After leading Oregon to a four-game series sweep of Northwestern State and setting a pair of Oregon program records, Tanner Smith has been named one of Collegiate Baseball's National Players of the Week.
Smith (Newport Beach, Calif. / Servite HS) batted .643 (9-for-14) with four home runs, 10 RBI, two doubles, and seven runs scored while reaching base at a .688 clip and slugging 1.643. He had multiple hits in three of the four games, including a pair of three-hit games while homering in all four games.
In the series opener, Smith set a new Oregon program record for career hits when he doubled in his first at-bat of the series. He added two more hits in the Ducks' 16-1 win, including a solo home run in Oregon's four-run eighth inning. In the series finale, the Ducks' left fielder homered for the fifth game in a row, marking the first time in program history that a player has hit a homer in five consecutive games. The two-run shot came in the sixth inning with Oregon winning 2-0 in an eventual 5-0 victory.
In game three of the series, Smith went 3-for-3 with a RBI double in the first, a three-run home run in the fourth and a run-scoring single in the sixth. The five RBI matched his career high. In game two, Smith hit a two-run homer in the fifth while scoring twice in the win.
All-Time Collegiate Baseball Players of the Week
- Tanner Smith (3/27/23)
- Josiah Cromwick (2/20/23)
- Brett Walker (4/5/21)
- Kenyon Yovan (3/8/21)
- Spencer Steer (4/15/19)
- Kenyon Yovan (4/30/18)
- Parker Kelly (3/12/18)
- David Peterson (5/1/17)
- David Peterson (3/13/17)
- David Peterson (3/7/17)
- Cole Irvin (5/2/16)
- David Peterson (3/6/16)
- Shaun Chase (5/5/14)
