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Born:
May 2, 1972 (Emporia,
Kan.)
Residence: Emporia, Kan.
Joined PRCA: 1993
Wrangler NFR Qualifications: 5 (1999, 2001-02, 2004-05)
Pace Picante Series Titles: 2
Pace Picante Series Qualifications: 6
Pace Chute-out: 2001, 2005
Pace Challenge: 2004-05
Pace Classic: 2004-05
Education: Odessa (Texas) College
2005 World Standings Place: 2nd
2005 Wrangler NFR Place: 5th
2005 Wrangler NFR Earnings: $56,034
2005 Earnings: $178,925
Career Earnings: $804,514
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Professional
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2006
Highlights
* Co-champion at the
Barber
County Fair Rodeo (Hardtner, Kan.).
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2005
Highlights
* Rode Jesse Peterson's standout horse, Gunner, during the Wrangler NFR,
where he placed in six out of 10 rounds, winning the ninth round with a
3.8-second run. Gunner is the same horse that carried Luke Branquinho to a
world title in 2004.
* Won the Lewiston (Idaho)
Round-Up.
* Won the Horse Heaven Round-up (Kennewick, Wash.).
* Won the Snake River Stampede (Nampa, Idaho).
* Won the Central Wyoming Fair and Rodeo (Casper,
Wyo.).
* Won Wrangler ProRodeo Tour title at Laughlin (Nev.) River Stampede.
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Career Highlights
2004 — Finished as the world champion runner-up with $155,283 and was third
in the Wrangler NFR average picking up $43,936; won the Pace Picante
ProRodeo Challenge (Omaha, Neb.) setting a new arena record with a time of
3.2 seconds; won an event best $23,108; was a finalist at the Pace Classic
(Dallas) finishing in a tie for third; and placed in three of 10 rounds at
the Wrangler NFR.
2003 — Won National Stock Show & Rodeo in
Denver,
Lawton
(Okla.) Rangers Rodeo and NILE Rodeo (Billings, Mont.).
2002 — Qualified for Olympic Command Performance (Farmington, Utah);
won Lewiston (Idaho) Roundup and New Mexico State Fair & Rodeo
(Albuquerque); voted Coors Fans Favorite Cowboy; finished 14th in the world
with $85,359 in earnings.
2001 — Won steer wrestling title at Copenhagen Cup Finale (Las Vegas);
won Southwestern Livestock & Exposition (Fort Worth,
Texas).
1999 — Co-champion at Pendleton (Ore.) Round-Up.
1996 — Won Dodge City (Kan.) Round-Up.
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Amateur Highlights
* College National
Finals Rodeo qualifier (1991).
* National
High School
Finals Rodeo qualifier (1989-90).
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Personal
6-4, 230 … Single
… Hobbies include hunting, fishing … His father, Bill, passed away August of
2005 after his battle with cancer and although Jason wanted to return to
Emporia earlier in the summer to be with his father, his father told him to
stay on the road and chase his dream of winning a world title. His mother,
is Sandra, and he has one brother, Jeffrey, and a sister
Jodi.
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Jason Lahr