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AnsleySmith

  • class Senior
  • High school Northgate HS
  • SEC Academic Honor Roll (2013, 2014)

Senior (2016): Eight starts for the senior from Georgia on the season, at four different positions in the infield and the outfield including the DP spot in the lineup … Has five runs scored on the season … Had a season-high two-RBI game against San Diego in the Campbell/Cartier Classic … Has five walks in 20 plate appearances … Scored the game-winning and series-clinching run on Sunday night at No. 8 LSU … Started in RF on Senior Day. 

Junior (2015): Played in 58 games with 56 starts,
hitting .167 with two doubles, one triple, three homers and 11 RBI …
Started the season on a three-game hitting streak, which tied her career
best … Hit her first home run against Kennesaw State … Went 2-for-3
against LIU Brooklyn … Had a great series against TAMU with two home
runs, a double and three RBI … Ended a 0-for-31 stretch against
Louisville with an infield single, coming around to eventually score the
game-winning run … Went 2-for-3 against FAU with two RBI … Went
1-for-2 in the series finale vs. Florida, while she drew a walk and
scored a run in the second game … Hit an RBI double on Friday night
against Tennessee.

Sophomore (2014): Played in 65 games with 53 starts … Had four doubles, three homers and 13 RBI to go along with 32 runs scored and five strolen bases … Great start to the year with a .467 batting average the opening weekend … Hit a two-run home run vs. Long Beach State … Went 4-for-4 vs. Loyola Marymount … Had a hit and scored two runs in UK’s win over Texas … Went 2-for-4 vs. Pittsburgh, including the walk-off two-run single in the ninth inning … Had a two-run homer vs. Miss. State in game one and had a hit in game three with a run scored … Went 2-for-4 vs. Indiana with two runs scored … Hit a two-run homer against Fairfield … Game-winning RBI against Auburn, walking with the bases loaded … Scored a run in the Super Regional.

Freshman (2013): Played in 39 games with nine starts … Ended the year with three homers and nine RBI … Solid defensive option at second base and saw significant time at the position after the injury to Dill moved Stokes over to shortstop … Slugged at a .436 clip, while her on-base percentage was .377 … First career start against Howard and scored a run … Had a sacrifice fly in UK’s win over Western Michigan … Collected her first career hit as well as her first RBI vs.â?^UNC … Started at second base for two of three games in the LSUâ?^series, blasting her first homer of the season and going 1-for-2 with one run scored in both gamesâ?^… Had a stolen base against Lipscomb … Recorded a run against Marshall … Excelled at the MTSU doubleheader, blasting two homers, going 3-for-3 with three runs scored and had four RBI … Hit a sacrifice fly in game one of the Alabama series for an RBI, while also scoring a run after a walk … Mainly saw time as a pinch hitter for the Wildcats.

High School: Strong offensive and defensive player at Northgate High School in Newnan, Ga. … Helped high school team win the state championship her senior season, while finishing eighth in the state her junior year and fourth her freshman campaign … Hit .419 her senior season with a .569 on-base percentage, while launching seven homers and driving in 25 RBI … Also had a strong junior season, hitting .432 with seven homers and 25 RBI … High school career includes hitting for the cycle twice … For her efforts, Smith was named first-team All-County all four years and team Most Valuable Player her junior and senior seasons … She also earned All-County Player of the Year honors her final two seasons … Smith was named All-Region all four years of high school and All-State her junior and senior seasons … She was honored with the Team Leader Award and Offensive Player of the Year Award each of her last two years … Was a honor student in high school … Member of the Beta Club and SAGE, while also volunteering at the Welcome House … Parents are Paul and Lisa Smith … Has one brother, Chase, who plays football at the University of Mary (North Dakota) … major is undecided.

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