Alex Smith (lacrosse)

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Born	August 8, 1984 (1984-08-08) (age 23), Timonium, Maryland
Position	Midfield/Faceoff
Height Weight	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 185 pounds (84 kg)
NCAA Team	University of Delaware
MLL Team	Rochester Rattlers
Nationality	United States
Pro Career	2007 – present
Shoots	Right
Nickname	AS11, MOOSE, THE SCIENTIST

Alexander Frederick Smith, was born in the city of Timonium, Maryland, August 8, 1984, to Dr. Frederick G. Smith and Dr. Vanessa K. Smith, and is the oldest of three sons. He most notably known for his skills on the lacrosse field, as a faceoff specialist, at the University of Delaware, and now professionally for the Rochester Rattlers in Major League Lacrosse.

Contents 1 High School 2 College 3 Professional 4 Statistics 4.1 NCAA 4.2 MLL 5 References

[edit] High School

Alex Smith graduated from Boys Latin, located in Baltimore. On the lacrosse field he was a three-year starting midfielder. He finished with an overall record of 52-10. His sophomore year Boys' Latin finished 2nd in the Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association. He took a leadership role his junior year and led Boys' Latin to the MIAA championship, along the way earning the team a #2 national ranking. His personal honors that year included First Team All-State, and the Groundball Award. While also participating in the Bay State Team. His Senior year, in 2003, Boys' Latin repeated the 2nd place finish in the MIAA of '01, but Alex earned First Team All-State honors, The Groundball Award, and Gelston Cup Award, for contributions to lacrosse. In the classroom, Smith was president of the student body and the Speech and Debate Society. ^[1]

[edit] College

Alex Smith is arguably one of the best Face-off specialists of all-time in the NCAA. He holds multiple NCAA Records at the Face-off 'X'.

On February 14, 2004, Alex Smith began his NCAA career against Saint Joseph's University, at Finnesey Field. He scored one goal, with exactly ten minutes left in the fourth quarter, and went 9 of 13 from the face-off 'X'. This was just the beginning of a great career. He would be named CAA Co-Rookie of the Year and second team All-CAA. He started 13 of 16 games and finished rank No. 2 in the CAA and No. 6 in the NCAA for his faceoff percentage. He scooped up 105 groundballs to rank second in the CAA and fourth in NCAA. Had his season-high 14 groundballs vs. Sacred Heart and was named CAA Rookie of the Week twice (April 26, May 3). Went on to score a goal in the final three games of the season vs. Sacred Heart, Denver, and Villanova (CAA semifinals). Finished the 2004 campaign being named to the CAA All-Tournament team.

In 2005, Smith earned honorable mention United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association honors as a sophomore as a faceoff specialist and was voted first team All-CAA. He started 14 of 17 games and scored three goals with one assist. He led the NCAA and CAA in faceoff percentage (.709), winning 251 of 354 attempts and set the school record with 251 wins and the .709 percentage ranked No. 3 all-time at Delaware. He won a season-high 23 faceoffs vs. Albany. In the groundball category, he ranked No. 3 in the NCAA and led the CAA with 132 (7.76 per game). He would collect a season-high 16 groundballs vs. Albany, his season groundball total was third best in UD history. He scored goals vs. Saint Joseph’s, Lehigh, and Manhattan, his goal versus Saint Joe’s eight seconds into the game was an NCAA Division I Lacrosse record, for fastest goal. He was voted to the CAA All-Tournament team after winning 22 of 37 faceoffs in two CAA tournament games. Smith helped his team into the NCAA Tournament, for the first time since 1999, were they would lose to #3 Navy, 7-9. Alex Smith graduated from the University of Delaware with a major in business marketing and a minor in marketing. Smith left the college game with more NCAA records than any other player in history.

[edit] Professional

Alex Smith plays professionally for the Rochester Rattlers. Smith was selected with the third overall pick in the 2007 MLL Collegiate Draft. ^[2] Smith was elected to the 2007 MLL All-Star game, when faceoff specialist Peter Vlahakis was unable to play due to an injury.

Smith had an outstanding rookie campaign. He went on to win Cascade Rookie of the Week twice, and was also awarded the Defensive Player of the Week once. At the conclusion of the regular season, Smith was selected as the MLL Rookie of the Year^[3]

During the 2007 NLL Entry Draft, Smith was selected with the 4th pick in the 3rd round, 32nd overall, by the expansion Boston Blazers.^[4] When the Blazers announced that they would not play in the 2008 NLL season, a dispersal draft was held, and Smith was chosen in the third round by the Rochester Knighthawks.^[5] Smith was released from the team prior to the start of the season.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] NCAA

Season	Team		GP	G	A	Pts	GB	FO	FO%
2004	Delaware		16	5	1	6	105	204-322	.634
2005	Delaware		17	3	1	4	132	251-354	.709
2006	Delaware		17	4	3	7	146	261-381	.685
2007	Delaware		19	5	3	8	170	311-430	.723
Totals			69	17	8	25	553	1027-1487	.691

[edit] MLL

			Regular Season								Playoffs
Season	Team		GP	G	A	Pts	GB	FO	FO%		GP	G	A	Pts	GB	FO	FO%
2007	Rochester		10	1	3	4	79	190-331	.574		-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Totals			10	1	3	4	79	190-331	.574		-	-	-	-	-	-	-

[edit] References