Butler University Athletics

2019 – Senior Season: Started in 50 games… Held the second-highest BA on the team at .309… Collected 55 hits in 178 at-bats… Tied the Butler school record by scoring 59 runs… Broke the school record in the hit by pitch category (21)… Held a .475 on-base percentage… Hit for power with a .584 slugging percentage… Posted 13 doubles, three triples and 10 home runs to generate 35 RBI… Ended the year with 104 total bases… Walked 38 times… Led the team with 10 stolen bases… Hit .295 vs. BIG EAST teams… Reached base safely in 25-straight games… Ranked second on the team in both multi-hit games (14) and multi-RBI games (8)… Ranked ninth in the NCAA in hit by pitch (21)… Ranked fourth in the BIG EAST and 45th in the NCAA in on-base percentage (.475)… Ranked second in the BIG EAST and 66th in the NCAA in runs scored (59)… BIG EAST Player of the Week (Feb. 18)… Went 6-for-11 in his first series as a Bulldog with two home runs and six RBI (Feb. 15-16)… First hit of his BU career was an RBI triple vs. Rider (Feb. 15)… Hit two home runs in his second game to post a season-best five RBI (Feb. 16)… Went 4-for-5 vs. Saint Peter’s with four runs scored, two stolen bases and two RBI (March 1)… Went 2-for-4 vs. Hofstra with two home runs, four RBI and two runs scored (March 3)… Hit a home run in back-to-back games vs. Purdue Fort Wayne (March 10)… Hit a solo home run vs. Western Michigan (March 16)… Went 2-for-3 with three runs scored and a home run vs. Valparaiso (March 23)… Went 2-for-3 with three RBI and two runs scored vs. Villanova (May 5)… Walked three times at Toledo (May 8)… Hit five doubles in the three-game series at Air Force (May 11-12)… Hit a three-run home run at Eastern Illinois (May 14)… Ended the year with a home run and two runs scored at Georgetown (May 18).

2018 BASEBALL
All Gulf South Conference selection...  hit .317 with 16 doubles, three triples and 26 RBI... Helped Mississippi College win the 2018 Gulf South Conference Championship in 2018, marking the first conference championship in program history... Earned the automatic berth to the NCAA Division II South Regional... Ended the year with a 36-17 overall record... Led the team in runs scored (56), doubles (16), triples (3), on-base percentage (.448) and stolen bases (20)... Started in 52 games and held a .317 batting average by collecting 63 hits in 199 at-bats.

2017 BASEBALL
All-GSC Second Team… Played and started 41 games this season… Hit. 352 on the campaign… Totaled 50 hits, including three doubles and two home runs… Tallied 21 RBI… Swiped 16 of 19 stolen bases… Recorded 15 multiple hit performances and five multiple RBI efforts… Recorded a season-best four hits at Christian Brothers as he went 4-for-4 at the dish with a RBI… Tallied a season-best two RBI performance against Florida Tech and equaled the mark four times during the season with the last coming at Valdosta State.

2016 BASEBALL
Redshirt

2015 BASEBALL
Saw action in 32 games, starting in 18 for the Choctaws... Finished third on the team with a .325 batting average... Scored 12 runs with 12 runs batted in... Tallied 27 hits... Tied for second on the team with eight stolen bases from eight attempts.

BEFORE MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE
Played for coach Larry Watkins at Petal High School... Tallied a career batting average of .385 with 22 RBI and 74 runs scored... Recorded seven doubles, one triple and one home run.

PERSONAL
Son of Amy and Gene Smith.