Logan Moore stayed hooked atop the 2024 Resistol Rookie Heeler of the Year standings to take home the coveted title with $66,026.39 won on the season.
The 23-year-old from Pleasanton, Texas, took control of the standings in July and never looked back. When the tight race came to an end, Moore beat out Arizona’s Denton Dunning by $5,857.84.
“It’s amazing—it’s a goal that I’ve set for myself since I was a kid and to know I can achieve it against some really, really tough rookies this year, it felt really good,” Moore said. “This means the world.”
Moore didn’t only have his sights set on the prestigious title—he was also looking ahead for 2025.
“I’ve always wanted to win Rookie of the Year in the PRCA,” Moore said. “I’ve done it at the junior high, high school and college levels, and that’s been a goal, but another goal I had was to get into the buildings in 2025 and set myself up. Of course, I wanted to make the NFR—I’m not saying it’s a long shot, but that’s been pretty difficult to do in a rookie year. I think I had a good year, though.”
A rookie year to remember
Moore first made waves on the rookie race after he returned to the ProRodeo road from his CNFR trip. Heeling for Resistol Rookie Header of the Year Tyler Tryan, Moore pocketed $10,191 over the Fourth of July to jump to No. 2 in the race.
“Livingston, Montana, over the Fourth of July helped us a lot,” Moore said of their $4,974-a-man win. “We didn’t do good in the first round at Reno—I messed up—but roping in the second round at Reno and winning third in the round was a pretty big win, too. That was a fun run.”
Thanks to a third-place finish at the Central Wyoming Fair & PRCA Rodeo in Casper, Moore took final control over the heeling standings. August was nice to Moore, bringing in over $25,000 and pairing him up behind three-time NFR qualifier Shay Carroll. The fourth quarter brought some challenges, but Moore pushed through.
“The last two weeks were the roughest time of the year for me,” Moore admitted. “I was making mistakes and I really couldn’t put my finger on why I was making them or what was going on. I got to come home and rope right before Mandan and when we went to Springhill, and I got it all worked back out, so we finished strong.”
Sophomore season
Learning how to fight the inevitable battles that come from the rodeo road is a rookie lesson Moore will apply year after year, too.
“The rodeo season’s not over until the very last week of the season,” Moore said. “There’s so much money to be won every single week that you have chances at everything. I also learned everybody ropes great, but as long as you’re placing here and there and you keep your momentum, you’ll have a good summer. That’s the main thing: Just keep your head down, keep roping and there’s so much money that you can win.”
Finishing his rookie season 29th in the world standings also checked off another of Moore’s 2024 goals: get into the 2025 winter rodeos.
“It’s just important because there’s a lot of money to be won in the winter,” Moore said. “Last winter I was sitting at home watching the rodeos. I don’t like that whenever I want to be in them. I grew up 30 miles from San Antonio, so it’s pretty much the hometown rodeo for me; that’ll be cool to rope there.”
