Professional
2009 Toughest Cowboy
• Tournament 1 – Placed 9th with 185 points.
• Tournament 2 – Placed 1st with 246 points.
• Tournament 3 – Placed 9th with 179 points. Received a bye from the Knockout Round based on previous weeks tournament win.
• Tournament 4 – Placed 4th with 215 points.
• Quarter-Final Playoffs – Placed 4th with 204 points.
• Semi-Final Playoffs – Placed 5th with 195 points.
• Finals – Placed 1st with 472 points on six head. Crowned 2009 Toughest Cowboy Champion.

2008 Toughest Cowboy
• Finished the season in 5th place.
 
2007 Toughest Cowboy
• Finished the season in 1st place. Was crowned the Toughest Cowboy Champion for the Inaugural season.

Career Highlights
• 2006 – Set a new bull riding record at the College National Finals Rodeo with a score of 91 points; also qualified for the College National Finals in 2004 and 2005.
• 2004 –.Won the Prairie Circuit all-around and rookie honors. Qualified for the Dodge National Circuit Finals Rodeo.

Personal
Bachelors degree in business management from Southwestern Oklahoma State (Weatherford)…Single…Hobbies include building houses...Got involved in rodeo through his family…Fourth generation cowboy, grandfather rode bulls with a bronc saddle…Began competing in Cutting Horse competitions…Switched to rodeo where he competed in seven different events…Father, Robert, is a rancher and mother, Amy Delle Lawson works for a newspaper…Oldest brother is Lee (29) and he is a lawyer in Kingsville, Texas…Sister, Melissa is a chemical engineer…Stepmom is Staci and stepdad is Wayne…Has a half-brother, Will and a stepsister, Hali…Graduated from Charlotte High School where he competed in football and wrestling…Favorite food is mom’s spaghetti or biscuits…Favorite movie is Lonesome Dove and All the Pretty Horses…Favorite sport other than rodeo is wrestling…Favorite sports team is the Florida Gators…Favorite music is country and most of the Don William songs…Regular workout routine consists of lifting weights, running and riding horses…Speaks a little Spanish…After rodeo he wants to build houses for a living…Rodeo heroes are all the greats, his dad, Larry Mahan and Ty Murray.