Chelsea Smith

Position:
C
Height:
5-5
Class:
Junior
High School:
Webb City
Hometown:
Webb City, Mo.

2014: Started 43 of the 45 games she played…Hit .227 with four doubles, 11 RBI and nine runs scored...Collected four multiple-hit games and two multiple-RBI performances…Ranked fifth in the Ohio Valley Conference with nine sacrifice-bunts…Led the OVC in runners picked off (4)...Gunned down a league-best 19 baserunners...Went a perfect 3-for-3 with an RBI and a run scored vs. Grambling State (2/15)…Southeast Scholar-Athlete.

2013: OVC All-Newcomer honoree as a true freshman...Southeast Scholar-Athlete and OVC Commissioner’s Honor Roll selection...Hit .265 with 10 runs scored, 30 hits, five doubles, a triple and 12 RBI in 45 games and 38 starts as the Redhawks catcher...Had multiple-hits six times and drove in two or more runs on two occasions...Collected a season-high three hits when she went 3-for-4 with a run scored, double and RBI vs. Indiana State (3/13)...Hit first career triple when she finished 2-for-3 with a run scored and two RBI at Tennessee State (3/24)...Hit safely and scored in three-straight games from Mar. 13-16...Gunned down 16 baserunners, third-best in the OVC...Hit .219 with four runs, three doubled and eight RBI in 23 conference starts.

Prep: Hit .391 with 15 doubles, five home runs and 31 RBI en route to All-State honors as a senior at Webb City High School...Four-year starting catcher who helped lead her team to a third-place finish at the 2008, 2010 and 2011 State Tournaments...All-District and All-Conference selection...Earned First-Team All-Conference honors in three seasons...Member of National Honor Society.

Personal: Born October 1, 1993...Majoring in Exercise Science...Daughter of Gary Smith and Melinda Blanchard.