Former Crescenta Valley High baseball player Jimmy Smiley made his college debut at Whitman College on Feb. 12, earning the win in an 8-4 victory over Claremont-Mudd-Scripps. He struck out four batters and walked one.

Smiley graduated CV in 2015, but was injured during league season that year. Last season, his first at the Washington state-based school, he suffered a torn labrum and didn’t pitch. Fellow CV graduate Eric Ma is also a pitcher on the team. Ma is 2-0 on the season, picking up a win Feb. 18 against Pacific University (Oregon). Ma went six innings, giving up two runs, eight strikeouts and two walks.

Whitman is playing a double-header at the Mariner’s stadium, Safeco Field, March 4 and March 5 against Centre College and Smiley is expected to get a start in one of those games. The Whitman Boxers play in the Northwest Conference in the NCAA Division III. They are currently 4-4 overall, and 1-2 in conference.