Smith's Career Bio & Statistics

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A non-scholarship guard who has been a part of the Demon Deacon roster each of the last two seasons... grew up not far from the Wake Forest campus in Advance (NC) and played on the prep level at Davie County High School... has been an instrumental part of the Deacon scout team the last two seasons.
2006-07
Played in two games... made his only field goal attempt of the season for a perfect percentage of 100.0... played briefly in Dec. 19 win over Gardner-Webb... took and made his only three-point field goal of the season Jan. 24 against fourth-ranked North Carolina.
High School
Davie County High School... played under coach Mike Absher... played basketball and baseball... earned all-conference honors... was offensive MVP of the team... won the Coaches Award... graduated 19th out of 480 in senior class... was a member of student government... played AAU ball for Salisbury.
Personal
Given name is Matthew Kirby Smith... born Nov. 28, 1986 in Laramie, Wyoming... parents are Bill and Ann Smith... Bill is a professor at Wake Forest... sisters Liana and Chelsey both attended Wake Forest... nickname is "Foo"... once lived in Australia... a good baseball player, Smith originally walked-on the Deacon baseball team.