Upcoming Event: Men's Basketball at Baylor on October 10, 2025 at 2 p.m. (MST)
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2025-26 Men's Basketball Roster
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Jersey Number 22
Kaleb Smith
- Position:
- Forward
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- Hometown:
- Rancho Cucamonga, Calif.
- High School:
- Damien HS
- Prev School:
- UC Riverside
- Major:
- B.S. in Applied Management
Bio
| Read | Title game peek preceded Smith move to GCU Watch | Transfer highlights |
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Grand Canyon |
- Set for first season in program.
- Got a sneak peek at the Lopes' program by watching GCU win the WAC title in Las Vegas in 2025 following the conclusion of his UC Riverside season.
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UC Riverside |
Riverside, Calif. |
- Started all 34 games and ranked third on the team in scoring at 11.0 points per game.
- Made 58 3-pointers at a 33% clip and shot 76.2% from the line.
- Scored a season-high 21 points vs. La Sierra on Nov. 14 and grabbed 11 rebounds in the Big West Tournament vs. Cal Poly on March 13.
- Scored 20 points in a narrow loss against a BYU team that finished the season ranked No. 13.
- Named Big West Player of the Week on March 11, following 14- and 28-point efforts on 11-of-16 (.688) shooting.
- Named to Big West Commissioner's Honor Roll and Big West All-Academic Team.
- Posted a career-high 28 points while tying a single-game program record with eight 3-pointers in win at UC Santa Barbara on March 9.
- Started each of his final 15 appearances after making just two starts in his first 19.
- Averaged 13.6 points per game in his last nine games.
- Redshirted season, growing from 6-6 to 6-9 during the year.
Damien HS |
La Verne, Calif. |
- Helped lead the Spartans to a state championship as a senior in 2022. His top sports memory to date is that victory because it helped head coach, Mike LeDuc, win his 1,000th game and first state championship. Scored a team-high 23 points in the championship game.
- A pair of his championship teammates are active in Division I basketball: Jimmy Oladokun (Rice), RJ Smith (DePaul).
- Played club basketball for Prodigy.
- Was on the same Inland Empire basketball scene growing up as Lopes teammates Makaih Williams and Dennis Evans.
Personal |
- Parents are Juwan Smith and Shelby Magelsen.
- Older brother, Levi, played basketball at Pacific (Ore.) in 2014-15.
- Chose GCU for "an amazing school with great basketball culture. Coach Drew and everyone else part of the program top to bottom."
- If he wasn't playing basketball, it'd be football.
- Favorite motivational quote is: "The moment you give up is the moment you let someone else win.'' - Kobe Bryant
- Favorite TV shows are Quarterback, Outer Banks and F1.
- Favorite pro sports team is the Los Angeles Lakers.
- Favorite athletes to watch growing up include Kobe Bryant, LeBron James and Kevin Durant.
Makaih Williams | Media Availability | 9.3.25
Thursday, September 04
Dusty Stromer | Media Availability | 9.3.25
Thursday, September 04
Kaleb Smith | Media Availability | 9.3.25
Thursday, September 04
Non-Conference Schedule Release | Men's Basketball
Monday, August 04
