2024-25 (Graduate): Named to the Patriot League All-Tournament Team for helping lead the Eagles to a conference championship and NCAA Tournament appearance... Played in 33 of 35 games, starting in 32 of those... Scored a career-high 26 points in a win against George Washington on Dec. 4, hitting 5-of-9 three-pointers including the tying shot that sent the game to overtime... Scored 22 points on 8-of-11 shooting from the field and 5-of-7 from long range in a win over Albany at the Puerto Rico Clasico... Made 43 three-pointers to rank second on the team, hitting two of those in the NCAA First Four game against Mount St. Mary's on March 19... Finished his career with 999 points... Ranked fifth in the Patriot League with a free-throw percentage of .815... Went 7-for-7 from the charity stripe in a win over Kansas City at the Puerto Rico Clasico on Nov. 22... Scored 12 points in AU's Patriot League semifinal win over Colgate and 11 points in the championship win over Navy... Averaged 9.8 points per game to rank fourth on the team and was also fourth with 27 steals.
2023-24 (Senior): Appeared in 23 games for the Eagles, missing nine games in February due to injury... Scored a season-high 16 points in the season opener against Villanova (11/6), then matched his season high against Army, making 4-of-4 three-point attempts (1/13)... Averaged 5.3 points, 1.7 rebounds during his senior season.
2022-23 (Junior): Appeared in 23 games for American his junior season, starting in five…Started the first three games of the season before sitting out the rest of the non-conference schedule due to injury…Recorded a season-high 21 points at George Mason, just one point shy of his career-high 22 points, going 9-of-17 from the field (11/13)...Returned to the court in American’s Patriot League season opener at Lafayette after missing eight games (12/30…Recorded his first career block at home against Army West Point (1/25)…. Tied career-high six rebounds at Loyola Maryland (2/25) …Totaled a season-high six free throws at Navy (1/28)...Recorded a season-high three steals at Bucknell (2/13).
2021-22 (Sophomore): Started all 31 games he appeared in as a sophomore… Ranked second on team in scoring (10.6 ppg) and free-throw percentage (74.6 percent)… Made season-high three triples for 11 points against Navy in PL Quarterfinal (3/3)… Career-high six rebounds in PL First Round win at Holy Cross (3/1) while also going 4-of-5 from the field for eight points... 8-of-9 from the field with 17 points against Army (2/19)... Remarkable performance against Holy Cross (2/14), going 10-of-12 from the charity stripe on his way to 19 points... Scored 11 points at Boston U. (2/12), adding career-high four steals... Scored 16 points against Lafayette (2/2), making five free throws... Team-high 16 points on efficient 7-of-11 shooting against Holy Cross (1/26)... Put up 18 points, including 16 in the second half to lead AU to victory over Bucknell (1/16).... Scored 20 points on 8-of-13 from the field against St. Francis (PA), adding three steals (12/8)... Best game of career at Duquesne (11/28), scoring career-high 22 points on 10-of-12 from the field, adding career-high seven assists... 11 points and three steals vs. Western Carolina (11/20)... Perfect 3-for-3 from free-throw line at Georgetown, adding two steals (11/16)... 12 points, four assists, and five field goals in season-opening win against Marist (11/9).
2020-21 (Freshman): Saw action in seven games as a freshman, starting twice... Patriot League Academic Honor Roll... Grabbed career-high four steals in PL Quarterfinals at Army (3/6)... Six points and career-high four assists versus Bucknell (2/28)... In first start of career, scored eight points, grabbed three rebounds and made a triple against Navy (2/20).
High School: Attended St. Andrew’s Episcopal School in Potomac, Md…. Helped the Lions to their best season in school history as a senior, finishing with a 24-4 mark and their first conference championship since 2015… Calls the conference championship the proudest moment of his career… Two-time First Team All-Conference… Two-time
DMV Elite All-Maryland Honorable Mention… Named
Washington Post All-Met in 2020.
Personal: Majored in business administration and earned a master's in marketing from the Kogod School of Business in May, 2025… Played AAU for Team Durant… Son of Jackie and Corey Smalls... Chose AU because of strong relationship with coaches and players that made him feel at home… Plans to become an entrepreneur after college… Puts phone on “Do Not Disturb” before games to eliminate distractions… Cites grandfather as his biggest basketball influence, as he took Colin to courts all the time as a youth and talked about various players he would watch… Has collected
hundreds of pairs of sneakers.
