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2012 Baseball

31 John Macon Smith

  • Height 6-2
  • Weight 200
  • Bats/Throws L/R
  • Year Sophomore
  • Hometown Greensboro, N.C.
  • High School Western Guilford
  • Position IF
  • Major Business Management

Biography

2012

  • played and started all games at first base
  • had a .400 hitting average with 45 runs scored and 51 runsbatted in (RBI)
  • had 62 hits, 14 doubles, four triples, and 13 home runs, whichled the team in every category
  • his 13 homers ranked third in NCAA Division III in 2012
  • his 51 RBIs stand second in Guilford history and21st in the nation
  • his .794 slugging percentage led the conference ranked eighthin Division III and third in school history
  • had 14 games with at least two RBI or more and 18 multiple-hitcontests
  • named ODAC’s Baseball Hitter of the Week Feb. 20 afterhelping Guilford to a pair of wins with six hits, including threehomers
  • had two homers and four RBI against Maryville College Feb.18
  • also had five RBI a week later against Southern VirginiaUniversity
  • Apr. 15 against Eastern Mennonite University, he was 3-for-6with a double, triple, homer and six RBI
  • only made three errors in 390 chances in his first year atfirst base
  • he had a .992 fielding percentage, which ranks 12thin school history
  • set the school record with 373 putouts
  • enjoyed a 12 game hitting streak
  • Rawlings All-South Region honors from the American BaseballCoaches' Association

2011

  • played in 40 games at Western Carolina University with 25starts, including 20 in left field
  • hit .208 with two homers, two doubles and 13 RBI
  • had five steals in seven attempts
  • enjoyed five two-hit games and had a five-game hitting streaklater in the year
  • had a career-high four RBI vs. Morehead State

Personal

  • member of Guilford's Spring 2012 Student-Athlete Academic HonorRoll
  • transferred to Guilford in January 2012 from Western CarolinaUniversity
  • earned All-Star honors as a member of the Carolina-VirginiaCollegiate League champion Kernersville Bulldogs
  • lettered four years under coach Chris Causey at WesternGuilford High School
  • earned all-state recognition three times
  • named Triad 3-A Conference player of the year three years in arow
  • earned all area recognition and area of the year player
  • hit at least .320 in four high school seasons, including .561as a senior
  • graduated with a school-record 28 home runs
  • helped the Hornets to three conference titles
  • played eight years  for the North Carolina BaseballAcademy Golden Spikes
  • helped the Golden Spikes to a state championship and finishedninth in the nation
  • son of Gary and Sallie Smith
  • nephew of Guilford professor Garland Granger
  • cousin of Western Carolina pitcher Jordan Smith

Statistics

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