2002-03 Singles Record: 27-10
2002-03 Doubles Record: 28-10
2002-03 (Junior): Achieved career highs in singles (27) and doubles (28) victories … teamed up with Zach Dailey to a perfect 11-0 in dual matches … named to the NCAA All-Tournament team in at No. 3 doubles with Dailey … posted a 21-6 dual-match record in singles (.778 winning percentage) … registered a perfect 5-0 mark in doubles during the Commodores run to the NCAA national championship match … tied Scott Brown for the most doubles wins on the team (28) … one of six Vanderbilt players to post an above .500 record in SEC action (6-4) … started dual-match season by winning 14 of his first 15 matches.
2001-02 (Sophomore): Finished the year ranked No. 32 nationally by the ITA in doubles with partner Bobby Reynolds … earned second team All-SEC honors with Reynolds in doubles … finished season with an overall doubles record of 13-9, which included a 9-5 mark with Reynolds … won both doubles matches in the NCAA team championship … highest national doubles ranking during year was No. 26 … concluded sophomore season with 12 singles victories … finished fall season with 8-3 record, which equaled the number
of wins he had his freshman season.
2000-01 (Freshman): Won the No. 2 doubles title at the Nike/Fighting Illini Invitational in the Fall … Advanced to Round of 16 at the SEC Coaches
’ Indoor Championships … saw limited action, but played the majority of the year at No. 2 doubles with Brad Hambrick.
Prep/Juniors: Tennessee state doubles champion with Vanderbilt teammate Zach Dailey in 1998, 1999 and 2000 … helped lead high school to state championships in 1998, 1999 and 2000 … member of top 10 nationally ranked high school team … named Memphis Commerical Appeal
’s Best of the Preps in 1998, 1999 and 2000 … co-champion of the boy’s tennis Best of Preps in 2000 with teammate Dailey … also shared the Harrison-Humpreys Tennis Award with Dailey … won third place at the 1999 USTA Boys 18s International Grass Court Doubles … team captain of his senior basketball squad … named to All-Tournament team at the Ross M. Lynn Classic and Carbondale Invitational in 1998 and 1999 … named MVP at the Carbondale Invitational in 1999 … earned Regional Player of the Year and first team All-State honors in 1999 … named the Dr. L.C. Ogle Basketball MVP in 2000 … won James R. Haygood III Award for the best all-around athlete in 2000 from his high school … finalist for the Best of the Preps Division II Athlete of the Year.
Personal: Son of Chuck and Nancy Smith … born on October 17, 1981 … majoring in economics.