Senior Year (2011-12): The candidate for All-America and top-10 finalist for the Hobey Baker Award had an outstanding senior season with 57 points on 36 goals and 21 assists ... his 36 goals lead the nation and is six goals ahead of second place (as of 3/19) ... leads ECAC Hockey with 57 points and 36 goals ... his 36 goals is 11 more than second place in the league (as of 3/19) ... averaged just under a goal a game this season with 39 games played ... leads the country in shorthanded goals with six ... third in the nation with his 57 points ... sixth in the nation in gamewinners with six and contributed to 10 of Colgate's 19 wins with the gamewinning goal or an assist on the GWG ... has nine multi-goal games as a senior ... has posted 16 multi-point games ... has two hat tricks, including a four-goal game against Rensselaer on Feb. 4 in an 8-3 win ... first 36-goal scorer for Colgate since 1981 and finished two goals away from tying the all-time single-season goal-scoring record at Colgate ... tallied a point in all but five games ... finished the season with a team-high +25 on the ice ... was the fastest to 30 goals, nationally, dating back to 2000 ... reached 30 goals in 28 games ... had a career-long 12-game point streak earlier this year, where he had 22 points and Colgate had a 7-1-1 record at one point in the streak ... became only the 10th player in Colgate history to reach 75 goals and 75 assists in a career ... alone in sixth all-time in career goal scoring at Colgate with 79 goals ... finished two shorthanded goals away from tying the Raiders' all-time single-season record ... helped Colgate to its highest national ranking since 1999-2000 at No. 7 in early January ... ended his career 15th on the all-time Colgate scoring list with 160 career points and is the top American-born skater in Raider history ... he had the most career points by a skater since 1997 ... finished one goal shy of the single-season goal record by a Colgate right winger (Tom Earl ’70) ... created 43.1% of Colgate's goals druing the regular season by scoring or providing the first assist and 80-percent were even strength or shorthanded points ... started the season on a eight-game point streak, including four multi-point games and three multi-goal games.
Junior Year (2010-11): Saw action in 41 games with 10 goals and 21 assists for 31 points ... reached 30 points each season with the Raiders ... second on the team in points with 31 ... had 11 points in the league with four goals and seven assists ... became the 49th player to reach 100 career points and has 43 goals and 60 helpers following three seasons ... was the first junior to reach the mark since Tyler Burton in 2006-07 ... finished tied with Kurtis Bartliff with a team-high eight multi-point games ... also tied with Bartliff for the team lead in assists with 21 ... led the team in power play points with 16 on two goals and 14 assists ... had a season-high three points on three assists in the 5-0 win over Sacred Heart on Oct. 30 ... scored in the season opener on Cape Cod against Army in a 3-1 win ... posted a goal and an assist in the ECAC Hockey opener at Clarkson in a 4-4 tie ... recorded a season-long six-game point streak in the month of December ... had two multi-point games during the streak and eight points on three goals and five assists ... had a goal and an assist in the 6-5 loss to #5 Boston College on Dec. 30 ... got back in the scoring column after five games with a pair of goals at Cornell on Jan. 22 in a 5-2 loss at Lynah Rink ... had two assists in the 4-2 win over Clarkson to give the Raiders their first conference win of the season ... scored the game-tying goal in the third period against #8 Rensselaer in the 2-1 overtime win for Colgate ... added an assist the next night in the 6-3 loss to #9 Union ... posted an assist in the regular season finale at Brown ... third on the team in total shots with 82 ... his 28 penalty minutes are tied for fifth most on the team ... led the team with four points on a goal and three assists in the series with RPI ... tallied a goal and an assist in the game one loss ... had a goal in game three at Union ... scored in the game three win at Union to send the team to Atlantic City ... posted an assist in the 5-3 loss to Dartmouth in the consolation game.
Sophomore Year (2009-10): Garnered the team's best offensive player award ... was one of five Raiders to skate in all 36 games ... posted a team-high 41 points on 16 goals and 25 assists ... finished season ranked 35th nationally in points per game, 57th in goals per game (0.44) and 37th in assists per game (0.69) ... posted 13 multi-point performances and four multi-goal outings ... had a nine-game scoring streak from Oct. 23 to Nov. 4 (6-10-16) and another six game streak at the end of the season - Feb. 16-Mar. 12 (5-3-8) ... finished with 99 shots on goal ... tallied two goals, including a shorthanded game winner at RIT (10/10) ... had back-to-back two-goal, one-assist performances in wins versus Niagara (10/31) and Harvard (11/6) ... scored a pair of power play goals in Colgate's 3-2 victory over Rensselaer (2/26) that clinched a first round bye in the ECAC Hockey play-offs ... scored game winning goal at Clarkson (1/16) in a 6-2 victory at Cheel Arena ... tallied the game-tying goal with 49 seconds left in regulation versus Robert Morris (1/23) ... had two point performances - all one-goal, one-assist outings at Brown (11/13), Princeton (2/5), and at Dartmouth (2/19) ... posted single-goal efforts at Harvard (2/20) and in the opening game of the ECAC Hockey quarterfinal matchup with St. Lawrence (3/12) ... assisted on Brian Day's game winning goal versus Dartmouth (11/7) ... tallied a career-high four assists in an overtime loss at Canisius (12/20) ... had two assist outings versus Dartmouth (11/7), Princeton (11/21), at Rensselaer (12/5) and St. Lawrence (1/30) ... wound up +5 ... had 20 penalty minutes on 10 infractions.
Freshman Year (2008-09): Was one of nine Raiders to play in all 37 games ... Tallied 17 goals and 14 assists on the year ... Had 90 shots on net and accumulated 24 penalty minutes on eight infractions ... Was named ECAC Hockey Rookie of the Week (1/5) for his performances at the Florida Collegiate and Catamount Classics ... Garnered ECAC Hockey Weekly Honor Roll twice (11/24 and 1/13) ... Was named to the all-tournament team at Florida Collegiate Classic ... Tallied three multi-goal and seven multi-point outings ... Posted first collegiate hat trick and tallied a season-high four points to lead Colgate to a 5-4 overtime victory over Quinnipiac (3/7) in the second game of a first round ECAC Hockey tournament clash ... His second goal with 19 seconds left forced overtime while his third goal of the contest was scored 54 seconds into overtime ... Scored other overtime game winner 2:49 into overtime to lead Colgate to a 5-4 victory over Lake Superior State (1/8) ... Scored game tying goal with 39 seconds left in regulation as Colgate battled to a 2-2 draw with Union (2/20) ... Had two-goal games versus Maine (12/27) and Lake Superior State (1/8) ... Had three-point games versus Vermont (1/2) and Lake Superior State (1/8) ... Had a season-best six game point streak between December 6 to January 8, scoring six goals and dishing out six assists ... Scored two shorthanded goals on the year - at Colorado College (11/29) and at Vermont (1/2) ... Opened collegiate career with two assists in victory over UMass-Lowell (10/11) ... Scored first goal in second collegiate game versus Bentley (10/17) ... Also had single-goal outings versus Princeton (11/8), Cornell (11/15), Harvard (11/22), Cornell (12/28), and Brown (2/27).
Prior to Colgate: Was drafted in the 5th round, 128th overall pick by the Dallas Stars in the 2007 NHL Amateur Draft … Played for Fred Harbinson and Penticton Valley in the 2007-08 campaign, where he was a teammate of current Raider Alex Evin … Was a member of the Vees’ Fred Page Cup team (BCHL title team), which lost in the finals of the Doyle Cup … Posted 43 goals, 47 assists for 90 points in 75 games (including play-offs) … Finished third in the league in goals and 11th in points … Was named the MVP in the play-offs after posting 11 goals and 11 assists in 15 games … attended and graduated from the Gunnery School (NEPSL) in 2006.
Personal: Austin Smith was born in Dallas, Texas … is the son of Charles and DeeAnna Smith … has one brother … majoring in sociology and anthropology.
