Dent Wins Two Rookie of the Year awards...

 

It was Steven Dent’s goal to win at least one Resistol Rookie of the Year award. He actually snatched two of those awards, and he hopes they’ll be stepping stones to many more successful seasons.
The Mullen, Neb. , cowboy ran away with the all-around rookie of the year title, totaling $42,598. His closest competition was nearly $25,000 behind.
Dent also won the bareback riding rookie award, finishing the season with $31,969 in that event alone. In saddle bronc riding, Dent finished seventh. Tyler Corrington of Hastings , Minn. , won the saddle bronc riding rookie of the year award, easily leading his category.
For Dent, a sophomore at Ranger ( Texas ) College, competing in rodeo was a tough decision to make, but one he’s ultimately glad he chose. In high school, Dent was also a standout football player, track competitor and wrestler. He said he’d narrowed his collegiate sport choice to football or rodeo, and rodeo eventually won out.
“I decided the chance of me making a living in the PRCA is better than me making a living in the NFL,” Dent said.
And Dent’s coach, PRCA Board member Tom Reeves, agrees Dent has an excellent chance to do well in the PRCA ranks.
“He’s the real deal,” Reeves said. “In my opinion, he’ll win the world (some day). In bareback, in saddle bronc, in all-around … he’ll win it all.”
There are many other hopeful world champions that emerged in the PRCA as this year’s rookies of the year.
Daniel Yates of Red Lodge, Mont. , won the steer wrestling rookie award. Team roping header Keven Daniel of Altha , Fla. , ran away with his category, winning twice as much as his closest competitors. Jade Corkill, of Fallon , Nev. , took home the heeling honors for rookies.
In tie-down roping, Cody James was an easy winner. The Monticello , Ark. , cowboy made nearly $60,000, putting him 18th in the world standings, just shy of a spot in the Wrangler NFR.
Tyler Mayse of Ponca City , Okla. , won the steer roping rookie award, and Edgard Oliveira, Denton , Texas , was the PRCA’s top rookie bull rider.