2012 Baseball Roster
Roster
Derek Smith
- Position:
- Catcher
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 205
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Pleasant Hill, Ore.
- High School:
- Pleasant Hill HS
Made four appearances as a redshirt freshman … Finished with a 0.00 ERA with three strikeouts in 5.0 innings pitched … Picked up first career save holding Seattle scoreless over the final three innings while striking out two in a 12-7 win … Made first career appearance with allowing no runs in one inning of a 10-4 win over Texas State … Retired the only hitter faced in a 5-1 win over Portland in PK Park … Didn’t allow a run against the Pilots in Portland while pitching 0.2 innings later in the season.
2012 SEASON
Redshirted.
HIGH SCHOOL
A three-sport athlete and 2011 graduate of Pleasant Hill High School in Pleasant Hill, Ore. ... Played four years of baseball under head coach (and his father) Steve Smith … As a senior led Pleasant Hill to a 25-4 record and 3A PacWest League championship with a 16-0 record in league play … Advanced to the OSAA 3A Baseball State Tournament semifinals … Named a 3A first-team all-state selection as a catcher and the PacWest Player of the Year after batting .532 with 44 runs scored, 47 RBI, 13 doubles, two triples, nine home runs, 16 walks and 12 stolen bases … As a junior led Pleasant Hill to the Sky-Em League title and was named Class 4A first-team all-state, while also earning 2010 Sky-Em League Player of the Year honors … In 2009 was a Class 4A all-state honorable mention pick as well as a first-team Sky-Em selection … As a freshman received second-team all-league honors … Graduated with a 4.0 GPA … Also played four years of quarterback and defensive back for the football team for head coach Randy Fisher … Played three years of basketball for head coach W.C. Herburt.
PERSONAL
Born in Eugene, Ore.… Parents are Steve and Sharon … Has three sisters; Kayla, Alexa and Stacie, and one brother, Brad … Majoring in economics.
