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Jersey Number 10
Hance Smith
- Position:
- Infield/Utility
- Class:
- Fifth Year
- Height/Weight:
- 5-10 / 190
- Bat/Throw:
- R/R
- Hometown:
- Petaluma, Calif.
- High School:
- Casa Grande HS
- Prev School:
- Santa Rosa JC
- Major:
- American Studies
At Cal
2022 (5th Year)
Before Cal
2018 (Fr.) (Santa Rosa JC)
High School
Personal
2022 (5th Year)
- Graduated from Cal with his degree in American studies in May 2022
- Put together his best collegiate season after utilizing the NCAA's COVID-19 waiver to play an extra year
- Played in all 56 games & made 55 starts at second base
- Slashed .293/.366/.516 with 66 hits, 49 runs scored & 36 RBIs
- Ranked second on the team with 29 extra-base hits, including 18 doubles & 10 home runs
- Batted .339 (20-for-59) during a 14-game hitting streak from March 19-April 10
- Homered four times in a three-game span vs. San Francisco (April 19) & #13 UCLA (April 22-23)
- Had his second career two-home run game vs. #13 UCLA (April 22), which included the third of back-to-back-to-back home runs by the Bears in the first inning, joining Dylan Beavers & Nathan Martorella as the first Cal trio to do so since 2008
- Had a career-high four hits (4-for-5) & reached base safely five times vs. New Mexico (May 14)
- Went deep in Cal's series-opening loss at #10 Florida State (March 4)
- Season-high three RBIs in Cal's 9-8 win at #25 Oregon (May 1)
- Totaled three hits, including a two-run home run, in three games at the Pac-12 Tournament (May 25-27)
- Played all over the diamond as a utility specialist during his senior season in Berkeley
- Made 14 starts at five different positions (catcher, first base, third base, right field and designated hitter) over 29 games played
- Was Cal's backup catcher & also made six starts as the designated hitter
- Slashed .186/.269/.373 along with three home runs & five RBI
- Homered twice & drove in four runs in Cal's 9-5 series-clinching win at Utah (March 27)
- Went 2-for-4 with a home run & a double in his season debut at Pacific (Feb. 22)
- Tallied another two-hit effort in Cal's series-clinching win vs. USC (April 3)
- Played in & started five games at shortstop as a junior
- Started Cal's first four games of the season (Feb. 14-17) & its final game (March 10)
- Batted .154 (2-for-13) with two runs, two walks & one stolen base
- Recorded his two hits at Long Beach State (Feb. 14) & at UC Santa Barbara (Feb. 17)
- Posted a .944 fielding percentage in 18 defensive chances
- Played in 24 games, including 13 starts at third base in his first season with the Bears
- Batted .159 with four doubles, two home runs & six RBI
- Drew 13 walks & posted a .377 on-base percentage
- Ripped his first collegiate home run vs. Stanford (May 11)
- Added his second home run at Washington (May 24)
- Made one appearance in right field vs. CSU Bakersfield (Feb. 15) & one appearance at shortstop vs. Oregon (April 28)
Before Cal
2018 (Fr.) (Santa Rosa JC)
- Started his collegiate career at Santa Rosa Junior College (Santa Rosa, Calif.)
- Batted .290 with eight home runs, 31 RBI, 38 runs & 13 stolen bases in 40 games played
- Posted a slugging percentage of .491 & on-base percentage of .399
- Also tossed 7.1 innings on the mound & recorded 13 strikeouts
- Went 4-for-6 with five runs, three RBI & one home run at American River (March 23)
High School
- Graduated from Casa Grande High School
- Casa Grande Team MVP in 2017 & was team's Defensive Player of the Year in 2015 & 2016
- Standout student who graduated with honors & was a National Honor Society member
- Played club ball for the California Warriors
- Played for the St. Cloud Rox of the Northwoods League in the summer of 2018
Personal
- Full name is Hance Walter Smith
- Native of Petaluma, Calif.
- Son of Eric Smith & Becky Headstrom
- Has one sibling, Indya
- Member of the Petaluma National Little League team that competed at the Little League World Series in 2012
- Grew up on a working cattle ranch
- Hobbies include working out and reading
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