Keith Smith

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Photo by: Owen Main

Photo by: Owen Main

Photo by: Owen Main

Height:
6-0
Weight:
170
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Danville, CA
High School:
San Ramon Valley HS
Prev School:
VMI

2019-20 (Redshirt Junior)
Appeared in 29 of 30 games with 20 starts and averaged 22.7 minutes per game … finished third among Big West Conference players with 1.6 steals per game and 44 total steals, 10th with 2.7 assists per game and 13th with a 1.7-to-1 assist-to-turnover ratio … scored season high 17 points on 5-for-7 shooting in overtime home victory versus Cal State Fullerton (Jan. 30) … added 16 points versus Vanguard (Jan. 3), 11 against Simpson (Nov. 15) and UC Davis (Feb. 20) and 10 at Cal State Fullerton (Feb. 15) … distributed season best seven assists at Hawai’i (Jan. 16) and versus Long Beach State (Feb. 5) … produced season high five steals at Hawai’i … grabbed season high eight rebounds at No. 18 Saint Mary’s (Nov. 17) and seven rebounds at Santa Clara (Nov. 8) and versus Cal State Fullerton … finished as Cal Poly’s third leading rebounds with 96 boards.

2018-19 (Redshirt)
Redshirted during first season on campus due to NCAA transfer rules.

2016-18 (VMI; Freshman-Sophomore)
As a sophomore during 2017-18 season, started 29 of 30 games and averaged 7.0 points and 3.1 assists per evening … finished eighth among Southern Conference players with 1.4 steals per game … scored in double figures six times, topping out with a career high 19 points versus Longwood (Dec. 9) … also scored 18 after hitting all four three-point attempts at Western Carolina (Jan. 15) and 17 after going 5-for-5 from three-point range versus Mercer (Jan. 18) … during 2016-17, was the only freshman to appear in all 30 games for VMI while averaging 4.8 points and 20.4 minutes per game … hit double figures three times, including a season high 15-point effort versus Charleston Southern (Dec. 13).

Montverde Academy (Montverde, Fla.)
Graduated from Montverde Academy in 2016 after averaging 11.0 points, 6.5 assists, 3.2 rebounds and 2.1 steals per game as a senior … previously a three-year letterwinner at San Ramon Valley High School (Danville, Calif.).

Personal
Son of Courtney Payne-Smith and Kevin Smith … has one brother, Kevin, Jr. … uncle is Cal Poly head coach John Smith and cousin is former Mustang guard Jamal Smith … grandfather, Fred Smith, played at Utah State and Hawai’i and was selected by the Milwaukee Bucks in the sixth round of the 1968 NBA Draft … majoring in sociology … enjoys golfing and kayaking during downtime.