Ever since I can remember, all I wanted to do in life was fight bulls.  My dad was a professional bull fighter for ten years before I was born.  I grew up listening to his stories and looking at pictures of him.  I was hooked.  He told me about fighting bulls.  He taught me the do’s and don’ts. I started fighting bulls as a sophomore in high school at the age of 15.  That spring I got my first job at a high school rodeo in Estherville, Iowa from the Barnes family.  From there I continued to make connections and worked on my bull fighting.  I was accepted into the PRCA the summer after I graduated from high school.  I was 18 at the time, which is the youngest age eligible for acceptance into the PRCA.  I fought my first PRCA rodeo for the Barnes family one day after my 19^th birthday in my hometown of Cherokee, Iowa.  In 2003 and 2004, I worked over 40 performances per year with the Barnes PRCA Rodeo Family in 9 states, from Nebraska to New Jersey. I ended my rookie year in the PRCA by working the Benny Binion Bucking Bull Sale at the NFR in Las Vegas, Nevada.   Since 2003, I have been given the opportunity to work the Great Lakes Circuit Finals in Louisville, Kentucky, in 2004, 2006, and 2008.

During the fall of 2006 I was urged to become a clown/barrleman by some of my fellow rodeo peers as well as a bullfighter. So I began putting some ideas and acts together. I traveled to Soper, OK during Christmas break from college in December 2006 and learned a lot about what it takes to be a good barrelman from PRCA barrelman and specialty act, John Harrison. He taught me about timing, acts, how to work with the announcer and starting my trick riding training. In January 2007 I worked my first rodeo as a barrleman. Since I had already made many connections fighting bulls, it was easier to work my way up to being a barrelman. I spent the rest of 2007 and 2008 fighting bulls and working as a barrelman and honing my trick riding skills. My debut as a trick rider was the Oklahoma State Fair Wild West Show in September 2008.  Later that fall,  was approved for my PRCA clown/barrlman and specialty act card.

I also have a career outside of the rodeo arena. In May 2007, I graduated from Buena Vista University in Storm Lake, Iowa with a Physics major and a minor in Math and Education. After graduation, I took a year off before accepting a position teaching high school math and physics in Soper, OK.