Nick Smith

Photo by: Dave Eggen/Inertia

Photo by: Dave Eggen/Inertia

Photo by: Inertia Sports Media/Dave Eggen

Photo by: Inertia Sports Media/Dave Eggen

Photo by: Dave Eggen/Inertia

Photo by: Inertia Sports Media/Dave Eggen

Photo by: Eric Landwehr

Photo by: Eric Landwehr

Photo by: Inertia Sports Media/Dave Eggen

Height:
5-11
Weight:
175
Position:
Infielder/Outfielder
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Chanhassen, Minn.
High School:
Chanhassen H.S.
Major:
Biology/Pre-Medicine

HONORS AND AWARDS
• All-Summit League First Team (2018)
• All-Summit League Second Team (2017)
• Summit League Honor Roll (2018)

2018: Earned all-Summit League honors for second straight year … led the team in triples (3) … finished second on the team in batting average (.303) and batted .342 (13-for-38) with runners in scoring position … played 25 games at designated hitter and five games in the outfield … played in 33 games on the season, missing 10 games in March … reached base safely in 24 consecutive games (2/18-5/6) … in three games against Fort Wayne, was 6-for-12 (4/7-8) … scored three runs and drove in two in the final game against Fort Wayne … went 6-for 9 in a doubleheader against North Dakota State (4/12) … went 2-for-5 with his first career home run, scored two runs and drove in three against Omaha (5/5) … put together a 14-game hitting streak between March and April, hitting .448 (26-for-58) … strung seven consecutive multi-hit games together, hitting .586 (4/7-20) … hit .308 over four games in the Summit League Baseball Championship with a .526 on-base percentage

2017: Earned all-Summit League recognition as a utility player after leading the team in batting average (.340), hits (65) and multi-hit games (21) ... shared team lead with two triples and was second on squad with seven stolen bases ... split time between second base and left field, while also seeing action at designated hitter late in the season ... ended season on a six-game hitting streak and with string of 16 consecutive games in which he reached base safely ... began Florida trip with three consecutive multi-hit games — two against Central Connecticut State and one versus Maine (2/24-25) ... went 3-for-3 with a double, RBI and four runs scored in first game of doubleheader against Waldorf (3/6) ... in four games at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, was 10-for-14 (.714 batting average) (3/6-8) ... put together season-best seven-game hitting streak that started in series finale at Oklahoma State (3/12) and continued through Summit League series at Omaha (3/17-19) and Oral Roberts (3/24-26) ... scored two runs in each of the final two games of home series with Fort Wayne and hit .500 (5-for-10) with pair of RBI (4/1-2) ... went 8-for-11 with four runs scored in doubleheader against Western Illinois, going 3-for-5 in opener and 5-for-6 in Game 2 (4/15) ... opened series against Oral Roberts with 3-for-4 day at the plate and scored two runs (4/21) ... continued hot hitting against Western Illinois by collecting career-high four RBI as part of 3-for-5 effort at the plate (5/6) ... went 2-for-5 with two-run double in Summit League Baseball Championship opening win over North Dakota State (5/24)

2016: Held the starting spot in left field for much of the season, starting at that position in 22 of the 39 games in which he played ... also started six games at designated hitter and five at second base ... ranked fifth on the team with 22 bases on balls ... was a perfect 4-for-4 in stolen base attempts ... hit safely in three of the team’s four games versus Florida Atlantic and Mississippi State on opening weekend ... first of 10 multi-hit games came in losing effort at Pacific (3/8) ... went 2-for-5 with a double and two runs batted in as Jackrabbits won opening game of twinbill at Western Illinois (3/26) ... came up big at the plate in series opener at Fort Wayne by going 3-for-5 with a double, three RBI and two runs scored ... combined to go 10-for-15 at the plate with pair of doubles, five runs scored and five RBI in three-game stretch against North Dakota State (4/15-16) and Mayville State (4/20) ... scored four times after reaching base safely four times with two walks and two hits in home series opener versus Fort Wayne (5/6) ... closed series by going 2-for-4 with a double and two runs scored (5/8) ... displayed strong defense throughout the season by not committing an error in 71 chances

BEFORE SDSU: Was honored as team most valuable player and the recipient of his team’s Mr. Hustle Award during a standout prep career at Chanhassen High School .... helped lead team to a Class 3A state title in 2015 ... ranked among tournament leaders for runs scored, hits, doubles and total bases at 2015 American Legion state tournament