The 2025 Breakaway Resistol Rookie of the Year race is heating up, with No. 1 Haiden Thompson taking a huge leap in July to top the field.
But Thompson’s not the only rookie out there paying her dues and learning the ProRodeo ropes — let’s take a look at some of the others out there grinding it out.
10. Grace Perez
Total earnings: $10,001
July earnings: $1,725
- California Rodeo Salinas, Salinas, CA, $266
- Gunnison Cattlemen’s Days, Gunnison, CO, $1,398
- Folsom Pro Rodeo, Folsom, CA, $61
9. Tori Brower
Total earnings: $11,092
July earnings: $2,707
- Burke Stampede Rodeo Breakaway, Burke, SD, $2,707
8. Teryn McWhirter
Total earnings: $11,575
July earnings: N/A
McWhirter didn’t strike in July, but picked up a total of $4,726 at three rodeos in June.
7. Brylee Smith
Total earnings: $12,109
July earnings: $6,328
- Killdeer Mountain Roundup, Killdeer, ND, $3,597
- Western Stampede, West Jordan, UT, $554
- Spanish Fork Fiesta Days, Spanish Fork, UT, $2,177
6. Hannah Phillips
Total earnings: $13,211
July earnings: $1,658
- Mesquite Championship Rodeo, Mesquite, TX, $101
- Belton 4th Rodeo, Belton, TX, $1,557
5. Ali Norcutt
Total earnings: $15,037
July earnings: $1,836
- World’s Oldest Rodeo, Prescott, AZ, $1,836
4. Hannah Giger
Total earnings: $20,673
July earnings: $8,089
- Cheyenne Frontier Days, Cheyenne, WY, $8,089
3. Emilee Charlesworth
Total earnings: $23,504
July earnings: $14,124
- Big Fork Summer Pro Rodeo, Bigfork, MT, $3,187
- St. Paul Rodeo, St. Paul, OR, $4,145
- Basin City Freedom Rodeo, Basin City, WA, $892
- Toppenish Rodeo, Toppenish, WA, $693
- Rooftop Rodeo, Estes Park, CO, $1,965
- California Rodeo Salinas, Salinas, CA, $577
- Cheyenne Frontier Days, Cheyenne, WY, $180
- Spanish Fork Fiesta Days, Spanish Fork, UT, $2,485
2. Brooke Bruner
Total earnings: $25,161
July earnings: $5,333
- Spanish Fork Fiesta Days, Spanish Fork, UT, $2,177
- Cheyenne Frontier Days, Cheyenne, WY, $3,156
- Ogden Pioneer Days, Ogden, UT, $1,405
1. Haiden Thompson
Total earnings: $50,396
July earnings: $40,781
- Rooftop Rodeo, Estes Park, CO, $4,249
- World’s Oldest Rodeo, Prescott, AZ, $184
- Home of Champions Rodeo, Red Lodge, MT, $833
- Oakley City Rodeo, Oakley City, UT, $3,908
- Black Hills Roundup, Belle Fourche, SD, $3,650
- Sheridan WYO Rodeo, Sheridan, WY, $2,239
- Central Wyoming Fair and Rodeo, Casper, WY, $7,122
- Spanish Fork Fiesta Days, Spanish Fork, UT, $3,645
- Gunnison Cattlemen’s Days, Gunnison, CO, $3,290
- Cheyenne Frontier Days, Cheyenne, WY, $4,142
- Sheridan County Fair & Rodeo, Gordon NE, $330
- Deadwood Days of 76, Deadwood, SD, $2,220
- Ogden Pioneer Days, Ogden, UT, $4,969
