Andre Smith was born in the year 1958 and lived until March 2023 and was an American college basketball player for the Nebraska Cornhuskers in the late 1970s and early 1980s.
A native of Chicago, Illinois, Smith played at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln as an undersized center at 6’7″. Between 1977–78 and 1980–81, Smith scored 1,717 points in 114 games for a career average of 15.1 points per game.
At the time of his graduation, he was second on the all-time Cornhuskers scoring list. Smith is still found in the top 10 on many other school records.
During his junior and senior years he was named a First Team All-Big 8 Conference member, and at the conclusion of his final season was named the Big 8 Conference Men’s Basketball Player of the Year.
In 1980–81, Smith averaged 18.3 points per game to lead the conference en route to becoming Nebraska’s first-ever player of the year recipient. The Cleveland Cavaliers selected Smith in the 1981 NBA Draft, although he never played in the league.
Smith died in March 2023, at the age of 64.
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He is survived by his wife, Marylinn (Johnson Gregory) Smith; son, Leighton Smith (and his wife Michelle); granddaughter, Margaret; step-sons, Jeffrey Gregory (and his wife Linda), David Gregory, Michael Gregory (and his wife Lisa), and Mark Gregory (and his wife Michelle); seven step-grandchildren; nine step-great-grandchildren; brother, H. Scott Smith; sister-in-law, Corliss Smith; nieces, nephews, cousins, and a large number