Marquez Smith Class: Senior Hometown: Ocala, FL High School: Daytona Beach CC Height / Weight: 5-10 / 210 Position: INF Experience: 1VL Major: Psychology

Preseason first-team All-ACC by Rivals.com...named a preseason second-team All-ACC by SEBaseball.com...#1 defensive third-baseman in the ACC in the preseason by Baseball America...aggressive hitter who has quick wrists...penciled in as Clemson's starting third-baseman for the 2007 season...played the first half of 2006 as the DH, then emerged as the starter at third base after playing near flawless defense there...three-time draft pick.

Head Coach Jack Leggett on Smith: "Marquez is one of the better third-baseman, certainly in the ACC and maybe in the country. He played a lot last year as our third-baseman. His fielding percentage, consistency, and accuracy are all outstanding. He has great hands and is going to hit in the middle of the order. He's a great team player, and he's one of the keys to our success."

2006: Drafted in the 35th round (1,049th overall pick) by the Chicago Cubs...hit .291 with 20 doubles, a triple, 10 homers, and 48 RBIs in 66 games (63 starts, including 34 at third base, 24 at DH, and five at second base)...tied for third in the ACC in doubles...had a .396 on-base percentage thanks to 30 walks and 10 hit-by-pitches...stole five bases in five attempts...reached base 42 percent of the time when leading off an inning...had a .951 fielding percentage, as he committed just five errors in 102 chances...hit .315 in 28 ACC regular-season games (26 starts)...hit .317 against righthanders...hit .333 with runners in scoring position and .333 with two outs...hit .375 with runners in scoring position and two outs...had 23 two-out RBIs, third-most on the team...had 16 multi-hit games and 14 multi-RBI games...hit .336 with a .434 on-base percentage and a .633 slugging percentage as a third-baseman...after becoming the everyday starter at third base against Winthrop on Apr. 18, he was 38-for-120 (.317) with 34 runs scored, 13 doubles, six homers, and 30 RBIs...named to the All-ACC Tournament team after going 6-for-21 (.286) with a double, five RBIs, and five walks in five games...named to the Clemson Regional All-Tournament team after going 4-for-12 with a double and triple in three games...had a double, three runs scored, and a steal in his first game as a Tiger in the first game of a doubleheader against James Madison on Feb. 17...hit a solo homer, his first as a Tiger, in the second game of a doubleheader against James Madison on Feb. 17...hit a two-out, two-run single in the seventh inning to give Clemson the lead for good against #9 South Carolina on Mar. 5...hit a towering two-run homer at #19 Georgia on Mar. 28...hit two doubles and scored two runs against #19 Georgia on Mar. 29...went 2-for-3 with an RBI at #11 Miami (FL) on Apr. 2...went 3-for-4 with two doubles against Western Carolina on Apr. 4...had two hits, including a home run, at Western Carolina on Apr. 11...went 2-for-4 with a double and two RBIs at Boston College on Apr. 21...hit two solo home runs against Wofford on Apr. 26...hit two home runs with five RBIs against Virginia Tech on Apr. 29; it was his second two-homer game of the week...named one of five national players-of-the-week by Collegiate Baseball and Co-ACC Player-of-the-Week after hitting four homers and seven RBIs in four games from Apr. 26-30...went 3-for-4 with two doubles and a home run in the first game of a doubleheader at Duke on May 8...went 2-for-5 with a double and two RBIs in the second game of a doubleheader at Duke on May 8...went 3-for-3 with three doubles, three runs scored, and three RBIs against #13 Florida State on May 12; he tied the single-game Tiger record with three doubles and reached base in all five plate appearances...went 2-for-4 with a three-run homer and four RBIs against #13 Florida State on May 14; he was 5-for-11 with six runs scored, three doubles, a homer, and seven RBIs in the three-game series...went 2-for-3 with a double and two runs scored against #22 Wake Forest on May 18...went 3-for-5 with two RBIs against Wake Forest in the ACC Tournament on May 24...went 1-for-3 with three walks, including two with the bases loaded, against #25 N.C. State in the ACC Tournament on May 28...went 3-for-4 with a double and triple against Elon in the Clemson Regional on Jun. 3...hit a two-run double and stole a base against #4 Georgia Tech in the College World Series on Jun. 16.

BEFORE CLEMSON: Played for Daytona in the Florida Collegiate Summer League in 2005, where he hit .284 in 116 at-bats (31 starts); also named to the All-Star team...played in the Florida Junior College All-Star game in 2005 after playing the season at Daytona Beach Community College...conference player-of-the-year and first-team all-state selection in 2005...played for the conference champions in 2005 at Daytona Beach Community College, where he was coached by Tim Touma...teammate of fellow Tiger Alan Farina at Daytona Beach Community College in 2005...drafted in the 46th round (1,368th overall pick) by the Los Angeles Angels in 2004 out of junior college...drafted in the 36th round (1,078th overall pick) by the Minnesota Twins in 2003 out of high school...lettered three times in baseball at Forest High School, where he was coached by Wayne Yancey.

PERSONAL: Pronounced mahr-KWEHZ...majoring in psychology...born Marquez Jamal Smith on Mar. 20, 1985 in Panama City, FL.