Completed Event: Baseball at Stanford on May 9, 2025 , Win , 4, to, 3
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Jersey Number 4
Hunter Smolinski
- Position:
- INF
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-0 / 180
- Class:
- Freshman
- B/T:
- L/R
- Hometown:
- Fruita, Colo.
- HS:
- Fruita Monument
Bio
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 Grand Canyon |
2025 | Freshman
- Appeared in 12 games, making nine starts (all at second base), in his freshman season.
- Made collegiate debut as a seventh-inning substitution at No. 8 Oregon State on March 14 and went 2 for 2 with an RBI.
- Had a go-ahead, two-run single in the fourth inning of an April 1 win over Arizona, giving GCU a lead that it wouldn't relinquish in an 11-5 victory.
 Summer Leagues |
- 2025: Battle Creek Battle Jacks | Northwoods League | Battle Creek, Mich. (stats)
  Fruita Monument HS |
Fruita, Colo.  |
- Earned All-Southwestern League recognition in his final three seasons including second-team honors as a sophomore in 2022 and first-team honors as a junior and senior in 2023 and 2024.
- Hit .606 as a junior in 2023 (43 for 71) to be named the Southwestern League Player of the Year. Collected several all-state accolades including Colorado Dugout Club first team, Colorado High School Activities Association second team and Prep Baseball Report all-state team.
- Hit .444 cumulatively for three-year varsity career with 67 RBIs and 38 extra-base hits.
- Also played basketball.
- Finished with a 4.3 GPA and was a four-year honor roll member.
- Played club for USA Prime West, Rocky Mountain Oysters and earned a spot on the World Wood Bat Association All-Tournament Team.
 Personal |
- Parents are Robert and Tami Smolinski.
- Mother, Tami, played softball at Colorado Mesa.
- Off the field, enjoys camping, golfing and lifting weights.
- Chose GCU because "I love the state of Arizona and the coaching staff is awesome. I also think the program is going in a great direction and I would love to be a part of it."
- Favorite athletes to watch growing up include Derek Jeter, Kobe Bryant and Christian Yelich.
GCU Baseball - WAC Tournament vs. Utah Tech - Highlights
Thursday, May 22
Baseball at Stanford - Barreras' game-winning double
Saturday, May 10
Baseball vs. Arizona (5/6/25) - Yorke homers twice to break record
Wednesday, May 07
GCU Baseball - Eli Paton walk-off single vs. UTA
Saturday, April 26
