2023 Baseball Roster
Gavin Smith
- Position:
- RHP
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Redshirt Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Cooper City, FL
- High School:
- American Heritage School
2023 (R-Sophomore): Posted an 8.27 ERA in 20 and two-thirds innings (26 appearances, two starts) … Struck out 21 and walked 13 … Allowed a .310 batting average against … Recorded a season-high strikeouts against UNO on March 29 … Tossed two innings against Houston on May 14 ... Earned AAC All-Academic Team honors.
2022 (Dyersburg State Community College): Earned three wins and two saves in 27 pitching appearances for the Eagles… Awarded NJCAA D1 First Team All-American by Junior College Baseball… Recorded 57 strikeouts in 44.1 innings pitched… Posted a 3.45 ERA in his lone season with DSCC to help the team finish with a 42-13 overall record.
2021 (Florida State): Redshirted… Did not see game action.
High School: A four-year letterwinner at American Heritage School under head coach David Bruce Aven… Selected as a 2020 Preseason Florida Honorable Mention by Perfect Game… Awarded 6A-15 All-District Team, Second Team All-County and Boward All-District Team his junior year… Helped the Patriots to a 10-0 start and ranked second nationally his senior year before the COVID-19 pandemic ended the season prematurely… Won three district championships and helped the team tally a 74-17 overall record in his high school career… Finished with a career record of 6-0 with a 2.88 ERA along with 40 strikeouts across 34.0 innings pitched.
Personal: Son of Terry and Kay Smith… Has one sister, Logan Smith… Father, Terry, played football at East Tennessee State… Gavin hopes to play in the MLB in the future or run a successful business.
