Furman University

2014 graduate of North Augusta (4A/Division 2) High School...football caoch was Dan Pippin...played free safety and cornerback...registered 85 tackles, four interceptions, and two fumble recoveries in 2013 to help key North Augusta to a 12-2 record and region championship with 33-24 win over Dutch Fork...squad advanced to semifinals before falling to eventual state champion Northwestern...earned all-region, All-Aiken Standard, and Aiken Leader All-County honors as a senior...also selected to play in South Carolina/Georgia Border Bowl...program record over final three years was 33-8...named all-region in tennis and was a state qualifier in the 800m as a sophomore...served as senior class vice president....Class of 2014 North Augusta Hall of Fame selection...Paul Knox Scholarship recipient.

Personal:  Full name is William Robert Lukas Smith...born October 17, 1995, in Augusta, Georgia...son of Kyle and Traci Smith...has two sisters, Taylor and Logan, and a brother, Jack...grandfather, Robert Smith ''52, great-uncle, Joseph Smith ''51, and uncle Edwin Farnell ''99, are all Furman graduates...uncle Tom Thornton, played basketball and baseball at Wheaton College...grandfather, William Thornton, also played basketball at Wheaton...grandmother, Jackie Fogle Smith, played basketball at Spartanburg Methodist College...cousins, Megan and Katie Thornton, played volleyball and softball, respectively, at Wheaton.