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Randall Carlisle

Randall Carlisle – Athens, La. ($85,566)
2-time WNFR qualifier
1-time RNCFR qualifier

Randall Carlisle knows about overcoming obstacles to achieve his goals – he’s been doing that since he was a child.

His family loves basketball and rodeo. His father, Randy, Clyde “Buster” Carlisle, both coached basketball and roped. Randall was in the barn with his dad, walked behind a horse that Randy had just gotten out of a stall when the horse wheeled and kicked the child in the head. After a trip to the hospital, Randall came home with two black eyes and stitches and was forgiven for being where he shouldn’t when he explained that he just wanted to rope.

His grandfather had him rope the dummy both right and left handed and immediately recognized the hand-eye coordination that makes successful ropers and basketball players.

Randall started competing at rodeos when he was six years old. He started playing basketball competitively in junior high.

As a freshman in high school, he was coached by his father. The next year, his grandfather was the leader of the team. He went to Lipan, Texas, his junior and senior years and led the team to a state championship his senior year. He holds a record for three-point shots in the state of Texas at 516, and according to the National Federation of State High School Associations, that is second in the nation. It was just surpassed in 2015.

Randall’s accomplishments on the basketball court meant shooting about 1,000 practice shots per day. Then, it was home to practice roping where he also exceled in high school wining the all-around and tie-down roping titles in the state of Texas.

It’s been four years since Randall’s first NFR qualification where he won second in the round and finished sixth in the average. He has been preparing to compete again in Las Vegas for years and has the horsepower and determination to be a force there. Along with his dad, Randy, his mom, Tammy, and sister, Bethany, will be hoping for records to be set in the Thomas and Mack Center in 2017.

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