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2017 ProRodeo Top Cowboys (continued) ★ ★ 2013: Won the bull riding at the Rotary Classic Rodeo (Starkville, Miss.); the Salmon (Idaho) Stampede PRCA Rodeo and the Lincoln County Fair Rodeo (Afton,Wyo.); won the all-around and bull riding at the Black Diamond Legends Rodeo (Price, Utah). Earned $15,358 on his permit Amateur Won the all-around title at the National High School Finals Rodeo (Rock Springs, Wyo.) a record three times, 2011-13; won the Idaho High School Rodeo all-around championship four times Personal 5-9, 165 … Single … Father, Lynn, was a rodeo pickup man and mother, Valorie, was a timer; older brother, Wyatt, qualified for the Wrangler NFR as a steer wrestler in 2014 (Garrett hazed for him in rounds 6-10); younger brother, Payson, competes in junior rodeo … Grew up training horses and practiced with his brothers in the arena just outside the family house … Home-schooled all the way through high school … Enjoys playing golf … As a member of the Idaho Project Filter Team he has worked with area youth to encourage them to make good choices and stay off drugs and tobacco … Rodeo idol growing up was Ty Murray … Favorite movie is“The Longest Yard”with Adam Sandler

Hayes Smith

Team roping

Event:

18th

2017 world standings place:

$61,949 $85,445

2017 earnings: Career earnings:

May 20, 1993, in Medford, Ore.

Born:

Central Point, Ore.

Residence: Joined PRCA: World titles:

2015

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Wrangler NFR qualifications:

Professional 2017 Highlights ★ ★ Won the Washington (Puyallup) State Fair Pro Rodeo, with Clint Summers ★ ★ Won the RAM Columbia River Circuit Finals Rodeo (Yakima, Wash.) with Russell Cardoza ★ ★ Won the Avi River Stampede PRCA Rodeo (Fort Mohave, Ariz.) with Bruce Reidhead ★ ★ Won the Central Point (Ore.) Wild Rogue Pro Rodeo with Clay O’Brien Cooper

★ ★ Won the Fallon County Fair & Rodeo (Baker, Mont.), Justin Davis ★ ★ Won the Farm-City Rodeo (Hermiston, Ore.), with Justin Davis ★ ★ Won the War Bonnet Roundup Rodeo (Idaho Falls, Idaho), with Justin Davis Career Highlights ★ ★ 2016: Won the Spokane (Wash.) Interstate Rodeo with B.J. Campbell. Split the win at the Central Point (Ore.) Wild Rogue Pro Rodeo with C.J. Cash. Finished 70th in the world standings with $17,422. ★ ★ 2015: Ranked 179th in the world standings with $5,218. Amateur Won the Texas Tech College Rodeo (Lubbock) in 2011 Personal 6-2, 175 … Parents Don Elms and Melissa Smith, brother Riley … Got into rodeo when he was 7 years old because his dad ropes … Describes his roping style as“a little on edge”… Central Point, Ore., is his favorite rodeo because he won is two years in a row (2016-17) … Looks up to seven-time world champion Clay O’Brien Cooper … Played baseball, basketball, and football while attending Crater High School in Central Point, Ore., where he graduated in 2011 with a class of 40 students … Hayes and his dad both shoe horses for a living, and his mom is a dental assistant at a veteran’s hospital … Enjoys roping, salmon fishing, playing cards, and golfing … Is a fan of the Denver Broncos … Listens to Chris LeDoux … Favorite food is sushi

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