BEFORE PENN STATE
Drafted 14th overall by the Columbus Blue Jackets in the first round of the 2025 NHL Draft…Spent the past two-plus seasons with the Tri-City Americans of the Western Hockey League…Registered career-highs across the board with 11 goals and 43 assists for 54 points in 68 games in 2024-25…Added one goal and two assists in a pair of playoff games for the Americans…Ranked 10th among WHL blueliners with his 54 points while his 43 assists tied for ninth…Tallied 88 points on 20 goals and 68 assists in 143 total WHL games, including playoffs…Earned team recognition each season with Tri-City, being named the 2023-24 Rookie of the Year and the 2024-25 Defenseman of the Year…Won gold with Team Canada at the 2025 IIHF U18 World Championships skating in all seven games scoring four goals from the backend while adding one assist for five points and a plus-7 rating…Had three assists in five games while leading Canada to the gold medal at the 2024 Hlinka Gretzky Cup in Edmonton.
PERSONAL
Son of Kristie and Wade Smith…The middle child of three boys with an older brother, Marshall, and younger brother Parker…Enrolled in the Division of Undergraduate Studies.