Stevin L. "Hedake" Smith (born January 24, 1972) is an American former professional

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player, who is also known for his involvement in the 1994 Arizona State

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scandal.

Early life

Smith was born in

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, Texas, the only son of Eunice Smith. He was an outstanding high school basketball player. He played at Arizona State University under

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. His "Hedake" nickname originally came from his mother, who called her rambunctious child "Headache", but had to shorten the spelling for a personalized license plate.

College career

Stevin “Hedake” Smith played point guard for Arizona State University from 1991 through 1994, and was a two-time All-Pac-10 selection. However, he also became involved in the 1994 Arizona State point-shaving scandal along with ASU teammate Isaac Burton. Smith would bet on his own games that he was fixing and received $20,000 for shaving points in the game against

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on January 28, 1994. He was arrested in the summer of 1997, and in December 1997, Smith and Burton pleaded guilty to conspiracy charges, admitting taking bribes to fix four games in 1994 Smith was sentenced to one year and one day in prison. Smith holds the Arizona State career records for most three-point shots attempted and most three-point shots made. He shares the career record for most steals with

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Professional basketball career

After failing to make an NBA team after leaving college in 1994, Smith took his game overseas, playing for the

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team Somontano Huesca during the 1994-95 season. Over the next four years, Smith played for teams in the Philippines,

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and in the CBA. During the 1997 NBA season, Smith signed two consecutive 10-day contracts with the Dallas Mavericks, and received his only NBA playing time. He played 60 minutes over eight games, scoring 14 points for a 1.8 per-game average. After his release from prison in 2000, Smith returned to Europe and his professional basketball career, playing for three different teams based in

from 2001–03, in the Israeli League in 2004 and for

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for two seasons until 2006. In 2006-07, Smith joined Legea Scafati of the Italian

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league.

Post-playing career

Stevin Smith later became the Vice President of the N.O.W. Program, a mentoring program for young people in the Dallas area.

In popular culture

Smith is the subject of an episode of the 2021

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documentary series '' Bad Sport''.

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