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2020-21 Men's Basketball Roster

Columbia University Athletics/Mike McLaughlin
Leah Stauffer

50 Joseph Smoyer

  • Position Forward/Center
  • Height 6-11
  • Class Senior
  • Weight 230
  • Hometown Portland, Ore.
  • Previous School Franklin
  • College Columbia College
  • Major Political Science

Biography

2019-20: Saw action in 30 games, making two starts …Went 3-for-3 for seven points and grabbed four rebounds in win over Cornell … Rejected four shots against Mount Saint Vincent … Chipped in eight points and four rebounds against Marist … Blocked three shots in three consecutive games against Rider, Central Connecticut State and Lehigh … Made Columbia debut at Lafayette.

2018-19: Sat out season due to NCAA transfer rules.
 
2017-18 (AT PORTLAND): Saw action in 23 contests … Rejected three shots at Pepperdine in just nine minutes of action … Hauled in six boards against San Diego …  Posted season-high eight points to go with two blocks against Multnomah.
 
2016-17 (AT PORTLAND): Played in 17 total games and made one start … Had 8-point, 7-rebound performance against UT Rio Grande Valley, scored game-tying dunk to force overtime and also blocked two shots … Blocked four shots against Saint Mary’s … Shot a team-best 58.6 percent from the field… Matched season-high with eight points in 14 minutes against BYU before suffering a season-ending injury and missing the last nine games of the year.
 
HIGH SCHOOL: A 2016 graduate of Franklin High School in Southeast Portland … Two-time All-Portland Interscholastic League first team honoree … Honorable mention All-State as a senior … Three-year starter and honorable mention All-PIL his freshman and sophomore seasons … Selected to play in the Oregon-Washington Northwest Shootout All-Star Game … Served as Student Body President and was member of Franklin High School Advanced Scholars Program.
 
PERSONAL: Born April 4, 1998 … Son of Laura Smoyer and Chris Myers … Has two younger brothers, Henry and Michael … Aunt, Amy, attended Columbia from 1988-92 … Enrolled at Columbia College … Political science major.

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Historical Player Information

  • 50

    2018-19Junior

    Forward/Center
    6'11" 230 lbs
    50
  • 50

    2019-20Junior

    Forward/Center
    6'11" 230 lbs
    50
  • 50

    2020-21Senior

    Forward/Center
    6'11" 230 lbs
    50