Jake Smith Class: Junior Hometown: Shannon, Ala. High School: Hueytown Height / Weight: 6-2 / 190 Position: INF Experience: 1L B/T: R/R

One of the Crimson Tide's most improved player this fall, hitting for average and power ... an excellent defensive third baseman with a strong arm ... named to 2008 SEC All-Defensive Team after making just 10 errors in 62 games last season at the "hot corner" ... coming off an impressive summer where he was named to the 2008 Texas Collegiate League All-Star team ... played for the McKinney (Texas) Marshals ... played for former Tide assistant coach Jim Gatewood ... led the Marshals to a 26-20 overall record on the 2008 TCL regular season and post season championship ... summer teammate of Del Howell and Jimmy Nelson ... posted a team-leading .290 (36 for 124) batting average with two home runs and 24 RBI in 36 games ... ranked third in doubles (9), fourth in hitting (.290), fourth in slugging percentage (.411) and fifth in RBI (24) ... played in 102 games in his UA career and made 99 starts, primarily at third base ... posted a .242 career batting average with 14 home runs and 63 RBI ... has 19 multi-hit games and 16 multi-RBI games in his UA career ... hitless in lone pinch-hit opportunity in his career ... batting .300 (3-for-10) with one home run and eight RBI with the bases loaded ... career-high eight home runs and 34 RBI in 2008 ... played in 51 SEC games and made 49 starts ... posted .241 career average in SEC games with 11 home runs and 31 RBI ... homered in second career at-bat against Georgia State in 2007 ... also homered in his first career SEC at-bat against Tennessee in 2007.

CUBA FRIENDSHIP TOURNAMENT:
Smith started all three games at third base and went 1 for 7 in the series with a single in game one and a pair of walks in game two.

CAREER Postseason NOTES:
Played in seven career postseason games ... posted .222 (6 for 27) career average with one home run and five RBI ... hit safely in five of seven career games ... made four starts at 2008 SEC Tournament ... batted .200 (3 for 15) with one RBI and two runs scored ... made three starts at 2008 NCAA Conway Regional ... batted .250 (3 for 12) with one home run, four RBI and four runs scored ... went 2 for 4 with two runs scored, one home run and four RBI in NCAA Regional debut against East Carolina (May 30) ... missed the 2007 postseason with an injury.

SOPHOMORE (2008):
A solid defensive third baseman ... Named to the 2008 SEC All-Defensive Team ... Smith made only 10 errors (.945) in 181 chances at the "hot corner" ... played in 62 games and made 61 starts ... hit .240 (52 for 217) with career-best eight home runs and 34 RBI ... hit safely in 35 of 62 games ... three of his eight home runs came from the No. 9 Spot in batting order ... went 2 for 4 with two RBI against UT Arlington on Feb. 28 in first round of Southwest Diamond Classic in Frisco, Texas ... posted a career-high eight-game hitting streak from March 1-11, where he batted .357 (10-for-28) with five runs scored and four RBI ... went 2 for 5 and drove in two runs in the Tide's 17-2 win at North Alabama on March 11 ... stroked a solo home run against No. 4 Vanderbilt on March 22 ... smacked a two-run home run in series finale at LSU (April 6) ... hit .364 4-for-11 against Tennessee (April 12-13) with one home run and four RBI ... stroked three-run home run in the Tide's 11-10 win in the series opener against the Vols ... tallied six-game hitting streak from April 9-19, where he batted .348 (8 for 23) with five runs, two doubles, one home run and seven RBI ... logged career-high six at-bats against Mississippi State on April 19 ... tallied three hits and three RBI in 8-4 win over Lipscomb on April 22 ... recorded career high four-hits and two RBI in series-clinching win over Auburn on April 27 ... hit one of three straight home runs (Matt Bentley, Tyler Odle and Smith) in the seventh inning against the Tigers, a feat never before accomplished in UA history ... turned in solid series at No. 7 Georgia with three home runs and four RBI in the Tide's series win ... went 3 for 6 with three runs scored, two home runs and three RBI in UA's 17-13 series-opening win ... He also homered in UA's 16-13 series-clinching win in the finale ... Hit safely in three of four games at 2008 SEC Tournament ... went 3 for 12 with four runs scored, home run and four RBI at 2008 NCAA Conway Regional ... went 2 for 4 with home run and four RBI in first-round win over East Carolina (May 30).

FRESHMAN (2007):
Appeared in 40 games and made 39 starts at three different positions, including third base (37), DH (1) and second base (1) ... missed 10 of the final 14 games of the season with injury ... hit .246 (35-for-134) with six home runs and 29 RBI ... tallied eight multi-hit games and seven multi-RBI games ... hit .333 (2-for-6) with one home run and six RBI with bases loaded ... finished third on the team with 11, two-out RBI ... reached base in 32 of 40 games ... hit .318 (28-for-88) with six home runs and 28 RBI in home games ... all six home runs and 26 of his 29 RBI came in home games ... went 3-for-5 with a home run and two RBI in his Alabama debut against Georgia State on Feb. 10 ... collected an RBI single in his first collegiate at-bat and smacked a solo home run in his second career at-bat against the Eagles ... tallied three hits and three RBI against Troy on Feb. 14 ... missed five games with a knee injury from Feb. 23 through March 2 ... posted a seven-game hitting streak (11-for-31, .355) from Feb. 11 through March 4 ... slugged his first career grand slam in a 9-1 win over McNeese State (2-for-5, HR, 5 RBI) on March 3 ... the five RBI were a career high ... stroked two doubles against No. 17 Nebraska on March 9 ... tallied eight hits (8-for-13, .615) in a three-game stretch vs. Samford and Tennessee from March 14-16 ... went 4-for-4 with two runs scored, one double, one home run and three RBI in his SEC debut against Tennessee on March 16 ... slugged a two-run home run in his first career SEC at-bat against Tennessee ... homered in back-to-back games against Tennessee (2 HR, 5 RBI) on March 16-17 ... earned SEC Freshman of the Week honors after hitting .500 (5-for-10, 2 HR, 5 RBI) against the Vols ... led the team with four home runs and 17 RBI in March ... had a game-winning, two-run single vs. LSU on March 31 ... tied the UA single-game record with two sacrifice bunts at No. 1 Vanderbilt on April 8 ... went 2-for-4 with a solo home run in a 7-6 win over Georgia on April 14 ... played in the summer for the Concord (N.H.) Quarry Dogs in the New England Collegiate Baseball League ... started 36 games at Concord and hit .214 (27-for-126) with one home run and 10 RBI ... also added five doubles ... played on the same team with Alabama teammates Austin Graham and Del Howell.

HIGH SCHOOL:
A 2006 graduate of Hueytown High School in Shannon, Ala., where he was a four-year starter for Coach Rick Patterson ... in his final two seasons, Smith hit .461 with 37 home runs and 104 RBI ... set single-season and career school records for home runs and RBI ... as a senior in 2006, he hit .432 with 17 home runs and 50 RBI ... also set single-season and career school records for wins and strikeouts on the mound ... broke Hueytown single-season records held by former Alabama All-American and 2002 First-Round Draft pick Jeremy Brown ... a member of the 2006 Birmingham News Super All-State Team ... a member of the 2006 Alabama Sports Writer's Association (ASWA) Super 10 Team ... a member of the 2006 Birmingham News Class 5A All-State Team ... a 2006 ASWA All-State Team selection ... as a junior in 2005, he hit .489 with 20 home runs and 54 RBI ... a member of the 2005 Birmingham News Super All-State Team ... a members of the 2005 Birmingham News All-State Team ... a member of the 2005 ASWA All-State Team ... helped Hueytown to a Class 5A state playoff before losing in the quarterfinals to Stanhope Elmore ... his 20 home runs as a junior were the most by a Birmingham metro player since Bo Jackson hit 20 for McAdory High School in 1982.

PERSONAL:
Full name is Jacob Lewis Smith ... son of Wes Smith and Robby and Denise Tibbs ... has four siblings, Allen and David Smith and Rob and Russ Tibbs.