Aggie Baseball

 

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Jasper Smith

 


Class:
Senior
Height/Weight:
6-1/200
Hometown:
Durham , N.C.
Position:
LHP
Date Of Birth
08/30/84

B/T
L/L

N.C. A&T  Highlights
Will go into his fourth season of being a key left-hander out of the Aggies bullpen…Has also served as a fifth or sixth starter for the Aggies over his career…Has started four career games…Had some bad luck with the defense behind him in his career…Will compete with several other Aggie left-handers for a spot as a middle reliever this season…Has a career 7.67 ERA with 24 strikeouts, 52 walks in 29 career appearances…Has pitched 59.1 innings in his career.

2006 Season
Made 14 appearances with one start…Pitched 17.2 innings in mostly relief work…Posted a 1-0 record with a 6.11 ERA…Lowered his ERA from the previous season…Struck out nine batters on the season, but failed to record a save in relief…Made his only start of the season on May 16 when he pitched 6.2 innings, giving up just three hits, two earned runs, while striking out four in a 9-6 win over Appalachian State…Pitched 1.2 innings of relief against Winthrop on Feb. 28, but gave up just one hit and struck out one…Made his first appearance of the season against Cincinnati on Feb. 17…Pitched a scoreless inning of relief and struck out one against UNC-Asheville on March 14…Pitched a scoreless inning of relief against conference rival Bethune-Cookman on April 8.

2005 Season
Made 12 appearances and four starts for the Aggies…Pitched 32.0 innings in mostly relief…Posted an 0-5 record with and a 7.88 ERA…Out of the 50 runs he surrendered, 22 of them were unearned…Struck out 15 batters on the season…Pitched an inning of relief in a 3-2 win over Campbell on March 29…Pitched four strong innings of relief against Campbell on March 15 in which he gave up just two hits and struck out three…Made his first career start against Liberty on Feb. 23…Pitched 6.1 innings in the loss…Made his first appearance of the season against Appalachian State on Feb. 9…Pitched 3.2 innings of relief in a loss to the Mountaineers.

2004 Season
Made three appearances and made no starts for the Aggies as a freshman…Had a 4.50 ERA…Pitched two innings of relief on the season, giving up one run and one base on balls…Faced six batters during the season.
 

High School Accomplishments
Ranked fifth in his senior class in GPA at Hillside High School…Named to the all-area team in football his senior year…Made all-conference in baseball as a senior.

Personal
Full name is Jasper Ellett Smith…Majors in business management…Is the son of Ira and Esther Smith…Has two siblings, Devonya and Brandt Smith…Holds a 3.5 GPA…Plans to become a human resource manager for a future Fortune 500 company…Favorite sports teams are the San Francisco 49ers and Oakland Raiders…Is a member of the Beta Gamma Sigma Honor Society and Phi Kappa Phi…Favorite foods are spaghetti, Chinese food, Japanese food and Taco Bell.