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William & Mary Athletics

2016 Baseball Roster

1 Josh Smith

  • Position Outfield
  • Height 5-9
  • Weight 180
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Great Falls, Va.
  • High School St. Stephen's & St. Agnes

Biography

SENIOR YEAR / 2016
Named CAA Tournament Most Outstanding Player … Was one of three players to start all 62 games during his senior season … Finished his final season with a .253 batting average (59-for-233) … Added 10 doubles, a triple, a team-high nine homers, 43 RBI, and 43 runs scored … Boasted a .321 slugging percentage, and .348 on-base percentage … Recorded a hit in each of the Tribe’s first 12 games of the season, which extended a streak to 14 games from the 2015 season … Launched his first homer of the season and drove in two runs in a win over Charlotte (2/20) … Belted another two run homer the next day, and added three runs scored in another Tribe win against the 49ers (2/21) … Went 1-for-2 with two RBI, and a walk-off sacrifice fly in a win over Holy Cross (5/27) … Collected two hits and a RBI against No. 4 Oregon State (3/5) … Drove in two runs and scored two runs in a win at San Diego (3/6) … Had two hits and a RBI in a win against Richmond (3/22) … Went 4-for-5 with two homers, including a walk-off, adding three RBI and two runs scored against Georgetown (4/2) … Finished 2-for-3 with a homer, two runs scored, and a RBI in a win over ACC foe Virginia Tech … Drove in two runs at James Madison (4/15) … Drove in two runs at Norfolk State (4/19) … Added an insurance run with a late home run in a win at Northeastern (4/22) … Went 3-for-4 with a homer and three RBI as the Tribe completed a sweep against the Huskies (4/24) … Belted a two run homer and scored twice against Delaware (4/30) … Went 3-for-5 with a double in the first game of a doubleheader at West Virginia (5/13) … Went 2-for-4 with two RBI in a CAA Tournament win over Northeastern (5/27) … Had a 3-for-5 day with a run scored in the first game of the CAA title round against UNCW (5/28) … Followed that with another 3-for-5 game, including the game-winning grand-slam homer in the bottom of the eighth in the CAA winner-take-all-game against the Seahawks (5/29), and added a career-high seven RBI … Picked up two hits and a run scored in the win over Virginia (6/5) in the NCAA Regional.

JUNIOR YEAR / 2015
Appeared in 50 games and made 49 starts during his junior season with the Green and Gold … Finished the year with a .237 (44-for-186) batting average … Added 13 doubles three triples, a homer, 23 RBI, and 24 runs scored … Stole six bases in seven attempts … Boasted a .355 slugging percentage and a .321 on-base percentage … Opened his season going 1-for-3 in game two of a doubleheader at nationally ranked Ole Miss (2/14) … Scored a run in a win over Northern Kentucky (2/28) … Had a pair of hits and scored a run in a win over UMass Lowell (3/8) … Went 3-for-5 with two doubles and three RBI in a victory over the River Hawks (3/9) … Opened a series at Hofstra (3/13), going 2-for-3 with two doubles, two RBI, and a run scored … Finished 2-for-4 with a double, three runs scored three RBI, in a win at Hofstra (3/13) … Closed the series against the Pride (3/15), going 3-for-7 with three runs scored, four RBI, and three doubles … Went a perfect 5-for-5 with a double, two triples, two RBI, and a run scored at Towson (4/3) … Collected a pair of hits and a run scored at Longwood (4/8) … Went 2-for-4 with a RBI and a double (4/11) … Scored three runs in a win over James Madison (4/17) … Hit a solo homer at Delaware (4/25) … Collected a pair of hits and scored a run against Charleston (5/1) … Tripled and scored and drove in a run in a CAA Tournament game against Delaware (5/21).

SOPHOMORE YEAR / 2014
Named to the CAA All-Tournament team, after having five hits, two homers, and six RBIs during the event … Appeared in 50 games with 33 starts for the Tribe in 2014 … Finished the season with a .294 batting average … Added 50 hits, seven doubles, a triple, two homers, 17 RBIs, and 20 runs scored … Made his season debut going 1-for-2 with a run scored against Army (2/14) … Had a pair of hits, with a double, a RBI, and a run scored against Iona (3/14) … Went 3-for-4 with two runs scored in a win against Iona (3/15) … Collected a pair of doubles, an RBI, and two runs scored against UMass Lowell (3/21) … Went 3-for-6 with two RBIs, and a run scored over a doubleheader against Delaware (3/28) … Went 2-for-3 with an RBI against UNCW (4/4) … Tripled and had an RBI against Towson (5/2) … Collected a pair of hits, including a double, with an RBI and a run scored against Towson (5/3) … Went 2-for-4 with a double, RBI, and run scored at Virginia Tech (5/13) … Homered and drove in four RBIs in the CAA Tournament win against Delaware (5/22) … Homered in the CAA Tournament against the College of Charleston (5/23) … Went 2-for-5 with an RBI in a CAA Tournament win at UNCW (5/23).

FRESHMAN YEAR / 2012
Appeared in 53 games, making 53 starts ... Hit .260 on the season with 34 RBIs and two home runs ... Ranked third on the team in both stolen bases (13) and doubles (12) ... Tallied 13 multi-hit games, including a season-high four hits agasint Towson on March 31 ... Went 2-for-4 with three RBIs in the 10-0 win over NYIT on March 2 ... Drove in three runs on three hits in an 8-2 vicotry against Towson on April 1 ...      

HIGH SCHOOL
Second-Team All-State ... Washington Post Honorable Mention All-Met ... Three-time first-team all-conference ... Two-time team MVP ... Batted .550 with five home runs during his senior season at St. Stephen's & St. Agnes ... Also played for the NVTBL Stars and the Virginia Barnstormers ...

PERSONAL
Son of Bruce Smith and Lisa Boyle ... Father, Bruce, played baseball and football at Dartmouth ... Sister, Lauren, played lacrosse at Davidson ... Had three sisters and one brother that attended William and Mary ... Enjoys spending time with family and friends and playing Ping-Pong in his spare time ... Remains undecided on his major at the College.

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Historical Player Information

  • 1

    2011-12Freshman

    Outfield/Catcher
    5'9" 175 lbs
    1
  • 1

    2013-14Sophomore

    Outfield/Catcher
    5'9" 175 lbs
    1
  • 1

    2014-15Junior

    Outfield
    5'9" 180 lbs
    1
  • 1

    2016Senior

    Outfield
    5'9" 180 lbs
    1