Tilden Hooper

Name and Hometown: Tilden Hooper, Carthage, TX

7-time Wrangler National Finals Rodeo Qualifier

Joined PRCA: 2006

Regular Season Earnings: $77,549

Starting 2020 NFR in 4th place

Major regular season wins:

• Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo, $24,580
• Pro Tour Finale (Rapid City, South Dakota, 2nd), $7,843
• Yellow Stone Riggin Rally (Darby, Montana, 2nd), $6,200
• Killdeer (North Dakota) Mountain Roundup PRCA Rodeo, $5,323
• 92nd Annual Arcadia All-Florida Championship Rodeo, $4,301
• 145th Silver Spurs Rodeo (Kissimmee, Florida, 2nd) $4,275

Fun Facts about Tilden: He earned the Rookie of the Year championship the same year he won the College National Finals Rodeo, 2007. He and his wife, Melissa are expecting their first child and are grateful this year’s WNFR is in Texas so they can be close to home and their doctor.