Christian Smallwood

Height:
5-10
Weight:
203
Class:
Redshirt Junior
Hometown:
Melbourne, Fla.
High School:
Melbourne Central Catholic
Prev School:
College of Central Florida
Major:
Chemistry

2020: Returned from medical redshirt season to start five games (2/RF, 3 DH) during the shortened COVID-19 pandemic season … Member of a squad that posted a 13-4 record and finished ranked nationally in a pair of polls … Batted .333 (5-for-15) with an RBI and a run scored .. Walked four times and struck out three times … Was 1-for-1 in stolen base attempts … Registered a hit in all five games closing out the season riding a career-long five-game hitting streak … Drove in lone run against No. 13 Ole Miss (Feb. 29) during the Keith LeClair Classic … Scored runs against Georgia Southern (Feb. 23) in game two of doubleheader and Indiana (Feb. 28) … Drew at least one walk in three of five games (multiple vs. Indiana) … Reached base at a 83.3 rate when leading off an inning (5-of-6) … All five hits came with the bases empty … Tallied three 2-out hits … Fielded at a .857 clip committing one error in seven chances to go along with five putouts and one outfield assist (vs. Indiana).

2019: Granted medical redshirt after suffering hip injury during initial year with the Pirates … Appeared in seven games making five starts … Batted .133 (2-for-15) with an RBI … Laced one double and scored a pair of runs … Struck out four times while walking just once … Drove in game-winning run (walk-off) against Marist (March 9) with an RBI single in the 12th inning … Made ECU debut against Radford (Feb. 15) in game one of a doubleheader … Collected first hit against Wright State (March 2) in the LeClair Classic … Plated lone run against Marist (game-winner) … Scored runs against Monmouth-2 (Feb. 23) and Wright State … Lone extra base hit came against Marist (double) … Drew lone walk at Campbell (Feb. 20) … Batted .667 (2-for-3) coming off the bench … Pirates sported a 4-1 record in games which he started in right field … Batted in the sixth and seventh spots in the order … Posted a 1.000 fielding percentage registering six put outs.

College of Central Florida (2017-18): Two-time All-Mid-Florida Conference selection under head coach Marty Smith … Helped the Patriots to a runner-up finish in the 2018 Mid-Florida Conference … Batted .357 (127-for-362) with 19 home runs, 86 RBI and 91 runs during two seasons … Hit at a .318 clip (63-for-198) with four homers, 28 RBI and scored 37 runs on his way to second-team all-conference honors as a freshman … Followed rookie season batting .390 (64-for-164) with 15 home runs, which ranked 35th nationally … Drove in 58 runs and scored 54 times … Garnered first-team all-conference and all-state honors, while also taking home Team MVP, offensive player-of-the-year and male athlete-of-the-year accolades … Named 2017 NJCAA Academic All-American … Summa Cum Laude graduate (2018).

Melbourne Central Catholic: Three-year letterwinner and team captain for coach Tom Dooley … As a senior, batted a team-best .488 with one home run, 43 RBI (team-high) and 21 runs scored … Helped the Hustlers to a 30-2 record, which included a district and regional championship … Member of state final four club collecting three this and driving in three … Named male athlete-of-the-year and earned the Hustler Award … Played travel ball for the Brevard Aces under direction of Jason Arnold … Participated in several showcases including 2013 WWBA 2015 Grads/16U National Championship (Marietta, Ga.), 2014-15 WWBA Florida Qualifier (Fort Myers, Fla.), 2014 OG 16U Florida State Championship (Fort Myers, Fla.), 2014 WWBA 2016 Grads/16U National Championship (Cartersville, Ga.), 2015 PG 17U Florida State Championship (Fort Myers, Fla.) and 2015 WWBA 2016 Grads/17U National Championship (Cartersville, Ga.) … Named to 2015 PG 17U Florida State Championship All-Tournament Team … Presidential Scholar Award and summa cum laude graduate.

Personal: Full name is Christian Keith Smallwood … Born in Phoenix, Ariz. … Son of Lisa and Greg Smallwood … Has two siblings (Caleb, Sydney) … Majoring in chemistry … Five-time ECU Director of Athletics Honor Roll (Fall 2018-present) … Two-time American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team member (2019-20).