Michele Mary Smith (born June 21, 1967) is an American, former collegiate All-American, two-time medal-winning Olympian, international professional left-handed hitting fastpitch softball pitcher and current sports commentator, originally from Califon, New Jersey.
Smith played her college career for the Oklahoma State Cowgirls for the years 1986–89, where she set numerous records in the now defunct Big Eight Conference.
[3] Smith debuted in 1986 and led the team in wins and batting average to earn First-Team Big Eight Conference honors.
[4][5] For her junior year, Smith was named a National Fastpitch Coaches Association First-Team All-American to accompany her second top conference honors.
[6] She broke school records for strikeouts, shutouts and wins while also posting career bests in average, RBIs, hits, slugging percentage, walks and home runs, the latter of which she tied for the NCAA lead that year.
Smith set a career and school high with 17 strikeouts in a 2–0 regulation win vs. the Louisiana Tech Lady Techsters on April 15.
[14] Smith graduated with the crown in wins, strikeouts, shutouts, innings pitched, no-hitters, perfect games, RBIs, home runs and triples for a Cowgirl career, as well as ranking top-5 in numerous other categories.