Noah Smith

Noah Smith and Logan Beard against Virginia.

Photo by: Adam Creech | Louisville Athletics

B/T:
R/R
Ht./Wt.:
6-1 / 185
Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Chicago, Ill.
High School:
Marist
Prev School:
Marist HS

2023: Played in 26 games with eight starts (4 at 2B, 3 at SS, 1 at DH) ... Finished with a .191 average, with four doubles and four RBIs ... Made his first start of the season at second base in the finale against Bucknell, going 1-for-3 with a RBI ... Doubled home a run to clinch a 10-0 seven-inning victory over Michigan at Minute Maid Park on March 5 ... Went 2-for-3 with a double and run scored at Indiana on April 18.

2022: Played in 21 games with seven starts in his first season ... Hit .318 (14-for-44) with a double, triple, four RBIs and 12 runs scored ... Made his collegiate debut starting at second base against UConn on Feb. 20 ... Tripled for his first career hit against Dartmouth on Feb. 27 ... Came off the bench and picked up hits in both games of the doubleheader against Akron on March 5 ... Picked up an infield single on March 27 ... Tallied a pinch-hit single and scored at Wake Forest on May 7 ... Started at shortstop in the finale at Virginia Tech on May 15, picking up a bunt single and scoring a run ... Tallied his first career multi-hit game, going 2-for-4 with a RBI against EKU on May 17 ... Had a hit in all three games of the Virginia series, scoring a pair of runs in the finale ... Went 2-for-4 with a leadoff double and a stolen base against Pitt in the ACC Tournament on May 25.

High School: Lettered four years in baseball and two years in basketball at Marist… Rated as the No. 1 shortstop and No. 3 overall player in Illinois and the No. 39 shortstop in the nation by Perfect Game.

Personal: Parents are Wendell and Lachanda Smith… Siblings are Wendell Jr., Trinity and Sarai… Majoring in Sports Administration… following his baseball career, he wants to create his own business… Chose Louisville over Indiana and Michigan… Credits his cousins and siblings for having the greatest influence on his athletic career… Favorite movies are Interstellar and Dark Knight… Favorite food is pasta… Relatives Chase Hunter (Clemson) and Charles Cooper (Celtics) played basketball and Jaden Hunter (WKU) and Eric Smith (Wisconsin) played football.