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Luke Branquinho
Born: Sept. 17, 1980 (Santa Maria, CA) Professional 2010 Highlights 2009 Highlights Career Highlights 2008– Won the Wrangler NFR average title (41.9/10) en route to winning his second world title and setting a new PRCA earnings record of $242,018. Won a total of $111,238 at the NFR. Won the first round at the 2008 Wrangler NFR with a 3.6-second run and then went on to place in seven more rounds. Won the year-end title in the California Circuit and qualified for the DNCFR. Won the Wrangler ProRodeo Tour Ariat Playoff Omaha (Neb.) Round. Won the all-around title at the San Bernardino (Calif.) Sheriff's PRCA Rodeo, won the New Mexico State Fair and Rodeo (Albuquerque), the Canby (Ore.) Rodeo, the Omak (Wash.) Stampede, the Santa Barbara (Calif.) Old Spanish Days Stock Horse Show and Rodeo, the Guymon (Okla.) Pioneer Days Rodeo, and the National Western Stock Show and Rodeo (Denver), was co-champion at the Ellensburg (Wash.) Rodeo and the Missoula (Mont) Stampede, won the steer wrestling average title at the Snake River Stampede (Nampa, Idaho), while his brother Casey won the average in the tie-down roping and won the all-around title at the Oakdale (Calif.) Saddle Club Rodeo. 2007– Finished third in the world standings with $151,681. Placed in four out of 10 rounds, winning the ninth round in 3.2 seconds, and the 10th round in 3.5 seconds; won the 2007 regular-season with $106,464 in earnings; won the average title at the Greeley (Colo.) Independence Stampede, won the Wrangler ProRodeo Tour Round and finished second in the average at the Guymon (Okla.) Pioneer Days Rodeo, won the average title at the Clovis (Calif.) Rodeo and won the second round of the Grand National Rodeo (San Francisco) with a career best 2.7-second run. 2006 – Finished second in the world standings with $180,308. Placed in seven out of 10 rounds at the Wrangler NFR, winning the first
round in 3.7 seconds, the third round in 3.5, tied for the win in the sixth round with a time of 3.7 and won the seventh round in
a time of 3.9 seconds. Was the big money winner in the steer wrestling event at the Wrangler NFR, picking up $95,613; was the third highest money winner during Cowboy Christmas with $20,722; was the co-champion at the Pahrump (Nev.) Fall Festival Rodeo; won the Kitsap County Fair & Stampede (Bremerton, Wash.), the St. Paul (Ore.) Rodeo, the Greeley (Colo.) Independence Stampede, the Klamath Falls Great Northwest Pro Rodeo (Klamath Falls, Ore.), the Showdown Rodeo (Palmdale, Calif.), and the Kern County Sheriff Reserve Stampede Days Rodeo (Bakersfield, Calif.); finished second at the Pace Picante ProRodeo Chute-out (Tulsa, Okla.), won the Wrangler ProRodeo Tour Round at the Laughlin (Nev.) River Stampede and won the Wrangler ProRodeo Tour Round and average title at the San Angelo (Texas) Stock Show and Rodeo. Awards PRCA Overall and Steer wrestling Resistol Rookie of the Year, 2000. Amateur California high school all-around, steer wrestling and team roping champion, 1998; Steer wrestling champion, 1996. Personal 6-0, 235 ... wife, Lindsay (barrel racer), son Mark Cade (calls him Cade-born June 7, 2008) ... Hobbies include ranching, training horses, fishing and hunting, playing golf ... Diagnosed with Type II diabetes when he was 18 years old ... Continues to compete and uses an insulin pen to get his insulin ... Parents are John and Brandy ... He and his family survived a wreck in March 2002, when their rig hit a patch of ice and slid off the road ... At the 2003 Redding (Calif.) Rodeo, both Luke and his brother Casey won event titles ... Has an older brother, Tony, who works on the ranch and is a substitute teacher at a grammar school ... At the 2005 Wrangler NFR, he helped call the action for ProRodeo Radio. |
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