2020 Media Guide - PRORODEO Cowboys

2019 ProRodeo Top Cowboys (continued) Amateur Finished fourth in the National High School Finals Rodeo team roping in 2010, with his brother Jake Smith Personal 5-11, 155 …married, wife, Taylor; son, Jade O’Brien Cooper (April 23, 2018) … 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 … In 2009, Clay and Jake won the U.S. Team Roping Finals in Oklahoma City and earned $141,000 …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

Event:

2019 world standings place: 10 th 2019 Wrangler NFR standings place: 12 th 2019 Wrangler NFR earnings:

$47,795 $171,769 $776,798

2019 earnings: Career earnings:

Jan. 20, 1995, in Rexburg, Idaho

Born:

Rexburg, Idaho

Residence: Joined PRCA: World titles:

2014

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3 (2016-17, 2019)

Wrangler NFR qualifications:

Oklahoma Panhandle State University

Education:

Professional 2019Highlights ★ Finished 10th in the world standings with $171,769. He won Round 2 and placed in two rounds at theWrangler NFR, finishing 12th in the average after earning $47,795 ★ Won the Sheriff’s PRCA Rodeo (San Bernardino, Calif.) ★ Won the RAMNational Circuit Finals Rodeo (Kissimmee, Fla.)

★ Won theWilliams Lake (Alberta) Stampede ★ Won the Fort Herriman (Utah) PRCA Rodeo ★ Won the Eagle (Idaho) Rodeo ★ Won the Sioux Falls (S.D.) Premier Rodeo ★ Won the Division 2 Qualifying Event Xtreme Bulls ★ Won the Poway (Calif.) Rodeo ★ Won theYoung Living’s Last Chance Rodeo (Mona, Utah) ★ Co-champion at the Home of the Champions Rodeo (Red Lodge, Mont.)

Career Highlights ★ 2018: Won the Eagle (Idaho) Rodeo, the Last Chance Stampede (Helena, Mont.), the Crystal Springs Rodeo Xtreme Bulls (Clear Lake, S.D.), theWar Bonnet Roundup Rodeo (Idaho Falls, Idaho), the Cache County Fair and Rodeo (Logan, Utah) and the Cassia County Fair & Rodeo (Burley, Idaho). Co-champion at theMountainValley Stampede (Heber City, Utah) and theMissoula (Mont.) Stampede Xtreme Bulls ★ 2017: Won Round 2 and placed in two rounds at theWrangler NFR to placed eighth in the average with 252.5 points on three head and ranked fifth in the worldwith $260,143.Won theWashington (Puyallup) State Fair Pro Rodeo, the Deadwood (S.D.) Days of 76 Rodeo, the Ponoka (Alberta) Stampede, the Strathmore (Alberta) Stampede, theMountain Valley Stampede (Heber City, Utah), theMedicine Hat (Alberta) Stampede, the Rodeo Corpus Christi (Texas), theWar Bonnet Roundup Rodeo (Idaho Falls, Idaho), the Clark County Fair & Rodeo (Logandale, Nev.), theThat Famous Preston (Idaho) Night Rodeo, the Central Montana (Lewiston) RAMPro Rodeo, the Pincher Creek (Alberta) Pro Rodeo and the Amargosa Days PRCA Rodeo (AmargosaValley, Nev.) ★ 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), theMother 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 (EagleMountain, Utah)

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