2025 Baseball Roster

Mitchell Yoder/CSU Sports
Mitchell Yoder/CSU Sports
Mitchell Yoder/CSU Sports
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Arthur Ellis/CSU Sports
Arthur Ellis/CSU Sports
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16 Kaden Smith

16 Kaden Smith

  • Position:
    INF/OF
  • Ht./Wt.:
    6-3 / 210
  • Experience:
    R/R
  • Class:
    Redshirt Junior
  • Hometown:
    Yanceyville, N.C.
  • Highschool:
    Western Alamance HS
  • Prev School:
    Wake Tech CC

Summary

Biography

2025 at Charleston Southern: Selected as Second-Team All-Conference as well as to the ABCA All-Region Second Time ... Named to the Big South All-Tournament Team ... Tied the NCAA record in single-game doubles in the Saturday game at Gardner-Webb (5/17) as he had five on the day becoming the first to reach this total since 2019 ... Named Big South Player of the Week twice during the year following the series against Longwood (4/21) and regular season finale weekend at Gardner-Webb (5/19) ... Played and started in 50 games primarily as the team's DH all spring ... Ranked in the league's top ten in batting average (8th), home runs (8th), doubles (6th), RBIs (3rd), total bases (8th) and slugging percentage (4th) as well as in league play he was among the top players in home runs (T5th), RBIs (2nd), total bases (T6th) and slugging % (4th) ... Had many of his season statistics rank among the school's best in single season history including batting average (.356 - 20th), home runs (14 - T2nd), doubles (18 - T5th), RBIs (79 - 1st), runs (54 - 3rd), walks (29 - T23rd), hit by pitches (13 - T16th), sacrifice flies (8 - 1st), slugging % (.670 - 1st) and total bases (128 - 1st) ... Had his totals in home runs, RBIs and hit by pitches all break into the school's top 25 for a career in just the one season played ... Had 15 games with multiple hits with the 5-5 day at Gardner-Webb ranking as his best ... Collected at least one hit in 41 of his 50 games played ... Collected three or more RBIs in 16 games ... Helped power the Bucs to one of the best seasons in school history with them finishing the year with the second-most wins in a single season ... Contributed to the team breaking the single-season school records for team home runs, RBIs, runs scored, walks, hit by pitches, slugging percentage and on base percentage.

2024 at Wake Tech CC: Selected First-Team All-Region 10 as the Eagles' first baseman ... Played a huge role in the team's record-breaking offensive season ... Tied for the team lead in home runs (13), tied with his teammate for the new program record ... Helped to break the team single season home run record ... Became one of just three players in program history with a 50-RBI season ...  Finished the year with a .406 batting average, .513 on base percentage and .735 slugging while during conference play he raised his averages to .439/.530/.813 ... Totaled 63 hits across his 46 games played which included 12 doubles and 13 home runs ... Scored 52 runs and 50 RBIs ... When hot at the plate, he was one of the most dangerous hitters in the region ... Recorded three separate four-hit games and in a doubleheader against Guilford Tech on April 6 he hit two home runs, tallied eight RBI, and went 6-for-10.

2023 at Spartanburg Methodist: Spent the year at Spartanburg Methodist ... Did not see action, redshirted season.

2022 at UNC Asheville: Smith played in 10 games and made one start for Asheville ... His collegiate debut came on February 18 at Virginia Tech where he drew a walk in a pinch-hitting appearance and scored a run ... Made his lone start of the season on February 27 vs. Niagara where he went 0-for-3 with a pair of walks as Asheville's designated hitter. .. Picked up his first collegiate hit and RBI on April 23 at Radford thanks to a run-producing double. 

High School: Originally from Yanceyville, North Carolina where he attended Western Alamanca High School in Elon, N.C.... As a senior, Smith hit .378 to go with an on-base percentage of .510 to be named an All-Conference selection ... Finished his prep career as a .325 hitter and posted three seasons with batting averages of .300 or higher ... Helped his team earn a state tournament berth as a sophomore ... Played his travel ball with SBA Scout Team which qualified and played in the Perfect Game 2020 WWBA World Championship ... A member of the National Honors Society in high school ... Ranked as the #12 catcher and #75 overall prospect in the state of North Carolina from his class by Perfect Game ... Son of Kevin and Mitzi Smith
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