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Career Highlights
Northern California State Championships (1st in All-Around, 2008)
Northern California All-Star Team Level 9 Gymnastics
Regional Championships (3rd-Team, 4th-Pommel Horse, 2008)
Four-time USMAG First-Team Academic All-American (2007-10)
Freshman 2011
Competed in nine meets on pommel horse ... Recorded a season-high score of 14.300 at the quad meet at UIC.
High School/Club
Graduate of Cardinal Newman High School ... Placed first in the all-around at the 2008 Northern California State Championships ... Northern California All-Star Team Level 9 Gymnastics ... All-star team came in third at the 2008 regional championships ... Placed fourth at the regional championships on pommel horse ... Earned the Coaches Award in 2007 from his club team, Redwood Empire Gymnastics ... Four-time USMAG first-team Academic All-American ... John Henry Cardinal Newman Christian Gentleman Award recipient ... Earned Cardinal Newman first honors for overall academics in 2009 and 2010 ... Received 2010 Cardinal Newman honor medal ... Garnered the Bank of America Achievement Award for theology in 2010.
Personal
Born Cole Stevenson Smith on January 11, 1992 ... Son of Clifford and Sandy Smith ... Has one younger sister, Sydney ... Majoring in psychology ... Hobbies include golfing, playing basketball and football and hanging out with friends ... Lists his biggest thrill in sports as making a skill for the first time after numerous attempts at trying to make it ... Favorite athlete is Xiao Qin because "I looked up to him every time I saw his pommel horse performance at the Olympics and I was always amazed" ... Names club teammate Aj Schottstaedt as the most influential on his athletic career because "we always challenged each other on pommel horse and were very competitive with everything we did" ... Plans to go to a police academy after graduation and become a police officer and later pursue other fields of law enforcement.
Smith's Career Highs
Pommel Horse: 14.300 (at UIC w/ Air Force/Stanford, 3/4/11)
