PRCA Standings Shuffle: Paul Eaves Makes Jump Inside Top 15
It’s been three years since heeler Paul Eaves made his last trip to the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo.
The two-time PRCA World Champion (2018, 2020) has his sights set on returning to Las Vegas this December. A strong stretch of rodeo over the Cowboy Christmas run has him in a prime position to do just that.
Eaves and partner Erich Rogers earned a big chunk of change over that stretch, highlighted by the team pocketing $20,327 each at the Ponoka Stampede. Those earnings moved Eaves up 13 spots in the PRCA | RAM World Standings to ninth with $51,372 won in 2023, Rogers is sitting 10th as of July 12.
He was the highest riser in the standings from June 27-July 10.
This is the first season Eaves and Rogers have teamed up on the ProRodeo road. A year ago, the Lonedell, Mo., cowboy roped with partner Chad Masters and finished just outside the Top 15 at 18th.
Below, are the other cowboys who moved inside the Top 15 of the PRCA | RAM World Standings.
13 Spots
• Team roping heeler Paul Eaves jumped from 22nd to ninth.
10 Spots
• Team roping header Erich Rogers moved from 20th to 10th.
Eight Spots
• Bareback rider Orin Larsen went from 19th to 11th.
• Tie-down roper Ty Harris leaped from 12th to fourth.
Seven Spots
• Bareback rider Sam Petersen jumped up from 21st to 14th.
• Tie-down roper Shane Hanchey moved from 15th to eighth.
• Steer roper Garrett Hale 15th went from to eighth.
Six Spots
• Team roping header Dawson Graham leaped from 19th to 16th.
Five Spots
• Steer wrestler Nick Guy jumped from 17th to 12th.
• Team roping heeler Dillon Graham moved up from 18th to 13th.
• Saddle bronc rider Chase Brooks went from 10th to fifth.
• Bull rider Hayes Weight leaped from 15th to 10th.
• Bull rider Jordan Hansen jumped from 18th to 13th.
Four Spots
• Team roping header Jake Cooper Clay moved from 16th to 12th.
Three Spots
• Bareback rider Cole Reiner went up from seventh to fourth.
• Bareback ride Jacek Frost leaped from 15th to 12th.
• Steer wrestler J.D. Struxness jumped from sixth to third.
• Steer wrestler Ty Erickson moved from eighth to fifth.
• Steer wrestler Stephen Culling went from 13th to 10th.
• Team roping header Dustin Egusquiza leaped up from fifth to third.
• Team roping header Luke Brown jumped from 18th to 15th.
• Team roping heeler Patrick Smith moved from eighth to fifth.
• Team roping heeler Travis Graves went from 10th to seventh.
• Saddle bronc rider Isaac Diaz leaped from 17th to 14th.
Two Spots
• Bareback rider Tanner Aus jumped up from 10th to eighth.
• Bareback rider Tim O’Connell moved from 11th to ninth.
• Team roping header Tanner Tomlinson went from eighth to sixth.
• Team roping heeler Levi Lord leaped from fourth to second.
• Team roping heeler Ross Ashford jumped 14th to 12th.
• Team roping heeler Hunter Koch moved up from 16th to 14th.
• Team roping heeler Colter Todd went from 17th to 15th.
• Saddle bronc rider Tanner Butner leaped from 11th to ninth.
• Saddle bronc rider Brody Cress jumped from 13th to 11th.
• Tie-down roper Brushton Minton moved from fifth to third.
• Tie-down roper John Douch went up from 14th to 12th.
• Steer roper Chet Herren leaped from 15th to 13th.
• Bull rider Sage Kimzey jumped from sixth to fourth.
• Bull rider Creek Young moved from 13th to 11th.
• Bull rider Cody Teel went from 14th to 12th.
One Spot
• Steer wrestler Tyler Waguespack leaped up from third to second.
• Team roping header Kaleb Driggers jumped from fourth to third.
• Team roping header Clay Smith moved from 15th to 14th.
• Team roping heeler Paden Bray went from 12th to 11th.
• Saddle bronc rider Zeke Thurston leaped from third to second.
• Saddle bronc rider Lefty Holman jumped up from 14th to 13th.
• Tie-down roper Haven Meged moved from sixth to fifth.
• Tie-down roper Cory Solomon went from 10th to ninth.
• Steer roper Jess Tierney leaped from fifth to fourth.
• Bull rider Tristen Hutchings jumped from eighth to seventh.
• Bull rider T. Parker moved up from ninth to eighth.
On The Bubble
• Steer wrestler Joshua Hefner went from 19th to 16th and is $1,153 outside of the Top 15.
• Tie-down roper Matt Shiozawa leaped from 20th to 16th and is $3,456 outside of the Top 15.
Courtesy of PRCA