2026 Baseball Roster
Jersey Number 12
Kai Smith
- Position:
- OF
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-0 / 190
- B/T:
- R/R
- Class:
- Redshirt Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Danville, Calif.
- Prev School:
- Los Medanos College
- Major:
- Sociology
Prior to UC Irvine
- Played 26 games in 2025 for Los Medanos community college
- Bay Valley Conference co-Champion
- ABCA/Rawlings Northern California All-Region Second Team
- Hit. 478 (55-for-115) with 14 doubles, one triple, five home runs, 38 RBIs, and 34 runs scored
- Successful on 18 of 19 stolen base attempts
- 11 three-hit games including five 4-hit games
- Eight games with 3 or more RBIs including two 4-RBI games and one 5-RBI game
- Attended De La Salle High School
- 56 games over his junior and senior seasons hitting .373 with 56 hits, 56 runs, 34 RBIs, and 18 extra-base hits including five home runs
- Hit .408 as a senior (40-for-123) with 23 RBIs, 38 runs, and four home runs
- Parents attended Columbia and Cornell
- Two siblings
- Lived in Japan for 12 years and speaks Japanese
- Interned at Kela Cyber Security
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