2024 Men's Soccer Roster
Travis Smith Jr.
- Height:
- 6-1
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Louisville, Ky.
- High School:
- duPont Manual
Career Honors
- 2023-24 ACC Academic Honor Roll
- 2023 All-ACC Academic Team Selection
2024 (Sophomore)
Appeared in 22 matches with 21 starts, playing numerous positions on the Deacs’ backline … Recorded 1,718 minutes of action … Played 90 or minutes nine times … Contributed to six Demon Deacon clean sheets … Scored his first-career goal, the game-winning strike in Wake Forest’s 2-1 victory over Syracuse (Nov. 6) in the first round of the ACC Tournament … Added an assist in the team’s 4-1 victory over UNCW (Oct. 15).
2023 (Freshman)
Appeared in 11 matches with six starts during the 2023 season, logging 534 minutes of action … Started and played the entire 90 minutes in his collegiate debut, as the Demon Deacons defeated Grand Canyon 3-1 on Aug. 24 … Helped guide the Deacs in a clean sheet 0-0 draw at No. 20 Maryland on Sept. 1 … Started his first-ever ACC regular season match at Pitt on Sept. 9 … Started and played the entire 90 minutes in a 5-1 victory over Robert Morris on Oct. 17.
Background
Played in the 2022 High School All-American Game, representing duPont Manual High School… 2022 and 2023 ECNL All-American … Attended the 2019 U.S. Youth National Team Identification Center while at FC Cincinnati…Spent the 2022 and 203 offseasons with USL Championship’s Louisville City … Signed an Academy Contract with the club in 2023 and spent time with the first team … Chose Wake Forest over Brown, Kentucky, Penn State, Penn and Saint Louis … Rated a three-star prospect by TopDrawerSoccer … Ranks as the No. 12 player from the Great Lakes Region in the Class of 2023 … Was named the 2022-23 Gatorade Kentucky Player of the Year.
Son of Dr. Felicia Smith and Travis Smith Sr. … Has a sister, Jasmine, and a brother, Austyn … Born Aug. 26, 2005.
