Phil Smith

Class:
Redshirt Sophomore
Hometown:
Kent, Ohio
High School:
Roosevelt

Kent State Awards & Honors

•Letterwinner: 2010

2010 Redshirt Freshman Season Highlights

•Appeared in 14 games with one start.

•Batted .267 with four hits, one double and two RBIs.

•Recorded his first career hit -- a double -- against Western Michigan (4/3) as Kent State edged the Broncos, 16-15.

•Tallied a single and drove in two runs in a 13-6 win at Akron (5/21).

•Played summer ball for the West Virginia Miners of the Prospect League, posting a .312 batting average with 24 hits, six doubles, a home run, 19 RBIs and 10 runs scored.

2009 Season

•Redhirted.

Prior to Kent State

•Lettered three years at Kent Roosevelt High School under head coach Mike Haney Jr.

•Hit .418 in his career for the Rough Riders.

•Named the Ravenna Record Courier Player of the Year his senior season, hitting for a .426 average and a .662 slugging percentage.

•Named All-Portage Trail Conference Metro Division his junior and senior seasons.

•Helped Kent Roosevelt improve from a 9-18 record his sophomore season to a 17-8 mark his senior season.

•Earned PTC All-Academic honors his junior and senior seasons.

•Also played for the Ohio Yankees club team.

•Also lettered all four years in wrestling and two years in football at Roosevelt.

Personal

•Born June 21, 1990.

•Parents are Phil Smith and Quin Welch. Sibling is Lindsay Welch.

•Also participated in choir and was a member of the Spanish Club and National Honor Society while in high school.

•Majoring in finance.

Career Game Highs

At-bats: 2 (twice, last time: vs. Columbia, 3/19/10)

Runs: 0

Hits: 1 (four times, last time: at Akron, 5/21/10)

RBIs: 2 (at Akron, 5/21/10)

Doubles: 1 (Western Michigan, 4/3/10)

Triples: 0

Home Runs: 0

Walks: 1 (Western Michigan, 4/3/10)

Stolen Bases: 0

Career Statistics

Year	Class	AVG	GP	GS	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	TB	SLG	BB	HBP	SO	GDP	OBP	SF	SH	SB	ATT	PO	A	E	FLD%
2010	R-Fr.	.267	14	1	15	0	4	1	0	0	2	5	.333	1	0	7	0	.313	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
TOTALS		.267	14	1	15	0	4	1	0	0	2	5	.333	1	0	7	0	.313	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000