Tarleton State University Athletics

Junior (2023-24):
One of two Texans to appear and start in all 35 games ... Earned Tarleton's first First Team All-WAC Selection ... Named MVP of SoCal Challenge ... Named WAC Player of the Week (11/27) ... Earned Academic All-WAC ... Smith was named The Grove Student-Athlete of the Month for November ... Set five Texan D1 Era single season records ... Scored 549 points, most in D1 era and tied for the 14th most in program history ... Averaged 15.7 points per game, sixth in the WAC and second most in Texan D1 era ... Made 194 field goals and attempted 480 and made 66 from three-point land while attempting 204, all four setting new Tarleton D1 records ... Registered 1054 minutes, the fifth most in D1 era ... Tallied 59 total steals, tied for the team lead, second in D1 era and sixth in program history, he also ranked tied for fourth in the WAC averaging 1.69 ... Compiled 10 games of 20-plus scoring efforts, tied for the third most in the league ... He made 95 free throws, the fourth most in the D1 era, shot at a .841 clip, fifth in the league ... He ranks fourth in total rebounds (161), third on the team, seventh in offensive rebounds (360) and tied for second in defensive rebounds (125) ... Connected on buzzer-beating three-pointer at home to knock off UTRGV, 77-75 (12/2) ... Hit three-pointer in corner in front of bench at ACU (2/1) with 11.3 seconds left in regulation to send the Texans to OT ... Scored 24 of his 26 points at Seattle in the first half with five three-pointers (2/10) ... Posted  highest scoring mark in SoCal Challenge Sand Division with 28 against Austin Peay (11/20) ... Exploded for career-high 34 points scored 15 straight Texan points, the longest hero run in the NCAA in the first two weeks of the season ... Was on of 10 WAC players to record at least 30 points in a game ... Six steals against FIU was tied for the most by a Texan this season, and second most in a game by any player in the WAC. 

Junior (2022-23):
Appeared in 29 games with 11 starts … Third on the team in points (9.8) and second in rebounds (4.0) in 21.8 minutes per game … Second on the squad with 1.78 steals per contest … Notched 14 10-plus point performances … Scored a season-high 26 points in the WAC Tournament First Round against UTRGV … Logged five steals in a game twice.
 
East Mississippi CC (2019-22)
Utilized the NJCAA’s COVID-19 ruling which granted athletes an additional year of eligibility to play a third year at EMCC … Led the Lions to a 2022 Conference Championship while averaging 17.7 points and 7.9 rebounds per game in his third season, ranking him sixth and 10th, respectively, in the MACCC … Earned three-time All-State and All-Region honors and was MACCC Player of the Week numerous times while leading the Lions to a peak ranking of 6th in the country … He left EMCC as the 2nd leading scorer in school history and scored a career-high 36 points in his final game … Averaged 13.3 points and 7.7 rebounds per game during the pandemic-altered 2020-21 season … As a freshman, averaged 15.2 points and a career-high 8.4 rebounds per outing.
 
Raymond High School
Played three years of varsity basketball for the Rangers, serving as team captain for one year … Was a state champion three years in a row from 2017-2019, the first time Raymond had ever produced a state championship three-peat in any sport … Became the first male athlete in school history to be named to The Clarion-Ledger newspaper’s Dandy Dozen his senior year … The same year he was the first Ranger to suit up in the Mississippi/Alabama All-Star game … Following his third consecutive state title, he was crowned the 4A MHSAA Boys Basketball MVP … In addition, Smith was selected to compete in the Mississippi Association of Coaches North/South All-Star Basketball Game after his junior season … He was a two-time winner of All-District and All-State honors … Outside the court, Smith was an A/B honor roll student throughout his high school career.
 
Personal
Full name is Jakorie Rashawn Smith … Majoring in Kinesiology … Originally from Utica, Mississippi, Smith is a 2019 graduate of Raymond High School in Raymond, Mississippi, … Was a three-year letterman winner for the Rangers … Father is Johnny and mother is Willie B. … Has two brothers, Jarius Smith and Jeremy Frazier.