Straws Milan - Steer Wrestling Pro Rodeo Athlete

Straws Milan - Steer Wrestling Pro Rodeo Athlete

2023 Highlights
  • Won the West of the 5th Pro Rodeo (Rimbey, Alberta)
  • Won the Lethbridge (Alberta) Pro Rodeo
Career Highlights
  • 2022: Won the Newell Pro Rodeo (Brooks, Alberta) 
  • 2021: Finished 123rd in the world standings with $7,484
  • 2020: Did not compete
  • 2019: Did not compete
  • 2018: Won the Falkland (British Columbia) Stampede, the Rocky Pro Rodeo (Rocky Mountain House, Alberta) and the IPE and Stampede (Armstrong, British Columbia). Co-champion at the Dawson Creek (British Columbia) Stampede. Finished 65th in the world standings with $19,775
  • 2017: Won the K-Days Rodeo (Edmonton, Alberta). Finished 50th in the world standings with $23,786
  • 2016: Won the Bonner County Rodeo (Sandpoint, Idaho), the Yellowstone River Round-Up (Billings, Mont.) and the Nicola Valley Pro Rodeo (Merritt, British Columbia). Co-champion at the Hand Hills Lake Stampede (Craigmyle, Alberta) and the Dawson Creek (British Columbia) Stampede. Finished 34th in the world standings with $29,827
  • 2015: Won the Drayton Valley (Alberta) ProRodeo and the Medicine Hat (Alberta) Stampede. Co-champion at the Falkland (British Columbia) Stampede. Finished 62nd in the world standings with $19,175
  • 2014: Won the Whoop-Up Days (Lethbridge, Alberta). Finished 69th in the world standings with $16,018
  • 2013: Qualified for his first Wrangler National Finals Rodeo. Won the Fort Worth (Texas) Stock Show & Rodeo; the Cody (Wyo.) Stampede and the Mighty Fraser ProRodeo (Abbotsford, British Columbia). Finished 15th in the world standings with $58,151
  • 2012: Won the NILE ProRodeo (Billings, Mont.) and the Cowtown ProRodeo (Maple Creek, Sask.). Co-champion at the Okotoks (Alberta) ProRodeo and the Benalto (Alberta) Stampede; finished 36th in the world standings with $29,902
  • 2011: Won the North Idaho Fair & Rodeo (Coeur d' Alene, Idaho); finished 34th in the world standings with $29,804
  • 2010: Won the Field of Dreams Stampede (La Crete, Alberta); finished 39th in the world standings with $27,021
  • 2009: Won the Mighty Fraser Rodeo (Abbotsford, Alberta)

Amateur
Placed second in the Silver State International Rodeo in Fallon, Nev., during his senior year

Personal
5-10, 250 … Single … Father, Murray, is a former steer wrestler and currently operates heavy machinery for an oil company; mother, Roxanne, is a store manager… Brothers Baillie (TR, TD, SW) and Tanner (SW) are also PRCA cowboys … Rodeo idol is 1994 Steer Wrestling World Champion Blaine Pederson, a fellow Canadian … Favorite music is country and rock, and Kid Rock is his favorite musician … Favorite sports team is the Calgary Flames … Played junior hockey in Canada before he began rodeo … Likes to hunt, fish, golf and play hockey … Graduated from Cochrane (Alberta) High School … Favorite meal is Italian food … Travels with Cody and Curtis Cassidy, as well as his brothers

Photo: Deanna Kristensen Photography