2024 Baseball Roster
Jersey Number 11
Myles Smith
- Position:
- OF
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-1 / 205
- B/T:
- L/R
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Torrance, Calif.
- Major:
- Education
2024
- ABCA/Rawlings Second Team All-American
- ABCA/Rawlings West All-Region First Team
- Big West Field Player of the Year
- All-Big West First Team
- Corvallis All-Regional Team
- Three-time Big West Field Player of the Week April 29, May 13, May 20
- Fourth Anteater to hit over .400 in a season batting .401 (73-for-182) with a .434 average in Big West play
- Added 13 doubles, tied for team-high 10 HR, 49 RBI, 56 runs scored, and became the fifth Anteater to walk 50 times
- Hitting streaks of 13 and 10 games
- 5-hit games May 19 at Cal State Fullerton
- Three 2-HR games coming April 26 at UC Riverside, May 10 at Long Beach State, and May 31 vs. Nicholls in NCAA Regional play
- Played 41 games starting 37 times
- Hit .226 with 28 hits, five doubles, one triple, one home run, 21 RBIs, 33 runs scored, and 11 steals
- Homered at San Diego State, April 25, going 2-for-2, reaching base five times with two RBIs
- Season highs of three runs scored twice, three walks three times, and three steals on April 2 vs. UC San Diego
- Played summer ball for the Anchorage Bucs of the Alaska Baseball League with teammate David Vizcaino
- Played 21 games with 13 hits, 17 runs, four doubles, eight RBIs, and six steals
- Played in 22 games as a freshman starting 11 times
- Hit .229 with 11 hits, 10 runs scored, and two doubles
- Mashed his first career home run April 23 at Kansas State
- His final game of 2022 produced his first multi-hit game and second game with multiple RBIs
- Played summer ball in the Appalachian League with the Greeneville Flyboys with UCI teammates David Vizcaino, Finnegan Wall and Dub Gleed
- In 39 games, hit .331 with 47 hits, 44 runs scored, seven doubles, two triples, four home runs, 21 RBIs, and 11 stolen bases
- Attended Crossroads School for Arts and Sciences
- Played four years on the baseball team as a center fielder
- Won league MVP
- Played two years on the basketball team as a point guard
- CIF and State champion with the basketball team
- Played five years of travel ball with TB SoCal
- Won Perfect Game World Championship
- Played summer ball of 2021 with the Pulaski River Turtles of the Appalachian League hitting three home runs and driving in 15 in 26 games
- Both parents attended University of Maryland-Eastern Shore
- Younger brother plays baseball, and younger sister plays volleyball
- Father, Ira, played baseball at University of Maryland-Eastern Shore and was first collegiate player to win two and two consecutive NCAA Batting titles in 1989 (.488) and 1990 (.519 - sixth-highest in NCAA history) - hit .431 over his career (14th in Division I history)
- Father was also a 37th round draft pick of the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1990 and hit .292 over a 14-year career in the minors and independent ball
- Majoring in education
- Chose UC Irvine because I love the campus and location. The coaching staff is also top of the line and I couldn't see myself playing for anybody else
- Wore #9 because it was his dad's number, recently wore his favorite number, #1, throughout high school
- Fan of Michael Jordan, Ja Morant, the Baltimore Orioles, and the Los Angeles Dodgers
- Enjoys watching The Equalizer, any of the Transformers movies, action movies, anime and crime TV shows, and the musical stylings of NBA Youngboy
- Hobbies included basketball, listening to music, cooking, ceramics, and playing piano
- Acted as a child in various TV series such as Parenthood, The Cape, and House of Lies
- Has an orange poodle named Punkin
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