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Rider bucking bareback odds Neosho’s Fennell, returning from an injury, ranks sixth in bareback riding He competed in amateur rodeos for about five years before heading into the professional ranks, where he has been for the past 15 seasons.
Fennell attended two colleges on full-ride rodeo scholarships. He started at Vernon Regional Junior College, Vernon, Texas, where he was a member of the national champion men’s rodeo team. Then he transferred to Southwestern Oklahoma State University at Weatherford. However, he opted to join the PRCA circuit full-time rather than complete his degree. Fennell’s wife, Julie, a personal trainer, is owner of Team Fit Studio in Neosho. “She burned out a long time ago in going to rodeos with me,” said Fennell, whose results can be tracked on his Web site at www.dvfennell.wordpress.com. Fennell said he has never entertained thoughts of any other kind of work. “I have never thought of anything else as a serious career,” he said. “A lot of the rodeo cowboys hang it up by the time they turn 35 but I figure I have four or five years left.” 
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