2018 C-USA Preseason Team
2017 All-C-USA Second Team
2016 C-USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll
2019 (SENIOR): Played and started in all 50 games this season as the premier third baseman … amassed the fourth most hits (39) on the team … smoked 14 dingers (tied for third most during a single season in UTEP history) … finished fourth in program history with 31 home runs … tallied 23 extra-base hits … produced a .350 on-base percentage … led the squad with 92 total bases … recorded the second most assists on the team (81) … finished career second all-time in assists (363) … led the team with two triples … drove in a career-high 29 RBIs … posted the highest fielding percentage of career (.944) and the lowest amount of errors (eight) … opened season versus Creighton (2/8) with two home runs and a career-high five RBIs … smacked another homer and gained three more RBIs against Creighton (2/9) the next day … went 3-3 versus Weber State (2/15) and drove in three RBIs … started season on a six-game hitting streak … hit a homer at Texas Tech (3/5) … blasted a walk-off home run in the bottom of the eighth frame against Southern Miss (3/23) … had three hits, three RBIs and a homer at home versus FAU (4/20) … hit a bomb in the top of the seventh at UAB (3/30) to tie the game and send the game to extra innings … smoked two home runs in the senior weekend series against FIU (5/4).
2018 (JUNIOR): Played in all 54 contests, making 50 starts … hit .317 (44-139) with 17 runs, six doubles, two stolen bases and 18 RBI … ranked tied for second on team with five home runs … drew a career-high 13 walks … highlight of the season came at WKU, after connecting on a go-ahead two-run home run during a six-run top seventh as UTEP won 6-4 … tallied a RBI during a win against Saint Mary’s College … went 2-for-2 with a run and three RBI against UC Davis … tallied a pair of hits, while slugging a two-run home run during a victory against New Mexico (Feb. 17) … went 2-for-3 with a run and RBI in a win against Portland State (Feb. 23) … scored two runs and tallied a RBI double in a victory against Idaho State (Feb. 24) … went 1-for-2 and scored games’ only run during a 1-0 win against East Carolina in Hawai’i … went 2-for-3 with a double in game two at Florida Atlantic … singled and scored a run during a 16-13 win against UAB … went 2-for-3 with a run in game three at WKU … went a combined 3-for-5 with two runs and a double during games two and three against North Texas … went 3-for-4 in game one against Ole Miss … hit a three-run home run against Texas Tech in game one; went 3-for-4 with a double in game two against the Red Raiders … after going hitless in game one, responded by going a combined 5-for-6 with two RBI and a double against LA Tech during the next two contests.
2017 (SOPHOMORE): Named to All-Conference USA second team after stellar sophomore campaign … made 43 starts in 43 games played … led team with a .364 batting average (47-129), while also pacing the squad with eight home runs … ranked 12th in C-USA in hitting … tallied 26 runs with nine doubles, a triple and 22 RBI … drew 11 walks and was hit by a pitch six times … registered 59 putouts and 88 assists (ranked second on team) … connected on career-high two long balls on 2-for-3 outing in win against Utah State … tied career high with three RBI on 3-for-4 performance at UC Riverside … hit first home run of 2017 against San Jose State (2/19) … connected on second home run of the day while drawing three walks against Boise State (2/19) … hit two home runs on March 4 in Lubbock, the first against Wichita State on a 2-for-4 outing, while the second came versus Texas Tech on 2-for-3 effort … went 2-for-4 with two RBI in a win against Middle Tennessee (3/19) … scored a career-high three runs on 3-for-3 day in a victory against Southern Miss (3/25) … went 2-for-5 with a home run, two runs and two RBI in a 10-inning win at UTSA (4/1) … produced at least one hit in the final seven games of the season, going 10-for-18 with four runs and five RBI during that span (April 15-May 7) … went 1-for-2 with a run scored in a win against Florida Atlantic (5/7) … recorded a career-high eight assists (second most in a single game in program history) against WKU … has 202 assists during career, ranking seventh on the program’s all-time list.
2016 (FRESHMAN): Played in 48 games, making 44 starts at the shortstop position … led all UTEP freshmen in home runs (four), RBI (12), runs (22), doubles (four) and slugging (.400) … hit .255 (28-for-110) with a stolen base and a .322 on-base percentage … tallied 114 assists (tied third most in program history) and 58 putouts … turned 11 doubles plays, ranking tied fifth on the all-time single-season list … registered first collegiate hits (2-for-3) against Nevada (2/19) … tallied first career run and tallied a hit during a win at UNLV (2/19); Miners’ first road win since May 4, 2014 … connected on first career home run (three-run shot) on a 2-for-3, three-RBI performance and two runs scored during a victory against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (2/26) … tallied first collegiate doubles (two) and scored a pair of runs on a 2-for-4 night during a win over Mount St. Mary’s (3/2) … tallied a hit in each game and recorded an RBI during a three-game sweep of LA Tech (3/19-20) … hit first Conference USA home run on a 2-for-3 effort at Middle Tennessee (4/16) … went 4-for-10 with four RBI, two home runs, two runs, five putouts and 12 assists during the UAB series (4/23-24) … made a spectacular diving effort to catch a line drive that set up a game-ending double play to defeat FIU, 5-4, in the first round of the Conference USA Tournament (5/11), while adding a double and run scored against the Panthers.
PRIOR TO UTEP: Played four years on the varsity squad and was named captain during senior year at Canyon Springs High School … named Inland Valley All-League MVP, while earning an All-CIF Southern Selection first team award following senior season, hitting .418 (38-for-91) at the leadoff spot with 18 RBI, eight doubles, two triples, seven home runs and 38 runs scored in all 28 games … only struck out eight times in 91 at bats … also named defensive MVP with a .981 fielding percentage (two errors, 41 putouts and 65 assists) … efforts helped Cougars (21-7, 13-2 league record) advance to 2015 CIF Southern Section playoffs … invited to play for the Inland Empire (Riverside County) in the Inland Empire vs. Orange County nine-inning all-star game … went 4-for-4 with three RBI and a pair of long balls during a win over Fontana High School … went 5-for-5 in a victory over Rancho Verde ... club team was the Corona Angels coached by Kim Howard.
PERSONAL: Cortney Smith is the daughter of Maria and Sandy Smith … has one brother, Sandy Jr. … born in Riverside, Calif. … multidisciplinary studies major … nickname is Cort.
