COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - Four rodeo contestants with a total of seven world championships and 56 Wrangler National Finals Rodeo qualifications head the 2008 induction class which will enter the ProRodeo Hall of Fame at 10 a.m. July 12 in Colorado Springs, Colo.

All-around cowboy Paul Tierney, of Oral, saddle bronc rider and Eagle Butte native Tom Reeves, now of Ranger, Texas, team roper Bobby Hurley, of Clarksville, Ark. and late steer roper Shaun Burchett, of Pryor, Okla., were all voted in by the ProRodeo Hall of Fame Selection Committee.

Tierney, 56, was the world champion tie-down roper in 1979 and then put together an even better season in 1980 to end Tom Ferguson's six-year reign as all-around champion and become the second rodeo cowboy to surpass $100,000 in earnings during a single season. He was the reserve all-around champion in both 1977 and 1979, finishing second both times to Ferguson, and was fourth in 1981 behind Jimmie Cooper, Roy Cooper and Ferguson.

Seven times Tierney rated among the top 10 all-around cowboys before retiring in the late 1980s after suffering a ruptured disc in his back. He had nine NFR tie-down qualifications (1977-82, 1984-86) and five in steer wrestling (1977, 1979-81, 1984).

Reeves, the 2001 World Champion Saddle Bronc Rider and 18-time NFR qualifier, received the ProRodeo Hall of Fame Mentoring Award in 2007 after taking Ranger (Texas) College to the College National Finals Rodeo men's title in his second season as coach.

As a competitor, Reeves qualified for the first 18 NFRs held in Las Vegas (1985-2002), six times finishing among the top four in the world. Only Billy Etbauer has more NFR qualifications with 19. Reeves, 43, also earned a silver medallion for finishing second at the 2002 Olympic Command Performance Rodeo in Farmington, Utah, while serving as captain for the gold medal-winning United States team. He retired in 2005 with career earnings of $1,745,962, putting him 20th on the all-time list entering the 2008 season.