The 2024 Resistol Rookie of the Year pool in the heading and heeling showed up and showed out with Tyler Tryan and Logan Moore leading the charge.
With the ProRodeo season coming to a close Sept. 30, the Resistol Rookie of the Year race is at the finish line with only one day of opportunity left. Unofficially, 18-year-old Tryan will win the Resistol Rookie Header of the Year title as he leads the standings with $78,203.38 won on the year, a cool $37,606.20 over second. Tryan has had the richest Resistol Rookie season of the last decade, as well as the largest lead over second place in the last decade. Tryan is currently 26th in the heading world standings, meaning he also set himself up nicely for the 2025 winter rodeos.
While standings and earnings are unofficial, New Mexico’s Korbin Rice will finish second in the Resistol Rookie of the Year race with $40,597.18, followed by Brayden Schmidt of Washington with $38,153.06 at third. The 2024 rookie earnings are comparative to 2023 where Cutter Machado finished second with $43,822.07 and Mason Appleton was third with $37,254.90.
On the head side, the fight is technically not over. Moore leads the pack with $66,026.39 won on the year, but Arizona’s Denton Dunning is second with $58,148.33. While that $7,878.06 is relatively close in terms of a lead, Dunning is down to his final rodeo of the year with the Cowboy Capital Of The World PRCA Rodeo in Stephenville, Texas, which he’ll rope at Sunday, Sept. 29. It also appears Dunning’s $529 from the Decatur PRCA Rodeo Sept. 28, hasn’t been added to his earnings yet. Going off 2023 rodeo earnings, $7,000 won’t be possible to win on the final day of the season.
Moore is currently 29th in the world standings, and Dunning is 32nd so, like Tryan, they should also be in for a good portion of the winter rodeos.
Unofficially, Dunning will finish second in the rookie standings, and Utah’s Wyatt Thomas will win third with $24,940.40. In 2023, JR Gonzalez won second with $44,516.23, and Cooper Freeman finished third with $42,800.82.
Once the 2024 season officially wraps up, we’ll have the final Resistol Rookie of the Year winners and their season earnings.
