Andrew Smith (born December 14, 1992) is an American-Latvian professional

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player for

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. Smith played for the

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team for four years as a collegiate.

College career

Smith attended

Liberty University Liberty University (LU) is a private Baptist university in Lynchburg, Virginia. It is affiliated with the Southern Baptist Conservatives of Virginia ( Southern Baptist Convention). Founded in 1971 by Jerry Falwell Sr. and Elmer L. Towns, Lib ...

. As a senior, he averaged 9.6 points and 7.6 rebounds per game. Smith scored a career-high 21 points against Longwood on February 17, 2015. He finished his career with 737 points and 558 rebounds.

Professional career

In August 2015, Smith signed with

Jūrmala Jūrmala (; "seaside") is a state city in Latvia, about west of Riga. Jūrmala is a resort town stretching and sandwiched between the Gulf of Riga and the Lielupe River. It has a stretch of white-sand beach, and a population of 49,325 in 2019 ...

of the Latvian league. On July 18, 2016, Smith signed a 1-year contract with

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of the Dutch Basketball League. In July 2017, Smith signed with

Rasta Vechta Sports Club Rasta Vechta is a German basketball club based in Vechta, Lower Saxony. The club plays in the ProA, the second tier of professional Basketball in Germany. Founded in 1979, the club spent the majority of its history in the lower-tie ...

of the German second division

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. With Rasta, Smith won the ProA championship and gained promotion to the Basketball Bundesliga (BBL). On July 3, 2019, Smith was announced by

Södertälje Kings Södertälje ( , ) is a city in Södermanland and Stockholm County, Sweden and seat of Södertälje Municipality. As of 2017, it has 72,704 inhabitants. Södertälje is located at Mälarens confluence in to the Baltic Sea through the lock in the ...

for the 2019–20 season. On November 29, 2019, Smith returned to Donar. The 2019–20 season was cancelled prematurely in March because of the

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. Smith returned to the United States. In 10 games, he recorded 9.6 points, 5.8 rebounds, 1.2 assists, 1.0 steal and 1.0 block per game. On September 10, Smith signed with

Science City Jena Medipolis SC Jena is a basketball club based in Jena, Germany that plays in the ProA. Their home court is the Sparkassen Arena, which seats 3,000. Their current head coach is Dominik Reinboth. The team was known as Erdgas Baskets Jena through ...

in Germany. On July 4, 2021, Smith signed with

in the Sweden.

Personal

In May 2015, Smith was granted a Latvian passport in order for him to be eligible to play for the

Latvian national basketball team The Latvia men's national basketball team ( lv, Latvijas basketbola izlase) represents Latvia in international basketball. They are organized and run by the Latvian Basketball Association. Latvia has reached the European Basketball Championship ...

References

External links

DBL Profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Smith, Andrew 1992 births Living people American expatriate basketball people in Germany American expatriate basketball people in Latvia American expatriate basketball people in the Netherlands American men's basketball players Centers (basketball) Donar (basketball club) players Dutch Basketball League players Jämtland Basket players Latvian men's basketball players Liberty Flames basketball players Sportspeople from Pompano Beach, Florida Basketball players from Broward County, Florida Power forwards (basketball) Science City Jena players Södertälje Kings players American expatriate basketball people in Sweden