Biography
2006-07: A Deans[apos] List student spring semester ... started all 55 games at shortstop ... batted 51 times in the cleanup spot ... led team and was third in the GLVC in assists (169) ... led team in home runs (three), triples (two), RBI (25), total bases (78), slugging percentage (.390), at bats (200), multiple RBI games (four) and tied for doubles (11) ... second in runs scored (17), hits (54), plate appearances (218) and multiple hit games (15) ... third in batting average (.270) and sacrifice flies (three) ... led team with 13 RBI and .692 batting average with a runner on third and less than two outs ... had a conference high 10 assists vs. Saint Joseph[apos]s (May 5) ... had a season high four hits with one double and one RBI against Dowling (March 6) ... notched season-high two home runs and three RBI against C.W. Post (March 5) ... had a home run against Mercyhurst (March 3) ... hit a triple and a single at Southern Illinois Edwardsville (April 29) ... recorded a five game hitting streak (May 5-May 7) and three four game hitting streaks (March 2-March 5, March 22-March 25 and April 3-April 7) ... scored two runs and had two hits vs. Missouri-Rolla (March 31) ... had hits in nine of the final 12 games of the season ... started 39 GLVC games ... in GLVC games, hit .238 and led the team in RBI (15) and triples (2) ... second in hits (34), doubles (five), total bases (43), plate appearances (155) and at bats (14) ... third in slugging percentage (.301) and runs scored (nine). 2005-06: A Deans[apos] List student both semesters ... started the first five games before suffering a season-ending injury ... tied for third in double plays (six) ... had two hits, two RBI and eight assists (tying the team season high) vs. Dowling, two hits and a sacrifice vs. Mercyhurst and an RBI vs. Nova Southeastern ... struck out just twice in 20 plate appearances. 2004-05: Was the only Flyer to play in and start all 54 games (53 at shortstop, one at second base) ... led the GLVC in assists (177) ... his seven assists vs. Upper Iowa and Kentucky Wesleyan were the team[apos]s season high ... struck out just once every 10.3 plate appearances, the team[apos]s best mark ... led the team in assists, at-bats (176), plate appearances (206), sacrifice bunts (eight), total sacrifices (11) and hit by pitch (eight), and tied for the team lead in sacrifice flies (three) ... second in runs (20) and double plays (29), and tied for second in hits (42) ... tied for third in walks (11) and stolen bases (four) ... fourth in total bases (48) and putouts (88), and tied for fourth in stolen-base percentage (.667) ... hit a team-best .550 (11-for-20) vs. left-handers ... had six 2-out RBI ... had three hits vs. Missouri-St. Louis and Quincy, and six 2-hit games ... finished the season strongly, hitting safely in his last four games (6-for-12, .500) ... produced a pair of five-game hitting streaks, including one in which he was 7-for-16 (.438) ... had a four-game hitting streak that featured a 6-for-14 (.429) effort ... grounded into just two double plays ... had streaks of seven games (24 plate appearances) and six games (22 PA) without striking out ... fanned just twice in his last 13 games (50 PA) ... in GLVC games, hit .266 and led the team in runs (13), total bases (39), hit by pitch (six), sacrifice bunts (six), at-bats (128), lowest strikeout ratio (once every 12.4 plate appearances) and assists (118), and tied for the team lead in total sacrifices (seven) ... his 34 hits in league play were just one shy of the team lead. 2003-04: Third in double plays (13) ... fourth in assists (50) ... fifth in fielding percentage (.965), with just three errors in 85 chances ... had a team season-high five hits (5-for-5) vs. Missouri-St. Louis ... also had two doubles and scored three runs in that game, tying for the team[apos]s season best in those categories ... had three 2-hit games ... had a two-RBI double vs. Kentucky Wesleyan ... his seven-game hitting streak (8-for-19, .421) tied for the team[apos]s fourth-longest of the season ... hit .370 (10-for-27) with runners in scoring position ... played in 24 GLVC games and started 19, with a .323 batting average and 10 RBI. High School/Other: Lettered and started four years at shortstop ... as a senior, was a unanimous choice as conference Most Valuable Player, Reporter/Metropolitan Player of the Year, Joliet Herald News all-area first team, member of Tim Maher[apos]s [quote]All Big Guy Team,[quote] Chicago Tribune Preps Plus Player of the Week, and Lemont[apos]s MVP, Offensive Player of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year ... led team in batting average (.504), RBI (28), hits (59), doubles (16), slugging percentage (.684), on-base percentage (.547) and runs (34), and was second in stolen bases (29 in 33 attempts) ... set school records in hits and doubles ... struck out just seven times all year ... as a junior, was all-area, all-conference and team[apos]s Defensive Player of the Year ... had 45 hits that year, the school record until he broke it the following season ... Lemont tied for the conference championship his sophomore year ... team[apos]s Defensive Player of the Year as a freshman ... also lettered two years in basketball (played all four years) and played football as a freshman ... honor roll student. Personal: Son of Tony and Jackie Smith ... elementary education major.
