2020 Preseason Second-Team All-Southland Conference Outfielder
2019 Third-Team All-Southland Conference Outfielder
Southland Conference Hitter of the Week, April 29, 2019
Louisiana Sports Writers Association Hitter of the Week, April 29, 2019
2021 Season:
• Finished his career tied for ninth in school history in career home runs (23) and 10th in triples (7).
• appeared in 34 games, starting 29 in his final collegiate season.
• drove in seven runs in a four-game stretch from May 15-18 at Stephen F. Austin and LSU.
• swatted his final home run of the season at Stephen F. Austin on May 16.
• went 2-for-3 with a ninth-inning, rally-starting double and scored twice in a Game 2 win against McNeese on May 8.
• crushed his 22nd career run, driving home career RBI No. 100, at Central Arkansas in Game 1 of a May 1 doubleheader.
• blasted his 21st career home run -- tying Jordan Robison for 10th in school history -- in a March 21 loss at Sam Houston.
• hit safely in all three games he played against Incarnate Word from March 12-13.
2020 Season:Â
• Appeared in 11 games, starting 10 in right field.
• went 2-for-5 and drilled a two-out, game-tying three-run home run in the ninth inning of an 8-7, 10-inning loss at Southern on March 3.
• connected on his first home run of the season -- a two-run shot off Eastern Illinois ace Will Klein -- and went 2-for-3 in a 3-0 NSU win on Feb. 28.
• notched his first three-hit game of the season, going 3-for-5 with a double and an RBI in a 10-8 win at UL Lafayette on Feb. 26.
• threw out Wichita State's Couper Cornblum at home on Feb. 15 to notch his 23rd career outfield assist.
• went 2-for-4 with a double and a run scored in an 11-0 opening-night win against Wichita State on Feb. 14.
2019 Season:
• Appeared in 52 games, starting 49 while moving between center and right field.
• notched 14 multi-hit games and eight multi-RBI contests.
• had three straight two-hit games from May 12-16 against Incarnate Word and Sam Houston State.
• blasted his 10th home run of the season in a 9-4 win against Sam Houston State that clinched NSU’s Southland Conference Tournament berth.
• collected an outfield assist in all three games of a series against Grambling from May 3-5 and finished with four on the season, giving him 22 for his career.
• named Southland Conference and LSWA Hitter of the Week after going 8-for-17 with a double, three home runs and nine RBIs from April 23-28.
• tied Mike Jaworski’s school record with three home runs, driving in seven runs to lift the Demons to a 10-7 win at No. 6 Arkansas on April 24.
• built a season-long six-game hitting streak from April 20-28, going 9-for-21 in that span.
• hit .600 (6-for-10) with a home run and two runs scored April 12-14 at Southeastern Louisiana.
• highlighted a five-game hitting streak with a 2-for-4, four-RBI performance against Mississippi Valley State on April 2 that included his third home run of the season.
• went 2-for-5 with a home run and five RBIs in a 24-11 win at Abilene Christian on March 9.
• lifted the Demons’ to their first win of the season with a tie-breaking, 11th-inning solo home run at Houston on Feb. 17.
2018 Season:
• Appeared in 58 games, starting 56 in right field.
• strong, accurate arm allowed him to tally 12 outfield assists.
• led Northwestern State with four triples.
• ranked third on the team with six home runs, including a three-run shot against San Diego State in a 9-0 win June 2 at the Corvallis Regional.
• had 11 multi-hit games (nine two-hit games, two three-hit games).Â
• ranked fourth on the team with eight multi-RBI games.
• went 3-for-4 and knocked in four runs against the San Diego State, his second-highest single-game total of the season.
• delivered a walk-off RBI double in the 10th inning of a 4-3 win against Houston Baptist on April 27, part of a three-RBI game.
• tied a season high, scoring three runs in a 34-0 win against Mississippi Valley State on April 25.
• went 2-for-2 with a home run and three RBIs in a 5-2 series-clinching win against Southeastern Louisiana on April 15.
• homered and drove in a career-high five runs in a 16-2 rout of Stephen F. Austin on April 8.
• went 5-for-8 with a home run and two RBIs as the Demons split a two-game series at Nebraska from March 17-18.
• went 2-for-4 with three runs scored and added two outfield assists in a 6-4, 10-inning win at Louisiana Tech on Feb. 28.
• also had two-assist games at Nebraska (March 18) and against Stephen F. Austin (April 6).
2017 Season:
• Appeared in 44 games, starting 37 games in all three outfield positions.Â
• led Demons outfielders with six assists, including two in the final three games of the season.
• homered and drove in two runs in NSU’s 5-4 win against ULM on April 5.
• went 4-for-8 with a double, a home run and four RBIs in two games against ULM.
• enjoyed a big series against Nicholls, going 5-for-8 with his first collegiate home run and three RBIs from March 10-12.
• had a key two-run single that capped NSU’s series-clinching 6-2 win against Cincinnati on Feb. 19.
High School:Â Â
• Four-year letterman for coach Jeff Dragg.Â
• named to the 18U WWBA All-Tournament Team while playing for the Louisiana Knights organization.
• as a senior, batted .350 with four doubles, one home run and 12 RBIs.
• batted .304 with seven doubles, 2 home runs and 26 RBIs as a junior.
• hit .341 with four doubles and a career-best three home runs and 26 RBIs as a sophomore for the district co-champions.
• as a freshman, batted .337 with five doubles, one home run and 23 RBIs as Covington shared the district title and reached the regional round of the state playoffs.
Personal:Â Â
• Born June 25, 1997.
• son of Becky and Ben Smith.
• one brother, Zachary.
• majoring in business administration.
• post-graduate plans include finding a good job and live a comfortable life.
• life’s ambition is to make it to Major League Baseball and be successful.
