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- ↑ Writer, JEFF CARLTON Staff (June 17, 2002). "SMITH DEMONSTRATES THE POWER OF PATIENCE\ SOUTHERN GUILFORD'S JAKE SMITH WAS WALKED 34 TIMES IN HIS SENIOR YEAR". Greensboro News and Record.
- ↑ "ECU Pirate wins Bench Award as nation's top catcher". wfmynews2.com. June 29, 2006.
- ↑ Courier-Tribune, The Courier-Tribune Mike Duprez, The (May 21, 2021). "Jake Smith's intensity goes way back. Here's a look at how the Randleman baseball coach's fiery past is fueling the future". The Courier-Tribune.
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