Former Sheridan College Saddle Bronc Rider Zeke Thurston Wins 4th World Championship At 2023 NFR

A former Sheridan College Saddle Bronc Rider has done it again!

Zeke Thurston, who rode for the Sheridan College Rodeo program from fall 2012 until spring 2014, won his 4th PRCA world championship in the saddle bronc riding event, and 2nd in a row, at the 2023 National Finals Rodeo in Las Vegas, Nevada.

The other 2 world championships were won in 2016 and 2019.

He placed in the top 6 in every round of the 2023 10-round NFR, except for round 3 and 6, which earned him a paycheck in those rounds, and won the aggregate as well, to win the 2023 championship by more than $58,000 ahead of the next closest competitor.

Thurston’s winnings for 2023 was $456,356.41.

He finished in a tie for 1st and 2nd in round 1, a tie for 3rd, 4th and 5th in round 2, a tie for 4th and 5th in round 4, won round 5, a tie for 5th and 6th in round 7, a tie for 1st, 2nd and 3rd in round 8, won round 9 and a tie for 6th and 7th in round 10.

Thurston competed in the College National Finals Rodeo in 2013 and 2014, while at Sheridan College.