Player Bio: Tron Smith - SAINT MARY'S OFFICIAL ATHLETIC SITE

Tron Smith

	Class: Senior
	Hometown: Moreno Valley, CA
	High School: Canyon Springs HS

	Height / Weight: 6-3 / 210
	Position: G
	Previous School: Citrus College

2006-07: Played in 28 games, including 10 as a starter...averaged 7.9 points and 2.3 rebounds per game...scored in double figures 10 times, including a career-high 23 points against Pepperdine on Feb. 24...shot 42.5 percent from the floor, 37.8 percent from 3-point land, and 79.1 percent from the free throw line...in conference games he shot 45.2 percent from the floor, 47.8 percent from behind the arc and 76.5 percent from the line...best offensive performance came on Feb. 24 against Pepperdine when he scored a career-high 23 points shooting 9-for-15 from the floor, 3-for-6 from the 3-point line, and 2-for-2 from the free throw line...on Dec. 17 against number eight-ranked Connecticut, he scored 15 points shooting 5-for-10 overall...scored 11 points against San Diego going 3-for-4 from the floor, 1-for-1 from 3-point land, and 4-for-4 from the line...also had 40 assists, 13 steals, and one block.

2005-06 (Citrus College): Started all 31 games that Citrus College played...averaged 25.0 points per game while playing in 34.2 minutes per contest...was the top scorer in the Western State Conference and was second in the state of California...led the team in scoring in 28 times...scored in double figures in 29 of 31 games...topped the 20-point mark 24 times and scored 30 points or more nine times... earned First Team All-WSC honors...scored a school record 750 points...led the Owls with 95 assists and ranked second on the team with 46 steals.

2004-05 (UC Riverside): Redshirted the season.

2003-04 (Arizona State): Missed nine games with the broken nose and pneumonia and also was limited in practice for much of December and January with a hamstring problem...played for the first time since Dec. 22 in Jan. 29 game at Washington State...had season-high 10 points at Washington on Jan. 31...had surgery on nose on Jan. 6...posted eight points vs. McNeese State (Dec. 22), vs. Temple (Dec. 9) and vs. Cal State Fullerton (Nov. 24)...also had season-high five boards vs. Temple.

High School: Played three years on varsity at Canyon Springs High for coach Jeff Stovall...averaged 20 points, six boards, four assists and three steals in senior season and was a First Team All-CIF selection...was named the Ivy League Most Valuable Player and the Riverside County Player of the Year in 2003...was a second team all-state selection...an All-CIF Southern Section Division I-A First-Team pick...averaged 16 points, five rebounds, three assists and two steals in junior season...earned second-team All-Riverside County honors in 2002...ESPN.com ranked him as No. 27 in its May of 2003 recruiting update, and also had him as the sixth-best shooting guard...was ranked No. 63 in the final CBS SportsLine recruiting rankings and No. 68 by Bob Gibbons All-Star Sports Report...Clark Francis had him as the No. 23 shooting guard in Basketball Times...Earned First-Team Long Beach Press Telegram Best in the West honors in his senior year, as high school players from Arizona, California, Alaska, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Colorado, Nevada, Utah and Nevada are ranked by 25 voters.

Personal: Born Sept. 12, 1984, in Houma, Louisiana...stepfather is Windell Petties and mother is Tonia Smith...older brother is Tyrus and younger brother is Rashaad...full name is Tron Eric Smith.

Smith'S CAREER STATISTICS

TOTAL 3-PTS REBOUNDS GP/GS MIN/AVG FG-FGA PCT FG-FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OFF-DEF-TOT AVG PF/O A TO BLK ST PTS AVG 2003-04 (ASU) 17-10 278/16.4 25-79 .316 4-25 .160 13-23 .565 3-23-26 1.5 45/2 22 33 0 4 67 3.9 2004-05 (UCR) Redshirt 2005-06 (Citrus) 31/31 1059/34.2 265-566 .468 62-185 .335 183-248 .738 28-106-134 4.3 86/3 96 117 6 48 775 25.0 2006-07 (SMC) 28/10 603/21.5 76-179 .425 17-45 .378 53-67 .791 20-44-64 2.3 61/0 40 57 1 16 222 7.9 TOTAL 76/51 1940/25.5 366-824 .444 83-255 .325 249-338 .737 51-173-224 2.9 192/5 158 207 7 68 864 11.3