Florida State University Athletics
2023 Baseball Roster
Roster
Cam Smith
- Position:
- INF
- Year:
- Freshman
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 224
- Hometown:
- Lake Worth, Fla.
- High School:
- Palm Beach Central
- Bats/Throws:
- R/R
ACCOLADES:
- 2023: Collegiate Baseball National Player of the Week vs. UNF/Virginia Tech, ACC All-Freshman Team, All-ACC Academic Team, ACC Academic Honor Roll, Cape Cod League All Star, Cape Cod McNeese Outstanding Pro Prospect
FRESHMAN (2023):
Hit .258 over 51 games, all starts at third base…had 54 hits, eight doubles, five triples and 12 home runs, adding 36 RBI and 39 runs…second in runs, hits and walks (21)…third in RBI and hits…stole three bases…over three-game stretch against NC State (4/16), UNF (4/19) and Virginia Tech (4/21), hit five home runs, including back-to-back multi-HR games vs. UNF and VT, the first Nole since Buster Posey in 2008 to do so…hit home runs in three consecutive at-bats against the Ospreys and Hokies…12 home runs most for an FSU freshman since Ryne Malone in 2004…career day against UNF, finishing 4-for-6 with two home runs, three RBI and five runs scored…five runs most for a Nole since Taylor Walls in 2017…go-ahead home run in 10th inning against NC State and UNF…tied school record with two triples against Florida (5/2)…five triples are most for an FSU freshman since 2014…first Nole with five triples and at least 10 home runs since Dylan Busby in 2016…had two games with at least three hits, three runs and three RBI – against UNF and Jacksonville (2/21)…reached safely in final 10 games of season, a career best…hit .341 with 14 doubles, four triples and six home runs for the Hyannis Harbor Hawks in the Cape Cod League…was a Cape Cod All-Star and the McNeese Outstanding Pro Prospect.
PERSONAL:
Graduated from Palm Beach Central in Wellington, Florida…ranked the No. 1 shortstop in Florida and No. 53 overall prospect nationally by Perfect Game…ranked No. 84 in the MLB Prospect pipeline entering the 2022 MLB Draft…2022 South Florida Sun-Sentinel 7A-6A Player of the Year…finalist for the Palm Beach Post’s Baseball Player of the Year…first team All-American his final two years of high school…2022 Scholar Athlete of the Year at Palm Beach Central…hit .435 with 18 extra-base hits and 32 RBI during senior season…parents are Robert Alvarez and Stephanie Hocza…brother Jason…majoring in sport management…born on February 22, 2003.
