Mike Johnson

 

 

Mike Johnson


 

Tie-Down Roping, Team Roping, Steer Roping


 

Born: March 4, 1964 (Henryetta, Okla.)
Residence: Henryetta, Okla.
Joined PRCA: 1982
Wrangler NFR Qualifications: 20 (TDR: 1983-97, 2000-01, 2003-05)
Pace Series titles: 1
Pace Classic: 2005
Pace Picante Series Qualifications: 8
Pace Chute-out: 2003-05
Pace Challenge: 2000, 2003, 2005
Pace Classic: 2003, 2005
DNCFR Qualifications: 4
2005 World Standings Place: 7th (TD)
2005 Wrangler NFR Place: 5th
2005 Wrangler NFR Earnings: $18,299
2005 Earnings: $138,979
Career Earnings: $1,750,702

Ø     Professional

Ø      2006 Highlights
* Won the average title at the Black Hills Stock Show and Rodeo (Rapid City, S.D.).
 

Ø      2005 Highlights
* Sets record for most appearances at the Wrangler NFR in tie-down roping with 20 appearances.
* Won the
Walla Walla (Wash.) Fair & Frontier Days.
* Won the average title at the Puyallup (Wash.) Rodeo.
* Co-champion at the Omak (
Wash.) Stampede & Suicide Race.
* Won the Wrangler Tour round at the Greeley (Colo). Independence Stampede.
* Won the Cloverdale Rodeo & Exhibition (Surrey, B.C.).
* Qualified for the Pace Classic after finishing third at the Pace Chute-out.
* Won aggregate title at Clark County Fair & Rodeo (Logandale, Nev.).

Ø      Career Highlights
2004 — Finished sixth the world with $143,517 and was third in the Wrangler NFR average picking up $40,520; won Tour round at Guymon (Okla.) Pioneer Days Rodeo; was a semifinalist at Pace Chute-out (Las Vegas); won Santa Maria (Calif.) Elks Rodeo, Calgary Stampede's $50,000 Showdown Round and Oklahoma State Fair & Rodeo (Oklahoma City); placed in four out of 10 rounds at the Wrangler NFR.
2003 — Won the Wrangler NFR aggregate title with a time of 86.4 seconds on 10 head; won La Fiesta de los Vaqueros (Tucson, Ariz.), Cheyenne (Wyo.) Frontier Days, Sikeston (Mo.) Jaycee Bootheel Rodeo and Heart O' Texas Fair & Rodeo (Waco); finished fourth in the world with $160,992.2002 — Finished 27th in the world.
2000 — Won tie-down roping title at Grand National Rodeo (
San Francisco).
1997 — Won tie-down roping title at Cheyenne (Wyo.) Frontier Days.
1996 — Won tie-down roping title in Prairie Circuit and at La Fiesta de los Vaqueros (Tucson, Ariz.).
1994 — Won tie-down roping title at Prairie Circuit Finals Rodeo (also 1993 and 1984).
1992 — Copenhagen Skoal tie-down roping champion.
1990 — Coors Chute-Out tie-down roping champion; Dodge Truck Rodeo tie-down roping champion; Prairie Circuit Finals Rodeo tie-down roping champion.
1989 — Wrangler Jeans Rodeo Showdown tie-down roping champion; Dodge Truck Rodeo tie-down roping champion.

Ø      Personal
6-0, 180 … Wife, Sherrylynn (WPRA barrel racer) … Hobbies include basketball and track … Favorite sports team are the Dallas Cowboys and Oklahoma Sooners … Horse is 12-year-old Levi.

Website: www.johnsonsportline.com