CAREER STATISTICS
ACADEMIC HONORS
• Sun Belt Conference Honor Roll, 2020-21
• Athletic Director’s Honor Roll, Spring 2020; Fall 2020; Spring 2022
ATHLETIC HONORS
• All-Sun Belt Conference (2nd), 2021
• Sun Belt All-Tournament, 2021
• Sun Belt Player of the Week, April 12, 2021 & May 17, 2021
AT GEORGIA STATE: All-Sun Belt Conference outfielder and the team’s leading hitter in 2021 ... Four-year letterwinner (2019-22) who has played in 173 games, including 145 starts ... Has 15 career home runs, along with 20 doubles, five triples, 84 RBI and 32 stolen bases.
2022: Hit five home runs and seven doubles and led the team in stolen bases, going 15-for-17 ... Homered in Opening Day win over Purdue Fort Wayne ... Hit a 3-run homer in the Sunday 5-4 win at Coastal Carolina ... Followed one game later with a 2-run homer and three RBI in 9-5 win at Georgia Tech ... His fourth homer was a solo shot in 6-5 win vs. Kennesaw State ... Hit a 2-run homer vs. Louisiana ... Played in 51 games, starting 38, and hit .241 with five homers, seven doubles, one triple and 18 RBI ... Preseason All-America third-team by NCBWA ... Preseason All-Sun Belt..
2021: Second-team All-Sun Belt selection and Georgia State's leading hitter with .324 average, 10 homers (including two grand slams) and 35 RBI ... Two-time Sun Belt Player of the Week ... Led the team with .415 on-base pct., including 24 walks ... Also led the Panthers with 10 stolen bases ... Hit .363 in Sun Belt games.
Put an exclamation point on his season with a homer and five RBI in GSU’s Sun Belt Conference tourney win over ULM. Had a three-run homer and two RBI-singles, including the go-ahead RBI in the eighth inning to five GSU its first Sun Belt tourney win since 2015 and was named to the All-Tournament team.
Earned his second Sun Belt Conference Player of the Week honor May 17 after hitting .583 and slugging 1.250, including two homers, two doubles and five RBI, to lead the Panthers’ series sweep at Texas State. In the series opener, GSU trailed 3-1 in the fourth inning when he blasted a three-run homer to send the Panthers to a 7-4 victory. Hit a two-run bomb in the first inning of Game 3 to give GSU the lead for good.
First named Sun Belt Player of the Week on April 12 after hitting the game-winning grand slam with two outs in the ninth inning, capping a nine-run rally, for 15-13 win over App State. Also had a single and scored another run in the ninth. Went 5-for-9 with six RBI and five runs scored in the doubleheader ... Hit another grand slam the following Sunday and drove in a career-high five runs in 17-15 win over Troy ... The first Panther with two grand slams in a season since Ryan Blanton in 2017.
Went 7-for-9 in a two-game stretch as he was 4-for-5 with two RBI at ULM, followed by a 3-for-4 outing vs. Mercer ... Hit his first career homer at No. 17 Tennessee ... Drove in GSU’s run at No. 2 Florida ... Homered at Kentucky ... RBI-double at Clemson.
2020: Started every game in the outfield, making 13 starts in right field and three in center ... Hit .288 and was third on the team with 10 RBI ... Drove in the go-ahead runs in win over Saint Peter’s with a two-run double in the eighth inning. Also had a sacrifice fly for a career-high three RBI ... Added an RBI-single vs. Gardner-Webb ... Went 3-for-3 with two RBI singles in 10-inning win at Western Carolina.
2019: Earned a starting role as a freshman, playing left field or first base ... Played in 51 games, including 41 starts ... Hit .273 with 21 RBI ... Led the team with six sacrifice flies ... Had a 10-game hitting streak (Mercer, April 10, through Furman April 24) during which he hit .500 (19-38) with seven RBI, including a string of seven straight multi-hit games (Mercer through South Alabama).
Had two hits and two RBI in win over UIC (2-16-19) ... Went 2-for-4 with an RBI and three runs scored at Mercer (3-5-19) ... Career-high three RBI on two hits in 9-7 win over Kennesaw State (3-27-19), including a two-run single that provided key insurance runs in the eighth inning ... Had a single and a double in win over Mercer (4-10-19) ... Followed with six hits and three RBI in Troy series.
HIGH SCHOOL: Second-team All-Region 6-AAAAA at North Springs High School … Team MVP for coach Matt Gershon …Also earned all-region honors in basketball.
PERSONAL: Full name is Joshua Leonard Smith … Born Dec. 22, 1999 … Son of Lateria Crandell... Major is sports administration.
