Career Honors:
- 2020 Collegiate Baseball Freshman All-American (C)
- 2020 Patriot League Player of the Week (3/3)
- 2020 Patriot League Rookie of the Week (3/3)
- 2022 Patriot League Player of the Week (4/19)
- 2023 All-Patriot League Second Team (C)
- 2023 Buster Posey National Collegiate Catcher of the Year Award Semifinalist
Career Highs:
Runs: 4, at Maryland Eastern Shore (4/12/23)
Hits: 4, four times, MR: vs. Elon (5/7/23)
RBI: 5, vs. Massachusetts (3/1/20)
Stolen Bases: 1, three times, MR: vs. Maryland Eastern Shore (4/26/23)
Hit Streak: 12 games (3/11/23-3/26/23)
2023 (Senior)
- Named to the All-Patriot League Second Team as a catcher
- Named as one of the 13 semifinalists for the Buster Posey National Collegiate Catcher of the Year Award
- Started all 50 games for Navy, including 38 starts behind the plate
- Led the team and ranked eighth in the league in batting average (.326) and hits (61), also pacing the team in total bases (85)
- Paced Navy with 15 multi-hit games and ranked second on the team with eight multi-RBI contests
- Threw out a league-best 17 runners and ranked third in the league with a .997 fielding percentage, committing just one error and allowing four passed balls all season
- Third-toughest hitter to strike out in the Patriot League (9.4 at-bats per strikeout), finishing the season ranked 82nd in the nation
- Finished second on the team with a .455 slugging percentage, a .392 on-base percentage, 32 runs scored, 12 doubles and four home runs
- Posted the team’s long hitting streak of the season, recording a hit in 12 straight games from March 11 to March 26
- Notched a team-best 22-game on-base streak from March 11 through April 12
- Recorded a hit in 38 of the Mids’ final 43 contests on the season
- Registered Navy first hit of the season at No. 19 Virginia on Feb. 17 via a first-inning single
- Threw out a career-high four runners on Feb. 26 against Air Force, the most by a Navy catcher since Jeff Bland’s four runners caught stealing against Towson on March 9, 2011
- Smashed first home run of the season on March 1 against Coppin State with a second-inning solo shot
- Posted first multi-hit game of the season on March 4 against UMass, doubling and scoring once
- Tallied three consecutive two-hit games from March 18-25, including a pair of two-RBI contests
- Saw 12-game hit streak snapped on March 29 against UMBC when he tallied a career-high three walks at Camden Yards
- Notched five multi-hit games in a seven-game span from April 2-8, including matching a career hit with four hits against Coppin State on April 5
- Registered a career-high four runs scored at Maryland Eastern Shore on April 12 as part of a one-hit, three-walk afternoon
- Posted three-hit contests against Maryland Eastern Shore (April 26) and at Lehigh (May 1)
- Racked up four hits in the regular season finale against Elon on May 7
2022 (Junior) - Game-by-Game Statistics
- Appeared in 43 games with 41 starts
- Hit .298 with two triples, three home runs, six doubles, 27 runs scored and 30 RBI
- Reached base at a .359 clip and posted a .424 slugging percentage
- Tallied the second-most multi-hit games on the team with 14
- Added seven multi-RBI games
- Posted the third-longest hit streak on the team at nine-straight games (4/4-20)
- Recorded a .981 fielding percentage and recorded 13 assists over 25 games behind the plate
- Tallied a season-best outing at the plate against Lehigh (4/16) by going 4-for-5 with a double, two runs scored and three RBI
2021 (Sophomore) - Game-by-Game Statistics
- Smith made 23 starts in 24 appearances as a sophomore
- Compiled a .225 batting average while slugging .313 behind five doubles and a triple
- He recorded 18 hits and scored 10 runs for the Midshipmen
- Notched a three-hit, three-RBI contest against Holy Cross on April 25
- Behind the plate, he collected 124 putouts and six assists for a .992 fielding percentage
2020 (Freshman) - Game-by-Game Statistics
- Selected as a Collegiate Baseball Freshman All-American in 2020
- Led the team in batting average after notching a .368 mark in 12 games
- He also finished with a team-best .526 slugging percentage and was second on the team with a .457 on-base mark
- He finished third on the team with nine RBI and chipped in with four doubles and a triple, as his 14 hits ranked fourth on the team
- Smith’s breakout game came on March 1 against Massachusetts after going 4-for-5 with five RBI, two runs scored and a pair of doubles
- He became the first player in Patriot League history to be selected as the Patriot League Player and Rookie of the Week during the same week on March 3
- Behind the plate, he threw out a pair of runners on the base-paths while finishing with 33 putouts and four assists
High School
- Was a four-time baseball letter winner and a three-time football letter winner at St. Margaret’s Episcopal School
- Earned First Team All-CIF
- Three-time All-League winner
- Was named the team MVP over his final three seasons in high school
- On the football field, he earned First Team All-League honors and was a National Football Hall of Fame Scholar-Athlete in 2018
Personal
- Son of Mike and Katie
- Member of the honors committee
- Father, Mike, played baseball at NJIT from 1978-82
- Named to Naval Academy's Commandant's List once
