KORY KOONTZ

PROFESSIONAL '06 HIGHLIGHTS
(partner David Key)
* Finished atop the Wrangler ProRodeo Winter Tour standings with 86.5 points.
* Won the Wrangler ProRodeo Tour Round and average titles at the Guymon (Okla.) Pioneer Days Rodeo.
* Won the Wrangler ProRodeo Tour Round at the Red Bluff (Calif.) Round-Up.
* Won the Wrangler ProRodeo Tour Round and average titles at the Laughlin (Nev.) River Stampede.
* Won the Wrangler ProRodeo Tour Round at the Sandhills Stock Show and Rodeo (Odessa, Texas).
2005 Highlights

PROFESSIONAL '05 HIGHLIGHTS
(partner Jake Barnes)
* Partner Jake Barnes suffered a right thumb amputation in the fifth round of the Wrangler NFR. He finished the last five rounds with partner Trevor Brazile. He rebounded in fine fashion winning the sixth round and tying the then arena record of 3.7 seconds and sharing the victory in round eight with a 3.8 second run. He finished the year ranked third in the world.
* Won the Pace Picante ProRodeo Challenge (Omaha, Neb.).
* Co-champion at the Ellensburg (Wash.) Rodeo.
* Won the average title at the Dodge City (Kan.) Roundup Rodeo.
* Won average title at the California Rodeo Salinas.
* Qualified for the Pace Classic after finishing third at the Pace Chute-out.
* Won the Wrangler Tour round title at the Guymon (Okla.) Pioneer Days Rodeo.

Career Highlights
2004 — Finished 12th in the world standings with $78,629 and was seventh in the Wrangler NFR picking up $27,410; (partner Matt Tyler) Co-champion at La Fiesta de los Vaqueros (Tucson, Ariz.); won Tour round at Clovis (Calif.) Rodeo; won Mineral Wells (Texas) PRCA Rodeo and Grand National (San Francisco); was a semifinalist at Pace Chute-out (Las Vegas); won Pioneer Days Rodeo (Clovis, N.M.) with Steve Purcella; placed in three rounds at the Wrangler NFR winning Rd. 4 with a time of 4.5 seconds; and won the year-end title in the Texas Circuit (with Steve Purcella).
2003 — (partner Daniel Green) Won Southwestern Livestock Show and Rodeo (El Paso, Texas) and Red Bluff (Calif.) Round-Up; won Rd. 3 with a 3.8-second run (tied arena record) and tied for first in Rds. 2, 7 and 8 with 4.4, 4.1, and 4.0-second runs, respectively, at the Wrangler NFR. Finished the year 8th in the world standings with $98,073.
2002 — Finished 12th in the team roping heeler standings; won (with Daniel Green) Reno (Nev.) Rodeo.
2001 — Won (with Steve Purcella) RodeoHouston and Deadwood (S.D.) Days of '76 Rodeo; co-champion at Cowboy Capital of the World Rodeo (Stephenville, Texas).
2000 — Won (with Steve Purcella) Pine Country Pro Rodeo (Flagstaff, Ariz.) and Cowboy Capital of the World Rodeo (Stephenville, Texas).
1999 — Won (with Mike Cervi Jr.) Clovis (Calif.) Rodeo.
1998 — Won (with Bret Boatright) La Fiesta de los Vaqueros (Tucson, Ariz.).
1997 — Won (with Bret Boatright) NFR team roping average title.
1996 — Won (with Matt Tyler) RodeoHouston and Reno (Nevada) Rodeo.
* Won Texas Circuit Finals rodeo team roping title (with Denton Payne) in 1994 and 1995 with Matt Tyler.