TOP 15 WPRA BREAKAWAY ROPERS
1. MARTHA ANGELONE Hometown: Stephenville, TX
2. ERIN JOHNSON Hometown: Fowler, CO Horses: Husker Be Smokin “Chico,” Rio Fols “Bubba” NFBR qualifications: 3 (2020-22) Joined WPRA: 2007 2022 earnings: $72,088 Career earnings: $256,511 2022 top wins: RodeoHouston, Sheridan, WY, Douglas, WY Three-time WPRA World Champion Break- away Roper (2011-12, 2015)
3. LARI DEE GUY Hometown: Abilene, TX Horses: Peptos Black Quixote “Rex,” Super Chrome Ink “Ink” NFBR qualifications: 3 (2020-22) Joined WPRA: 2005 2022 earnings: $68,039 Career earnings: $567,859 2022 top wins: Abilene, TX, Canby, OR Eight-time WPRA World Champion, inducted into the Cowgirl Hall of Fame in 2021
4. TAYLOR MUNSELL Hometown: Alva, OK Horse: Monster NFBR qualifications: 2 (2021-22) Joined WPRA: 2019 2022 earnings: $67,891 Career earnings: $223,366 2022 top wins: second Caldwell, ID, second Chinook, MT Has a master’s degree in education, finished second in the 2021 NFBR average
Horses: Spots Lil Legend “Legend”, Gunna Shock Ya, “Jesse James”, WR Class Whiskey “Simba” NFBR qualifications: 3 (2020-22) Joined WPRA: 2018 2022 earnings: $109,097 Career earnings: $283,726 2022 top wins: San Antonio, TX, Reno, NV, NFB Open (Colorado Springs, CO) Born and raised in Virginia and looking to be the first ever rodeo world champion from the State of Virigina.
5. TAYLOR HANCHEY Hometown: Carmine, TX Horses: Lanas Little Dual “Pam,” Palo Pinto Cat “Catman” NFR qualifications: 2 (2013, 2015) NFBR qualifications: 2 (2021-22) Joined WPRA: 2013 2022 earnings: $65,521 Career earnings: $583,013 2022 top wins: Dodge City, KS, Gooding, ID, Cody, WY In 2021, with her first NFBR qualification she became the first WPRA member to qualify for the NFR in both barrel racing and breakaway roping. Married to PRCA World Champion tie-down roper Shane Hanchey
6. SHELBY BOISJOLI Hometown: Stephenville, TX Horses: No Wimpy Turns “Onna,” Sexy Lil Blue Blood “Root Beer,” For Goodness Shakes “Lil Punch” NFBR qualifications: 3 (2020-22) Joined WPRA: 2020 2022 earnings: $64,352 Career earnings: $253,387 2022 top wins: Salinas, CA, Burwell, NE Reserve world champion in 2021
7. JORDI EDENS Hometown: Gatesville, TX Horses: LA Dona Kitty “Judy”, T-Box NFBR qualifications: 1 (2022) Joined WPRA: 2021
8. JOEY WILLIAMS Hometown: Volborg, MT Horse: Baybe Bullet “Baybe” NFBR qualifications: 2 (2021-22) Joined WPRA: 2009 2022 earnings: $63,678 Career earnings: $121,630 2022 top wins: Ellensburg, WA, co-champ San Juan Capistrano, CA, Ogden, UT Horse Baybe Bullet won the 2022 Nutrena Horse of the Year Award
2022 earnings: $64,244 Career earnings: $76,847 2022 top wins: ProRodeo Tour Finale (Puyal- lup, WA), Belle Fourche, SD, Oakley, UT Top money winner for breakaway ropers over the Fourth of July, father Tommy Edens competed in the 2007 NFR as a team roper
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