Redshirt Senior (2021)
Played in 51 games with 49 starts (39 at third base, nine at first base, one at second base), slashing .263/.395/.519 with 11 home runs and 35 runs batted in ... Scored 39 runs ... Tallied 41 hits, including seven doubles, on the year ... Posted a team-best 1.0 walk-to-strikeout ratio with 34 walks and 34 strikeouts ... Also plunked by four pitches ... Totaled 81 bases ... Had the second-most sacrifice flies (6) on the Razorbacks ... Recorded 10 multi-hit games and nine multi-RBI games, tying INF/OF Cayden Wallace with a team-best three three-RBI efforts ... Posted a season-long seven game hitting streak and a season-long reached base streak of 10 consecutive games ... Stole two bases in five attempts ... Recorded a .945 fielding percentage with eight errors in 145 chances ... Made his first start as a Razorback in the season opener against No. 3 Texas Tech (Feb. 20) in the State Farm College Baseball Showdown at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas, collecting an RBI, two runs scored and two walks ... Hit his first home run of the season against Murray State (March 6), driving in three runs in the contest ... Recorded two hits, including a home run, with three runs batted in, three runs scored and three walks on the road at No. 3 Ole Miss (April 11) ... Had two home runs against UAPB (April 14), driving in three runs and scoring a season-high four runs ... Posted a .357/.471/1.071 slash line with three homers, seven RBI and five runs scored at the SEC Tournament (May 26-30) to help Arkansas win its first SEC Tournament title ... Delivered a season-high four RBI on two hits, including a home run, against No. 16 NC State (June 11) in game one of the NCAA Fayetteville Super Regional ... Part of a Razorback offense that hit a school-record 109 home runs in 2021 … Helped Arkansas set a school record in fielding percentage with a .980 mark for the year.
Senior (2020)
Redshirt season ... Sat out due to transfer rules.
Junior at East Tennessee State (2019)
Smith started all 55 games for the Blue and Gold with and was second on the squad with a .304 batting average ... Selected to the All-SoCon second team for the second straight year ... Totaled seven homers on the season, 30 RBI, 14 doubles and 42 walks ... Logged four three-hit games, including two in SoCon play ... Second on the team with a .427 OBP and second in the league with 42 walks throughout the season ... Finished 2019 with seven steals in 11 attempts.
Sophomore at East Tennessee State (2018)
Moved defensively to second base from the hot corner, starting 46 games with 47 appearances ... Selected to the All-Southern Conference second team ... Batted .295 for the season with 12 doubles, a triple, two homers, 22 RBI and 32 runs ... Went on a 13-game hit streak near the end of the season, working his way into the cleanup spot for seven games during the stretch ... Also hit safely in 20 of 21 games midway through the season with a 27-game reached base streak, the second longest of any ETSU player in 2018 ... Tied for the team lead in stolen bases, swiping eight bags in 10 attempts.
Freshman at East Tennessee State (2017)
Named to the Southern Conference All-Freshman team after starting all 59 games for the Bucs ... Batted .301 in 219 at-bats while racking up 66 hits and 38 RBI ... Batted from the six-hole in 46 of his 59 games, starting at the hot corner in every game ... Was one of three ETSU players to start every game at one position (Cook at SS, Maher in RF) ... Started his first career game with a bang, earning two hits and two runs while driving in a team-high three RBI to lead ETSU to an opening day 18-6 win over Central Michigan.
Wilson Central High School
Attended Wilson Central HS ... One of the top players in the Nashville area ... Named to the Tennessee Baseball Coaches Association All-Star team as a shortstop.
Personal
Father, Shawn, played at Southern Mississippi University and was a scout for a number of MLB organizations later in his career.
Birthday
July 19, 1997
Played in 51 games with 49 starts (39 at third base, nine at first base, one at second base), slashing .263/.395/.519 with 11 home runs and 35 runs batted in ... Scored 39 runs ... Tallied 41 hits, including seven doubles, on the year ... Posted a team-best 1.0 walk-to-strikeout ratio with 34 walks and 34 strikeouts ... Also plunked by four pitches ... Totaled 81 bases ... Had the second-most sacrifice flies (6) on the Razorbacks ... Recorded 10 multi-hit games and nine multi-RBI games, tying INF/OF Cayden Wallace with a team-best three three-RBI efforts ... Posted a season-long seven game hitting streak and a season-long reached base streak of 10 consecutive games ... Stole two bases in five attempts ... Recorded a .945 fielding percentage with eight errors in 145 chances ... Made his first start as a Razorback in the season opener against No. 3 Texas Tech (Feb. 20) in the State Farm College Baseball Showdown at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas, collecting an RBI, two runs scored and two walks ... Hit his first home run of the season against Murray State (March 6), driving in three runs in the contest ... Recorded two hits, including a home run, with three runs batted in, three runs scored and three walks on the road at No. 3 Ole Miss (April 11) ... Had two home runs against UAPB (April 14), driving in three runs and scoring a season-high four runs ... Posted a .357/.471/1.071 slash line with three homers, seven RBI and five runs scored at the SEC Tournament (May 26-30) to help Arkansas win its first SEC Tournament title ... Delivered a season-high four RBI on two hits, including a home run, against No. 16 NC State (June 11) in game one of the NCAA Fayetteville Super Regional ... Part of a Razorback offense that hit a school-record 109 home runs in 2021 … Helped Arkansas set a school record in fielding percentage with a .980 mark for the year.
Senior (2020)
Redshirt season ... Sat out due to transfer rules.
Junior at East Tennessee State (2019)
Smith started all 55 games for the Blue and Gold with and was second on the squad with a .304 batting average ... Selected to the All-SoCon second team for the second straight year ... Totaled seven homers on the season, 30 RBI, 14 doubles and 42 walks ... Logged four three-hit games, including two in SoCon play ... Second on the team with a .427 OBP and second in the league with 42 walks throughout the season ... Finished 2019 with seven steals in 11 attempts.
Sophomore at East Tennessee State (2018)
Moved defensively to second base from the hot corner, starting 46 games with 47 appearances ... Selected to the All-Southern Conference second team ... Batted .295 for the season with 12 doubles, a triple, two homers, 22 RBI and 32 runs ... Went on a 13-game hit streak near the end of the season, working his way into the cleanup spot for seven games during the stretch ... Also hit safely in 20 of 21 games midway through the season with a 27-game reached base streak, the second longest of any ETSU player in 2018 ... Tied for the team lead in stolen bases, swiping eight bags in 10 attempts.
Freshman at East Tennessee State (2017)
Named to the Southern Conference All-Freshman team after starting all 59 games for the Bucs ... Batted .301 in 219 at-bats while racking up 66 hits and 38 RBI ... Batted from the six-hole in 46 of his 59 games, starting at the hot corner in every game ... Was one of three ETSU players to start every game at one position (Cook at SS, Maher in RF) ... Started his first career game with a bang, earning two hits and two runs while driving in a team-high three RBI to lead ETSU to an opening day 18-6 win over Central Michigan.
Wilson Central High School
Attended Wilson Central HS ... One of the top players in the Nashville area ... Named to the Tennessee Baseball Coaches Association All-Star team as a shortstop.
Personal
Father, Shawn, played at Southern Mississippi University and was a scout for a number of MLB organizations later in his career.
Birthday
July 19, 1997