UIC Athletics

2020: Appeared and started in 14 games, all but one in right field before the season was cut short due to COVID-19 … Posted two multi-hit games … Ranked first on team with 10 walks and second with three stolen bases (3-of-4) … Scored twice and walked vs. Georgetown (March 6) … Recorded two hits, including a double at Auburn (Feb. 14). 

2019: Played in 46 games with 45 starts (23 LF; 13 3B; 8 1B; 1 DH) ... Led Horizon League with 16 hit by pitches ... Hit by 0.36 pitches per game, ranking 21^st in NCAA ... Tallied 12 extra-base hits and 14 RBI ... Owned five stolen bases ... Scored 28 runs ... Registered 12 multi-hit games ... Hit .333 with a double and a run scored in NCAA Louisville Regional ... Went 2-for-4 with a ninth-inning double against Louisville (May 31) ... Batted .417 and scored five runs during Horizon League Championship ... Made game-clinching catch leaping into left-field wall to secure Horizon League championship against Milwaukee (May 25) ... Notched three hits and scored a run vs. Milwaukee (May 3) ... Picked up two outfield assists against Oakland (April 19) ... Recorded career-high three RBI at Milwaukee (March 30) ... Hit home run against Oakland (March 16) ... Went deep for two-run home run on opening day at Georgia Tech (Feb. 15) ... Reached base safely in first 16 games of season.

2018: Appeared in 25 games and made 14 starts, primarily in the outfield and as a designated hitter ... Batted .313 ... Scored 14 runs ... Started as DH and hit first home run for UIC, a two-run shot, in Horizon League Championship game against Wright State (May 26) ... Had first multi-hit performance against Northern Kentucky (March 18) ... Collected two hits and scored career-high three runs against Northern Illinois (March 14) ... Made first start and notched first hit with Flames against Chicago State (March 10) ... Stole two bases vs. Cougars that day ... Made UIC debut as a pinch runner and scored a run vs. Southern (Feb. 17).

PRIOR TO UIC: Played at Oakton Community College in 2016 ... Earned Division III All-America honors ... Named to All-Region IV and All-Skyway Conference squads ... Batted .424 with 27 extra-base hits and 53 RBI ... Ranked sixth in NJCAA with eight triples ... Also stole 10 bases ... All-Academic selection.

PREP AND PERSONAL: Lettered four years in baseball and football at Loyola Academy in Wilmette, Ill. … Three-year varsity starter and helped Ramblers win 2015 baseball regional championship ... All-Chicago Catholic League Academic Team ... Also starred on the gridiron as a wide receiver and helped Loyola win IHSA state championship as a senior ... High school teammate of UIC's Ryan Lin-Peistrup ... Son of Maribeth and Fred Smart ... Father, Fred, played collegiate football at Northwestern ... Brother, Fred, played baseball at Siena ... Majoring in finance at UIC.