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Josh Frost competing at the South Point Las Vegas Tuff Hedeman Bull Riding Tour event
Checking one personal goal off his professional cowboy checklist, Josh Frost, the number 10th ranked bull rider qualified for the 2019 National Finals Rodeo, will arrive in Las Vegas, having already won one of the most prestigious awards of the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association.
Before diving into the journey of his first NFR appearance, it should be noted he won four All-Around Cowboy titles this season and six bull ridings on his way to his first NFR appearance and picked up some additional hardware along the way.
Frost of Randlett, Utah, is the 2019 PRCA's Linderman award recipient. Eligibility for the Linderman award requires earning at least $1,000 in three events, and of those three, one rough stock and one-timed event is expected.
“It has been one of my goals for a while to win the Linderman,” said Frost, 24. “It’s a prestigious award. I have (tie-down) roped my whole life, but I was never able to qualify (for the Linderman) with my steer wrestling. But I practiced a bunch this winter, and it made a difference, and I got qualified for steer wrestling in the summer,” Frost told Prorodeo.com following the announcement.
In addition to the 119,561, the younger of the Frost bull-riding brothers earned $2,067 in steer wrestling and $8,281 in tie-down roping.
“Winning this award is not something very many people can do,” Josh said. “You really have to be a cowboy to not only compete, but to win money on both ends of the arena. In my mind, you have to be the ultimate cowboy to be able to be successful in the rough stock and timed events.”
The Linderman Award, named after ProRodeo Hall of Fame cowboy Bill Linderman, recognizes cowboys who perform at both ends of the arena. Frost’s brother Joe also won the award in 2014.
Josh, Joe Frost and Eli Vastbinder on the back of the chutes at the Bossier THBRT
But back to why he will be in Las Vegas and how he got to the big show.
The 2013 Utah High School Rodeo Finals Champion competed in 114 rodeos this season, winning money in 48 or 42%. Born in Roosevelt, Utah, the 24 cowboys joined the PRCA in 2015 and has PRCA Career Earnings of $191,900.00.
It may have taken Josh four years to qualify for the NFR, but that was time well spent on his education and representing Oklahoma Panhandle State University (Goodwell, Okla.) on their rodeo team, including playing a pivotal role in the 2017 National Team Championship at the college finals. Frost, who graduated in 2017, was a highly rated cowboy recruit who competed in four events for the infamous rodeo team and planned a future for himself after competing to teach Ag, and coach wrestling.
Josh Frost was a member of the CNFR 2017 College National Championship team
"Panhandle has been a big part of my life, both with my education and rodeo. It's just a great place to be," Frost said.
Frost frequently competed on the Tuff Hedeman Bull Riding Tour after turning pro in 2013 and with his experience and pedigree, he and Hedeman should have plenty to talk about in the locker room and on the back of the chutes..
If you are new to the rodeo culture, you should know Frost is a third-generation PRCA cowboy, his grandfather and father were PRCA members as well as his great-uncle, Clyde who led the family’s dominance in rodeo when he competed at the first NFR in 1959. Josh’s brother, Joe Frost, is a three-time NFR qualifier for bull riding, and yes, Josh’s second-cousin is the late Lane Frost, a five-time NFR qualifier and world champion bull rider who was featured in the movie “8 Seconds”.
Josh Frost making a clean get away from the Arkansas Flash with help from bullfighter Bryce Redo at the THBRT event in El Paso, Texas