Smith starred for the Red Foxes as the program made the transition to Division I. A 6-foot-5 guard, Smith scored 2,077 career points. He was the first Marist basketball player to reach the 2,000-point milestone, and was the program's all-time leading scorer for over three decades. Smith averaged 19.4 points and 5.5 rebounds per game in his career, while shooting an impressive .545 from the field. He was named an Honorable Mention All-American by the Associated Press, Sporting News, and Basketball Weekly in 1982, following a season in which he averaged 21.0 points per game, which ranked 27th in the country.