Ryan Smith

Photo by: Beverly Schaefer

Photo by: Graz Giglio

Position:
Left-Handed Pitcher
Height:
5-11
Weight:
185
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Garden City, N.Y.
High School:
Garden City

At Princeton:
2019: Led the team in starts (11), innings (75 2/3), strikeouts (76), wins (five) and ERA (3.45) … His 76 strikeouts are the seventh-most in a single-season in program history while his career total (176) is tied for ninth … Season-opening win at George Mason (Mar. 2) with 10 strikeouts, not allowing a hit or run in six innings … Snagged six punchouts in six frames at UNCG (Mar. 8) … Career-high 11 strikeouts in 7 1/3 stanzas at Harvard (Mar. 30) … Complete game win vs. Brown (Apr. 27) … Punched out 10 hitters at St. Johns’ (May 4).

2018: Made the transition to starter, making 10 starts …. Struck out 52 in 48 innings … Struck out six and allowed just two earned runs at UNCW (Mar. 3) and at Georgetown (Mar. 17) … Punched out seven hitters at Brown (Apr. 7) … Back-to-back starts with eight strikeouts vs. Harvard (Apr. 25) and Yale (Apr. 29).

2017: Led the team in appearances (21) and saves (five) … His 21 appearances are tied for fourth most in a single-season … His five saves were fourth most in the Ivy League … Struck out five in four innings at Duke (Mar. 4) … Picked up three punch outs in 1 2/3 frames at UNC-Greensboro (Mar. 12) … Threw a scoreless outing at Maryland (Mar. 19) … Did not give up an earned run from Mar. 19-Apr. 9 … Season-best six punch outs at Old Dominion (Mar. 21) … Earned a save at Navy (Mar. 25) … Was not scored upon in two games with five strikeouts and a save vs. Brown (Apr. 2) … Earned his third save with a scoreless stanza at Dartmouth (Apr. 8) … Nabbed fourth save at Harvard (Apr. 9) … Recorded fifth save vs. Cornell (Apr. 28).

2016: Made four appearances out of the bullpen … Season debut at No. 4 Louisville (Mar. 6) … Scoreless outing vs. Harvard (Apr. 3) … Nabbed first collegiate victory at St. John’s (Apr. 13).

Before Princeton:
Garden City: A 2015 graduate of Garden City … Senior captain … Lettered volleyball, basketball and baseball … 2015 All-County and Nassau County All-Star … Perfect Game Pre-Season All-American Honorable Mention … 2014 All-Conference … MVP … Scholarship for GPA/On Field Performance ... President of the National Honor Society … Spanish Honor Society … National Merit Scholarship … School awards in Physics, Math Research, Spanish and European History … Two-time gold medalist in the National Spanish Exam … Also recorded a silver medal in the National Spanish and Latin Exams … Member of the school newspaper … Vice President of the Boys Athletic Association … Sports Debate Club … Quiz Bowl.

Personal: Full name is Ryan William Smith ... Birthday is August 13, 1997 … Son of Diane and Rich Smith … Has two sisters, Amy and Danielle.