12 - Jeff Smith
Jeff Smith
Height: 6-2
Weight: 185
Year: Sr.
Hometown: Huntsville, Ala.
High School: S.R. Butler
College: Wallace State C.C.
Position: G

2009-10
Started Mercer career by earning all-tournament accolades at the World Vision Invitational in Providence, R.I. ... In the three games, scored 43 points, gave off seven assists, shot 15-of-28 (53.6 percent) from the floor overall and was 8-for-13 (61.5 percent) from beyond the arc ...  Ranked among the A-Sun statistical leaders for scoring (20th/11.6 p.p.g.), assists (sixth tie/3.64 a.p.g.) and three-point feld goal percentage (eighth/.373) ... 10 points versus Vanderbilt (12/21) ... Season-high of 25 points versus Stetson (1/30), connecting on eight-of-11 from the field ... Finished regular season with four-consecutive double-figure scoring games and extended that to six by hitting for 16 points (vs. Belmont) and 18 points (vs. Jacksonville) in the first two games of the A-Sun championship tournament ... 19 double-digit scoring games out of 33 games played ... Also had 13 games with five or more assists ... MU career-high eight assists versus Jacksonville (2/20) ...Top two rebound games were both versus Lipscomb with nine (12/3) and eight (2/27).

2008-09 and 2007-08
Led Wallace State Community College (WSCC) in scoring as a sophomore with 13.2 points … Also posted 5.8 assists, three rebounds and two steals per game … Helped WSCC to a second straight Alabama Community College Conference (ACCC) Tournament final … Career averages include 14 points, six assists, three rebounds and two steals per game … Season-high 25 points came against Gadsden State CC … Dished-out 10 assists on four separate occasions … Earned spot on ACCC tournament team … Chosen second-team all-region in 2009 … Played with current Mercer teammate Brandon Moore at Wallace State.

HIGH SCHOOL
Led S.R. Butler High School to back-to-back 5A state championships in 2004 and 2005 ... Class 5A State MVP…Named 2005 Northeast Regional MVP … 2005-06 all-state, Northeast Regional All-Tournament Team, All-Area 15 and All-City selection … 2006 Class 5A Player of the Year finalist … McDonald’s All-American nominee … Career averages included 17 points, seven assists, three rebounds and four steals per game.

PERSONAL
Born August 22, 1987 ... Son of Jeffrey and Lynnene Smith … Has one sister, Tyler … Majoring in communications
 

 



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