Biography
CAREER
Games/Starts: 109/101
Stats: 9.7 points, 5.6 rebounds, 1.9 assists per game ... 50% FG, 36% 3pt, 84% FT ... 11 20-point games ... six double-doubles
Harding Rankings: 5th in defensive rebounds (495) ... 9th in defensive rebound avg. (4.5) ... 10th in free throw pct. (83.9) ... 14th in blocked shots (34) ... 15th in rebounds (606) ... 15th in offensive rebounds (111)
AWARDS
2025 GAC All-Tournament Team
2024-25
Games/Starts:Â 31/31
Stats:Â 9.4 points, 5.1 rebounds, 1.9 assists per game ... 56% FG, 37% 3pt, 86% FT ... two 20-point games
HU Single-Season Rankings:Â t-5th, games started (31) ... 15th, free throw pct. (85.9)
Best Games:Â 22 points, 9 rebounds, 4 assists vs. Southern Nazarene (2/8) ... 20 points, 5 rebounds, 3 steals vs. Ouachita Baptist (1/25) ... 17 points, 9 rebounds, 2 assists vs. Southwestern Okla. (3/7)
2023-24
Games/Starts: 14/8
Stats: 4.6 points, 4.4 rebounds, 0.6 assists per game ... 49.0% FG, 36.8% 3pt, 81.8% FT ... one 20-point game ... one double-double
Best Games: 20 points, 10 rebounds vs. Baptist Bible (11/14) ... 16 points, 4 rebounds vs. Ark.-Fort Smith (11/18) ... 8 points, 14 rebounds vs. Ouachita Baptist (11/30)
2022-23
Games/Starts: 22/21
Stats: 8.8 points, 5.6 rebounds, 2.0 assists per game ... 48.3% FG, 31.7% 3pt, 82.0% FT ... one double-double
Best Games: 16 points, 4 rebounds at East Central (1/5) ... 11 points, 14 rebounds at Southeastern Okla. (1/7) ... 15 points, 7 rebounds at Okla. Baptist (2/11)
2021-22
Games/Starts: 27/27
Stats: 14.2 points, 6.9 rebounds, 2.5 assists per game ... seven 20-point games ... four double-doubles
HU Leader: 27 games started ... 852 minutes played ... 31.6 minutes per game ... 40.0 3-point percentage ... 76 free throws made ... 84.4 free throw percentage ... 165 defensive rebounds ... 26 steals
HU Single-Season Rankings: 3rd in defensive rebound average (6.1) ... 5th in defensive rebounds (165) ... 20th in free-throw percentage (84.4)
GAC/NCAA Rankings: 5th/57th in defensive rebounds per game (6.11) ... 3rd/64th in free-throw percentage (84.4) ... 10th in GAC in rebounds per game (6.9) ... 8th in GAC in rebounds (185)
Best Games: 27 points, 5 rebounds vs. Northwestern Okla. (1/20) ... 24 points, 5 rebounds vs. Minot St. (11/12) ... 24 points, 4 rebounds vs. Southwestern Okla. (1/22)
2020-21
Games/Starts: 15/14
Stats: 8.5 points, 5.1 rebounds, 1.5 assists per game ... one 20-point game
Best Games: 21 points, 5 rebounds at Ark.-Monticello (2/4) ... 15 points, 4 rebounds vs. Ouachita Baptist (1/7) ... 15 points, 5 rebounds at Arkansas Tech (2/8)
PREVIOUS SCHOOL
A 2020 graduate of Bald Knob High School in Bald Knob, Arkansas
Position: G
Honors: Arkansas Activities Association All-State in 2018 and 2019
Stats: career averages of 21.2 points, 7.8 rebounds, 3.5 assists
PERSONAL
Born: Searcy, Arkansas
Major: Kinesiology and Health
Parents: Michael and Theresa Smithson ... has one brother (Samuel) and two sisters (Alicia and Treasure)
A three-sport athlete at Bald Knob (basketball, baseball and track) ... played the saxophone in the Bald Knob band ... plays chess
CAREER HIGHS
Points: 27, Northwestern Okla. -- 01/20/22
Rebounds: 14, at Southeastern Okla. -- 01/07/23 ; at Ouachita Baptist -- 11/30/23
Assists: 6, Southeastern Okla. -- 01/01/22 ; Okla. Baptist -- 01/12/23 ; Ark.-Monticello -- 12/10/22
Steals: 4, Southern Ark. -- 01/21/23
Blocks: 2, 5 times
FG made: 10, vs Minot St. -- 11/12/21
FG attempts: 17, at Southern Ark. -- 02/01/22
3FG made: 5, Northwestern Okla. -- 01/20/22 ; at Ouachita Baptist -- 12/04/21
3FG attempts: 8, Northwestern Okla. -- 01/20/22 ; at St. Cloud St. -- 11/13/21
FT made: 8, 4 times
FT attempts: 9, vs Southwestern Okla. -- 03/07/25
