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#6 Dalton Smith

Dalton Smith - Baseball - Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
Year Junior
B/T R/L
Height 6-1
Weight 211
Hometown Valdosta, Ga.
Last School Lowndes HS
Dalton Smith - Baseball - Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets

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2021-22 ACC Academic Honor Roll
2020-21 ACC Academic Honor Roll
2020 Collegiate Baseball Freshman All-American
2019-2020 ACC Academic Honor Roll

2022 (Sophomore): Limited to just eight appearances due to injury … Recorded a 4.35 ERA in 10.1 innings, allowing 14 hits, five earned runs and striking out nine … Worked to a 2-0 record … Picked up his first victory in the season-opener against Wright State (Feb. 18), pitching 0.1 innings, getting the strikeout to end the 9-8 game … Started at Georgia Southern (Feb. 22), going 1.2 innings and allowing one earned runs and three earned runs … Also pitched 2.1 one-hit innings against Virginia Tech (March 13) in the second of the doubleheader, striking out three in the 7-6 win … Also started at Kennesaw State (March 22), going 3.1 innings to earn his second victory, allowing one run over three hits and striking out three … Made final appearance against USC Upstate (April 5), going 0.2 innings of no-hit work, striking out one in the 27-4 win.

2021 (Freshman): Made 22 appearances on the mound, including his first five starts of his career … After rough start to season, became key reliever for Georgia Tech … Finished season with a 6.51 ERA and one save in 37.1 innings of work, allowing 27 earned runs and 22 walks, while striking out 36 … Held opponents to a .250 batting average … After allowing four runs to Eastern Kentucky (Feb. 20), surrendered just one run over the next eight appearances (vs. Pitt, March 12) … Earned the win at eventual College World Series participant and then-No. 8 NC State (Feb. 27) after 1.1 shutout innings of work and two strikeouts … Made first collegiate start at then-No. 12 Virginia Tech (April 18), where he went a career-long 4.0 innings and allowed three runs as Tech would go on to win 11-4  … Earned his second win then-No. 20 at Georgia (April 27), surrendering just one earned run and punching out five in 3.0 innings … Got a three-pitch strikeout save against North Carolina (May 22) … Started against Clemson (May 26) in the first game of the ACC Tournament … Had his best performance of the season in the winner’s bracket game of the NCAA Nashville Regional against then-No. 4 Vanderbilt, pitching 3.1 innings of one-hit, no-walk work, striking out four as Tech would be edged 4-3 in the game.

2020 (Freshman): Made six relief appearances on the mound as a major part of Tech’s bullpen during the shortened 2020 season … Led the team with a 1.46 ERA and 3-0 record over 12.1 innings of work on the year … Allowed 10 hits, but surrendered just two earned runs overall … Punched out 14 batters and held opponents to just .227 average … Made his first collegiate appearance against St. Peter’s (Feb. 14), allowing just one hit and no runs in two innings, striking out three … Kept Tech in the game when he entered for 3.1 key innings of relief at Georgia Southern (Feb. 18), allowing no earned runs and striking out a season-best four … Also pitched shutouts against Ohio State (Feb. 23), Virginia Tech (March 6) and then-No. 14 Auburn (March 10) … Only allowed earned runs against then-No. 4 Georgia (March 1), allowing two.

Before Tech: Ranked as the No. 9 left-handed pitcher in Georgia … Named a 2019 Perfect Game Preseason All-American Honorable Mention for the southeast region … Also earned high honorable preseason underclassmen All-America honors in 2017 and 2018 … A three-time All-Tournament Team selection and BCS Champion in 2017 … A four-year letterwinner at Lowndes, named captain his final season … Helped lead team to conference championships in 2018 and 2019 … Named first-team all-region in 2018 and 2019 … Selected to represent Team Georgia in Sunbelt Classic in 2018.

Personal: Has two older siblings … Cousin, Rebekah, is a cheerleader at Tech … cousin Rachel graduated from Georgia Tech in 2018 … A four-year honor roll member … Intends on majoring in business administration.

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