Biography
Honors and Awards
Summit League Regular Season and Tournament Champion (2019)
All-Summit First Team (2019)
Summit League All-Tournament (2019)
Summit League Academic Honor Roll (2017-18, 2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21)
Summit League Commissioner's List of Academic Excellence (2019-20)
Fifth Year (2021)
Started 37 games at first base... Tied for second on the team and ninth in the Summit League in triples with two... Third on the team with four home runs... Averaged .233 with 16 runs on 28 hits, walking 22 times and tallying 21 RBI... Picked up four doubles with a slugging percentage of .400 and an on-base percentage of .377.
As a Senior (2020)
Saw season limited to 14 games due to COVID-19… Started and appeared in all 14 games… Totaled a .231 batting average, a .443 slugging percentage and a .380 on-base percentage… Registered a double and a triple in the series against Northwestern (Feb. 15-16)… Notched a home run against Indiana State (Feb. 20)… Recorded back-to-back multi-hit games against Chicago State (Feb. 21) and Indiana State (Feb. 22)… Also recorded a pair of doubles in the contests… Tallied a hit with two runs scored against Creighton (March 7)… Named to The Summit League Academic Honor Roll and Commissioner’s List of Academic Excellence.
As a Redshirt Junior (2019)
Garnered First Team All-Summit and Summit League All-Tournament honors… Summit League Regular Season and Tournament Champion… Led the team and ranked second in the league with a .329 batting average, a .561 slugging percentage and a .457 on-base percentage… Started 48 of 50 game appearances… Tallied 54 hits and 30 runs in 164 at-bats… Led the Mavericks with seven home runs and 43 RBI… Also led the team with 15 doubles… Went 1-for-2 with two RBI and a double on two runs scored in the Feb. 17 win over USC… Also went 3-for-4 in the March 9 win at Santa Clara… Tallied a career-high of four hits (4-for-4) and six RBI with two doubles and a grand slam in the 26-0 win over Purdue Fort Wayne on March 24… Went 4-for-5 with a run and two RBI in the April 6 win at South Dakota State… Had back-to-back homers against South Dakota State April 5-6… Tallied a 3-for-4 performance with a home run that vaulted Omaha to its first-ever win on the road at Oral Roberts on April 12… Had a home run in the regular season finale against Oral Roberts at home on May 18… Followed up with another home run against Western Illinois in the quarterfinal round of The Summit League Tournament for a pair of RBI… Went 2-for-4 with two runs scored, three RBI, a double and a home run against Baylor in the NCAA Division I Los Angeles Regional... Named to The Summit League Academic Honor Roll.
As a Junior (2018)
Appeared in 17 games with 11 starts for the Mavericks...Recorded five runs, 11 hits, four doubles, one triple and two RBI on the season… Finished with a .262 batting average, a .405 slugging percentage and a .295 on-base percentage while tallying a .929 fielding percentage… Recorded 10 putouts on the season with three assists and only one error… Totaled a season-high of three hits and followed up with a double in the second game of the doubleheader his season debut vs. Northwestern on Feb. 17, where he also batted a season-best .600 average… Recorded an RBI off a triple at Ohio (March 2, 2018)… Went 2-for-3 with two hits, a run and an RBI off a double at South Dakota State on March 30, 2018… Had two walks on the year and a stolen base against Northwestern on Feb. 18, 2018… Earned another year of competition due to a medical redshirt... Named to The Summit League Academic Honor Roll.
As a Sophomore (2017)
Played in 46 games in his debut season, starting 40...Batted .237 with three doubles, a triple, two home runs, 15 runs scored and 22 RBI...Had seven multi-hit games and four multi-hit RBI performances...Made his career debut with a start at UNLV (Feb. 17), going 1-for-4 with an RBI...Finished 1-for-3 with three RBI at Incarnate Word (March 3)...Drove in another trio of runs at UIW (March 5) in the series finale...Went 2-for-4 with a double, a triple, a run scored and two more driven in at Kansas State (March 15)...Carried a season-long four-game hitting streak from March 19-24, hitting .500 and driving in six runs in that span...Exploded for a 3-for-3 day at Fort Wayne (March 24), homering twice and driving in four runs in the Mavericks' 14-1 win...Was 2-for-4 with two runs scored vs. Western Illinois (April 8)...Named to the Summit League Academic Honor Roll.
Coffeyville CC
Began his collegiate career at Coffeyville CC...Started 55 games as a freshman, batting .309 with nine doubles, two triples, five home runs, 36 runs scored and 40 RBI...Coffeyville qualified for the Region VI playoffs and advanced to the Region VI tournament in Wichita, Kan.
Columbus High School
Four-year letterwinner for Coach Tom Keiser at Columbus High School...Two-time all-state honorable mention selection...Batted .455 as a senior...Played for Coach Johnny Graves in the Nebraska Sluggers program...Also lettered three years in basketball and was a two-time all-state honorable mention pick...Also earned all-conference and all-city honors in basketball...Member of the honor roll.
Personal
Born Oct. 3, 1996 in Columbus, Neb....Parents are Joel and Andrea Smejkal...Has one sister, Morgan, who was a member of the women's golf team at Nebraska...Mother played basketball at Concordia (Neb.)...Hobbies include sports, hunting, traveling and spending time with family...Majoring in business.
