{"id":294843,"date":"2026-05-15T18:14:21","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T18:14:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/294843\/"},"modified":"2026-05-15T18:14:21","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T18:14:21","slug":"athlete-of-the-week-noah-lee-rides-the-wave-of-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/294843\/","title":{"rendered":"Athlete of the Week: Noah Lee Rides the Wave of Success"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"inline-text-0\" class=\"mt-[18px] md:mt-0 mb-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5r\">Noah Lee has had a remarkable start to his rookie season. From the moment he stepped into the PRCA Lee found success and he hasn&#8217;t let off the gas since. <\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-1\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5u\">He kicked off his professional career with a win in Guthrie, Oklahoma at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/fannation\/rodeo\/news\/two-18-year-old-cowboys-land-top-bullnanza\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">BULLNANZA<\/a> with a 90.5-point ride, and in the last few months, he has repeatedly found himself at the top of leaderboards across the circuit. <\/p>\n<p>Rodeo Corpus Christi <\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-3\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"60\">The year 2026 marked Rodeo Corpus Christi&#8217;s return to hosting the event as a PRCA sanctioned rodeo. &#8220;Buc Days&#8221;, which were held May 5-9 at Hilliard Center, crowned its champions Saturday evening, awarding each winner a surfboard along with their share of the $350,000 in added money across the seven rodeo events. <\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-4\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"63\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/fannation\/rodeo\/news\/bull-rider-noah-lee-striving-first-nfr-qualification-rookie-year-title\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lee<\/a> started his weekend out in Corpus Christi with an 86.5-point ride on Double J Rodeo Company&#8217;s Bridgewater. That ride took him to a third place finish in Round 1 adding $3,485 to his season earnings. <\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-5\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"66\">His 86.5 also advanced him to the finals, where he matched up against Frontier Rodeo&#8217;s Ray Lewis. Lee&#8217;s ride in the finals resulted in an 86-point ride, taking home the Rodeo Corpus Christi surfboard and extending his lead in the Resistol Rookie Race. <\/p>\n<p>East Texas Rodeos<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-7\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6c\">In between rounds at Corpus Christi, Lee headed over to East Texas for the Crockett Lions Club PRCA Rodeo and Panola County Cattlemen&#8217;s ProRodeo. <\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-8\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6f\">In Crockett, Lee went head-to-head with Andrews Rodeo&#8217;s Loaded Dice for fifth place with 81 points. At the Panola County Cattlemen&#8217;s ProRodeo, Lee earned his seventh 90+ point ride of the season to get the rodeo win on Silver Creek Pro Rodeo&#8217;s Cat Wrangler.<\/p>\n<p>Resistol Rookie Race<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-10\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6l\">Since the beginning of February, the 18-year-old phenomenon has steadily climbed towards the top of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/fannation\/rodeo\/news\/prorodeo-rookies-rise-fort-worth-during-resistol-rookie-roundup\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Resistol Rookie<\/a> standings. After his win at the Cactus Jack Xtreme Bull Riding in Uvalde, Texas last week, Lee took over the number one spot in the rookie standings. <\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-11\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6o\">After his fantastic weekend in Texas, he extended his lead by over $20,000. The Mineral Wells cowboy is also ranked at the top of the world standings, currently sitting fourth as of May 11 and is leading the Texas circuit with $48,048.64. <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.minutemediacdn.com\/platform\/google_discover_icon.svg\" class=\"shrink-0\"\/>Add us as a preferred source on Google<a aria-label=\"Follow si.com on Google News\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=si.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" class=\"flex h-[30px] w-[30px] shrink-0 items-center justify-center rounded-full bg-primary font-group-large text-sm font-medium text-white transition-colors hover:bg-secondary focus:bg-secondary md:w-auto md:gap-2.5 md:px-4 md:py-[5px]\">Follow<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Noah Lee has had a remarkable start to his rookie season. 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