Colby Smith

Class: Senior Hometown: Auburn, Calif. High School: Colfax

Height / Weight: 6-1 / 175 Birthdate: 02/10/1990 Experience: 3L

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UNLV: Begins his fourth year with the Rebels ... Has a career scoring average of 74.31 ... Has played in 102 career rounds ... Has recorded 11 top-20 finishes, three top-10s and a top-five ... Has 33 rounds of par or better.

2010-11: Earned Academic All-Mountain West honors for the third straight year ... Was also named a MW Scholar-Athlete for the third straight year ... Despite fighting injuries most of the season, he played in 11 tournaments totaling 32 rounds, which was tied for third on the team ... Averaged 76.53 per round ... recorded one top-20 finish on the season ... Had five rounds at par or better ... Won the 2011 Bruce Parker Award, which goes annually to the Rebel golfer with the highest grade point average on the team.

2009-10: Earned Academic All-Mountain West Conference honors for the second straight year ... Was also named a MWC Scholar-Athlete for the second straight year ... Earned All-MWC honors ... Played in 13 tournaments totalling 37 rounds, which tied for the team lead ... Averaged 72.49 per round, which was second on the team and ranks 22nd in program history for seasonal average ... Recorded seven top-20 finishes, two top-10s and one top-five ... Had 18 rounds of par or better, including 10 at under par ... Won his first career tournament at the William H. Tucker Invitational ... His next best finish was a tie for seventh at the Arizona Intercollegiate ... Shot in the 60s four times, including a 64 at the Tucker, which ties for the second-lowest round in Rebel golf history ... Won the 2010 Bruce Parker Award, which goes annually to the Rebel golfer with the highest grade point average on the team.

2008-09: Earned Academic All-Mountain West Conference honors ... Also was named a MWC Scholar-Athlete ... Played in 11 tournaments, totalling 33 rounds ... Recorded three top-20 finishes, including one top 10 ... His best finish was a tie for ninth at the Southern Highlands Collegiate Championship ... Shot in the 60s twice ... His opening-round 67 at the Southern Highlands Collegiate Championship was his low round ... Averaged 74.21 per round, which was fifth on the team.

HIGH SCHOOL: A 2008 graduate of Colfax High School in Colfax, Calif. ... Lettered three years for the Falcons program ... Did not play in 2007 ... Led his team to the Pioneer Valley League championship each of his three years and won the regional in 2008 ... Coached by John Lamb ... Recorded top-10 finishes at the 2006 and 2007 Junior World Golf Championships at Torrey Pines in San Diego, Calif ... Was the top-ranked player in the 2007 Junior Golf Association of Northern California (JGANC) rankings ... Played in the 2006 and 2007 Junior Americas Cup matches for the Northern California team.

PERSONAL: Colbin Richard Smith was born Feb. 10, 1990, in Roseville, Calif. ... The son of Joel and Dennette Smith ... Has an older brother, Trenton (23) ... Majoring in entrepreneurship (with honors) ... hobbies include rock climbing, cycling, fly fishing and hiking.