William & Mary Athletics

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Junior Year (2007-08)
After spending the 2007 summer with the Panamanian National Team, had his junior campaign derailed by injuries ... Appeared in four of the Tribe's first six games, despite battling injury ... Injury eventually forced him to have surgery and cost him the remainder of the regular season ... Received a medical redshirt ... Led the Tribe bench in scoring and rebounding with five points and three boards against No. 5 Georgetown (11/10) ... Scored 10 points and pulled down four rebounds (all offensive) at Richmond (11/28) ... Started the College's CAA opener at VCU (12/5) ... Tribe's leading scorer in the exhibition win over St. Andrews, earning the start and scoring 15 points on 6-of-7 shooting, 2-of-2 from 3-point range and pulling down a team-high six rebounds.

Sophomore Year (2006-07)
One of the top reserves in the CAA ... Led league reserves in rebounding at 3.6 per contest, while ranking sixth among conference reserves in scoring 5.5 points per game ... Led W&M in rebounding on eight occasions ... Scored seven or more points off the W&M bench on 11 different occasions ... Led the Tribe bench in scoring 12 times ... Turned in a career effort at Delaware (1/13) with 16 points on 5-of-9 shooting from the floor and a 6-of-6 showing from the charity stripe to go along with nine rebounds ... Finished four games in double digits ... Tallied 12 points in a New Year's Eve win over Richmond ... Had an impressive 11-point, four-rebound effort against CAA All-Defensive Team member Will Thomas in the Tribe's 67-63 win at George Mason (1/3) ... Hit 4-of-5 from the floor and had a trio of 3-point plays ... Connected on his first career 3-point field goal in the Tribe's win at Georgia State (1/8) ... Finished the year second on the team in 3-point plays (11), dunks (6) and charges taken (6) ... Spent the summer playing for the Panamanian Men's Senior National Team at the Pan-American Games and the FIBA Americas Championship ... Helped Panama to its first ever win over the United States in the Pan-American Games ... Tallied seven points and two rebounds in the fifth-place game against the U.S.

Freshman Year (2005-06)
Started three contests, while appearing in 27 ... Made his first career start against Campbell (11/26) before making starts in the following two contests at Longwood (11/28) and vs. UNC Wilmington (11/30) ... Scored a career-high 10 points in his first career game against Maine (11/18) ... Played a season-high 18 minutes against the Black Bears, adding five rebounds ... Pulled down a team-high six rebounds at Old Dominion (2/9) ... Shot a perfect 3-of-3 from the floor on his way to seven points and four rebounds in a win over Georgia State (2/4).

Prep Career
Played for national power Oak Hill Academy in 2004-05, which ended the season ranked No. 1 in the nation in the USAToday Super 25 Boys' Basketball Rankings and finished the season with a record of 34-2 ... Attended J.L. Mann High School in Greenville, South Carolina before attending Oak Hill ... Averaged 19 points and 14 rebounds a game at J.L. Mann and was a South Carolina first team all-state selection ... Member of National Honor Society.

Personal
Full name is Desmond Alexis Smith ... Son of Dr. Desmond and Maggie Smith ... Born Nov. 24, 1986 in Plainfield, N.J. ... Majoring in kinesiology.