Matt Smith

Position:
Player
Ht./Wt.:
5-9 / 184
Class:
Freshman
High School:
St. Thomas More HS

Career Stats:

Year	Rounds	Strokes	Best	Average
00-01'	20	1,537	72	76.85
01-02'	15	1,163	71	77.53
02-03'	12	939	71	78.25
Totals	47	3,639	71	78.25

2002-03: Played in four of the Cajuns' 12 tournaments...Ranked eighth with a stroke average of 78.25 through 12 rounds...Best showing, competing with the team, came at the Raising Cane Classic as he carded rounds of 75-73-76 for an 11-over 224 to finish 42nd...Competed as an individual in the Cajuns' home tournament, Louisiana Classics, and recorded his lone sub-par round of the season with a second-round, 1-under par 71...Ended the Louisiana Classics tied for 23rd after shooting rounds of 74-71-74 for a 3-over-par 219.

2001-02: Played in five tournaments with his best show coming at the season-opening Raisin' Cane Classic...Shot season-best, even-par 71 in opening round and finished tied for 29th...Averaged 77.53 for the year.

2000-01: Redshirt freshman who apperared in five tournaments...Posted a 76.85 scoring average and fired an even-par 72 in the first round of the Bearkat Classic for the best single-round performances of his career...Finished that event with a career-best 225 and followed that one week later with another final score of 225 at the Belmont Invitational to help lead the Cajuns to their second team championship of the season...Fired a 7-over-par 151 during a rain shortened Louisiana Classics.

1999-00: Did not see tournament action during the fall and spring seasons, taking a redshirt.

High School: Helped lead St. Thoms More High School to district championships all four years...Was also a member of regional championship squads for three years and one state championship team...Was a five-year letterman for head coach Dennis James Smith.

Personal: Parents are Dennis and Mary Smith...Born on May 29, 1981, in Lafayette, La....Has one older brother, Denny, and two younger brothers, Michael and Stephen...Is a general studies major.