Team Roper, 3X Wrangler National Finals Rodeo Qualifier, 2015 Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association Resistol Rookie of the Year
Quinn Kesler was born and raised in the small town of Holden, Utah. He always knew he wanted to be a cowboy. From the time he was young he loved ropes and horses. Raised on The Double Dollar family ranch, it was a given Quinn was going to become involved with livestock.
Working alongside his family members led him to know that one day he wanted to be a “Professional Team Roper”. Quinn trained horses and started roping with his dad. He began entering junior rodeos and team roping’s which his family had been producing in the local area.
Quinn was the Utah High School Team Roping Champion in 2009, 2010 and 2011. He was also the high school calf roping champion in 2011 and qualified for the National High School Rodeo Finals four consecutive years. Quinn was active in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints earning his Eagle Scout award. He also served an honorable mission in Omaha, Nebraska.
Quinn qualified for the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo (NFR) three times – twice as a heeler (2016, 2018) and once as a header (2021). He is one of only ten cowboys to ever qualify at the National Finals for both heading and heeling in the team roping event. He was also named the 2015 Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association Resistol Rookie of the Year. While competing in the Wilderness Circuit, Quinn qualified for the RAM National Circuit Finals Rodeo in 2016 and 2019 as a heeler and 2020 and 2021 as a header. In 2022 He also qualified for the NFR Open powered by RAM.
Quinn was always learning and sought every opportunity to grow his skills and improve things around him. There is no way to count the number of quality horses he raised, trained, and sold as he helped build Double Dollar Livestock from the ground up.
By securing an NFR heading back number in 2021 Quinn Kesler joined the elite group of NFR switch-enders. Quinn definitely made his mark in history books as one of the finest team ropers to ever throw a loop!
Following his return from his mission, Quinn made the best catch of his life when he married Jessie Rae Hodson on August 8, 2015, in the LDS Salt Lake Temple. The couple met during high school rodeo and continued the shared hobby of rodeo throughout their marriage. They were overjoyed when their daughter, Quincy Rae, joined their family. Quincy was the highlight of Quinn’s life, and he was 100 percent invested from day one.
He eagerly volunteered to change diapers or arrange ponytails, and the duo quickly became inseparable. “Pretty girl”, as he called Quincy, was a constant at his side, and he rarely left her behind whether he was just going somewhere on the ranch, to a team roping, or a rodeo. His new role as a father was an influential turning point in his life, and he never experienced greater joy or success than when he was with Quincy and Jessie.
Quinn served as a father figure, mentor, and friend to many. Just as he used to attract a crowd when he was roping Quinn had the innate ability to draw people in. That was the only time he ever threw his rope wide, to gather as many people as he could. He was kind and made everyone feel welcome, he also had a personal touch that made you feel like you were his favorite. Quinn established many one-on-one relationships that will be cherished by anyone privileged to know him. Among his family, he earned hands-down the title of “favorite uncle” from his adoring nieces and nephews and “platinum child” from his siblings.
He was a gifted athlete that excelled in the sport of team-roping, accomplishing what few men have by being an elite header and heeler. Quinn is highly deserving of the recognition of joining the Utah Cowboy Hall of Fame.