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Tanner Smith

position

Catcher

Height

6-0

Weight

200 lbs.

Class

Senior

Hometown

Chandler, Ariz.

High School

Basha

Previous School

Oregon State

Instagram

@tanner.smith29

Twitter

@tanner_smith29

Tanner Smith - Baseball - University of Miami Athletics
2024 (Junior-Oregon State)
  • Played in 33 games, making 32 starts. Batted .221 with four doubles, a triple and five home runs. Scored 23 times, drove in 19 runs and drew 22 walks. Posted a .423 slugging percentage.
  • Homered in the series finale at Washington State (5/5).
  • Went 2-for-5 and drove in two runs on a double against Portland (4/23).
  • Walked four times and scored two runs with an RBI against Nevada (4/17).
  • Tripled for the first time in his career in the win over CSUN (3/7).
  • Hit a two-run home run and finished 2-for-3 with two runs and two walks in the finale versus NDSU (3/3).
  • Hit a two-run home run in the win over Oklahoma State (2/25).
  • Equaled a career-high with three hits, including a double, in the win over CSUB (2/18).
  • Hit a three-run home run in the season opener vs. New Mexico (2/16).
2023 (Sophomore-Oregon State)
  • Played in 43 games, making 39 starts, and batted .236 with 11 doubles, three home runs and 27 RBI.
  • Recorded seven multiple-hit games and six multi-RBI efforts.
  • Batted .224 in 20 Pac-12 games – 18 starts – with three doubles and 10 RBI.
  • Doubled in two runs in the series finale versus Western Carolina (5/20).
  • Doubled twice, walked three times and scored three runs versus Western Carolina (5/19).
  • Scored a career-high three hits and finished 2-for-5 with a double and an RBI in the finale at UCLA (5/14).
  • Drove in two and posted a 3-for-5 night in the opener against Utah (5/5).
  • Drove home the game-tying runs on a single in the ninth against Arizona (4/30).
  • Drove home the game-winning run on a single in the 13th against USC (4/15).
  • Doubled, drove in a run and scored two against Nevada (3/15).
  • Hit his third home run of the season and went 2-for-3 with two runs at Cal Poly (3/3).
  • Homered and went 2-for-4 with two runs, two RBI and a walk versus Coppin State (2/26).
  • Hit a grand slam in the eighth inning in the win over New Mexico (2/19).
2022 (Freshman-Oregon State)
  • Played in 31 games, starting 24. Batted .232 with eight doubles, three home runs and 13 RBI.
  • Went 2-for-4 with an RBI against UCLA (5/28).
  •  Drove home the game-winning run on a sac fly in the seventh at Oregon (5/3).
  • Hit the game-winning solo home run in the 11th inning in the opener at Nevada, finishing 2-for-4 with two runs scored (3/29).
  •  Hit a ninth-inning grand slam and finished 2-for-5 in the series finale at California (3/27).
  • Doubled home a run and finished 2-for-3 in the opener versus Grand Canyon (3/15).
  • Went 3-for-4 with a pair of doubles in the second game versus UC Irvine (3/5).
  • Hit his first career home run and finished 3-for-5 with two runs versus Xavier (2/24).
High School
  • Letterwinner for head coach Jim Schilling.
  • Batted .496 as a junior, collecting four home runs, two doubles and 14 RBI.
  • Earned all-conference and all-region honors as a sophomore.
  • Batted .289 as a sophomore, totaling four home runs, six doubles, 27 RBI and five stolen bases.
Personal
  • Born September 26, 2002 in Bemidji, Minn.
  • Son of Kristi and Nate Smith.
  • Has one brother, Grant.