Smith is a third year player out of Manchester, CT.  Smith led Manchester High School to the 2006 playoffs, a place they had not been for 10 years.  In 2009, he appeared in 8 games for the University of New Haven Chargers, starting 4 and pitching a total of 30.2 innings. During his junior season of 2010, Smith was tied for first with 6 wins, and posted an era of 3.10. Smith also struck out 47 batters in 61.0 innings pitched.