Recruiting Report: Braydon Smith (2016)

<h2>September 8, 2015</h2><p>After a strong junior season with West Liberty, and a summer honing his skills with Iowa Pump ‘N Run, 6-foot-4 forward <strong>Braydon Smith</strong> has caught the interest of several area programs.</p> <p>NAIA and Division III programs are primarily interested, with one Division II school in the mix.</p> <p>“I’ve been on visits to Upper Iowa, Coe, and Morningside. I’ve talked to all those schools, and then also Dubuque quite a bit lately. I’ve also been talking to DMACC, and I think I’ll visit there soon,” said Smith.</p> <p>“Definitely Morningside is showing the most interest. On my visit there it was me and a group of recruits, and we played for a couple hours, I liked it a lot actually.”</p> <p>The 6’4 forward has largely been relied upon as an undersized post in the past, but says he’s been working to evolve into a wing.</p> <p>“I worked on my shooting and driving all offseason. I’ve always played in high school with my back to the basket, so I’ve kind of tried to change that because if I want to play at the next level I’ll have to play more on the outside,” said Smith.</p> <p>“At the next level I probably will be a three more than likely. In high school ball I just talked to my coach about this and I’ll be playing all positions, it just depends on who we have in the game.”</p> <p>Smith lead the Comets last season with averages of 13.1 points, and 7.3 rebounds. He described his style of play to PHI.</p> <p>“I like to hustle, I like to wear the defense down, and when I’m playing defense I like to wear the offense down even. I definitely need to improve my ball-handling and shooting,” said Smith.</p> <p>“We had a rough season last year, we played in a really tough conference. I think we have a good team this year. I’ll need to up my averages quite a bit, and a goal of mine is first team all-conference.”</p>