2020 • SENIOR SEASON
Awards: Honored as a member of the EIVA All-Academic team and Academic All-Big Ten team for third consecutive year.
Season: Played in one match as a serving specialist...Season shortened and no championship held due to COVID-19 pandemic.
2019 • JUNIOR SEASON
Awards: Honored as a Big Ten Distinguished Scholar…Named to EIVA All-Academic Team…Received Academic All-Big Ten honors.
Season: Played in 18 matches and 41 sets, primarily as a serving specialist…Recorded three service aces and seven assists.
North Greenville (1/12): Recorded five assists and a pair of digs in a three-set win. at Charleston (2/24): Posted one service ace, one assist and one dig.
2018 • SOPHOMORE SEASON
Awards: Named to EIVA All-Academic Team…Received Academic All-Big Ten honors.
Season: Played in five matches and 11 total sets with one start…Recorded 116 assists at a 10.55-assist per set rate…Recorded 11 digs.
vs. No. 8 Lewis: Contributed 42 assists, four digs and one service ace off the bench. at Harvard (3/31): Made first start of the season and had 55 assists….Added five digs, one block and one kill to stat line.
2017 • FRESHMAN SEASON
Season: Played in 16 matches with six starts…Recorded 276 assists and 5.75 assists per set, both second-best marks on the team…Had 35 digs and 14 total blocks.
No. 8 Lewis (1/20): Made collegiate debut. at Princeton (2/11): Made first collegiate start and posted a single-game best 62 assists in a five-set win…Recorded two kills, four digs and a block. No. 1 Ohio State (3/28): Recorded first career double-double with 39 assists and 10 digs in a five-set win…Added four blocks and a service ace. Princeton (3/31): Tallied 53 assists, four digs and three blocks in a five-set win. NJIT (4/1): Recorded 45 assists, three digs and two blocks in a four-set victory.
BEFORE PENN STATE
Served as team captain for four years at Los Altos High School…Won 2013 El Camino League championship…Selected team MVP three times in 2013, 2014 and 2016…Named El Camino League Senior of the Year in 2016…Won El Camino Sophomore of the Year in 2014 and Freshman of the Year in 2013…Played Club Volleyball at Bay-to-Bay Volleyball Club in San Jose from 2014 to 2016…Helped team to fifth-place finish twice and 14th once at the USAV Boys Junior National Championships 2014-16…Won 2016 NCVA Boys Winter Championship…Placed second at 2016 NCVA Boys Bid Tournament…Won 2014 SCVA Junior Boys Classic.
PERSONAL
Full name is Nathan P. Smith…Parents are Fan Liu and James Smith…Has one sister, Anna…Was a Schreyer Honors College scholar and graduated with a degree in biology…Born April 21, 1998, in Torrance, Calif.
Awards: Honored as a member of the EIVA All-Academic team and Academic All-Big Ten team for third consecutive year.
Season: Played in one match as a serving specialist...Season shortened and no championship held due to COVID-19 pandemic.
2019 • JUNIOR SEASON
Awards: Honored as a Big Ten Distinguished Scholar…Named to EIVA All-Academic Team…Received Academic All-Big Ten honors.
Season: Played in 18 matches and 41 sets, primarily as a serving specialist…Recorded three service aces and seven assists.
North Greenville (1/12): Recorded five assists and a pair of digs in a three-set win. at Charleston (2/24): Posted one service ace, one assist and one dig.
2018 • SOPHOMORE SEASON
Awards: Named to EIVA All-Academic Team…Received Academic All-Big Ten honors.
Season: Played in five matches and 11 total sets with one start…Recorded 116 assists at a 10.55-assist per set rate…Recorded 11 digs.
vs. No. 8 Lewis: Contributed 42 assists, four digs and one service ace off the bench. at Harvard (3/31): Made first start of the season and had 55 assists….Added five digs, one block and one kill to stat line.
2017 • FRESHMAN SEASON
Season: Played in 16 matches with six starts…Recorded 276 assists and 5.75 assists per set, both second-best marks on the team…Had 35 digs and 14 total blocks.
No. 8 Lewis (1/20): Made collegiate debut. at Princeton (2/11): Made first collegiate start and posted a single-game best 62 assists in a five-set win…Recorded two kills, four digs and a block. No. 1 Ohio State (3/28): Recorded first career double-double with 39 assists and 10 digs in a five-set win…Added four blocks and a service ace. Princeton (3/31): Tallied 53 assists, four digs and three blocks in a five-set win. NJIT (4/1): Recorded 45 assists, three digs and two blocks in a four-set victory.
BEFORE PENN STATE
Served as team captain for four years at Los Altos High School…Won 2013 El Camino League championship…Selected team MVP three times in 2013, 2014 and 2016…Named El Camino League Senior of the Year in 2016…Won El Camino Sophomore of the Year in 2014 and Freshman of the Year in 2013…Played Club Volleyball at Bay-to-Bay Volleyball Club in San Jose from 2014 to 2016…Helped team to fifth-place finish twice and 14th once at the USAV Boys Junior National Championships 2014-16…Won 2016 NCVA Boys Winter Championship…Placed second at 2016 NCVA Boys Bid Tournament…Won 2014 SCVA Junior Boys Classic.
PERSONAL
Full name is Nathan P. Smith…Parents are Fan Liu and James Smith…Has one sister, Anna…Was a Schreyer Honors College scholar and graduated with a degree in biology…Born April 21, 1998, in Torrance, Calif.