2024-25 Men's Golf Roster

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Archie Smith

  • Ht./Wt.:
    6-0 / 175
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Letters:
    3
  • Hometown:
    Reading, England
  • High School:
    Highdown School

Summary

Biography

1 OVC Golfer of the Week honoree
2024 OVC Conference Champion
2024 All-OVC Team
2023 All-OVC Team
 
Summer 2024: Finished T5th in the stroke play portion of the English Amateur before falling in
the round of 64 … T27th in the English U25 Championship

2023-24 (Junior): All-OVC Team selection and OVC Conference Champion for his first career victory with a 7-under 209 ... Competed in 13 events for Little Rock with a 72.54 scoring average, ranking thirteenth all-time in program history ... Ended the year with 20 rounds of par-or-better (4th most all time), including nine rounds in the 60s, and two individual top-10 finishes ... OVC Golfer of the Week (Oct. 26) ... Finished tied for nineteenth at the Windon Memorial Classic (Sept. 25-26) with a 5-under 208, his 36-hole total of 136 is the ninth lowest in school history and tournament total of 208 is the sixteenth lowest in school history … Finished fourth at The Clerico (Oct. 23-24) with a 2-under 208, his 65 in round one is the sixth lowest round in school history and tournament total of 208 is the sixteenth lowest in school history … Archie also finished birdie-birdie in the final round of The Clerico for the team to win the event by one shot over Michigan ... Led the team in four tournaments on the year, finishing among the top-three in ten different tournaments.
 
2022-23 (Sophomore): All-OVC Team selection ... Competed in 11 events for Little Rock with a 73.12 scoring average ... Ended the year with 11 rounds of par-or-better, including four rounds in the 60s, and two individual top-10 finishes ... Led the team in one tournament on the year, finishing among the top-three in five different tournaments.

2021-22 (Freshman): Competed in nine events for Little Rock with a 74.56 scoring average ... Registered seven rounds of par-or-better ... Placed 15th at the Lake Las Vegas Intercollegiate (Feb. 28 - Mar. 2) with a 3-under 213, tying his low round with a 2-under 70 in round one ... Shot a 2-under 70 in his first collegiate round at the Jim Rivers Intercollegiate (Sept. 12-14), tying for 33rd with a 2-over 218 ... Notched an even-par 216 at the Little Rock White Sands Bahamas Invitational (Oct. 29-31), tying for 23rd individually ... Registered a 6-over 219 at the Trinity Forest Invitational (Oct. 4-5), tying for 35th ... Competed in the final round of the NCAA Palm Beach Gardens Regional (May 16-18), shooting a 5-over 77.

Prior to Little Rock: Attended Highdown School in Reading, England ... Won the Caversham Heath in 2016 ... 2019 Junior Champion at Bearwood Lakes Golf Club ... Son of Ian and Sara Smith ... Plans to pursue a degree in business.

SMITH'S CAREER STATISTICS
Year Events Rounds Strokes Average Low Rd. Par - 10/20
2021-22 9 25 1,864 74.56 70 7 0/1
2022-23 10 30 2,193 73.10 66 11 2/4
2023-24 13 39 2,829 72.54 65 20 2/4
TOTALS 32 94 6,886 73.26 65 38 4/9

SMITH'S CAREER BESTS
Low Round: 65 – The Clerico (October 23rd, 2023)
Low 54-Hole Tournament: 208 – Windon Memorial Classic (September 25-26, 2023) & The Clerico (October 23-24, 2023)
Best Finish: 1st – Ohio Valley Conference Championship (April 21-23, 2024)

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Historical Player Information

  • 2021-22Freshman

    6'0" 0 lbs
  • 2022-23Sophomore

    6'0" 175 lbs
  • 2023-24Junior

    6'0" 175 lbs
  • 2024-25Senior

    6'0" 175 lbs