Paints Re-Sign Smith For 2021 Season

Presented By Atomic Speedway

(CHILLICOTHE) – The Chillicothe Paints, presented by Adena Health System, have re-signed outfielder Trey Smith for the upcoming 2021 season.

Smith, from Sikeston, Mo., helped lift the Paints to the 2019 Prospect League championship with a sixth-inning grand slam that served as the game-winning hit in a 5-2 road win over the Cape Catfish in the deciding game-three of the Prospect League Championship Series.

Including four playoff games, Smith played in 56 of the Paints’ 64 games in 2019, hitting .289 with 20 doubles, three triples, five home runs and 49 RBIs. He hit in 13-straight games from July 9 to July 25 and had 15 multi-hit games, including five with three or more.

Smith is a senior biology major at the University of Indianapolis, member of the NCAA Division II Great Lakes Valley Conference. The 5-foot-10, 190-pound outfielder has played in 97 games over four years for the Greyhounds. This season, Smith has started six of Indy’s ten games and is hitting .391 with a double, triple, home run and four RBIs. 

Smith was an All-Conference player as a junior and senior in high school. During his senior season, he hit .433 with five home runs, 22 RBIs, 32 runs scored and stole 12 bases.

Chillicothe hosts the Lafayette Aviators at VA Memorial Stadium Thursday, May 27, at 7:05 p.m. to open the 2021 season, the 28th for the Paints. In addition to $1 draft beer for Thirsty Thursday, there will be a postgame fireworks show presented by 94 Country to celebrate the beginning of the new season.

Information regarding tickets, group outings, sponsorship opportunities and more is available by calling (740) 773-TEAM or by emailing the team at paints@bright.net.