He did homer in a game in which Middle Tennessee State set a school record with 8 circuit clouts.

[citation needed] Smeets played for the Dutch team in the 2003 World Port Tournament, going 1 for 2 with a two-run home run.

[citation needed] He was 8th in walks (23) and tied for third with 3 homers, trailing Ivanon Coffie and Dirk van 't Klooster.

[citation needed] He was 2 for 12 in the playoffs but 9 for 21 with 3 walks and five runs in five games in the Holland Series as Kinheim won the title.

In the 2006 Intercontinental Cup, he was 1 for 4 with a walk and two runs for the silver medalists, backing up de Jong at catcher.

[citation needed] In the 2007 Hoofdklasse campaign, Smeets hit .294/.379/.531 with 36 runs and 43 RBI in 36 games and threw out 14 of 30 attempted base-stealers.

He had the big hit of the competition: down 2–1 in the bottom of the 10th inning in the championship game, Smeets doubled in René Cremer and Dirk van 't Klooster with a shot off of Lincoln Mikkelsen.

[19] During the closing ceremony of the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, he proposed to his girlfriend, Dutch field hockey gold medalist, Minke Smabers, who accepted.