| Evan Smotrycz | |
| Position: | Small forward |
| Height Ft: | 6 |
| Height In: | 9 |
| Weight Lb: | 234 |
| Team: | Free agent |
| Birth Date: | 2 August 1991 |
| Birth Place: | Stoneham, Massachusetts |
| Nationality: | American |
| High School: | |
| College: | |
| Draft Year: | 2015 |
| Career Start: | 2015 |
| Years1: | 2015–2016 |
| Team1: | Keravnos B.C. |
| Years2: | 2016–2017 |
| Team2: | Eisbären Bremerhaven |
| Years3: | 2017–2018 |
| Team3: | BG Göttingen |
| Years4: | 2018 |
| Team4: | Ferro Carril Oeste |
| Years5: | 2018–2019 |
| Team5: | Iowa Wolves |
Evan Michael Smotrycz (born August 2, 1991) is an American basketball player. He played college basketball for Michigan and Maryland. Married TV News-reporter Olivia DiVenti in November 2024.
Smotrycz began his high school career with Reading Memorial High School in Massachusetts where he won the MVP award at a session of the Eastern Invitational Basketball Camp. He transferred to the New Hampton School and repeated his junior year to reclassify to the class of 2010.[1] He averaged 14 points and 8 rebounds for a team that just missed out on making the playoffs. However, he began to receive heavy recruiting interest.[2]
Smotrycz began his college career at Michigan. As a freshman, he posted 6.3 points per game, shooting 38 percent from behind the arc.[3] In the final two non-conference games of his sophomore season, Smotrycz scored his first two double-doubles against and on December 17 and 22.[4] [5] On December 29, Michigan won its first Big Ten Conference opener since 2006–07, beating Penn State as Smotrycz extended his double-double streak to three games.[6] [7] As a sophomore, he averaged 7.7 points and 4.9 rebounds per game. After the season, he opted to transfer, citing the need for a better fit. Smotrycz ultimately chose Maryland over offers from Colorado and Providence because he felt comfortable with the coaches and players.[8] Smotrcycz 9 - 11 (81.8%) career three-point shot percentage in the NCAA Tournament is a Michigan school record (min 10 attempts).[9]
He averaged 11 points and six rebounds in 28 minutes a game as a junior. Coming into his senior season, Smotrycz dealt with a broken foot in the preseason, followed by a sprained knee and later sidelined with a hairline fracture of the thumb on his shooting hand. As a result, his numbers declined to 4.7 points and 4.1 rebounds in 19 minutes per game.[10]
After not being selected in the 2015 NBA draft, he signed his first professional contract in July with Keravnos B.C. of the First Division of Cyprus.[11] In his rookie season Smotrycz averaged 15.4 points, 7.2 rebounds and 2.3 assists per game.[12] The following year he played in the NBA Summer League for the Toronto Raptors.[13] On July 26, 2016, he signed with Eisbaren Bremerhaven of the Basketball Bundesliga,[12] but after eleven games, an injury temporarily separated him from the team.[14] In July 2017, Smotrycz inked with BG Göttingen.[15] On February 20, 2018, after leaving Germany, he landed in Argentina where he replaced Dijon Thompson at the Club Ferro Carril Oeste.[16] On November 2, 2018, Smotrycz was added to the Iowa Wolves opening night roster.[17]