University of Montevallo Athletics

2000 UM Hall of Fame Inductee, Steve Smitherman posted arguably the best back-to-back seasons in UM baseball history in his two years at Montevallo. Smitherman posted a 5-1 record as a freshman at the University of Alabama before transferring to Montevallo in the fall of 1982. The most dominating dual-role player to ever play at Montevallo, Steve was the team's designated hitter and a starting pitcher.

In his first season, Smitherman posted an 8-6 record while sporting a 2.05 E.R.A. and a .365 batting average. He set school records for both home runs (19) and strikeouts by a pitcher (90) in 1983. His 2.05 E.R.A. is currently third all-time and his three shutouts in 1983 were second all-time. Smitherman earned All-District, All-Conference and NAIA Honorable Mention All-American honors after the season.

In 1984, Smitherman posted a 6-1 record on the mound and batted .373 with 20 home runs and 63 runs batted in. The 20 homers broke his one-season mark from the previous year. Steve was selected NAIA District 27 Player of the Year and was tabbed an NAIA Second Team All-American.

Smitherman ranks first in the Falcon record books in career slugging percentage (.802), third in both career homeruns (39) and career earned run average (2.76) and tied for fourth in career shutouts (3), despite playing only two years at UM. He also owns the UM single-game records for home runs (3) and total bases (12), totaling both versus the University of Alabama in Birmingham on March 3, 1983.