| Curt Smith |
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HEADING INTO 2008: Captain of the Black Bears... one of the top players in Maine history... helped lead the Vermont Mountaineers to back-to-back New England Collegiate Baseball League Championships the past two summers... is expected to start in left field for the Black Bears in 2008.
2007: Had another outstanding season for the Black Bears... named to the America East Second Team... named to the America East All-Tournament Team... selected to the New England Intercollegiate Baseball Association All-New England Team... named to the 2007 Wallace Watch List... named to the NCBWA Preseason Third Team... Named America East Co-Player of the Week (4/2)... named America East Co-Player of the Week (5/7)... broke the Maine career triples record on April 1 at New Orleans when he belted his 14th career triple, breaking the record of former teammate Joe Hough... Smith enters his senior season with 16 triples... was second on the team with a .351 batting average... he led the team in both runs scored with 46 and in RBI with 48... had 12 doubles, five triples, which led the team, and tied for the team-lead in home runs with eight... had a .576 on-base percentage... was 9-for-9 in stolen bases... was 3-for-6 with two runs scored and two RBI in Maine's 17-2 win over Penn (3/8)... was 3-for-5 against 14th-ranked Arizona State (3/18)... was 3-for-5 with a run scored and two RBI in Maine's game at New Orleans (3/3)... had a pair of triples in the game tying a school record for triples in a game... was 3-for-5 with three runs scored and two RBI the following day against New Orleans (3/31)... was 3-for-4 with two runs scored and two RBI in the series finale against the Privateers (4/1). .. was 3-for-3 with a run scored and six RBI in Maine's 10-1 win over Vermont (5/5)... was 3-for-5 with three runs scored and two RBI against Stony Brook (5/25) in the America East Tournament.
2006: Helped lead the Vermont Mountaineer to the New England Collegiate Baseball League Championship were he had a record-setting summer... had an outstanding season for the Black Bears... named to the All-New England First Team... named to the Chapel Hill All-Regional Team... earned American Baseball Coaches Association Northeast Region Second Team honors... one of just seven players in Maine history to be named to an NCAA Regional team twice... ranked 55th in the nation in batting average... was 18th in the nation in toughest to strike out and 41st in triples per game... led America East in batting average (.390), hits (87), triples (6) and total bases (132)... was third in on-base percentage (.455), runs scored (56), RBI (55) and fourth in stolen bases (19) and doubles (18)... batted .390 with 56 runs scored and 55 RBI... his 87 hits tied Andy Hartung for fourth on the single season hits list... hit 18 doubles, six triples and five home runs on the season... was two triples shy of tying Joe Hough (2003-2006) for the school record in career triples with 13... led Maine with 19 multi-RBI games and was tied for second with 24 multi-hit games... had best game of the season when he was 5-for-6 with a run scored and five RBI in Maine's NCAA Regional game against UNC Wilmington (6/3)... was 4-for-5 with four runs scored and an RBI against Penn (3/10)... had a four game streak in which he had three or more hits (3/10-14)... was 4-for-5 with four runs scored in Maine's 16-2 win over NYIT (4/21).. was 3-for-6 with two runs scored and four RBI in Maine's win over Vermont in the season-finale (5/21)... was 4-for-5 with a run scored and two RBI in Maine's 11-8 victory at Stony Brook in the opening game of the America East Tournament... lone player to start all 58 games.
2005: Had a fantastic freshman season for Maine... named a Louisville Slugger Freshman All-American... selected to the NCAA Oxford Regional All-Tournament Team... named to the America East All-Rookie Team... named America East Rookie of the Week four times... finished second on the team with 26 multi-hit games on the season... had an eight game hitting streak.... saw action in 52 games for Maine... finished second on the team with a .343 batting average... scored 37 runs and drove in 38... hit 13 doubles, five triples, which tied for the team-lead, and three home runs... stole 10 bases on the season which was second on the team... tied a Maine record for triples in a game when he hit a pair of triples against Vermont (3/28) in the America East Championship game... finished 2-for-5 in that game with three RBI... was 3-for-5 with three runs scored and one RBI against Southern Miss (6/4) in the NCAA Tournament... had a triple and a home run in that game... finished 2-for-4 with a run scored and an RBI against Oklahoma (6/5) in the NCAA Tournament and had a triple in the game.
BEFORE UMAINE: Captain for Norval Faneyte at Peter Stuyvesant... batted .533 with six home runs and 30 RBI... his Curacao team won the 2002 Senior League World Series Championship which was held in Bangor, Maine... team finished as the 2002 and 2003 Latin American Champions... has played for the Curacao all-star team... born September 9, 1986... son of Claudius Smith and Claudette Mourillon... a business major.