University of California, Santa Barbara

2025-26: Appeared in 31 games and made 31 starts, totaling 369 points, 131 rebounds and 45 assists, with 16 steals and six blocks… … Scored a season-high 24 points on 8-for-11 shooting, 4-for-6 on 3-pointers and 4-for-4 at the line vs. San Jose St. (Nov. 8)… Knocked down a season-high 5 3-pointers on 5-for-7 shooting from deep at Sacramento St. (Nov. 11)… Came up with a season-high three steals vs. Long Beach St. (Dec. 4)… Grabbed a season-high eight rebounds, including a season-high seven defensive rebounds, at Hawaii (Feb. 21)… Led the team in Free Throw Attempts and tied for first in Made Free Throws... Third on the team in Total Points with 369 and third on the team in Average Points per Game with 11.9.

2024-25: Appeared in all 34 games with three starts for the Gauchos … averaged 8.7 points and 2.8 rebounds per game … recorded a season-high three steals against Cal Poly (Feb. 27) … dropped a career-high 18 points on UC Irvine with five momentum shifting three-pointers (Mar. 8).

PRIOR TO UC SANTA BARBARA: Played two seasons at Vanderbilt University … averaged 7.1 points and 6.6 rebounds in the first seven games of the 2023-24 season before it was cut short due to injury … recorded back-to-back double-doubles against UNC Greensboro and Central Arkansas during that seven-game stretch.
 
HIGH SCHOOL: Played for Compass Prep in Arizona … was a 2022 McDonald’s All-American Game nominee … compiled 1,525 points, 700 rebounds and 505 assists in high school career … ranked as a four-star recruit by ESPN, 247Sports and Rivals … ranked as nation’s No. 38 small forward by ESPN … ranked as nation’s No. 95 recruit and No. 25 small forward by Rivals … averaged 21.0 points, 9.0 rebounds, 6.5 assists, 3.0 steals and 2.0 blocks as a junior at St. Mark’s (Texas) and led the team to 2020 SPC State Championship.
 
PERSONAL: Son of Lisa and Lee Smith … has an older sister, Leilah, who plays volleyball at Stanford … his godfather, Kurt Thomas, played at TCU and had a successful 20-year career in the NBA.