2025: Appeared and started 59 games… Hit .332 with a 1.274 OPS and a .774 slugging percentage… Collected 26 home runs, a new Wright State single-season record and tied for No. 1 nationally… Added 10 doubles and two triples… Drove in 70 run and has scored 66 times… Drew 57 walks and 14 HBPs… Went 16-of-23 in stolen base attempts… Had 20 multi-hit games… Season-best seven RBI against Purdue Fort Wayne (5/16)… Two homer games against Longwood (2/14), Youngstown State (5/2), Northern Kentucky (5/9) and Purdue Fort Wayne (5/15)… Hit a homer in seven-straight contests from May 11-23… Two time Horizon League Batter of the Week (2/18, 5/13)... Named to HL First Team... A member of the HL and NCAA Nashville Regional All-Tournament Teams... NCBWA Hitter of the Month for May... Named to ABCA/Rawlings All-East Region First Team... Earned All-American honors from Perfect Game (Second Team) and ABCA/Rawlings (Second Team)...
2024: Named to the All-Horizon League Second Team as a shortstop…Spent time around the infield and outfield…One of only three players to play in 54 games…Made 48 starts while batting .307 with 10 doubles, a team-leading four triples, a team-leading 19 homers, 47 RBI, and 56 runs scored…Added 29 walks, 3 hit by pitch, and three sacrifice hits… Stole 7 bases…Top-10 HL offensive marks homers (2nd), slugging percentage (3rd, .698), OPS (4th, 1.101), triples (7th), and runs scored (8th)…Hit a league-leading 11 home runs and knocked in 24 runs in conference play...Started the season on a 14-game hitting streak…Hit 7-for-12 with two homers, six RBI, and four runs in the series win at Purdue Fort Wayne (3/22-3/24)…Recorded 15 multi-hit games and 12 multi-RBI performances…Named to the Horizon League Academic Honor Roll.
2023: Played in 57 games, making 50 starts… Split time between outfield and catcher… Batted .251 with 18 doubles, four triples, six homers, 39 RBI, and 39 runs… Added 34 walks and two sacrifice files… Went 4-for-6 stealing bases… Threw out three runners stealing… Tied for first on team in triples… Tied for second on team with 28 extra-base hits… Recorded 11 multi-hit RBI performances and 10 multi-hit games… Hit 4-for-4 with two doubles, a home run, and two runs scored while adding a stolen base and an outfield assist defensively at Northern Kentucky (4/1)… Drove in a career-high four runs against Purdue Fort Wayne (3/17) and NKU (5/5)… Delivered a two-out, two-run walk-off double versus Youngstown State (4/15).
2022 (at Cincinnati): Played in 15 games, which included seven starts… Tallied five hits, four runs, two RBI, one double, and one home run… Hit first collegiate homer at Xavier (3/27).
Notes: Born November 28, 2002… Son of Katy Boston and Darren Smith… Four-year letterwinner at Vandalia-Butler High School… Earned Miami Valley League Player of the Year, All-Area Player of the Year, and First Team All-Ohio honors as a senior.
