The 6-foot-1, 190-pound senior left-handed pitcher and outfielder posted a 6-1 record with a 0.54 ERA and 120 strikeouts against just 22 walks in 51.2 innings this past season, leading the Bulldogs to the Class AAAAA quarterfinals. The state’s top prospect in the Class of 2022 as rated by both Perfect Game and the Prep Baseball Report, Smith is also the nation’s No. 10 prospect according to Baseball America. At the plate, he batted .337 with 28 RBI and 17 runs scored, compiling an OPS of 1.056. He was a 2021 Perfect Game All-American Game invitee and a member of the 2021 Team USA 18U National Team.
Smith has maintained a 3.45 GPA in the classroom. He has signed a National Letter of Intent to play baseball on scholarship at Clemson University this fall, but is projected as an early round selection in July’s Major League Baseball draft.
An active participant in the Boiling Springs First Baptist Church student ministry, Smith has volunteered locally at homeless shelters and in association with multiple community cleanup initiatives in addition to donating his time to holiday toy-collection drives.
