SUNY New Paltz Athletics

2014: Selected as the Team MVP…named to the NCAA Men’s Volleyball Division III Championship All-Tournament Team…ranked third on team with 209 kills (1.92 per set)…recorded 10 digs vs. Stevenson on Jan. 26…finished with double-digit kills four times…posted 37 total blocks…registered a .288 attack percentage…tallied 255.0 points.

2013: Started in 23 of the 30 matches in which he played… Appeared in 94 sets… Averaged 1.83 kills per set, 1.11 digs per set (104 total), 0.22 blocks per set (21 total), 0.19 assists per set (18 total) and 0.07 service aces per set (seven total)… Hit .278 (172-64-388) for the season…Defended a season-high 10 digs on Jan. 27 against Rivier College… Registered 10 kills and fashioned a .476 hitting percentage against Springfield College on Feb. 16… Floored double-digit kill totals in back-to-back matches on March 9, gaining 11 against Nazareth College and 10 versus Penn State-Behrend… Hit .611 with 12 kills and one error in 18 total attempts against Hilbert College on March 10… Achieved a .667 hitting percentage (12-2-15) against Nazareth on March 30… Registered a season-high 15 kills and hit .407 versus the Stevens Institute of Technology on April 13.

2012: UVC Player of the Week (2/20/12)… Started in 24 of the 29 matches in which he played… Appeared in 94 sets… Ranked second on the team in kills (175, 1.86 per set) and assists (110, 1.17 per set)… Hit at a .242 clip… Also had 139 digs (1.48 per set), nine assists (0.10 per set) and 33 total blocks (0.35 per set)… Broke out for season-highs in kills (21) and digs (13) against Ramapo College on April 11… Dished out 48 assists—a season-high—against Southern Vermont College on March 25… Collected a season-high five blocks against the City College of New York on Jan. 22.

2011: Appeared in 23 matches and 54 sets for the Hawks… Picked up 54 digs (1.00 per set) and 141 kills (2.61 per set) on the season… Added 23 blocks, averaging 0.43 per set… Recorded six blocks, three digs and 19 kills in a match against Hilbert College on March 6.

Prior to NP: 2010 graduate of Massapequa High School... National Honor Society member... Twice named All-County in volleyball... All-Long Island... Nassau County MVP.

Other: Son of Patrick and Deborah Smith.