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Longwood University Athletics

2019 Softball Roster

Mike Kropf
Mike Kropf
Tim Cowie

15 Jessica Smith

  • Position Outfield/Third Base
  • Height 5-2
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool West Branch
  • Hometown Chesapeake, Va.

Biography

Career: Owns a career .249 batting average with 36 RBI and 43 runs scored in her first three seasons...has eight career home runs...has played in at least 39 games in each of her first three seasons, including back-to-back 40-start campaigns as a sophomore and junior...18 of her 67 career hits have been for extra bases.

2018 (Junior): Started 42 of 44 games played, the majority of which were as Longwood’s third baseman…named to the Big South All-Academic Team…drove 10 extra-base hits, including four home runs and five doubles…added 20 RBI and 14 runs scored…set career highs in batting average (.299), hits (35), doubles, home runs, RBI, slugging (.462), walks (11) and on base percentage (.362)…tagged multiple hits in seven games, including Longwood’s only four-hit game of the season…drove in multiple runs seven times, tied for the third most on the team…strung together an eight-game hitting streak to start the season…helped Longwood to a 27-15 record when in the starting lineup.

2017 (Sophomore): Hit .213 while playing 48 games with 40 starts on the season … Finished with 13 RBI and 15 runs scored, while hitting three home runs … Made SportsCenter Top 10 Plays while making catch and running into the wall against Campbell in the Big South Tournament … Had two multi-hit and multi-RBI games … Had a season-high five game hitting streak and a five game reached base streak … Moved to right field during the Gardner-Webb series and impressed with her defense.

2016 (Freshman): Batted .205 in 39 appearances, 15 starts … Scored 14 runs and added three RBI … Struck out just five times in 44 at-bats … Recorded a 1.000 fielding percentage, recording 22 putouts and 16 assists … Hit her first career home run in the semifinals of the Big South Tournament against Coastal Carolina.

High School: Named the top offensive player at Western Branch following her sophomore and junior seasons … Named first-team all-conference following her junior campaign, notching a .431 batting average … Earned Second-Team All-Conference accolades as a senior … In the classroom, received the Virginia High School League (VHSL) academic excellence award in each year of her high school career … Also, named to the 2014 Chesapeake Scholar Athletes Superintendent's Team.
 
Personal: The daughter of Bryan and Kelly Smith … Has two older sisters, Meaghan and Krystine … Plans to major in kinesiology with a concentration in exercise science.

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Historical Player Information

  • 15

    2016Freshman

    Third Base
    5'2"
    15
  • 15

    2017Sophomore

    Third Base
    5'2"
    15
  • 15

    2018Junior

    Third Base
    5'2"
    15
  • 15

    2019Senior

    Outfield/Third Base
    5'2"
    15