Alec Smith

Height:
6-1
Weight:
195
B/T:
R/R
Class:
Sophomore
High School:
Quartz Hill HS
Experience:
1V

Expected to back up the middle infielders during the 2017 season, his final campaign at Cal Poly.

2016 -- Played in 27 games with 21 starts at first base, second base, shortstop and designated hitter ... earned team's Dave Oliver Hustle Award ... a .169 hitter with 11 hits, including one double, one triple and one home run ... doubled against UC Irvine, tripled versus San Jose State and homered against CSUN on May 7, a solo shot in second inning ... three-hit game against San Jose State on April 1 and a two-hit game versus UC Irvine on May 13 ... nine RBI for season, including two against San Jose State on April 1 ... did not play summer ball.

2015 -- A .212 hitter in 25 games as a sophomore ... 14 starts, all at second base, many of them at the start of the season while Mark Mathias recovered from an injury ... his 11 hits included three doubles (Grand Canyon, Pacific, Sacramento State) ... knocked in six runs and stole one base (Pacific) ... went 3-for-5 against CSU Bakersfield on Feb. 24 and produced pair of two-hit games ... hit three-run double in first inning against Pacific on March 7 ... played summer ball for the Centennial State League champion Loveland Blue Jays in Colorado.

2014 -- Played in three games with no starts as a pinch hitter and reserve third baseman … two at-bats against Northern Illinois and Bakersfield … also played against Santa Clara … played summer ball for Corvallis Knights, hitting .246 with a double, two triples and eight RBI … went 9-for-21 in final eight games of regular season to lift his average 37 points … did not play in championship series against Bellingham.

High School -- A .453 hitter with 13 doubles, one triple, two home runs and 33 RBI as a senior under head coach Aaron Kavanagh at Quartz Hill High School ... against Palmdale, he had three doubles and a single and knocked in four runs ... compiled .525 on-base percentage and .698 slugging percentage ... earned first-team All-Golden League honors for the second straight year ... also a second-team All-CIF-Southern Section Division I honoree ... played in Golden League All-Star Game ... led Rebels to 22-7 overall mark, the Golden League title and a second-round berth in the CIF-Southern Section Division 3 playoffs ... played shortstop, third base and in the outfield as a junior and hit .343 with 24 hits, including six doubles, and drove in 19 runs ... Rebels finished 21-9 in 2012, winning the Golden League title with an 11-3 mark and advancing to the quarterfinal round of the CIF-Southern Section Division 3 playoffs ... class valedictorian ... recruited by Long Island and Westmont, Smith chose Cal Poly because “I feel that it is a school that will fit me well. It has great academics and it is not too far away from home, so my family can see me play” ... played summer ball for North County Indians and hit .359 with seven doubles, three triples, one home run, 24 RBI and three steals ... closed out the season with an eight-game hitting streak, going 16-for-37 (.432), and produced 12 multiple-hit games on the year.

Personal -- Son of Michael and Jennifer Smith ... one brother, Austin ... has a perfect record against teammate Kevin Morgan in ping pong ... born August 31, 1995, in Palmdale, Calif. ... majors in kinesiology.