2006-07 Baseball
1 Nick Mazzone P
3 Brian Rzepka OF
4 Jeff Rickert IF
5 Dan DeBruin OF
6 John Giusti IF
7 Joe Lazar C
8 Brett Bivens IF
9 Patrick Paulus P
11 Ryan Manthei IF
12 Dan Portschy IF
14 Matt Stucky P
15 Colin Reynolds IF/OF
16 Austen Siwiec P/C
17 Alex Halstead IF
18 Josh Piazza C
19 Elliott Gibbs P
20 Ranko Ivetic P
21 Jay Clites P
22 Zach Rodeghero OF
25 Michael Arensdorff IF
27 Dallas Cawiezell P
28 Bo McClendon OF
29 Harvey Yergin P
30 Micah Yarbrough P
31 Patrick Bracco P
32 Jason Brunelli OF
33 Collin Johnson P
34 Matt Evans P
35 Mark Schoeck IF
36 Josh Wallace IF
37 Derek Smith P
38 Chris Nesper C
39 Peter Burg P
Kelsey Best P
Ben Brighton OF
Michael Fields OF
Nate Hauck OF
Kevin Lupo P
Dane Parker OF
Max Payleitner C
Aaron Rank P
Jeremy Schaeffer P
Glendon Seal P
John Snelten P
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#37 Derek Smith

Pos. P
B/T R/R
Ht. 6'3"
Wt. 235
Yr. Jr.
Hometown Kokomo, Ind.
High School (Prev. School) Kokomo
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2006: Appeared in 17 games, drawing starts against Indiana Tech and Bradley ... struck out four at Western Illinois in four innings of work ... registered first career win at Bradley with 5.2 innings of scoreless baseball ... also defeated Chicago State ... finished the year with 21 strikeouts ... did not allow an earned run in four innings of work at Notre Dame.

2005: Made six appearances for the Crusaders as a freshman ... pitched five innings ... struck out two ... did not walk a hitter ... posted a 3.60 earned run average.

Prep: A two-year letterwinner for the Wildcats ... recipient of team’s Golden Glove award as a senior.

Personal: Derek is the son of Jerry and Marica Smith ... major is mechanical engineering ... born June 4, 1986.