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Jersey Number 17
Drew Smith
- Position:
- Infielder
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 208
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Clovis, Calif.
- High School:
- Buchanan HS
Bio
Honors and Awards
2023
ABCA/Rawlings Second-Team All-West Region
2023
ABCA/Rawlings Second-Team All-West Region
CAREER
An ABCA/Rawlings Second-Team All-West Region selection as a true freshman in 2023 … Holds the program record with a 20-game hitting streak, while reaching base in all 26 games with a plate appearance as a true freshman … Extended reached base streak to first 41 career games with a 15-game streak to start sophomore season … Ranks in a tie for 10th on the single-season doubles list (16) at Oregon.
2024 SEASON
Started 56 or Oregon’s 60 games with 47 starts coming at second base and nine at third base … Slashed .314/.422/.451 with a .873 OPS … Finished third on the team in batting average going 64-for-204 with four home runs, 29 RBI, 38 runs scored, 16 doubles and five stolen bases … Led the team in OBP while reaching base 39 times on free passes with 29 walks (second on the team) and 10 hit-by-pitches (tied for third on the team) … Tied for 10th on the all-time single-season doubles list at Oregon, while finishing the year tied for 11th in two baggers in the Pac-12 Conference … Had at least one hit in 37 of 56 games played while reaching base in 48 of Oregon’s games … The 15-game reached base streak to start the season matched the longest streak by an Oregon player … Led Oregon with 21 multiple-hit games, including four 3-hit games and one 4-hit game … Had nine multiple-RBI games with one 3-RBI game … Scored multiple-runs in six games while scoring three runs once … Did not commit an error at second base in the final 32 games as well as going 35 of the last 36 games without an error … Finished with a .982 fielding percentage when playing second base while committing just three errors in 164 chances at the position … In Pac-12 Conference games, slashed .320/.413/.476 while finishing with a .889 OPS … Finished second on the team in batting average and on-base percentage while going 33-for-103 with two homers, 12 RBI, 17 runs scored and one stolen base … Finished in a tie for 10th in the Pac-12 in doubles with 10 … Defensively, finished with a .988 fielding percentage while committing just one error in 85 chances … at Shriners Children's College Baseball Showdown (Feb. 16-18): Started all three games at third base while battling leadoff … vs. Oklahoma (Feb. 16): Led off the season in the top of the first with a HBP before coming around to score Oregon’s first run of the season in a 4-2 Ducks’ win … vs. Baylor (Feb. 17): Went 2-for-5 with a RBI and run scored … Singled and scored in Oregon’s three-run fifth inning that tied the game at four … Drove in a run with a sixth-inning base hit in a three-run inning that broke a tie … vs. #18 Texas Tech (Feb. 18): Had a career-high four hits (4-for-6) while matching a career-best with three RBI … Also scored a run … Drove in a pair of runs with a base hit and scored in Oregon’s four-run fifth inning … Pulled Oregon within a run in the sixth inning with a RBI single that scored a second run on an outfield fielding error … Also singled in the seventh and the ninth … vs. Lafayette (Feb. 23-25): Reached base at a .429 clip (1-for-9, 3 BB, 2 HBP) while homering, driving in two, scoring four times and stealing two bases while making three starts in a four-game series sweep … In the opener, reached base three times (1-for-3, 2 BB) while hitting a two-run home run, scoring twice and swiping a bag … Walked, stole second and scored in the Ducks’ three-run fourth inning … After walking in the fifth, belted a two-run home run in Oregon’s 17-3 win … Reached twice (BB, HBP), scored twice and stole a base in a 15-4 win in game one of a doubleheader and game two of the series …. Walked and scored in Oregon’s six-run third inning … Reached on a fielder’s choice, stole second and scored in a six-run fifth inning … vs. UC Santa Barbara (March 1-3): Led Oregon batting .400 (4-for-10) with a RBI, run scored, stolen base and three walks … Reached base at a .538 clip … Had a hit in all three games, going 2-for-4 in the opener … Reached base four times in the series finale going 1-for-2 with three base on balls, a stolen base and a run scored in a 16-9 win … Walked and stole second in the third … Singled in Oregon’s three-run fourth inning … Walked twice and scored a run in the Ducks’ nine-run sixth inning … at Grand Canyon (March 5-6): Slashed .286/.444/.429 with an .873 OPS … Went 2-for-7 with a double, RBI, three runs scored and two walks … Went 2-for-4 with a double, RBI and two runs scored in a 9-4 win in the series opener … Delivered a game-tying RBI ground out in a three-run third inning that gave UO a 4-2 lead … Singled and scored in the fifth … Led off the seventh with a double before scoring on a Anson Aroz sacrifice fly … Walked twice and scored a run in a 13-5 victory in the two-game series finale … Walked in Oregon’s two-run fifth inning … Walked and scored in a five-run sixth inning … at Arizona State (March 8-10): Started the first two games in the series win, going 2-for-9 with a double, RBI, run scored and a walk … In the series opener, drew a seven-pitch bases-loaded walk in the top of the sixth to knot the game at 3-3 … Helped Oregon even the series in game two going 2-for-5 with a double and a run scored in a 6-4 win … Singled and scored in the fifth … With Oregon trailing 4-3 in the top of the ninth, sparked a three-run really with a one-out double before being lifted for pinch runner Jack Brooks, who scored the tying run on Jeffery Heard’s go-ahead two-run home run … vs. California (March 15-17): Reached base four times (2 H, BB, HBP) and scored a run in a series win … Reached base three times (2-for-3, BB) and scored Oregon’s lone run in the opener … Singled and scored in the fourth … Walked in the fifth and reached on a hit in the seventh … In the series finale, saw season-best 15-game reached base streak end … Marked the first time in career that did not reach base in a game with a plate appearance (career streak snapped at 41 games) … vs. Arizona (March 22-24): Batted .273 (3-for-11) with a double, RBI, run scored and a walk in a series win … Reached base twice (1-for-3, BB) while doubling and scoring in a 2-1 series-opening win … Drew a walk before coming around to score on Bennett Thompson go-ahead two-run single in the sixth … In the series finale, went 2-for-4 with an RBI … Singled in the fifth while picking up an RBI single in the seventh … vs. Seattle (March 27-30): Slashed .571/.684/.786 while finishing with a 1.470 OPS in a four-game series sweep … Delivered a walk-off base hit in game one … Reached base four times (3-for-4, RBI) with a double and two RBI in a 5-4 series-opening win … Capped Oregon’s walk-off four-run 10th-inning rally with a two-RBI base hit to give Oregon the win … Before the walk off, singled in the fourth, walked in the seventh and doubled in the ninth … In game two, reached on a pair of hit-by-pitches and scored a run in a 10-2 win … Scored in the seventh after leading off the inning with a HBP … Contributed to a 9-2 series-clinching game-three win by going 2-for-3 with a walk, two RBI and a run scored … Pulled a two-run single through the left side to give the Ducks a 5-1 lead in the fifth … Led off Oregon’s four-run eighth inning with a single before scoring on a Bryce Boettcher sacrifice fly … Reached base four times (3-for-4, BB) with a pair of doubles, two RBI and three runs scored in a 14-7 win in the series finale … Doubled and scored in the second to cut into a three-run Seattle lead … Led off the sixth with a double before scoring on a Mason Neville two-run home run in Oregon’s three-run inning that broke a 4-4 tie … Singled and drove in an insurance run in the seventh inning … Drew a bases loaded walk in a six-run eighth inning before scoring on a Maddox Molony bases-clearing three-run double … at UCLA (April 5-7): Led the Ducks batting .417 (5-for-12) while reaching base at a .533 clip and slugging .500 … Reached base eight times (5 H, BB, 2 HBP) with three RBI and a run scored in a series win … Got on base four times (3-for-4, BB) in an 8-4 series-opening win … Singled in the second before adding a two-out RBI base knock in the third for a 1-0 Oregon lead … Capped Oregon’s four-run fourth inning with a two-out RBI single … Went 1-for-4 with a HBP in game two … In the series-clinching win in the finale, reached twice (1-for-4, BB) with a double, RBI and a run scored … Gave Oregon a 2-0 lead with an RBI double in the third before making it 3-0 after scoring later in the inning … vs. Sacramento State (April 9-10): Went 2-for-5 with a double and a run scored in the opener of the two-game series … Led off the second inning with a bunt single before scoring … Doubled in the third inning … vs. USC (April 12-14): Batted .273 (3-for-11) with two doubles and a run scored in a series win … Went 2-for-3 with two doubles in a 4-1 game-one win … Contributed to Oregon’s run in the fourth with a one-out double … Led off the seventh with a double before being removed for a pinch runner … Went 1-for-4 with a run scored in the series finale … Singled and scored in the second to give UO a 2-0 lead … at Stanford (April 19-21): Batted .333 (4-for-12) while reaching base at a .385 clip and slugging .500 … Had two doubles, an RBI and scored twice in the series while walking once … Went 1-for-4 with a RBI in the series opener … Gave Oregon a 3-1 lead in the third inning with a RBI single … Went 1-for-4 with a double and a run scored in a 17-5 game-two win … Doubled in Oregon’s seven-run eighth inning before coming around to score … Reached base three times (2-for-4, BB) with a double and a RBI in the series finale … Walked and was stranded in the third inning … Doubled and scored on a Boettcher two-run home run in a five-run fourth inning … Added a seventh-inning single … at San Francisco (April 22): Walked and scored on a Carter Garate squeeze bunt to give UO a 2-1 lead in the second … at #13 Oregon State (April 26-28): Batted .250 (2-for-8) with a home run, two RBI, a pair of runs scored and a walk in the three-game series … Went 1-for-3 with a stolen base in the opener … In game two, went 1-for-2 with a home run, two RBI and a run scored … Belted a solo home run in the third inning to tie the game at one … Tied the game again in the eight with a sacrifice fly scoring Neville … Walked and scored a run in Oregon’s 7-1 game-three victory … Walked and scored on a Chase Meggers sacrifice fly in the fourth for 4-0 lead … vs. Utah (May 4-5): Batted .273 (2-for-11) with a walk and two runs scored in a series win … Went 2-for-4 with a run scored in a 7-5 series-opening win … Contributed to Oregon’s first-inning run with a base hit … Helped Oregon rally from a 4-2 fifth-inning deficit with a one-out single before scoring on a Jacob Walsh two-run home run for the lead … Reached base twice (1-for-3, BB) with a run scored in the series finale … Singled in the sixth before reaching on a base on balls in the eighth before scoring on a Thompson three-run home run … at Washington (May 10-12): Led Oregon to a series win slashing .600/.667/1.100 with a 1.767 OPS … Had three extra-base hits (2 2B, HR) with four RBI, two runs scored and two base on balls … Had multiple hits in all three games while reaching base three times in both games one and two … Homered and drove in two runs while going 2-for-3 with a walk in game one of the series … Clubbed a two-run home run in the top of the fourth to give UO a 6-0 lead … Singled in the sixth before being stranded at third … Added an eighth-inning walk … In game two, had a pair of hits (2-for-3) and a walk, while doubling, driving in two runs and scoring once in a series-evening 13-6 win … Led off the game before scoring on a Neville two-run home run … Singled and drove in a pair of runs to give UO a 4-1 lead in the second … Added a sixth-inning base on balls … Went 2-for-4 with a double in Oregon’s 5-3 series-clinching win in the finale … Contributed to Oregon’s seventh-inning insurance run … With UO up 4-3, led off the inning with a double before removed for pinch runner Ryan Cooney, who later scored on a Walsh sacrifice fly … vs. Washington State (May 16-18): Slashed .333/.571/.444 with a 1.015 OPS in a series sweep of the Cougars … Reached base eight times (3 H, 4 BB, 1 HBP) in the three games with one double and four runs scored … Walked twice and was hit by pitch while scoring two runs in a 9-2 series-opening win … Led off the first with a HBP before scoring on a Neville home run … Walked in the second and scored on another Neville home run, this one a three-run shot … Walked in the sixth before being removed for pinch runner Cooney, who later scored on a Walsh double … Went 2-for-5 with a run scored in a series-clinching 8-4 win in game two … Sparked Oregon’s come-from-behind eighth-inning seven-run rally with a leadoff single … Came around to score on a Walsh double before adding another base hit later in the inning … Reached base three times (1-for-3, 2 BB) to help clinch a series sweep with a 10-4 run in the finale … Walked and scored on a Neville home run in the third inning to give UO a 2-0 lead … Added a fourth-inning base on balls … Led off the eighth with a double before being replaced by pinch runner Cooney, who scored on a Dominic Hellman base hit … at Santa Barbara Regional (May 31-June 2): Reached base seven times (4 H, 2 BB, 1 HBP) in 13 plate appearances helping the Ducks to a regional title on the road for the second consecutive season … Batted .444 (4-for-9) with a .583 OBP and sacrifice bunt while driving in two runs and scoring once … vs. San Diego (May 31): Reached base three times (2-for-3, HBP) with a run scored in a 5-4 (11-inning) win … Contributed to Oregon’s two-run sixth inning that broke a 1-1 tie giving UO a 3-1 lead … With runners on first and second, put down a successful sacrifice bunt that advanced the runners while also reaching on a throwing error … Gave Oregon a 4-1 lead in the eighth scoring on a Garate double after reaching on a one-out single … at #18 UC Santa Barbara (June 1-2): Reached base twice in both games while going 1-for-3 with a walk and a RBI in both games … In a 2-1 win in the winner’s bracket game, drove in the eventual winning run with an RBI groundout in the bottom of the eighth giving UO a 2-0 lead … In the Ducks’ 3-0 win in the championship game, again delivered the eventual winning run, this time with a first-inning RBI single … Bryan-College Station Super Regional at #4 Texas A&M (June 8-9): Went 3-for-10 with two extra-base hits (HR, 2B) with an RBI and two runs scored in the two games … In game two, went 3-for-5 with a home run, double, RBI and two runs scored … In the bottom of the first, hit the second of back-to-back-to-back home runs in the Ducks’ four-run first inning … Singled and scored in the bottom of the third inning giving UO a 6-2 win … Added an eighth-inning double.
2023 SEASON
Named second-team All-West Region by the American Baseball Coaches Association … Set a program record for longest hitting streak with hits in first 20 career games with an at-bat (broke old record of 18 held by Spencer Steer) … Moved into the starting lineup in late April … Played in 28 games, starting 24 (15 DH, 9 3B) … Finished true freshman season batting .365 (35-for-96) with three home runs, 18 RBI, 14 runs scored and six stolen bases … 10 of 35 hits went for extra bases (3 HR, 2 3B, 5 2B) … Reached base at a .430 clip while slugging .552 … Had a hit in 23 of 25 games played with an at-bat … Reached base in all 26 games with a plate appearance, the second-longest streak on the team (Tanner Smith – 29) … Had multiple hits in 12 of 24 games started (50 percent), while finishing with five multiple RBI games with two three-RBI games … Reached base multiple times in 17 of 24 starts (70.8 percent), while reaching base three times on five occasions … In 12 Pac-12 Conference games, batted .386 (17-for-44) with a home run, eight RBI, nine runs scored, four doubles and five stolen bases … Reached base at a .481 clip (17 H, 7 BB, 1 HBP) while slugging .545 … In 10 postseason games, batted .341 (14-for-41) with a home run, two triples, eight RBI and five runs scored … vs. Northwestern State (March 24-26): Made career debut as a pinch hitter in a 13-3 Oregon win … Reached base on a hit-by-pitch before moving to third base on defense … vs. Portland (April 4): Entered the game in the top of the ninth as a pinch runner in a 9-1 Oregon win … vs. San Francisco (April 11-12): Collected first career hit and RBI in first career at-bat after entering the game as a defensive replacement in the top of the seventh … Delivered a two-out RBI single scoring Rikuu Nishida in a 16-6 Oregon win … at California (April 21-23): Made first career start in game one of the series, batting eighth as the designated hitter … Singled to lead off the third in Oregon’s two-run third inning … Added a fourth-inning single to finish the day 2-for-3 in a 5-4 Oregon win … vs. Gonzaga (April 25-26): Played in both games of a two-game midweek sweep of the Bulldogs … In game one, entered as a defensive replacement at first base in the top of the eighth before moving to third base in the top of the ninth of an 11-4 win … In game two, started at third while batting in the two hole … Hit first career home run, a solo shot, while going 2-for-5 with a season-high three RBI and a run scored … Gave Oregon a 4-3 lead in the bottom of the fifth with a RBI single to center field in a two-run inning … Added a solo home run to lead off the seventh, before driving in third run of the day on a ground out in the 10-5 win … vs. #12 Arizona State (April 28-30): Started games two and three of the series after Sabin Ceballos was sidelined with an injury … Took advantage of the opportunity reaching base three times in both games while finishing the series win 4-for-7 with two walks, two RBI and three runs scored … In game two, went 2-for-4 with an RBI and two runs scored in a series-clinching win … Drew a base on balls in the second inning before stealing first career base … Doubled and scored in Oregon’s six-run third inning … Added an RBI single in the four-run eighth inning of a 16-10 win … In game three, reached base three times (2-for-3, BB) with a RBI and run scored … Singled and scored in the top of the first to give Oregon an early 2-0 lead … Added a RBI single in the fifth to make it a 5-0 game … at #19 Oregon State (May 2): Went 1-for-5 with a double and a run scored … Doubled to lead off the third before scoring on a Bryce Boettcher single … at USC (May 5-7): Started all three games of a weekend series for the first time in career … Went 3-for-10 with two doubles while reaching base six times in the series (2 BB, 1 HBP) … In game one, doubled in the second inning … Reached base three times (1-for-3, BB, HBP) in a 7-5 game two win … Doubled to lead off Oregon’s four-run seventh inning … Went 1-for-3 with a walk in game three to extend hitting streak to nine games … vs. Washington (May 12-14): Batted .417 (5-for-12) while reaching base twice in all three games with a RBI and three runs scored … In game one, went 2-for-4 with a run scored … Singled in the second before scoring on a Josiah Cromwick home run … Added a seventh-inning single … Had two hits in five at-bats in game two with a RBI and run scored … Singled and scored in the eighth … Added an RBI single in the ninth … Reached twice (1-for-3, BB), stole a base and scored in game three … Walked to lead off the fourth before coming around to score on a pair of wild pitches sandwiched around a stolen base … Added an eighth-inning single to extend hitting streak to 12 games … at Utah (May 18-20): Went 3-for-12 with a home run, five RBI, a run scored, a double, two walks and a pair of stolen bases in a series win … Reached base three times (1-for-2, 2 BB) with a home run, three RBI and a run scored in game one … Hit a three-run homer in the top of the second to give Oregon a 3-2 lead … Added a walk and stolen base in the third before walking to lead off the eighth … Went 1-for-5 with a stolen base in a 9-1 game-two win … Extended hitting streak to 15 games in game three while going 1-for-5 with a double and a RBI in a 15-3 series clinching win … Drove in a pair with a first-inning double to give the Ducks a 3-0 lead … at Pac-12 Tournament (May 23-27): Batted .471 (8-for-17) with a triple, three RBI and two runs scored in helping Oregon to the tournament title … Had multiple hits in all four games … vs. California (May 23): Went 2-for-4 with a RBI in Oregon’s 3-2 come-from-behind win … Singled and was stranded at third in Oregon’s one-run second inning … Added a fourth-inning single before driving in the tying run in the bottom of the eighth … vs. #4 Stanford (May 25): Went 2-for-4 in Oregon’s 8-6 (10-inning) win … vs. Washington (May 26): Drove in a pair of runs and scored once while going 2-for-5 with a triple in a 12-7 semifinal win … Singled and drove in a run in Oregon’s three-run first inning … Tripled, drove in a run and scored in the Ducks’ five-run fifth inning … vs. Arizona (May 26): Set a new program record for longest hitting streak while going 2-for-4 with a run scored in a 5-4 win in the championship game … Extended the hitting streak to 19 games with a second-inning base hit … Added a single before scoring in the fourth inning … at Nashville Regional (June 2-4): Reached base in all three games (1 H, 1 BB, 1 HBP) while scoring one run in the regional … vs. Xavier (June 2): Went 1-for-4 in Oregon’s 5-4 win … at #3 Vanderbilt (June 3): Reached on a walk and scored a run but went 0-for-3 to end hitting streak at 20 games … Walked in the fifth to extend reached base streak to 22 games and then scored on a Jacob Walsh three-run home run in an 8-7 win … vs. Xavier (June 4): Hit by a pitch to extend reached base streak to 21 games in an 11-2 win … Eugene Super Regional (June 9-11): Batted .357 (5-for-14) with a home run, a triple, three RBI and two runs scored against Oral Roberts … Had a pair of two-hit games in the series … Went 2-for-4 with a home run and two runs scored in a 9-8 game-one come-from-behind win … Singled and scored on a Bennett Thompson home run to cut ORU’s lead to 8-5 … Hit a solo home run in the sixth to trim the lead to 8-6 … Had a pair of hits and RBI in five at-bats in game two … Picked up a sixth inning single before tripling and driving in two to give Oregon a 7-4 lead in the seventh … Went 1-for-5 in game three to extend reached base streak to 26.
HIGH SCHOOL
The No. 141 rated player in the class by Prep Baseball Report … A top-10 third baseman overall by PBR (No. 9) … Viewed as the No. 43 third baseman in the class by Perfect Game … A top-five third baseman in California by PBR (No. 3) and PG (No. 5) … As a senior, earned PG Preseason All-America and second-team all-region honors … Named a first-team All-Tri River Athletic Conference selection … As a junior, earned first-team all-state and all-conference honors … Selected to the PG 17U World Series all-tournament team.
2024-25 Oregon Baseball Intro Video
Thursday, June 12
Oregon Baseball | Eugene Regional | Postgame vs. Cal Poly
Saturday, May 31
Oregon Baseball | Eugene Regional | Postgame vs. Utah Valley
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Grayson Grinsell & Jacob Walsh | NCAA Selection Show
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