Shawn Smith Class: Senior Hometown: Hutchinson, Kan. High School: Hutchinson Height / Weight: 6-4 / 280 Position: OT Birthdate: 06/27/1986 Experience: 5th

Updated July 9, 2009

2008: Started all 12 games at guard... Earned the Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award, which requires a minimum 3.2 grade point average... Helped pave the way for an offense that averaged 169 yards per game rushing and 187 passing, including a 1,000-yard rusher in All-American RB Larry Warner.

2007: Honorable mention all-conference...Recipient of the Conference Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award...Started all 14 games at right guard...Major part of a Saluki offense which led the conference and ranked seventh in the nation in scoring (37.9 ppg)...Named the league's Offensive Lineman of the Week on Oct. 1.

2006: Named to the conference's all-newcomer team...Started 12 of 13 games on an offensive line that ranked third in the conference in sacks allowed.

2005: Redshirted.

High School: Missed six weeks due to injury his senior season, yet was still named first-team all-state by the Topeka Capital Journal and Wichita Eagle...Helped his team win the 6A state championship...Selected to play in Kansas East-West Shrine Bowl all-star game...Four-year starter for a team that compiled a 41-5 record during his career.

Worth Knowing: Born June 27, 1986, in Hutchinson, Kan....Son of Richard and Julianne Smith...Majoring in geography and environmental resources.