Born Education: Sept 17, 1980 (Santa Maria, Calif.) Resides Los Alamos, Calif.Joined PRCA in 2000 World Titles: 1 (2004) Wrangler NFR Qualifications: 4 (2001-04) Pace Picante Series Qualifications: 5 Pace Chute-out: 2002, 2004 Pace Classic: 2004 Education: West Hills Community College (Coalinga, Calif.) 2004 World Standings Place: 1st 2004 Wrangler NFR Place: 8th 2004 Wrangler NFR Earnings: $67,989 2004 Earnings: $193,614 Career Earnings: $601,941

Professional 2004 Highlights:

• Won his first world title with $193,614 in earnings.
• Won Rd. 2 with at time of 3.1 Seconds, Rd. 4 in 3.7 seconds, Rd. 5 in 3.3 seconds, and placed in Rds. 8 and 9. Had the world title locked up after Rd. 9. Set the regular season earnings record (prior to the Wrangler NFR) in steer wrestling with $125,625 and the single-season earnings record (after the Wrangler NFR) with $193,614.
• Won Southwestern Livestock Show and Exposition (Fort Worth, Texas).
• Won Red Bluff (Calif.) Round-up.
• Won Pace Picante ProRodeo Chute-out title.
• Claimed title at Ogden (Utah) Pioneer Days.
• Won aggregate title at the Snake River Stampede (Nampa, Idaho).
• Semifinalist at Pace Picante ProRodeo Challenge (Omaha, Neb.).
• Won aggregate title at the American Royal (Kansas City, Mo.).
• Finished second at the Pace Picante ProRodeo Classic (Dallas).

Career Highlights:

• 2003- Won Redding (Calif.) Rodeo, Horse Heaven Roundup (Kennewick, Wash.), and Walla Walla (Wash.) Fair & Frontier Days Rodeo; tied for first in Rd. 5 with a 3.6-second run at the Wrangler NFR.
• 2002- FWon Sisters (Ore.) Rodeo, Snake River Stampede (Nampa, Idaho), and Puyallup (Wash.) Fair & Rodeo (Norco, Calif.)

Awards:

• NPRCA Overall and Steer wresting Resistol Rookie of the Year (2000).

Amateur:

• California High School all around, steer wrestling and team roping champion (1998)
• California High School steer wrestling champion (1996).

Personal: 6-0, 235 ... Wife, Lindsay ... Hobbies include ranching, training horses, fishing and hunting. ...Diagnosed with type II diabetes when he was 18 years old. Continues to compete and uses an insulin pen to get his insulin. ... He and his family survived a wreck in March 2002, when their rig hit a patch of ice and slide off the road. ...At the 2003 Redding (Calif) Rodeo, both Luke and his brother Casey won event titles. ... Has an older brother, Tony, who works on the ranch and is a substitute teacher at a grammar school.