PRCA Media Guide - Cowboys Part 2

Amateur College National Finals Rodeo all-around champion and tie-down roping reserve champion while at Wharton County (Texas) Junior College, 2010. Texas high school tie-down roping champion, 2008, and reserve champion that year at the National High School Finals Rodeo Personal 6-0, 155 …Wife, Brenna (married Nov. 2, 2013), is an accountant; son, Cru … Father, Randy Smidt, works at a feed lot in Gonzales, Texas, and mother, Denise, is a home health nurse; he has one older brother, Aaron … Enjoys hunting … Earned his degree in agricultural business from Sam Houston State University in December 2012 … Graduated from Yorktown (Texas) High School in 2008

Clay Smith

Team roping (heading), tie-down roping

Events:

2018 world standings place: 1 st 2018 Wrangler NFR standings place: 3 rd 2018 Wrangler NFR earnings:

$174,577 $289,921 $919,435

2018 earnings: Career earnings:

April 26, 1991, in Texarkana, Texas

Born:

Broken Bow, Okla.

Residence: Joined PRCA: World titles:

2013

1 (2018)

4 (2015-18)

Wrangler NFR qualifications:

Professional 2018 Highlights – partner Paul Eaves

★ ★ Won his first team roping heading world championship at the Wrangler NFR after finishing with a single-season record of $289,921. Placed third in the average at the Wrangler NFR with 34.4 seconds on eight head, earning

$174,577. Placed in seven rounds. Won Rounds 2 and 5 ★ ★ Won the All American ProRodeo Finals (Waco, Texas) ★ ★ Won the San Angelo (Texas) Rodeo ★ ★ Won the RAM Texas (Waco) Circuit Finals ★ ★ Won the Old Fort Days Rodeo (Fort Smith, Ark.) ★ ★ Won the Mineral Wells (Texas) Rodeo ★ ★ Won the XIT Rodeo & Reunion (Dalhart, Texas)

Career Highlights ★ ★ 2017: (Partner Paul Eaves) Finished fifth in the world standings with $197,556. Finished 9th at the Wrangler NFR with $84,462. Placed in five rounds. Won theWallaWalla (Wash.) Frontier Days, the Spanish Fork (Utah) Fiesta Days Rodeo, the Rancho Mission Viejo Rodeo (San Juan Capistrano, Calif.), the Black Hills Roundup (Belle Fourche, S.D.), the Rio Grande Valley Livestock Show & Rodeo (Mercedes, Texas), the Laramie (Wyo.) Jubilee Days, the Mineral Wells (Texas) Rodeo, t heWrangler Champions Challenge presented by Justin Boots (Rapid City, S.D.) and the Beef Empire Days PRCA Rodeo (Garden City, Kan.).Won the tie-down roping at the Kitsap Stampede (Bremerton,Wash.). Co-champion at the Caldwell (Idaho) Night Rodeo and the Greeley (Colo.) Stampede.Won the all-around and team roping at the Rose City Roundup (Tyler,Texas).Won the all-around at the Comal County Fair & Rodeo (New Braunfels, Texas), theYellowstone River Round-Up (Billings, Mont.), the Goliad (Texas) County Fair PRCA Rodeo and the PRCA Rose City Round-Up (Tyler, Texas) ★ ★ 2016: (Partner Paul Eaves) Placed in six rounds to rank second at the Wrangler NFR. Finished fifth in the world standings with $218,611. Won the Southwestern Exposition and Livestock Show (Fort Worth, Texas), the National Western Stock Show and Rodeo (Denver, Colo.), the Pasadena Livestock Show and Rodeo Champions Challenge presented by Justin Boots, the Dodge City, (Kan.) Roundup Rodeo, the Canby (Ore) Rodeo, and the Lawton (Okla.) Rangers Rodeo.Won the all-around and team roping at the Butterfield Stage Days PRCA Rodeo (Bridgeport,Texas), wiithWesley Johnson.Won the all-around and co-champion in team roping at the Strawberry Days Rodeo (Pleasant Grove, Utah). Won the all-around at the Amarillo (Texas) Tri-State Fair and Rodeo ★ ★ 2015: (Partner Paul Eaves) Placed in four rounds to rank 11th at his first Wrangler NFR. Won the Deadwood (S.D.) Days of ‘76 Rodeo, the Mountain Valley Stampede (Heber City, Utah), That Famous Preston (Idaho) Night Rodeo and the Gladewater (Texas) Round-Up Rodeo. Co-champion at the Beef Empire Days PRCA Rodeo (Garden City, 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

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