2022 Baseball Roster

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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
  • Twitter hancewest10
  • Instagram hw.smith

Biography

At Cal
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)
2021 (Sr.)
  • 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)
*** 2020 (Jr.)
  • 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
2019 (So.)
  • 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)
*** 2020 season shortened due to COVID-19 pandemic.
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

Statistics

Season:
2022

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Historical Player Information

  • 10

    2019Sophomore

    Utility/Right-Handed Pitcher
    5'11" 175 lbs
    10
  • 10

    2020Junior

    Infield
    5'10" 182 lbs
    10
  • 10

    2021Senior

    Infield/Utility
    5'10" 190 lbs
    10
  • 10

    2022Fifth Year

    Infield/Utility
    5'10" 190 lbs
    10