tyler
waguespack
Events: Steer Wrestling
Born: 12/19/1990 Gonzales, LA
Joined PRCA: 2012
PRCA Career Earnings: $793,156.00
World Titles Won: 1
WNFR Qualifications: 3 (2015-17)
Current Residence: Gonzales, LA
2018 ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Won the Clovis (CA) Rodeo
Won the Southeastern Livestock Exposition (Montgomery, AL)
Won the Johnson County Sheriff’s Posse (Cleburne, TX)
Tyler Waguespack began his rodeo career roping calves and
steer wrestling. His dad, Michael, was also a steer wrestler.
He decided to sell his calf horse and focus his attention on
perfecting his steer wrestling skills. Four-time World Champion
Ote Berry saw great potential in Tyler and became his mentor.
Waguespack won the average and collected the most money
out of one hundred and twenty rodeo contestants at the 2016
Wrangler National Finals Rodeo (WNFR.) He achieved the RAM
Top Gun Award from the 213,218 dollars he earned at the 2016
WNFR which left him with an ending total of 298,676 dollars for
the year.
Tyler was raised around steer wrestling horses and grew up
training them with his father learning how to jump steers from
Photo courtesy of PRCA
various mounts. That experience proved to be beneficial at the
San Angelo Stock Show and Rodeo as he made two solid runs on
two horses. He led the first round with a 4-second run and sits
third in the second round with a 4.5. His combined efforts put
him in the two-run aggregate lead. Last year he placed second
and earned 9,652 dollars, which he utilized in his third straight
Wrangler National Finals Rodeo qualification.
Tyler’s father, Michael, was a PRCA steer wrestler in the 1990’s
and still hazes for Tyler every so often and his cousin Randi
Robert qualified for the National High School Finals Rodeo. He
started competing in bulldogging and tie-down roping while in
junior high school. When he is not out wrestling on rodeo
arenas, he enjoys hunting and fishing. He graduated from
East Ascension High School in Gonzales, LA in a class size of
approximately 300 students. His favorite rodeos are Cheyenne
(WY) Frontier Days and California Rodeo Salinas and his favorite
movie is “Step Brothers.”
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