• Dean’s List (Fall 2022)

2024

Played for the Lexington County Blowfish of the Coastal Plain League…Appeared in eight games with a 1.93 ERA in 14.0 innings and a save…Did not allow a run in seven of eight appearances overall…Held opponents to a .222 average, a 1.10 WHIP and paltry .555 OPS.

2024

Appeared in four games…Had a 5.40 ERA in 3.1 innings with four hits and two walks allowed…Made collegiate debut on Feb. 20 vs. Morehead State…Threw a career-high 28 pitches in 1.1 innings in that outing.

2023 SUMMER

Pitched in eight games for the Charlottesville TomSox of the Valley League…Threw 19 innings in eight outings with a 3.79 ERA…Struck out 20 but allowed 15 base on balls.

2023

Redshirted.

HIGH SCHOOL
Played at West Jessamine for coach Blake Perry…Third-Team All-State for 2022 season…Ranked a top 500 player nationally and No. 5 in Kentucky…by Perfect Game…2022 PG Preseason All-America…Also played basketball.

PERSONAL
Full name is Hayden Brock Smith…Parents are John and Anna Roberts-Smith…Has a younger sibling, Hunter…Father played NAIA and junior college baseball…Self-described “space nerd”…Was hit by a car at age nine…Superstition: “I always keep 50 cents in my back pocket when I pitch.”