Rodeo profile: Sherry Cervi

link Sherry CerviEditor’s note: This is the third in a series of profiles of contestants scheduled to appear in the 44th Pioneer Days Rodeo on Friday through Sunday at the Curry County Events Center.

Sherry Cervi

Event: Barrel racing

Born: Sept. 17, 1975, in Tucson, Arizona

Joined WPRA: 1986

2014 World standings: 17th

2014 earnings: $23,753

World titles: 1995, 1999, 2010, 2013

Wrangler NFR average titles: 3

Wrangler NFR qualifications: 16

Residence: Marana, Arizona

Career earnings: $2.5 million

Noteworthy — Cervi is a four-time world champion and winningest barrel racer of all-time ... Co-champion of Pioneers Day Rodeo in 2008 ... Daughter-in-law of former PRCA Board of Directors member Mike Cervi, who served as a Stock Contracting Director. Was married for six years to team roper Mike Cervi Jr., who was killed with two other men in a private plane crash near Marshfield, Wisconsin, in September 2001 ... Trains barrel horses ... Favorite sports team is the University of Arizona basketball team ... She was an all-conference basketball player as a senior at Marana (Ariz.) High School … Hobbies include shopping and traveling

Source: http://www.wpra.com

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