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Danny Hayes hit his second and third home runs of the season
2011 Summer Played for the La Crosse Loggers of the Northwoods League ... Appeared in 48 games, batting .299 with 11 doubles, three home runs and 38 RBI ... Walked 19 times.
2011 (Sophomore) All-Pac-10 Honorable Mention ... Appeared in 55 games, starting 34 ... Batted .221 with four doubles and 11 RBI ... Finished with a 3-for-4 effort and drove in one and scored one run against Washington State (4/22) ... Drove in one and went 3-for-4 in the second game at Stanford (4/16) ... Closed out the Arizona State series by going 2-for-3 with two runs and an RBI (4/10) ... Posted an RBI and went 2-for-3 against Arizona State (4/9) ... Went 2-for-3 with a run and two RBI against Arizona State (4/8) ... Posted first multi-hit game of the 2011 season by going 2-for-4 against Seattle (3/22) ... Combined to go 2-for-7 with four runs, an RBI, two walks and a double in a doubleheader against Hartford (3/5) ... Singled to right in the 11th for the game-winning RBI in the season opener against Gonzaga (2/19).
2010 Summer Played for the Bend Elks of the West Coast League ... Played in 33 games and batted .252 with eight doubles, a triple, one home run and 11 RBI.
2010 (Freshman) Appeared in 51 games, starting 43 ... Batted .247 with 10 doubles, two home runs and 20 RBI ... Posted eight multi-hit games and six multi-RBI efforts ... Hit .263 with six doubles and six RBI in 22 Pac-10 games, 17 of which were starts ... Drove in three runs, hit a two-run home run and was 2-for-4 in the regional opener against Florida Atlantic (6/4) ... Was 1-for-4 with an RBI against Oregon (5/26) ... Drove in the game-tying run with a double in the seventh against Arizona State (5/23) ... Doubled home OSU's first two runs and was 1-for-3 against Washington (5/15) ... Finished 3-for-4 with two doubles and two RBI at California (5/1) ... Hit his first career home run, a solo shot, against Maine (3/21) ... Drove in two and doubled in going 2-for-5 against Maine (3/19) ... Finished 3-for-6 and drove in three runs while scoring three against Tennessee (2/26) ... Got two hits and two RBI for his firsts in both category in a win over Hawaii (2/20).
Thousand Oaks High School Lettered three years for head coaches Frank Mutz and Jim Steve ... Served as team captain senior year and earned all-league honorable mention honors ... As a junior, earned second-team all-league honors ... As a sophomore, earned first-team all-league honors.
Personal Majoring in business ... Born July 1, 1991 in Long Beach, Calif., but considers Thousand Oaks his hometown ... Is the son of Lori and Ron Smith ... Has one sister, Karly ... Enjoys ping pong and video games in his spare time ... Favorite athlete is LeBron James ... Favorite TV show is Entourage and favorite movie is 300 ... Biggest athletic thrill to date is playing at Dodger Stadium for the Los Angeles Dodgers Elite Team ... Chose Oregon State because it's a great opportunity, and a great program with great coaches.
Smith's Single-Game Highs Hits: 3, 4 times Doubles: 2, at California, May 01, 2010 Home runs: 1-2x, last: vs Florida Atlantic, Jun 04, 2010 Total bases: 5-2x, last: vs Florida Atlantic, Jun 04, 2010 RBI: 3-2x, last: vs Florida Atlantic, Jun 04, 2010 Runs scored: 3, Tennessee, Feb 26, 2010 Walks: 2, 7 times Hit by pitch: 1, 6 times Struck out: 3-2x, last: VMI, Mar 13, 2011 At bats: 6, Tennessee, Feb 26, 2010 Stolen bases: 1, 5 times