Events: Team Roping (Headers)
Born: 12/14/1967 Jacksonville, Fla.
Joined PRCA: 1986
PRCA Career Earnings: $2,024,004.00
World Titles Won: 8 (1997-2004)
WNFR Qualifications:15 (1988, 1994, 1996-2008)
Current Residence: De Leon, Texas

2011 World standings place: 213th
2011 earnings: $3,044
Wrangler NFR average titles: 1 (2001)
Tour Finale titles: 5
Winter Finale: 2006
Summer Finale: 2001 & 2003
Championship: 2006-07
Tour Finale qualifications: 14
Winter Finale: 2000-03, 2006
Summer Finale: 2001, 2004-05
Championship: 2003-08
DNCFR titles: 3 (AA 2001; TR 1995, 2003)
DNCFR qualifications: 11 (TR 1988-89, 1994-96, 1999-01, 2003; TD 1995-96)

Professional

Career Highlights
• 2010: Finished 151st in the world standings with $5,301
• 2009: Announced retirement in early March to concentrate on his match-roping business; finished 79th in the world standings with $11,367
• 2008: (Partner Allen Bach) Placed in five of 10 rounds of the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo; finished sixth in the world standings with $129,433. Became the 15th PRCA competitor to surpass $2 million in career earnings; won La Fiesta de los Vaqueros (Tucson, Ariz.); the Snake River Stampede (Nampa, Idaho); the Farm-City Pro Rodeo (Hermiston, Ore.); the Colorado State Fair Rodeo (Pueblo, Colo.); the Oakdale (Calif.) Saddle Club Rodeo and the Frontier Days Rodeo (Walla Walla, Wash.), setting an arena record of 15.3 seconds on three head
• 2007: (Partner Dean Tuftin) Won Round 8 of the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo and placed in two other rounds; finished seventh in the world with $128,957. Won the Ellensburg (Wash.) Rodeo; the Southwestern Exposition and Livestock Show (Fort Worth); the San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo; the Showdown Rodeo (Palmdale, Calif.); the Toppenish (Wash.) Pow-Wow and Rodeo; the Moses Lake (Wash.) Roundup and the Wrangler ProRodeo Tour Championship (Dallas)
• 2006: (Partner Clay O’Brien Cooper) Placed in four of 10 rounds at the Wrangler NFR and tied for first in the fifth round with a 4.0-second run; won $41,096 at the Finals and finished fifth in the world with $118,752; won the Wrangler ProRodeo Tour Championship (Dallas); the Cody (Wyo.) Stampede; RodeoHouston; the Bell County Youth Fair and Livestock Show and PRCA Rodeo (Belton, Texas)
• 2005: The 2005 Wrangler NFR marked the end of Williams’ long-standing partnership with Rich Skelton. They won the eighth round, tying the then arena record of 3.7 seconds, and won the 10th round with a 3.9-second run; placed in three other rounds, but fell short of extending their record eight-year run of world titles, finishing sixth in the world standings with $112,923; won the Horse Heaven Round-up (Kennewick, Wash.); the Home of Champions (Red Lodge, Mont.); the Days of ’47 Rodeo (Salt Lake City, Utah) and the SandHills Stock Show and Rodeo (Odessa, Texas)
• 2004: (Partner Rich Skelton) Won their eighth consecutive team roping world title with $150,247, setting a record for consecutive and most team roping world titles (1997-2004); placed in five of 10 rounds at the Wrangler NFR, winning Round 1 with a 4.2-second run, Round 5 in 4.4 seconds and tying for the round win in Round 9 with a 3.8-second run; finished fourth in the Wrangler NFR average and won $70,393; won Rodeo Austin (Texas); the Parker County Sheriff’s Posse Frontier Days Rodeo (Weatherford, Texas); the Oakley (Utah) Independence Day Rodeo; the World’s “Oldest” Rodeo (Prescott, Ariz.); the Days of ’47 Rodeo (Salt Lake City); the Caldwell (Idaho) Rodeo; the Colorado State Fair (Pueblo) and the Lewiston (Idaho) Round-Up
• 2003: (Partner Rich Skelton) Seventh consecutive gold buckle also tied the record for most world titles in team roping all time; set event earnings record for most money won in a year with $180,305. Shared win in Round 1 with a 4.6-second run at the Wrangler NFR; placed in five other rounds, finished third in the average and won $74,682 in Las Vegas; won the Summer Tour Finale (Omaha, Neb.); the Dodge National Circuit Finals Rodeo (Pocatello, Idaho); the National Western Rodeo (Denver); the Greeley (Colo.) Independence Stampede; the Cheyenne (Wyo.) Frontier Days Rodeo; the Ellensburg (Wash.) Rodeo and the Lewiston (Idaho) Round-up
• 2002: (Partner Rich Skelton) Set PRCA record with sixth consecutive team roping world title; placed in six rounds at the Wrangler NFR and finished sixth in the average to hold off Wade Wheatley/Kyle Lockett; won silver medallion at the Olympic Command Performance Rodeo (Farmington, Utah); regular-season team roping earnings leader; won the San Angelo (Texas) Stock Show & Rodeo; the Lea County Fair & Rodeo (Lovington, N.M.); the Molalla (Ore.) Buckeroo Rodeo and the Lewiston (Idaho) Round-up
• 2001: (Partner Rich Skelton) Tied the PRCA record for consecutive team roping world titles (five, Jake Barnes/Clay O’Brien Cooper); won Round 1 and placed in four other rounds on the way to winning Wrangler NFR team roping average title with a time of 92.8 seconds on 10 head; earned an event-best $66,521 in Las Vegas and finished the season with $165,190; won the Dodge National Circuit Finals Rodeo (Pocatello, Idaho); the Tour Championships (Dallas) and the Pikes Peak or Bust Rodeo (Colorado Springs, Colo.)
• 2000: (Partner Rich Skelton) Set team roping regular-season earnings record with $110,626 on the way to winning a fourth consecutive gold buckle; won Round 6, tied for first in Round 5 and placed in three other rounds on the way to finishing fifth in the average at the NFR and $60,054 in total earnings in Las Vegas; finished the year with $170,680; Winter Wrangler ProRodeo team roping points leader; won the Reno (Nev.) Rodeo; the Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo and the Black Hills Stock Show & Rodeo (Rapid City, S.D.)
• 1999: (Partner Rich Skelton) Broke a slew of records on the way to third consecutive title; set NFR team roping earnings record with $94,109 on the back of a Finals-record six go-round wins (2, 5, 6, 7, 9 and 10) and finished the year with a team roping season earnings record of $172,385. Won the Laughlin (Nev.) River Stampede; the Old Fort Days Rodeo (Fort Smith Ark.) and the West of the Pecos Rodeo (Pecos, Texas)
• 1998: (Partner Rich Skelton) Won second consecutive world title after another strong NFR, where he and Skelton tied the arena record with a 3.8-second run in Round 9; they also won Rounds 2 and 5 and placed in five other rounds to win an event-best $65,962 in Las Vegas; finished the year with $128,472; won California Rodeo Salinas
• 1997: (Partner Rich Skelton) Won his first gold buckle on the strength of an outstanding performance at the NFR; claimed outright wins in Rounds 1, 4 and 10 and tied for first in Rounds 3 and 9; placed in one other round and finished third in the average as Williams/Skelton won $56,770 each in Las Vegas, which was more than $15,000 better than average winners Bret Boatright and Kory Koontz, who had the second best total ($41,091); finished the year with $114,700; won the Pendleton (Ore.) Round-Up
• 1995: Won all-around title at the Dodge National Circuit Finals Rodeo (Pocatello, Idaho); the Southeastern Circuit Finals rodeo tie-down roping title
• Won the Texas Circuit team roping title, 1998-2000
• Won the Southeastern Circuit team roping title, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1994-95

Personal
5-11, 200…Wife, Jennifer; daughter, Hali Wren (born Dec. 14, 2003, which was Speed’s birthday and the day he won his seventh world title); son, Ken Gabriel (born Oct. 25, 2006)…Father Ken (deceased) and mother Bobbi…Began his team roping career as a heeler, making the switch to header against his father’s wishes…Produced the instructional DVDs, Team Roping for Kids – Volumes I & II, and maintains his own Web site, http://speedroping.com/