2005-06: Was fifth on the team with 13 wins • finished the season with a 13-9 overall mark • moved up to the third spot on DU's all-time singles win list with 60 career singles wins • was undefeated with a 2-0 record at No. 1 singles and posted a team best 6-2 record at the No. 3 singles spot • upset then-29th ranked Luke Shields of Boise State in straight sets, 7-5, 7-5 Apr. 15 • was named Sun Belt Conference Player of the Week for the week of April 19 • as a doubles team, Smole and teammate Steve Flaks posted a 13-8 record, second for most wins on the team • longest singles winning streak: five matches.
2004-05: Appeared in only one match due to injury.
2003-04: Led the team with a 15-7 record at No. 1 singles • named Sun Belt Conference (SBC) Player of the Week on Feb. 4, 2004 • named to the 2004 All-SBC First Team in singles • ranked as high as No. 63 in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) singles poll • defeated 35th-ranked Shannon Buck of Air Force (Jan. 31), 41st-ranked Guillaume Bouvier of Boise State (Feb. 15) and 82nd-ranked Erik Nyman of BYU (Jan. 23) • posted a 6-6 record at No. 1 doubles and 15-9 record overall with Viktor Zetterholm • longest singles winning streak: five matches (three times).
2002-03: Posted a 23-9 singles record at No. 2 and No. 3 singles, including a 6-2 mark in tournament play and a 2-1 record in the SBC • finished the season by defeating Sebastian Falk at No. 2 singles, 6-1, 7-6, in Denver's 4-1 victory over Arkansas-Little Rock in the SBC Tournament • teamed with Urban Ljubic (No. 1, 13-10), Bob Matteson (No. 2, 1-0) and Viktor Zetterholm (tournament play, 3-2) for an overall 17-12 doubles record • tied with Hans Peter Gaber for playing the most matches for the Pioneers (34) • longest singles winning streak: nine matches.
Before Denver: Two-time winner of the Slovenian Junior Olympic Tournament in 1998 and 1999 • finalist in doubles play at the Switzerland Futures Tournament in 2000 and 2001.
Personal: Son of Marko Smole and Irena Malis-Smole • has one sister, Kaja (18) • enjoys playing basketball, golf, the guitar and listening to music • chose the University of Denver for the combination of the tennis program and the great business school • wants to focus on tennis at Denver and hopefully work at a bank after college • economics major • born August 28, 1983.
