR 2005,2007,2009 in Bull Riding
• Won NFR 6th Round 2005
• Won NFR 3rd Round 2009
• Qualifier for the CBRWC 2005,2006
Won Bull Riding at Major Rodeos:
• Denver, Omaha, Salinas, Pendleton, Rapid City, Idaho and El Paso.
After retiring, Howdy enjoys assisting, watching his nephew in the arena, and
meeting new people as a licensed realtor.
