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Former RHS baseball standouts earn All-Conference honors at Auburn, Dyersburg State

Former Russellville High School baseball standouts Cody Greenhill and Reed Smith received All-Conference honors for their performances this season at Auburn University and Dyersburg State Community College, respectively.
 
Greenhill, a 2017 graduate of RHS now in his first year on The Plains, was named to the Freshman All-SEC Team as a relief pitcher. A 6’4 righthander with a fastball that reaches the mid-90s, Greenhill has put together a fabulous debut season for the Tigers. Through Wednesday, he had made 17 appearances (all in relief), posting a 4-2 record with five saves and a 1.49 ERA. He had allowed 40 hits in 48.1 innings while striking out 47 batters, walking 16 and hitting three.
 
Opponents were batting just .225 off Greenhill, who picked up the win on Tuesday at the SEC Tournament in Hoover with three scoreless innings of relief in Auburn’s 4-3 victory over Kentucky. The Tigers (39-19) beat Ole Miss 9-3 on Wednesday and were set to face Texas A&M in a winner’s bracket game on Thursday at 4:30 p.m.
 
Greenhill was one of four Tigers named Freshman All-SEC, joining outfielder Steven Williams, DH Edouard Julien and starting pitcher Tanner Burns, a Decatur High School alum.
 
Greenhill, the Class 5A Player of the Year as a Golden Tiger senior in 2017, finished his four-year varsity career at Russellville with a 39-9 record and a 1.33 ERA. He ranks among the state’s all-time leaders in wins and strikeouts (375 in 305.1 innings). In 15 career playoff starts, he went 13-1 with a 1.48 ERA, nine complete games and 99 strikeouts in 84.2 innings, helping Russellville win three consecutive state championships from 2015-17.
 
In his only year at Dyersburg State, Smith, a 2016 RHS grad, earned first-team All-Conference honors as an outfielder from the Tennessee Community College Athletic Association. Smith closed out the season with a strong showing at the conference tournament, going 9-for-19 with a home run, a triple, a double, four RBIs and seven runs scored in six games as the Eagles (37-15) bounced back from a first-round loss to finish as runners-up.
 
For the season, Smith batted .376 (65-for-173) with eight homers, two triples and nine doubles. He hit safely in 39 of the 49 games he played in, collecting multiple hits in 19 of them. Smith drove in 45 runs, scored 55 and stole 14 bases in 15 tries. He also drew 15 walks and got hit by a pitch 21 times, boosting his on-base percentage all the way up to .472.
 
Smith parlayed his huge season at Dyersburg into a scholarship offer from Troy University, where he plans to continue his baseball career next season.
 
At Russellville, Smith was a two-time first-team All-State selection as a shortstop, leading the Golden Tigers to Class 5A state titles in 2015 and 2016. He was MVP of the 2015 state finals series against Helena and finished his varsity career at RHS with 179 hits, 68 extra-base hits (including nine home runs) and 172 runs scored.
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