2020 Media Guide - PRORODEO Cowboys

★ 2006: (PartnerWaltWoodard)Was the regular-season leader with $93,075 andwon his first world title after placing in six rounds and ranking fifth in the average at theWrangler NFR withWoodard for a total of $152,251. He shared the world title with Allen Bach, who won themost money among team roping heeling for the 2006 season.WonThe Qualifier at the Fort (Fort Collins, Colo.); the ProRodeoTour Summer Finale (Omaha, Neb.); the Norco (Calif.) Mounted Posse Rodeo; the Caldwell (Idaho) Night Rodeo; theWar Bonnet Roundup Rodeo (Idaho Falls, Idaho); the Big Sky Pro Rodeo Roundup (Great Falls, Mont.); the Greeley (Colo.) Independence Stampede; theWrangler ProRodeoTour Round and average titles at the San Antonio (Texas) Stock Show and Rodeo and the Dixie National Rodeo (Jackson, Miss.). Won theWilliams (Ariz.) Labor Day PRCA Rodeo, with Dylan Frost ★ 2005: Won the RAMNational Circuit Finals Rodeo (Pocatello, Idaho), with RubeWoolsey; won the San Bernardino (Calif.) Sheriff’s PRCA Rodeo, withTravisWoodard, and the Cache County Fair and Rodeo (Logan, Mont.), with Jett Hillman. Finished 26th in the worldwith $28,155 Awards Horse Nicks Rocket Rojo (Nickolas) named AQHA Team Roping Heading Horse of the Year, 2006; 2019 Canadian Champion Team Roping Header Personal 6-1, 175 …Wife, Kim; daughters, Megan, Jessica, Aubrie and Ashlie; sons, Cody, Logan and Porter … Hobbies include playing basketball and roping with his kids … Got involved in rodeo through his family. Parents are Bill and Marci, and he has four brothers – Steve, Dole, Kit and J.C….2000 World Champion Bull Rider Cody Hancock is his first cousin … Owned a flooring and tile company in Queen Creek, Ariz., for 10 years before he sold it to hit the rodeo trail full time in 2006 … Favorite food is his wife’s beef, potatoes and gravy, followed by Costco pepperoni pizza

Caleb Smidt

Tie-down Roping

Event:

2019 world standings place: 7th 2019 Wrangler NFR standings place: 6 th 2019 Wrangler NFR earnings:

$65,000 $196,900 $1,310,560

2019 earnings: Career earnings:

Aug. 29, 1989, in Victoria, Texas

Born:

Huntsville, Texas

Residence: Joined PRCA: World titles:

2012

2 (2015, 2018) 6 (2013, 2015-19) 2 (2015, 2018)

Wrangler NFR qualifications: Wrangler NFR average titles:

Wharton County (Texas) Junior College and Sam Houston State University (Huntsville, Texas), bachelor’s degree in agricultural business

Education:

Professional 2019Highlights ★ Finished seventh in the world standings with $196,900. He placed in three rounds at theWrangler NFR and finished sixth in the average ★ WonThe American (Arlington,Texas) ★ Won the SheridanWYO Rodeo ★ Won the Greeley (Colo.) Stampede

PRORODEO COWBOYS

★ Won the Snake River Stampede (Nampa, Idaho) ★ Won the Kansas (Phillipsburg) Biggest Rodeo ★ Won theTri-State Rodeo (Fort Madison, Iowa) ★ Won theTri-State Rodeo Cinch Shoot-Out (Fort Madison, Iowa)

Career Highlights ★ 2018: Placed insixrounds, includingwinningRound1ashewentontowinhissecondworldchampionship,finishingthe seasonwith$232,817.HealsowontheWranglerNFRaverageforthesecondtime inhiscareerwithan83.7-secondtime on10head.Heearned$142,846attheWranglerNFR,themostofanytie-downroperatthe2018WranglerNFR.Wonthe all-aroundandtie-downropingatthePasadena (Texas)LivestockShow&Rodeo.WontheDodgeCity(Kan.)Roundup Rodeo,theRodeodeSantaFe (N.M.),theGreeley (Colo.)Stampede,theRooftopRodeo(EstesPark,Colo.),theRodeo CorpusChristi(Texas)andtheDixieNationalRodeo (Jackson,Miss.).Co-championattheLivingston (Mont.)Roundupand theMatagordaCountyFair&Rodeo(BayCity,Texas) ★ 2017: Finishedfifth inthetie-downropingworldstandingswith$209,098.Heplaced infourroundsattheWranglerNFR andsplitthewin inRound8.Earned$66,904atWranglerNFR.finishedseventh intheall-aroundworldstandings.Wonthe all-aroundandtie-downropingatRopinDreamsCowboyFellowshipPRCARodeo (Jourdanton,Texas).Wonthe all-aroundandco-champion intie-downropingattheCody (Wyo.)Stampede.Wontheall-aroundattheSpanishFork (Utah)FiestaDaysRodeo,theParkerCountySherriff’sPosseFrontierDaysandPRCARodeo(Weatherford,Texas),the

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