University of California, Santa Barbara

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.