Rob Smets

The Palma High graduate became a premiere bullrider for 19 years on the Wrangler World Bullfighting championship circuit from 1981-2000. He finished among the top six 17 times and was a five-time world champion. Smets was a 17-time National Finals Rodeo qualifier and a nine-time Pro Bull Rider world champion. A regular at the California Rodeo Salinas, Smets, known professionally as “The Kamikaze Kid,” was inducted into the Pro Rodeo Hall of Fame in 2006 and the Texas Rodeo Cowboy Hall of Fame in 2010.