Conor Smith

	Class: Junior
	Hometown: Ballwin, Mo.
	High School: Parkway West HS

	Height / Weight: 6-3 / 225
	Position: Catcher / First Baseman
	B/T: R/R

04/19/2013

Johnson, Petree Lift Bears to 5-2 Win Over Bradley in Series Opener

Freshman's Bases-Loaded Triple Sparks MSU Offense as Petree Earns 25th Career Victory

04/14/2013

Annual Maroon & White Event Brings Out MSU's Best & Brightest

157 Student-Athletes Honored at 3rd Annual Honors Banquet and Awards Ceremony

04/13/2013

Bears Score Early and Often to Claim 14-6 Victory Over Southern Illinois

Harris Improves to 7-0 as MSU Clinches Series Win Over Salukis

04/12/2013

Late Offensive Explosion Lifts Bears to 7-3 Win Over Southern Illinois

Matheny's Two-Run Triple Highlights Four-Run Seventh as MSU Wins No. 20, Improves to 5-2 in Valley Play

04/11/2013

Bears Head to Carbondale for MVC Series With Southern Illinois

MSU Looks to Continue Strong Valley Start Against Red-Hot Salukis

03/11/2013

Coors MSU Player of the Week Conor Smith Talks About the Bears' Recent Success in Close Games

Honors
• MVC Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll (2011, 2012)

2012: Smith appeared in 18 games, including six starts, as a sophomore, hitting .227 with three runs batted in...Batted .286 (2-for-7) in MVC play...Started at first base in the Bears' 4-2 win at Texas Tech (Feb. 19), going 0-for-2 with seven putouts in the field...Registered his first hit as a Bear with a two-out, ninth-inning, pinch-hit double that drove in MSU's lone run in a 3-1 setback to SIU Edwardsville (March 10)...Drove in a run in his second-straight game March 13, vs. Purdue...Recorded a career-high two hits in the Bears' 5-0 win over ORU (March 17)...Logged his first game-winning RBI as a Bear with an RBI double against Creighton (March 23) in MSU's 3-0 victory...Broke up Evansville's no-hit bid with a lead-off, pinch-single in the ninth inning of a 1-0 loss (May 13)...Clubbed a pair of homers and drove in 11 runs in 25 games with the Joplin Outlaws of the MINK League over the summer.

2011: Played in seven games as a pinch-hitter and first baseman...Walked against Nebraska (Feb. 20)...Named to the MVC Honor Roll for his performance in the classroom...Played for the Arvada Colts in summer ball, batting .347 with five homers and 22 RBIs in 28 games for a club that went 46-8 overall and advanced to the NBC World Series in Wichita.

Background: Smith was a high school teammate of fellow Bear Keenen Maddox at Parkway West High...Named first-team All-Suburban South Conference his final three seasons...Batted .312 with seven homers, 24 RBIs and a .675 slugging percentage as a senior...Hit .388 during his junior season, slugging .821 with eight homers and 26 RBIs...Started on the varsity as a freshman, hitting .323 as an honorable mention all-conference player...Outstanding racquetball player who placed second in No. 6 singles and fourth in No. 3 doubles at the 2009 USA Racquetball High School National Championship, and sixth in No. 2 singles and fourth in No. 2 mixed doubles at the 2008 national event.

Personal: Conor Alan Smith was born July 31, 1991, in St. Louis, Mo...Married Chelsea Smith on August 12, 2012...Son of Alan and Peggy Smith...Majoring in cell and molecular biology with a French minor.