Media:
Feb. 16, 2017 - Meet the Smith Brothers
April 17, 2017 - "America's Pastime" becomes a family affair
WKU President's List (Fall 2016)
WKU Dean's List (Spring 2017)
2017 (Freshman): Smith started 25 games, primarily at third base, which was 2nd-most for a WKU freshman on the season ... Hit .296 after taking over as starting third baseman April 8, starting 23-of-24 games at the hot corner to cap the year ... Became the 13th different Hilltopper to hit a homerun when he went deep for a solo shot in the season finale May 20 at FIU ... Recorded a career-best 6-game hit streak April 7-18, which included a pair of 2-hit performances ... In total, produced 5 multi-hit and 2 multi-run games ... Appeared as the No. 1 play on ESPN SportsCenter's Top 10 by starting a 4-6-3 double play in the 1st inning of the 2016 Fall World Series; playing second base, Smith leaped to catch a high hopper up the middle with a runner on first and flipped the ball behind his back to shortstop Kevin Lambert, who threw on to first baseman Nathan Methvin to complete the twin killing.
At San Marino HS (Calif.): Hit .341 in 3 years of varsity baseball - 2 with the Titans in 2015 and 2016, and 1 at Barron Collier HS (Fla.) in 2014 ... Named All-Rio Hondo First Team and All-L.A. County Second Team in 2015 and 2016, while also being twice selected to the San Gabriel Valley Tribune All-Star Game ... Played in the 2014 Perfect Game Junior and the 2015 Perfect Game National Showcases ... Played in at the 2014 Perfect Game WWBA World Championship in Jupiter, Fla.
Personal Info: Born December 13,
1996 in Statesville, N.C. ... Son of Bryan and Judith Smith ... His brother (Marshall) also plays at WKU, while his brother (Matthew) was a running back at Wofford College from 2007-10 ... His father played shortstop at Campbell University from 1978-79 and Clemson University from 1980-82 ... Studying Accounting at WKU ... Favorite athlete is Dustin Pedroia because he plays bigger than his size ... Chose WKU because he wanted to compete in Conference USA and he fell in love with the campus on his visit ... Plans to be an accountant or a commercial real estate agent after his playing days are over.
