FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Arkansas pitcher Hagen Smith continued to add to his award cabinet after his dominant 2023-24 baseball season.
On Wednesday, Smith was named an All-American by D1Baseball, picking up his fifth first-team All-America nod of the postseason.
Adding to D1Baseball's All-American nod, the American Baseball Coaches Association/Rawlings, College Baseball Foundation and Perfect Game selected Smith as the National Pitcher of the Year. Additionally, he's earned first-team All-America praise from ABCA/Rawlings, Baseball America, D1Baseball, National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association and Perfect Game.
Smith, the sixth two-time All-American in Arkansas history, was also a finalist for the prestigious Golden Spikes Award and Dick Howser Trophy.
The Razorback junior left-hander finished the season with a 9-2 record, 2.04 ERA and 161 strikeouts in 84 innings over 16 starts. He led the country with an NCAA-record 17.25 strikeouts per nine innings and finished ranked second nationally in hits allowed per nine innings (4.4), second in strikeouts (161), fourth in ERA (2.04) and seventh in WHIP (0.89).
Smith was the Southeastern Conference Pitcher of the Year, posting a team-leading 11 quality starts while logging a program-record 11 double-digit strikeouts games this past season.
In a 5-4 victory over Oregon State on Feb. 23, Smith tied Arkansas's single-game record with 17 strikeouts on 78 pitches over six shutout innings. The Bullard, Texas, native broke Nick Schmidt's career strikeout record mark in addition to surpassing David Walling's single-season strikeout record of 155 set in 1999.
Smith finished his Razorback career atop the program's leaderboard in career strikeouts (360) and single-season strikeouts (161).
Arkansas baseball finished ranked No. 17 in D1Baseball's top 25 poll.
