The Team Roping Journal

MAKE THAT DR. ZAC SMALL FOR BFI CHAMP & NFR HEADER

Welch, Oklahoma’s Zac Small had a storybook year in 2016 that included winning the BFI in June; marrying his wife, Cayla Melby Small, in October; and competing alongside his brand new bride at that year’s Wrangler National Finals Rodeo, where Zac headed for now reigning World Champion Heeler Wesley Thorp. Then Small resumed his original life plan and fell off of the roping and rodeo radar.

What made that 2016 dream season even more amazing was the fact that after winning the BFI in June, Small started veterinary school in August. Yes, after three and a half years of majoring in biomedical science at Tarleton State University in Stephenville,

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