2018 Media Guide - Cowboys

Kan.). Finished 13th in the world standings with $115,498 ★ ★ 2014: (Partner Jake Smith)Won the Longview (Texas) PRCA Rodeo and the Drummond (Mont.) PRCA Rodeo; finished 41st in the world standings with $27,647 ★ ★ 2013: (Partner Jake Smith) Won the Farm-City ProRodeo (Hermiston, Ore.), the Livingston (Mont.) Roundup and the Breckenridge (Colo.) PRCA ProRodeo. Co-champion at the Guadalupe County & PRCA Rodeo (Seguin, Texas) and the State Fair of Louisiana (Shreveport). Finished 28th in the world standings with $40,059 ★ ★ 2012: (Partner Jake Smith) On PRCA permit, won the Mesquite (Texas) Pro Rodeo Series on June 23, July 21 and Aug. 18 Amateur Finished fourth in the National High School Finals Rodeo team roping in 2010, with his brother Jake Smith Personal 5-11, 155 … Single … Father, Mark, is a horse trainer in Broken Bow, Okla., and he was a roper; mother, Tammy, is a third-grade teacher …Younger brother, Jake …Youngest brother, Britt, is also a roper and he won a truck at an amateur event … Clay and his brothers got their start in rodeo from their father … Appeared on“The Tonight Show” with Jay Leno when he was 7 years old with his brother Jake to talk about their love of roping … Clay is named after seven-time world champion team roper and ProRodeo Hall of Famer Clay O’Brien Cooper, who also is his rodeo idol …When Clay isn’t rodeoing, he’s training horses … Listens to all type of music, but specifically likes old country music and Merle Haggard … Favorite sports teams are the Texas Rangers and Oklahoma City Thunder … Favorite TV show is“Shark Tank”… Favorite movie is“Quigley Down Under”

Garrett Smith

Bull riding, steer wrestling

Events:

5th (BR)

2017 world standings place: 2017 NFR standings place:

8th

$55,904 $260,143 $526,957

2017 NFR earnings: 2017 earnings: Career earnings:

Jan. 20, 1995, in Rexburg, Idaho

Born:

Rexburg, Idaho

Residence: Joined PRCA: World titles:

2014

0

2 (2016-17)

Wrangler NFR qualifications:

1 (2016)

RNCFR qualifications:

Oklahoma Panhandle StateUniversity (Goodwell)

Education:

Professional 2017 Highlights ★ ★ Won the Washington (Puyallup) State Fair Pro Rodeo ★ ★ Won the Deadwood (S.D.) Days of ‘76 Rodeo ★ ★ Won the Ponoka (Alberta) Stampede ★ ★ Won the Strathmore (Alberta) Stampede ★ ★ Won the Mountain Valley Stampede (Heber City, Utah) ★ ★ Won the Medicine Hat (Alberta) Stampede ★ ★ Won the Rodeo Corpus Christi (Texas) ★ ★ Won the War Bonnet Roundup Rodeo (Idaho Falls, Idaho) ★ ★ Won the Clark County Fair & Rodeo (Logandale, Nev.) ★ ★ Won the That Famous Preston (Idaho) Night Rodeo ★ ★ Won the Central Montana RAM Pro Rodeo (Lewiston) ★ ★ Won the Pincher Creek (Alberta) Pro Rodeo ★ ★ Won the Amargosa Days PRCA Rodeo (Amargosa Valley, Nev.) Career Highlights

★ ★ 2016: Won Round 10 and placed in two rounds to rank fifth at theWrangler NFR. Finished fifth in the world standings with $171,698. Won the St. Paul (Ore.) Rodeo. Won the Fallon County Fair & Rodeo (Baker, Mont.), the all-around at the ABC Pro Rodeo (Lubbock, Texas), the Mother Lode Round-Up (Sonora, Calif.), the Canyonlands PRCA Rodeo (Moab, Utah), the Eagle (Idaho) Rodeo, the Gooding (Idaho) Pro Rodeo and the Iron County Fair and Rodeo (Parowan, Utah). Co-champion at the Pony Express Rodeo (Eagle Mountain, Utah) ★ ★ 2015: Won the Clovis (Calif.) Rodeo, the Strathmore (Alberta) Stampede, and the Colorado State Fair & Rodeo (Pueblo). Won the bull riding and all-around at the Cedar City (Utah) PRCA Rodeo. Co-champion at That Famous Preston (Idaho) Night Rodeo. Co-champion in bull riding and won the all-around at the War Bonnet Roundup Rodeo (Idaho Falls, Idaho). Co-champion in steer wrestling and won the all-around at the YMBL Championship Rodeo (Beaumont, Texas). Won the all-around at the Farm-City Pro Rodeo (Hermiston, Ore.). Finished 22nd in the world standings with $51,026 ★ ★ 2014: Won the Big Sky ProRodeo Roundup (Great Falls, Mont.); co-champion at the Cherokee (Iowa) Chamber PRCA rodeo and the Hugo (Okla.) PRCA Rodeo. Finished third in the rookie standings behind Sage Kimzey and Tanner Bothwell. Finished 43rd in the world standings with $30,428

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