One of the veterans in the Georgia Tech baseball program is trainer Walter Smith, whose primary responsibility with the Tech athletic program is serving as the trainer for the baseball team. He enters his 29th season of service to the Yellow Jackets in 2014.
Smith joined the Tech sports medicine staff in 1985 and has seen over 1,000 Tech baseball victories, seven of the Yellow Jackets[apos] ACC championships, 25 NCAA regional appearances and all three College World Series trips.
In recognition to his service and dedication to the Georgia Tech baseball program, the athletic training room at Russ Chandler Stadium was named in his honor in February, 2003. Money for the naming was donated by the many former student-athletes that Smith has cared for in his previous years on the Flats.
He was formerly a respiratory therapist at Grady Memorial Hospital, a position he held from 1972-96. He came to Tech after serving as head athletic trainer from 1972-84 at Morris Brown College in Atlanta, and assistant trainer for the Atlanta Falcons from 1984-85.
A native of Atlanta, Ga., Smith received a bachelor[apos]s degree in physical education from Morris Brown in 1972, and a certificate in respiratory therapy in 1973. He is a member of the National Athletic Trainers Association, the Southeastern Athletic Trainers Association and the Georgia Athletic Trainers Association.
Smith and his wife Barbara have two children, Gabriel and Tamika.
