Paul Smith is part of the 2018 Pizza Hut Shocker Sports Hall of Fame induction class. The class will be inducted at a banquet on Sat., Jan. 27.
All Paul Smith knew about Wichita State came from a friend. That was all he needed.
"If you can't trust your friend, who can you trust?" Smith said. "I wasn't even really looking to go to college. It all happened pretty quickly."
From a conversation and recommendation, Smith flew from New Zealand to Wichita in January 1980, following friend and countryman Steve Guy to play tennis for coach Rex Coad.