High School: Four-year letterwinner for coach Brian Bray at Hixson HS ... Two-time All-State, All-Region 3-AA and All-District 6-AA selection ... Named Chattanooga Times-Free Press Player of the Year as junior ... Posted 4-2 mark with 1.08 ERA in 40 innings of work with 70 strikeouts as sophomore ... Recorded 8-3 record with 1.04 ERA and 102 strikeouts in 68 innings of work as junior ... Talled 9-3 mark with 1.19 ERA and 100 strikeouts as senior, also batting .436 with nine doubles, three home runs and 36 RBIs ... Three-year letterwinner in basketball as well, earning All-District honors twice ... Member of National Honor Roll and National Honor Society.

Personal: Brett Matthew Smalley ... Son of Bill Smalley and Markita Shuford ... Born September 23, 1987.