One of the top high school baseball players in the state of Kansas will be continuing his career in the SEC.

 

Right-handed pitcher Kam Smith of Girard has announced his committment to the University of Arkansas. Smith will be entering his junior season, and is already putting up record numbers on the mound.

 

Standing 6-foot-3, Smith was the 2025 3A Pitcher of the Year from Sports in Kansas, and finished the season at 92 miles per hour on his fastball. He struck out 71 batters in 39.2 innings, and is currently the number one ranked pitcher in Kansas in the Class of 2027, as well as being ranked 38th in the nation.

 

Smith has baseball in his blood, as his father Dan is a Girard alumni who received the Kansas Gatorade Player of the Year Award in 1993, before being selected in the seventh round by the Texas Rangers in the 1993 MLB Draft.