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2025-26 Men's Basketball Roster

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3 Braeden Smith

  • Height 6-0
  • Weight 170
  • Class Redshirt Junior
  • Hometown Seattle, WA
  • Highschool Seattle Prep

Biography

Awards/Records
  • Patriot League Player of the Year – 2024
  • All-Patriot League First Team – 2024
  • NABC All-District 13 Second Team – 2024
  • Patriot League Tournament MVP – 2024
  • College Insider Freshman of the Year Finalist – 2023
  • Patriot League All-Rookie Team – 2023
  • Patriot League Player of the Week – Jan. 8, 2024
  • 4x Patriot League Rookie of the Week
  • Colgate Athletics Rookie of the Year
  • Freshman single-season assists record (155)
2025-26 (Redshirt Junior)
Academic All-District ... Honorable Mention Academic All-WCC … Played in all 35 games… totaled 178 points, 127 assists, 77 rebounds and 34 steals… shot 64-for-137 from the field, 17-for-51 on 3-pointers and 33-for-41 from the line… Dished a season-high 9 assists at Arizona St. on Nov. 14… Swiped a season-high 5 steals vs. Maryland on Nov. 25… Grabbed a season-high 6 rebounds in two games, at Kentucky on Dec. 5 (including a season-best 6 defensive rebounds) and vs. Washington St. on Feb. 10 (with a season-high 3 offensive rebounds)… Scored a season-high 21 points at Oregon on Dec. 21, going 7-for-10 from the field and 6-for-6 from the line… Drained a season-high 3 3-pointers vs. Portland on Feb. 25, finishing 3-for-3 from deep.

2024-25 (Junior)
Redshirted.

2023-24 (Sophomore)
Games/Starts: 35/35
  • Patriot League Player of the Year and All-Patriot First Team honoree
  • First sophomore to be named PL Player of the Year since 2014-15
  • Ranked in the top 25 nationally in assists (196) and assists per game (5.6)
  • Led the team averaging 12.5 points and 5.6 assists per game with three double-doubles
  • Paced the team in scoring 12 times with five 20-point performances
  • Posted a career-high 25 points and grabbed nine rebounds in Colgate's comeback win over Gardner-Webb (11/18)
  • Named to the Atlantic Slam All-Tournament Team helping Colgate to back-to-back wins over Gardner-Webb (11/18) and Weber State (11/19)
  • Matched his career-high scoring effort with 25 points in Colgate's win at Navy (1/6)
  • Recorded a double-double with 14 points and 11 rebounds at Syracuse (11/14)
  • Notched a point-assist double-double with 11 points and 10 assists at Boston University (2/7)
  • Scored 21 points and hauled in eight rebounds in Patriot League semifinal win over Bucknell (3/10)
  • Averaged 16.0 points, 9.0 rebounds, and 5.0 assists in Patriot League Tournament to earn MVP honors

2022-23 (First Year)
Games/Starts: 35/35
  • Named a finalist for National Freshman of the Year 
  • Four-time Patriot League Rookie of the Week en route to All-Rookie Team honors
  • Appeared and started every game at point guard, anchoring an offense that ranked first nationally in three-point field goal percentage, second in field goal percentage, and second in assists per game.
  • Scored 20 or more points in five games
  • Reached double figures in 19 games
  • Recorded at least six assists in 14 games
  • Scored a season-high 24 points on 8-13 from the field in win at Lehigh (1/2)
  • Finished with 19 points and was perfect (3-3) from behind the arc in Patriot League quarterfinal win over Loyola (3/2)
  • Posted season-high nine assists in league opener against Loyola (12/30)

Before Colgate
Two-time Metro League Athlete of the Year (2021, 2022) as a four-year starter at Seattle Prep…scored 1,403 points during his high school career and set the school record for career assists (502) and steals (210)...holds single-game records for assists (13) and steals (8)...garnered First Team All-State and First Team All-Metro honors…averaged 18.5 points, seven assists and 2.5 steals during senior campaign on his way to Metro League Athlete of the Year…also First Team All-League quarterback in 2022 and All-League wide receiver in 2021.

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Historical Player Information

  • 3

    2024-25Junior

    Guard
    6'0" 170 lbs
    3
  • 3

    2025-26Redshirt Junior

    Guard
    6'0" 170 lbs
    3