Lexi Smith

{{short description|American softball player (born 1996)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2024}}

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| current_title = Pitching coach

| current_team = Northwestern State

| current_conference = Southland

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1996|8|18}}{{cite news|url=https://tcleopards.com/sports/sball/2015-16/bios/smith_lexi_djfr|title=Lexi Smith|agency=Temple College|accessdate=October 23, 2023|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20231024011013/https://tcleopards.com/sports/sball/2015-16/bios/smith_lexi_djfr|archivedate=October 24, 2023}}

| birth_place = Temple, Texas

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| alma_mater = Temple College
Texas A&M University

| player_years1 = 2015–2016

| player_team1 = Temple

| player_years2 = 2017–2018

| player_team2 = Texas A&M

| player_positions = Pitcher

| coach_years1 = 2019

| coach_team1 = Texas A&M (GA)

| coach_years2 = 2020

| coach_team2 = Jourdanton HS

| coach_years3 = 2021

| coach_team3 = Southwestern (pitching coach)

| coach_years4 = 2022–present

| coach_team4 = Northwestern State (pitching coach)

| championships =

| overall_record = 4–7–1 (high school)

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Alexis Marie Smith (born August 18, 1996) is an American softball coach and former player. She attended Temple High School in Temple, Texas. She later attended Temple College for two years,{{cite news|url=http://www.tdtnews.com/sports/article_1e6fcf18-3766-11e6-9946-835eb17f8afc.html|title=Smith caps career with honor; TC's two-year pitching ace named first-team all-American|date=June 20, 2016|agency=Temple Daily Telegram|author=Isaacs, Edward|accessdate=December 22, 2018|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220617062201/http://www.tdtnews.com/sports/article_1e6fcf18-3766-11e6-9946-835eb17f8afc.html|url-status=live|archivedate=June 17, 2022}}{{cite news|url=http://tcleopards.com/sports/sball/2015-16/bios/smith_lexi_djfr|title=Lexi Smith|agency=Temple College|accessdate=December 22, 2018|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20181222125437/http://tcleopards.com/sports/sball/2015-16/bios/smith_lexi_djfr|url-status=live|archivedate=December 22, 2018}} before transferring to Texas A&M University, where she pitched for the Texas A&M Aggies softball team.{{cite news|url=https://www.theeagle.com/aggie_sports/pitcher-smith-belts-out-national-anthem-shuts-out-oklahoma-state/article_941fa2d4-1db0-11e7-bb3c-df19c6fef17b.html|title=Pitcher Smith belts out national anthem, shuts out Oklahoma State as Texas A&M softball team caps sweep|date=April 10, 2017|agency=The Bryan-College Station Eagle|author=Cessna, Robert|accessdate=December 22, 2018|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170924065730/http://www.theeagle.com/aggie_sports/pitcher-smith-belts-out-national-anthem-shuts-out-oklahoma-state/article_941fa2d4-1db0-11e7-bb3c-df19c6fef17b.html|url-status=live|archivedate=September 24, 2017}}{{cite news|url=http://www.tdtnews.com/sports/article_b16a990c-11d5-11e7-86e9-e75bcb997ad1.html|title=Smith making impact at A&M|date=March 25, 2017|agency=Temple Daily Telegram|author=Waits, Tim|accessdate=December 22, 2018|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220613052040/https://www.tdtnews.com/sports/article_b16a990c-11d5-11e7-86e9-e75bcb997ad1.html|url-status=live|archivedate=June 13, 2022}}{{cite news|url=https://www.theeagle.com/aggie_sports/smith-pitches-two-hit-shutout-as-no-aggie-softball-team/article_5584cbe8-25b7-11e8-a569-8f6c8853b677.html|title=Smith pitches two-hit shutout as No. 7 Aggie softball team caps sweep of Ole Miss|date=March 12, 2018|agency=The Bryan-College Station Eagle|author=Cessna, Robert|accessdate=December 22, 2018|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220617062310/https://theeagle.com/aggie_sports/smith-pitches-two-hit-shutout-as-no-aggie-softball-team/article_5584cbe8-25b7-11e8-a569-8f6c8853b677.html|url-status=live|archivedate=June 17, 2022}}{{cite news|url=https://www.theeagle.com/aggie_sports/aggie-softball-team-shuts-out-georgia-for-second-straight-game/article_561b75d8-28b1-11e7-84ce-07d525e764f0.html|title=Aggie softball team shuts out Georgia for second straight game to cap series sweep|date=April 24, 2017|agency=The Bryan-College Station Eagle|author=Cessna, Robert|accessdate=December 22, 2018|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170813214942/http://www.theeagle.com/aggie_sports/aggie-softball-team-shuts-out-georgia-for-second-straight-game/article_561b75d8-28b1-11e7-84ce-07d525e764f0.html|url-status=live|archivedate=August 13, 2017}}{{cite news|url=https://texags.com/s/28112/aggies-avoids-sweep-behind-lexi-smiths-dominance-defeat-lsu-6-0|title=Aggies avoids sweep behind Lexi Smith's dominance, defeat LSU 6-0|date=April 22, 2018|agency=TexAgs|accessdate=December 22, 2018|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20181222125510/https://texags.com/s/28112/aggies-avoids-sweep-behind-lexi-smiths-dominance-defeat-lsu-6-0|url-status=live|archivedate=December 22, 2018}} During her junior season in 2017, Smith led the Aggies to the 2017 Women's College World Series first round, where they fell to UCLA, 8–2.{{cite news|url=https://12thman.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=4677|title=Lexi Smith - Softball|agency=Texas A&M University|accessdate=December 22, 2018|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20181222053931/https://12thman.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=4677|archivedate=December 22, 2018}} Smith was named the pitching coach at Northwestern State University on August 12, 2021.{{cite news|url=https://nsudemons.com/news/2021/8/12/lady-demon-softball-softball-adds-former-texas-am-pitcher-to-staff.aspx|title=Softball adds former Texas A&M pitcher to staff|date=August 12, 2021|agency=Northwestern State University|author=Vines, Matt|accessdate=September 19, 2021|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20210922111232/https://nsudemons.com/news/2021/8/12/lady-demon-softball-softball-adds-former-texas-am-pitcher-to-staff.aspx|archivedate=September 22, 2021}}