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2022 Men's Lacrosse Roster

17 Gibson Smith IV

  • Height 6-0
  • Weight 195
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown Pelham, N.Y.
  • High School Pelham Memorial

Biography

2021: BIG EAST Champions … Team Captain … USILA Second Team All-American … Inside Lacrosse Honorable Mention Media All-American … USA Lacrosse Magazine Honorable Mention All-American … Named to the Tewaaraton Award Watch List … USILA Scholar All-American … Second Team All-BIG EAST … BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Week once … Named to the USILA National Team of the Week once … Started and played in just nine games for the Hoyas after returning from an early season injury … Credited with eight caused turnovers and added 22 ground balls … Georgetown’s defense that led the NCAA in scoring defense (8.31) and man-down defense (0.829) … Scored a goal and added an assist at No. 16 Villanova (2/21) to go with two caused turnovers and two ground balls … Scored a goal against No. 4 Virginia in the NCAA Quarterfinals … Had four ground balls and a caused turnover against No. 11 Syracuse in the First Round of the NCAA Tournament … Named to the BIG EAST All-Academic Team.

2020: Inside Lacrosse First Team Media All-American … Named to the Tewaaraton Award Watch List … Tabbed the BIG EAST Preseason Defensive Player of the Year and a USILA Preseason Second Team All-American … Played in five games during the shortened season … Collected 25 ground balls and was credited with seven caused turnovers on the year … Hoyas ranked fourth nationally in ground balls per game (41.17) … Hauled in nine ground balls and caused three turnovers against Fairfield (2/22) … Added five ground balls against Mount St. Mary’s (2/25) and four each against Bellarmine (2/29) and Towson (3/7) … Moved into ninth place all-time on the Hilltop in career ground balls with 189 … Led the Georgetown defense that led the NCAA in scoring defense (6.33) and scoring margin (10.17) while ranking second overall in clearing (.934) … The Hoya defense allowed just one team to score more than 10 goals on the season and held opponents to under five goals three different times … Georgetown’s man-down unit ranked 11th in the nation at a .786 clip … Named to the BIG EAST All-Academic Team … Season shortened because of COVID-19.

2019: BIG EAST Champions … Inside Lacrosse Third Team Media All-American … USILA Honorable Mention All-American … All-BIG EAST First Team Selection … BIG EAST All-Tournament Team honoree … Started all 18 games at close defense for the Hoyas … Hauled in 106 ground balls to go with 34 caused turnovers … His 106 ground balls are the third most in a single season at Georgetown and the most for a non-faceoff specialist in school history … Had 12 ground balls in the regular season finale against St. John’s (4/27) and added 10 in the First Round of the NCAA Tournament against No. 5 Yale (5/11) … Had five caused turnovers against Yale (5/11) and had three CTs in six other games … Added two goals on the year, one each against Providence (4/6) and NJIT (4/20) … Named the BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Week once (3/4) … Named to the BIG EAST All-Academic Team.

2018: BIG EAST Champions … All-BIG EAST Second Team honoree … Started all 17 games at close defense for the Hoyas … Georgetown’s defense held opponents to just 8.12 goals per game and held opponents to six goals or less in eight different games … Collected 59 ground balls to go with 19 caused turnovers … Hauled in eight ground balls against No. 13/13 Villanova (4/14) and picked up five ground balls against NJIT (4/21), No. 3/3 Denver (5/5) in the BIG EAST Championship Finals and against No. 2/5 Johns Hopkins (5/13) in the NCAA Tournament First Round … Credited with three caused turnovers against Marist (3/6) and Providence (4/7) … Named the BIG EAST Freshman of the Week (3/12) once and to the weekly honor roll three times … Named to the BIG EAST All-Academic Team.

Prior to Georgetown: Played lacrosse and hockey at Pelham Memorial High School … Named all-league and all-section in lacrosse as a sophomore and senior … Tabbed 2017 All-Hudson Valley First Team and Journal News First Team as a senior … Named a 2017 US Lacrosse All-American … Tallied five goals to go with 14 assists and 136 ground balls in 2017 … Was a three-year starter on the Pelham Memorial hockey team … Led the Pelicans to the Division 2 New York State Championship as a senior … Selected as the NYSPHSAA Division 2 Player of the Year in 2017 … Tabbed First Team All-NYS Division 2 … Tabbed all-section, all-league, all-Hudson Valley First Team and all-Metro first team as a junior and senior … Named the Pelham Memorial High School Athlete of the Year in 2017 … Played club lacrosse for Nick Daniello and Ryder Bohlander with Prime Time Lacrosse.

Personal: Son of Gib and Patricia Smith … Has an older sister, Sally, and a younger brother, Henry.

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Historical Player Information

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    2018Freshman

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    2019Sophomore

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    2020Junior

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    2021Senior

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    2022Graduate Student

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