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2018 Baseball Roster

18 Matt Smith

  • Height 5-9
  • Weight 180
  • Class Redshirt Freshman
  • Major Communication
  • Hometown Salinas, Calif.
  • High School Palma HS '16

Biography

2018: Appeared in nine games for the Aggies, making four starts… Hit .375 on the season with one run scored and an RBI… Earned his first career start as the designated hitter at Oregon on March 10, finishing 1-for-3 with a single and an RBI… Made his collegiate debut as a pinch hitter against nationally ranked St. John’s on March 4, finishing 1-for-2… Also recorded a hit in the second game of a double header against St. John’s… Appeared in three games of a four-game series against Northern Colorado, finishing 3-for-7 with a run scored against the Bears.

2017: Redshirted the season.

PALMA HS '16
Three-year varsity letter winner for the Chieftans… All-league, all-county, and All-CIF Central Coast Section selection as a senior, hitting .350… Hit .330 as a junior with 17 runs scored, seven extra-base hits, and nine RBI… "Triple crown" winner for the Chieftans, leading the team in average, home runs, and RBI, en route to all-county honors from the Monterey Herald… Also named to the All-Monterey Bay League Gabilan Division first team and the All-CIF Central Coast Section honorable mention squad… Hit .310 in 24 games as a sophomore en route to all-conference and All-CIF Central Coast Section honorable mention laurels… Finished with 18 steals as a junior… Helped his travel team, South Bay Legacy, to the Palomino World Series title in Compton, Calif., this past summer… Also played two years of basketball and football… Another in a line of Aggies: his father, Jason, ran track at UC Davis and his mother is a 1992 graduate.

PERSONAL
Parents are Jason and Kim, both of whom are UC Davis graduates (Class of '92)… Father ran track at UC Davis… Has an older sister, Kelly, who also attends UC Davis… Lists his proudest personal accomplishment as receiving a scholarship to UC Davis… If he could play another sport at UC Davis, it would be basketball… Lists his sports hero as Muhammad Ali.

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Historical Player Information

  • 22

    2017Freshman

    OF/RHP
    5'9" 180 lbs
    22
  • 18

    2018Redshirt Freshman

    OF/RHP
    5'9" 180 lbs
    18