Tyler Smith

Height:
6-0
Weight:
206
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Pilot Mountain
High School:
East Surry
Major:
Security Studies

Career: Appeared in 61 games making 30 starts over four seasons … Secured a spot in the weekend rotation since his sophomore campaign back in 2018 … Owns an 18-3 record (85.7 win percentage) with one save … Combined on four shutouts (2 in 2017, 2 in 2018) … Surrendered 89 runs (81 earned) on 186 hits in 196.2 innings sporting a 3.71 ERA … Fanned 128 batters while waling 63 … Held opposing hitters to a .252 composite batting average … Earned Second-Team All-American Athletic Conference honors in 2018 … Registered first and only career save against No. 6 North Carolina (Feb. 23) tossing three shutout frames in relief where he struck out two and walked one … Recorded six quality starts … Helped ECU to 137 wins over his three-plus years … Won a pair of American Athletic Conference Championships (2018 tournament, 2019 regular season) … Part of a club that won an AAC-best 20 league games in 2019 … The Pirates hosted back-to-back NCAA Regionals in Greenville earning national seeds (No. 12 in 2018, No. 10 in 2019) … Member of the 2019 Regional Championship club that advanced to the Louisville Super Regional.

2020: Made four starts posting a 2-1 record before the season was cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic … Member of a squad that posted a 13-4 record and finished ranked nationally in a pair of polls … Stood second on the team with a 1.96 ERA among starters … Allowed four runs (all earned) on nine hits in 18.1 innings … Struck out 19 while walking 10 … Allowed just one extra base hit in his four outings (double) … Held opposing hitters to a .145 composite batting average (first among starters) … Did not allow a hit with two-outs on the year (opponents were 0-for-16) … Induced seven fly out and 27 grounds outs … ECU posted a 3-1 record in his four starts and outscored opponents 30 to 12 … Made season debut against William & Mary (Feb. 15) tossing five scoreless innings where he allowed a hit, struck out six and walked a pair in an 11-3 victory … Followed that with outing giving up a run (earned) on three hits in 4.2 innings against Georgia Southern (Feb. 23) … Suffered lone loss of the season against No. 13 Ole Miss in the Keith LeClair Classic where he allowed two runs (both earned) on two hits in 3.2 frames, while striking out five and walking four … Final start of the season came at Charlotte (March 7) where he fanned a season-high seven batters with two walks … Surrendered one run (earned) on three hits in the Pirates’ 15-5 victory … Worked into the fifth inning in three of four starts … Allowed one or less runs in three outings … Fanned multiple batters in a contest three times (five or more on three occasions) … Earned wins against William & Mary and Charlotte … Eight of nine hits allowed were singles (lone extra base hit was a double against Ole Miss).

2019: Appeared in 16 games making 15 starts … Posted a 7-1 record with a 5.57 ERA … Allowed 49 runs (46 earned) on 86 hits in 74.1 innings … Struck out 49 while walking 28 … Earned wins against Cincinnati, Connecticut, Houston, Maryland, USF, Western Carolina and Wichita State … Worked into the fifth inning in 13 of 15 starts (six-plus on four occasions) … Struck out career-high eight batters at Cincinnati (May 5), which was also his sixth career quality start … Held opponents to four or fewer hits in a contest six times … Allowed three or less runs in 11 of 16 outings (one at Maryland/ March 16) … Fanned multiple batters in an outing 13 times (three-plus nine times) … Suffered lone loss against Memphis (May 18) … Pirates outscored opponents 119 to 89 in games which he pitched … Allowed just one home run on the season … ECU averaged 7.9 runs in his starts … Made eight starts in league play posting a 5-1 record with a 5.53 ERA … Surrendered 26 runs (25 earned) on 46 hits … Fanned 32 and walked 13 in 40.2 innings … Appeared in a pair of postseason games making one start … Gave up five runs (all earned) on seven hits in 4.0 innings for an 11.25 ERA … Induced 53 fly outs, 109 groundouts and nine double plays … Pirates sported an 11-4 in games which he started … One of three Pirates with seven or more wins during the season … Held opposing hitters to a .293 composite batting average.

2018: Named Second-Team All-American Athletic Conference … Appeared in 14 games making nine starts … Sported a team second-best 7-1 record with a 1.78 ERA (best among starters) … Allowed just 14 runs (12 earned) on 47 hits in 60.2 innings … Struck out 34 while walking 12 … Tallied three quality starts (Charlotte, Wichita State, Washington) … Notched wins against Charlotte, Maryland, Memphis, Tulane, Washington, Western Carolina and No. 18 Wichita State … Lone set back was against USF (April 14) … Named AAC Weekly Honor Roll and College Sports Madness AAC Player-of-the-Week (April 2) following his 7.1 shutout innings (career-high) of work with five strikeouts against No. 18 Wichita State … Opened sophomore campaign coming out of the bullpen in his first four outings … Allowed just one run (earned) during that span in 11.2 innings with three strikeouts and one walk … Moved to the weekend rotation against Charlotte (March 10) working six full innings without allowing a run and fanning three … Did not allow a run in four of five relief appearances … As a starter, sported a 6-1 record with a 2.12 ERA … Allowed 13 runs (11 earned) on 39 hits in 46.2 innings … Struck out 31 while walking 11 … Worked into the fifth inning in seven of nine starts (sixth inning three times) … Surrendered one or less runs in five starts (none on three occasions) … Issued one or fewer walks five times (none twice) … Fanned multiple batters in all nine outings (four-plus three times) with a career-best seven against Maryland (March 18) … Highest his ERA ever reached during the season was 1.86 following the Houston (April 29) contest … Registered first career save against No. 6 North Carolina (Feb. 23) tossing three shutout frames in relief where he struck out two and walked one … Combined on a pair of shutouts (Maryland/March 18, No. 18 Wichita State/March 31) – both starts … Tied for fourth in The American in wins … Allowed just one of two inherited runners to score (50.0 percent) … Held opposing hitters to a .218 composite batting average … Eight of 47 hits went for extra bases (all doubles) … In league play, stated six games posting a 3-1 record with a 3.21 ERA … Surrendered 12 runs (10 earned) on 27 hits in 28.0 innings … Struck out 19 while walking seven … Held opposing hitters to a .250 composite conference batting average … Appeared in one postseason game (UNCW/June 3) tossing 2.1 scoreless frames in relief.

2017: Played in 27 games making a pair of starts as a freshman … Posted a 2-0 record with a 3.95 ERA … Surrendered 22 runs (19 earned) on 44 hits in 43.1 innings … Struck out 26 while walking 13 … Combined on a pair of shutouts (Campbell and UCF) … Notched wins against Towson (March 26) and at Cincinnati (April 23) … Made collegiate debut at No. 8 Ole Miss (Feb. 19) working a scoreless inning … First career start came against Towson where he gave up two runs (one earned) on three hits in five innings of work … Other start came at Houston (April 9) where he was touched for three runs (all earned) on four hits in two frames … Threw at least one inning of relief in 18 of 25 appearances (multiple frames eight times) … Tossed season-high 3.1 relief frames against Charlotte (March 11) in game one of doubleheader … Struck out a career-high three batters three times (Elon, Memphis, UCF) … Fanned at least one batter in 17 games (multiple on six occasions) … Did not allow an earned run in first three contests of the season (Ole Miss, Campbell, La Salle) … Had scoreless outings 13 times … From April 29 (Tulane) to May 16 (Campbell) did not allow a run over 7.2 frames – span of five games … Gave up two or fewer hits in 21 contests … His 27 appearances tied for second on the team with Sam Lanier … Held opposing hitters to a .265 composite average … Appeared in nine league games making one start … Sported a 1-0 record with a 4.85 ERA … Allowed seven runs (all earned) on 17 hits in 13 innings … Pitched in two post-season contests where he allowed one run (earned) on three hits in 3.1 innings with three strikeouts … 2017 Summer: Played for the Bethesda Big Train in the Cal Ripken League … Appeared in nine games six starts) posting a 4-2 record … Allowed 12 runs (10 earned) on 28 hits for a 2.60 ERA … Struck out 26 while walking just nine over 34.2 innings … Winning pitcher in the League Championship Game after tossing five innings of two-hit ball with two strikeouts in his only post-season appearance (start).

East Surry High School: Three-sport athlete (baseball 2, basketball 2, football 2) for the Cardinals, who was also a team captain … Played two varsity seasons under coach Chad Freeman and a 39-15 record … In two years, he allowed just 12 earned runs sporting a program-best 0.68 career ERA over 122.2 innings … Two-time Northwest All-Conference selection … As a junior posted an 11-1 record with a 0.51 ERA … Allowed just five earned runs … Struck out 132 batters in 68.2 innings … Lone loss came against Reagan where he allowed three runs (one earned) … Participated in the Powerade State Games (Region 7) appearing in a pair of games where he struck out seven in four innings … Ranks 11th on the single-season charts in wins and strikeouts … Helped the Cardinals to a regular season and tournament conference titles … Earned all-conference and all-tournament team honors … Closed prep career earning North Carolina 1A All-State and co-conference player-of-the-year honors … Also selected as county player-of-the-year … Allowed seven earned runs in 54.0 innings for a 0.91 ERA … Struck out 124 batters, which stands 12th in the Cardinals single-season record book … An all-conference quarterback that helped team to a pair of conference championships … Member of the North Carolina Baseball Coaches Association (NCBCA) All-Star team alongside current Pirate teammates Trey Benton, Spencer Brickhouse and Bryant Packard that participated in the NC/SC Challenge … Played travel ball for the Carolina Rockies under Less Mayhew.

Personal: Full name is Tyler Hunter Smith … Born in Winston-Salem, N.C. … Son of Sue and David Smith … Has one sibling (Ashley) … Graduated in Summer of 2020 with a his bachelors in criminal justice ... Currently working towards graduate certificate in security studies … Five-time ECU Director of Athletics Honor Roll member (Fall 2016, Fall 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020) … Two-time American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team member (2018, 2020).