Stetson Vest
Stetson Vest
Events: Tie-Down Roping
Born: 7/3/1986 Odessa, Texas
Joined PRCA: 2009
PRCA Career Earnings: $229,989.00
World Titles Won: 0
WNFR Qualifications: 1 (2013)
Current Residence: Childress, Texas
2013 world standings place: 15th
2013 Wrangler NFR place: 10th
2013 Wrangler NFR earnings: $24,038
2013 earnings: $86,410
Education: Texas Tech University (Lubbock, Texas), animal science and chemistry
Professional 2013 Highlights
• Placed in three rounds of his first Wrangler National Finals Rodeo, including a tie for second
place in Round 1 with a time of 7.7 seconds
• Won the Sisters (Ore.) Rodeo
• Won the War Bonnet Roundup Rodeo (Idaho Falls, Idaho)
• Won the all-around and tie-down roping at the Cedar City (Utah) PRCA Championship Rodeo
Career Highlights
• 2012: Won the Hand Hills (Alberta) Lake Stampede; finished 42nd in the world standings with
$30,079
• 2011: Co-champion at the Hugo (Okla.) PRCA Rodeo; finished 47th in the world standings with
$24,933
• 2010: Won the Redding (Calif.) Rodeo; won the Fiesta Days Rodeo (Cave Creek, Ariz.); was co-
champion at the Guy Weadick Memorial Rodeo (High River, Alberta); finished 30th in the world
standings with $41,757
• 2009: Won the Pioneer Days Rodeo (Clovis, N.M.); finished third in the Resistol Rookie of the
Year standings and 53rd in the world standings with $35,400
• 2008: Earned $2,018 on his permit
Amateur
Qualified for the College National Finals Rodeo in tie-down roping, 2005
Personal
6-4, 190 … Single … Parents, Vance Vest and Sealy Smith Vest; brothers, Sawyer and Vandon.
Sawyer was a defensive back on the Texas Tech University football team in 2011-12 … Maternal
grandfather, Clifton Smith, qualified for the National Finals Rodeo as a tie-down roper in 1960
and 1962; uncle, Stran Smith, is an 10-time Wrangler NFR qualifier as a tie-down roper, who
won the world championship in 2008. PRCA tie-down ropers Tuf Cooper and Clif Cooper are his
first-cousins, as is Shada Brazile, wife of 11-time World Champion All-Around Cowboy Trevor
Brazile … Works as a model and endorser for Wrangler Jeans … Competed in team roping
and steer wrestling in addition to tie-down roping while at Texas Tech University (2005-08) …
Primary competition horses are Sportscenter and Juice … Enjoys hunting and fishing, working
out and playing basketball … While attending Childress (Texas) High School, he competed in
basketball, football, tennis, track & field and baseball; he was named 3A all-district point guard
in basketball