Inducted 2006 ![]() Smith enrolled at Lake Forest College in the fall of 1983 and excelled on the Forester swimming & diving team each of his four years. The squad posted a 24-13 dual meet record during that time and captured a Midwest Collegiate Athletic Conference championship in 1987. Smith captured five conference titles on his own and five more as part of relay teams. His victorious 50-freestyle and 100-butterfly times as both a junior and senior were conference records at the time and he graduated as the school record-holder in both events, as well as the 100-freestyle. He qualified to compete in the NCAA Division III National Championship Meet for the first time in his career as a sophomore and earned All-American honors by placing eighth in the 50-freestyle. As a junior he placed fourth at the national meet in the 50-freestyle and 13th in the 100-butterfly. He also finished 14th in the country in the 100-butterfly as a senior. Smith was named the Foresters’ Most Valuable Swimmer his final two seasons and a team captain as a senior. Smith graduated from the College in 1987 with a major in Computer Science. He later earned a Master’s Degree in the same field from DePaul University.
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