Shane HANCHEY
Events: Tie-Down Roping
Born: 9/30/1989 Sulphur, LA
Joined PRCA: 2009
PRCA Career Earnings: $1,377,211.00
World Titles Won: 1 (2013)
WNFR Qualifications: 8 (2010-17)
Current Residence: Sulphur, LA
2018 ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Won the National Western Stock Show and Rodeo (Denver, CO)
Won the Southwestern Exposition and Livestock Show
(Fort Worth, TX)
Won the SW District Fat Stock Show & Rodeo (Lake Charles, LA)
Won the Williams Lake (British Columbia) Stampede
Won the Grande Prairie (Alberta) Stompede
Won the Brighton Field Day Festival & Rodeo (Okeechobee, FL)
Co-Champion at the Coleman (TX) PRCA Rodeo
In 2017 Shane entered his eighth Wrangler National Finals
Rodeo in third place with 124,498 dollars earned during the
regular season, a season that has taken him coast to coast and
where he has seen as much time behind the windshield as on
the back of a horse.
Shane rode Reata for part of 2016 Wrangler National Finals
Rodeo (WNFR) where he won 94,192 dollars. This year, he has
another stellar steed to ride, Simon Cow, the horse that
Tie-Down Ropers voted as the best in the PRCA for 2017. When
Photo courtesy of PRCA
he starts his bid for a second gold buckle and runs the 81st calf
of his career in the Thomas and Mack Center, there will be a lot
of his family and friends in the stands.
Shane’s cousin, Corey Granger, is a PRCA bull rider and his
brother, Jason, is also a PRCA Tie-Down Roper and trains roping
horses in Okeechobee, FL. Jason actually trained Reata, who
has been Shane’s primary competition horse since his
sophomore year in high school; although he only uses him for
special occasions now. Shane has three other horses: Si (2017
AQHA Tie-Down Roping Horse of the Year), PamPam, and
BamBam. Hanchey enjoys playing golf when he isn’t competing
and is home-schooled through Abeka Academy. He is a huge
sports fan, especially of the Houston Astros, New Orleans Pelicans,
New Orleans Saints and Louisiana State University Tigers.
Shane’s favorite rodeo is Pendleton Roundup, favorite book is
“Mind Gym” and his favorite movie is “Sandlot”. As a testimony
to his character, his favorite quote is from Muhammad Ali:
“Champions aren’t made in gyms. Champions are made from
something they have deep inside them: A dream, a desire, a vision.”
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