PAUL EAVES
Events: Team Roping (Heeling)
Born: 2/10/1990 St. Louis, Mo.
Joined PRCA: 2008
PRCA Career Earnings: $1,370,254.00
World Titles Won: 0
WNFR Qualifications: 6
Current Residence: Millsap, Texas
2017 world standings place: 6th
2017 WNFR standings place: 9th
2017 WNFR earnings: $84,462
2017 earnings: $201,673
RNCFR qualifications: 1 (2016)
Tour Finale qualifications: 3 (2012-14)
2018 Highlights
- Partner Clay Smith
• Won the All American ProRodeo Finals (Waco, Texas)
• Won the San Angelo (Texas) Rodeo
• Won the RAM Texas (Waco) Circuit Finals
• Won the Old Fort Days Rodeo (Fort Smith, Ark.)
• Won the Mineral Wells (Texas) Rodeo
• Won the XIT Rodeo & Reunion (Dalhart, Texas)
2017: Won the Walla Walla (Wash.) Frontier Days, Won the Spanish Fork (Utah) Fiesta Days Rodeo, the Rancho
Mission Viejo Rodeo (San Juan Capistrano, Calif.), the Black Hills Roundup (Belle Fourche, S.D.), the Rio Grande
Valley Livestock Show & Rodeo (Mercedes, Texas), the Laramie (Wyo.) Jubilee Days, the Wrangler Champions
Challenge presented by Justin Boots (Rapid City, S.D.), the Beef Empire Days PRCA Rodeo (Garden City, Kan.), the
Mineral Wells (Texas) Rodeo and the Rose City Roundup (Tyler, Texas). Co-champion at the Caldwell (Idaho) Night
Rodeo and the Greeley (Colo.) Stampede. Won the Ram Texas (Waco) Circuit Finals Rodeo, with Colby Lovell
2016: (Partner Clay Smith) Placed in six rounds to rank second at the Wrangler NFR. Finished 4th in the world
standings with $219,900. Won the Southwestern Exposition and Livestock Show (Fort Worth, Texas), the National
Western Stock Show and Rodeo (Denver, Colo.), the Pasadena Livestock Show and Rodeo Champions Challenge
presented by Justin Boots, the Lawton (Okla.) Rangers Rodeo, the Dodge City, (Kan.) Roundup Rodeo and the
Canby (Ore) Rodeo. Co-champion at the Strawberry Days Rodeo (Pleasant Grove, Utah)
2015: (Partner Clay Smith) Placed in four rounds at the Wrangler NFR. Won the Deadwood (S.D.) Days of ‘76
Rodeo, the Mountain Valley Stampede (Heber City, Utah), That Famous Preston (Idaho) Night Rodeo and the
Gladewater (Texas) Round-Up Rodeo. Co-champion at the Beef Empire Days PRCA Rodeo (Garden City, Kan.).
Finished 12th in the world standings with $121,699
2014: (Partner Dustin Bird) Won Rounds 3 (3.9 seconds) and 7 (3.7) at the Wrangler NFR and placed in two others.
Won the Wrangler Champions Challenge (Kissimmee, Fla.); the Horse Heaven Round-up (Kennewick, Wash.); the
Wrangler Champions Challenge (Kennewick, Wash.); Rodeo Austin (Texas); La Fiesta de los Vaqueros (Tucson,
Ariz.); the Medicine Hat (Alberta) Stampede; the North Idaho Fair & Rodeo (Coeur D’Alene); the IPE & Stampede
(Armstrong, British Columbia) and the Gem State Classic ProRodeo Series (Blackfoot, Idaho). Co-champion at the
Justin Boots Playoffs (Puyallup, Wash.); the Sheridan (Wyo.) WYO Rodeo and the Spokane (Wash.) Interstate
Rodeo. Finished fourth in the world standings with $93,735
2013: (Partner Dustin Bird) Tied for the win in Round 7 of the Wrangler NFR with a time of 4.1 seconds and placed
in two other rounds; finished 13th in the world standings with $101,181. Won the Black Hills Stock Show & Rodeo
(Rapid City, S.D.); the Yellowstone River Round-Up (Billings, Mont.); the Kitsap Stampede (Bremerton, Wash.); the
Big Sky ProRodeo Roundup (Great Falls, Mont.); the Northwest Montana ProRodeo (Kalispell); the Sanders County
Fair & PRCA Rodeo (Plains, Mont.); the Young County PRCA Rodeo (Graham, Texas), with David Key and Rodeo
Killeen (Texas), with David Key
2012: (Partner Dustin Bird) Won Round 4 in 3.9 seconds and placed in one other round in his debut at the Wrangler
NFR. Finished 10th in the world standings with $115,970. Won the St. Paul (Ore.) Rodeo; the Strathmore (Alberta)
Stampede; the Daines Ranch Rodeo (Innisfail, Alberta) and the Richland County Fair & Rodeo (Sidney, Mont.). Won
the Parada del Sol (Scottsdale, Ariz.) Rodeo, with Jake Barnes
2011: Won the Wild Rogue ProRodeo (Central Point, Ore.), with Quincy Kueckelhan; finished 23rd in the world
standings with $42,431
2010: (Partner Joel Bach) Won the Fort Worth (Texas) Stock Show & Rodeo and the Young County PRCA Rodeo
(Graham, Texas). Set an arena record of 4.2 seconds at the Ellensburg (Wash.) Rodeo in the second round. The
previous mark of 4.5 seconds was set by Chance Kelton and Bucky Campbell in 2002. Finished 29th in the world
standings with $36,580
2009: (Partner Matt Funk) Won the Eugene (Ore.) Pro Rodeo; finished 56th in the world standings with $17,632
2008: (Partner Joel Bach) Won the Gladewater (Texas) Round-up Rodeo and the Mesquite (Texas) Championship
Rodeo; co-champion at the Coleman (Texas) PRCA Rodeo. Finished 42nd in the world standings and second to
Rhen Richard in the PRCA rookie standings with $22,330
6-2, 180 … Wife, Amanda (married October 2015) … Parents, Russ and Joyce, live in Lonedell, Mo.; Russ is a physical therapist at St. Luke’s Hospital in St. Louis. Paul is the second of four children; he has an older sister, Shannon, a younger sister, Kelly, and a younger brother, Lucas … Paul was homeschooled by his mom from the first grade … Attended four-time World Champion Allen Bach’s roping school when he was starting out in the sport … Rodeo heroes include Bach, Clay O’Brien Cooper, Walt Woodard and Rich Skelton … Teamed up with Kelsey Parchman to win $100,000 on his 18th birthday at the 2008 Wildfire Open in Salado, Texas … Favorite rodeo is Fort Worth (Texas) Stock Show & Rodeo