As a Junior (2017)
Started 35 of final 36 games after sitting beginning of the season due to injury...batted .296 with 42 hits, 30 runs scored and 22 runs batted in off of a career best five home runs...scored three runs on three hits (double and a HR) and drove in two more in first game of the season against Walsh (3/24)...drove in two runs on a double and scored one run against Walsh (3/25)...tallied four hits, three RBI and three runs scored against Tiffin (4/1)...tallied two hits and a pair of runs scored versus Ohio Dominican (4/8)...had two doubles and drove in a run against Ohio Dominican (4/9)...homered and drove in two runs while scoring three against Lake Erie College (4/15)...had three hits (including a triple) and drove in three runs against Ashland (4/19)...had two hits and drove in three runs against Hillsdale (4/22)...homered and drove in two runs against Hillsdale (4/23).
As a Sophomore (2016)
Named to GLIAC All Tournament Team...appeared in 50 games for GVSU, 49 of which were starts...led GVSU in batting average (.348) and multi-hit games (20), tying for the team lead in hits (57)...drove in 19 runs and scored 23 as well as recording six stolen bases...helped the Lakers turn a conference best 40 double plays while compiling 131 assists and 86 putouts with a .943 fielding percentage at second base...had three hits and one RBI against Rockhurst (Mar. 14)...went 4-4 against Northwood (Apr. 13), driving in a run and scoring one...recorded five put-outs versus Walsh (Apr. 13)....notched seven assists versus Walsh (Apr. 16)...had tw0 hits, including a triple, in game against Findlay (Apr. 23)...had three putouts and eight assists, including a solo double play turn against Hillsdale in the GLIAC Tournament (May 12).
As a Freshman (2015)
Appeared in 31 games, making 17 starts ... tallied 12 runs, six doubles and seven RBIs ... smacked a season-high three hits at Ohio Dominican (March 21) ... scored two runs in three games--versus No. 17 Minnesota State (March 5), at Ohio Dominican (March 21) and against Lake Erie (April 12) ... went 3-for-3 with two runs, an RBI and a walk at Ohio Dominican (March 21) ... collected a pair of RBIs in a 1-for-3 outing against Findlay (April 18) ... scored a run in the NCAA Midwest Regional loss to Ashland (May 15) |
Game-by-Game Stats
High School
Prepped under head coach Shawn Winston at Marysville High School ... helped the Vikings win the Macomb Area Conference title in 2011 and 2013 ... earned All-MAC honors in 2011, 2013 and 2014 ... voted team Most Valuable Player as a senior (2014) ... three-time captain for the Vikings ... selected to the 2014 East/West Michigan All-Star Game ... hit .436 with three home runs, 29 RBI and 45 runs as a senior ... earned four All-Academic plaudits (2011-14) ... also earned All-State Honorable Mention laurels in football (2013-14) ... two-time Marysville football MVP (2013-14) ... guided the Vikings to MAC titles in football (2012) and basketball (2013).
Personal
Son of Roy and Mitzie Smith ...intends to major in interdisiciplinary engineering.
