Football Standout Ian Smart To Be Enshrined In Northeast-10 Hall Of Fame
BURLINGTON, Vt. (June 9, 2010) – The Northeast-10 Conference announced its 2010 Hall of Fame inductees and six new members, including C.W. Post running back Ian Smart '02, will join the ranks of elite student-athletes and administrators to have ever played in the conference.
Smart put together one of the best careers of any Division II running back in history, rushing for a NE-10 record 6,647 yards during his four-year career with the Pioneers. He left the school with NCAA career records for touchdowns (95), points (570) and yards per carry (7.58). He was a two-time first team All-America selection, and is one of four players in history to tally two, 2,000-yard plus rushing seasons. Smart eclipsed the 100-yard rushing plateau in 33 contests, and scored 26 touchdowns on rushes of 50 yards or greater.
After his playing days at C.W. Post, Smart spent time in the New York Jets training camp and got his first NFL game experience in 2004 with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. He played for the B.C. Lions of the Canadian Football League and scored the only touchdown of the game in the team's 2006 Grey Cup victory.
In other Athletic Department news, registration is still open for the C.W. Post Pioneer Sports Academy, a new summer athletic camp for children ages 7 to 17. C.W. Post's NCAA Division II varsity coaches will instruct participants in boys' lacrosse, baseball, football and basketball and girls' lacrosse, softball, basketball and field hockey. Each individual camp will be held over a one-week period, Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at a cost of $450. Children will be grouped by age, skill level and experience.