Career Highlights

• 2x CGA First Team All-American Scholar-Athlete Selection (2015, 2016)
• 2017 CGA Second Team All-American Scholar-Athlete Selection
• 3x Academic All-Big Ten (2015, 2016, 2017)
• One career floor title

Career Highs

2017
Floor Exercise: 14.250 (at Arizona State, 1/21/17)
Vault: 14.050 (2x, last at Puerto Rico Challenge, 3/4/17)

2013-2016
Floor Exercise: 14.950 (vs. Nebraska, 3/8/15)
Vault: 13.700 (at Minnesota/Nebraska, 2/1/14)

Senior - 2017

• CGA Second Team All-American Scholar-Athlete Selection
• Academic All-Big Ten
• Saw action in the floor exercise in eight meets and vault in five meets for the Illini
• Won first career title against Penn State (FX, Feb. 3)
• Recorded a season-best floor score of 14.250 at Arizona State
• Turned in a season-best 14.050 on vault at the Windy City Invitational and at the Puerto Rico Challenge
• Competed on floor for the Illini in the NCAA Qualifiers

Junior - 2016

• CGA First Team All-American Scholar-Athlete Selection
• Saw action in the floor exercise in seven meets for the Illini
• Turned in a season-best score of 14.700 on floor exercise against Oklahoma
• Competed in the Big Ten Team Finals for the Illini
• Academic All-Big Ten

Sophomore - 2015

• CGA First Team All-American Scholar-Athlete Selection
• Academic All-Big Ten
• Saw action in seven regular-season meets for Illinois on floor; turning in a career-best score of 14.950 against Nebraska
• Competed for the Illini at the NCAA Championships, posting a mark of 14.500 on floor

Freshman - 2014

• Set career high on floor exercise against Minnesota/Nebraska
• Set career high on vault against Minnesota/Nebraska

High School/Club

• Two-time state vault champion (2011, 2012)
• Placed 10th on the floor exercise at the 2013 Junior Olympic Championships

Personal

• Born May 19, 1995, in Indianapolis, Indiana
• Son of Susan Rayl and Mike Smith
• Has one sister
• Studying Kinesiology