Overview
Hagen Smith (born September 10, 2002) is an American college baseball pitcher for the Arkansas Razorbacks.
Career
Smith attended Bullard High School in Bullard, Texas. He underwent Tommy John surgery before his junior year in 2020. As a senior in 2021, he went 11-0 with a 0.19 ERA, 168 strikeouts, and seven hits allowed over 73 innings alongside hitting .349. He went unselected in the 2021 Major League Baseball draft and enrolled at the University of Arkansas to play college baseball.
As a freshman at Arkansas in 2022, Smith appeared in twenty games (15 starts) and went 7-2 with a 4.66 ERA and ninety strikeouts over innings. As a sophomore in 2023, he pitched in 18 games (11 starts) and posted an 8-2 record with a 3.64 ERA and 109 strikeouts over innings and was named a first-team All-American. After the season, he was named to the USA Baseball Collegiate National Team.
References
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