Defensive End Signs

Eddie Smith and parents Lawrence and Garnetta are all smiles on "Signing Day." (Courtesy photo)

Here's the Christian Academy Louisville press release on the event:

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Edward “Eddie” Smith, a 6-4, 265 lineman, has signed to continue his education and play football at Dartmouth College. Smith, who was selected by the coaching staff as Christian Academy of Louisville’s “2007 Lineman of the Year,” signed an Ivy League Letter of Commitment during a ceremony at the school on Wednesday, the first day that high school seniors could sign national letters of intent for football.

“It is the Ivy League,” said Smith. “To have the opportunity to play at that level and to have that kind of education is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. It’s very exciting.”

Smith was a two-way player who anchored an offense that ranked #10 in Kentucky’s Class 2A this past season and a defense that ranked #6. The Centurions finished the season with an 8-4 record, advancing to the second round of the Class 2A playoffs. Smith was recruited by Dartmouth as a defensive end.

“It’s an awesome opportunity to have one of our scholar-athletes sign with a school like Dartmouth,” said head football coach Dan English. “Eddie’s a tremendous young man – a hard worker on and off the field. He’s going to a tremendous ambassador for this school.”

Smith has a 3.5 GPA in Christian Academy’s college prep honors program, and scored 28 on his ACT and 1250 on his SAT. Eddie also serves as Senior Class Treasurer and sports editor of the yearbook.

Smith is the first Christian Academy Student to attend an Ivy League School. Dartmouth, rated one of the nation’s top universities by US News and World Report, is located in Hanover, NH.

“The people really sold me on Dartmouth,” said Smith. “I connected with them really well. If you have a nice campus and nice facilities, but you don’t have good people – then you don’t have a good college. The people really appealed to me.”