University of Maryland Athletics

SMITH'S HONOR ROLL
• 3x Academic All-Big Ten (2020, 2021, 2022)  

SMITH IN THE NEWS 
(4/5/19) NFLPA head DeMaurice Smith enjoying son Alex’s lacrosse career at Maryland

MAJOR: Business and Management

As a Grad (2022): Finished season with seven GB and four CT..Made first appearance of the season against Albany (3/12)...Grabbed a groundball against Virginia (3/19)...Forced a pair of turnovers against Johns Hopkins (5/5)...Caused a turnover in Big Ten title game victory over Rutgers (5/7)...Grabbed groundball against Virginia in quarterfinals (5/22)...Grabbed two groundballs in title game victory over Cornell (5/30)..

As a senior (2021): Played in all 16 games as key member of team’s SSDM unit…grabbed nine ground balls…caused four turnovers…caused two turnovers and picked up two GBs at Penn State (2/26)…Had two ground balls in NCAA Quarterfinal win over Notre Dame (5/22)... Picked up a ground ball in victory over Albany (3/12)...          

As a junior (2020): Played in all six games as of the team’s primary short stick defensive midfielders…scooped four ground balls, caused a turnover and took three shots…took a shot an grabbed a ground ball vs. High Point (2/1)…took two shots and picked up a ground ball at Richmond (2/8)…Had a ground ball vs. Penn (2/15)…grabbed a ground ball at Villanova (2/18)…caused a turnover vs. Albany (3/7)…Academic All-Big Ten.

As a sophomore (2019): Appeared in 16 games as one of team’s primary short stick defensive midfielders...grabbed nine ground balls...made Maryland debut in season opener vs. Bucknell (5/23)...picked up two ground balls vs. #16 Colgate (2/19)...grabbed two ground balls vs. Villanova (3/16)...picked up a ground ball vs. North Carolina (3/23)...had a ground ball vs. Michigan (4/6)...tallied two ground balls in NCAA Quarterfinal vs. third-seeded Virginia (5/18).

As a freshman at Hartford (2018): Appeared in 13 games, making seven starts ... totaled 12 points on seven goals and five assists ... also posted 17 ground balls and caused three turnovers ... made collegiate debut at St. John's (2/17) ... scored first career goal against Bryant (2/24) ... exploded for career-high five goals at Fairfield (2/27) ... posted career-high two assists at Harvard (3/3).

Prep: Played four years of lacrosse for St. Andrew’s Episcopal School … closed out career with 153 goals … recorded 49 goals and 21 assists as a senior, adding 50 ground balls … also played four years of high school basketball and three seasons of high school soccer.

CAREER HIGHS
Goals: 5, at Fairfield (2/27/18)
Assists: 2, at Harvard (3/3/18)
Ground Balls: 2, 7x last at UMass Lowell (4/14/18)