Travis Smith Earns Second Team Capital One Academic All-America Honors

2015 Capital One Academic All-America Division II Baseball Teams

MIDLAND, MICH. – Travis Smith (Clare, Mich.), a senior designated hitter on the Northwood University baseball team, has been named Second Team Academic All-America by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).

To be eligible for Academic All-America consideration, a student-athlete must be a varsity starter or key reserve, maintain a cumulative G.P.A. of 3.30 on a scale of 4.00, have reached sophomore athletic and academic standings at his/her current institution and be nominated by his/her sports information director. Since the program's inception in 1952, CoSIDA has bestowed Academic All-America honors on more than 20,000 student-athletes in Divisions I, II, III and NAIA, covering all NCAA championship sports.

Smith was Northwood's top offensive player over the past two seasons. This year, Smith lead the team in doubles (15), home runs (five), triples (two), RBIs (33) and walks (36). He also ranks second on the team in on-base percentage (.424) and slugging (.491). For the year, Smith ranked in the top 10 in the GLIAC in seven different offensive categories. Last year, he earned First Team All-Region honors from the American Baseball Coaches Association after batting .376 with a .551 slugging percentage.

Smith was a key part of a breakthrough season for Northwood baseball in 2015. The Timberwolves set a school record for GLIAC wins (20) and earned the No. 3 seed for the conference tournament.

A finance major, Smith recently graduated from Northwood with a 3.75 GPA.

He is the first All-American in baseball at Northwood of any kind since Bill Gorski in 1983. Smith is also just the fourth baseball All-American in school history, joining Gorski, Jack Champagne (1979) and Dave Schaeffer (1982).