Smith was the recipient of the 2002 NBA Sportsmanship Award and the 1998 J. Walter Kennedy Citizenship Award. He was named the Shooting Stars champion in 2011. Smith played on the U.S. men’s national team, winning a gold medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. He also won gold at the FIBA World Championship in 1994 in Canada and in 1999 in San Juan. After his retirement, Smith worked as a Hawks announcer and a Big Ten college basketball analyst. He has a reputation for his charity work, including the creation of the Steve Smith Scholarship for Academic Achievement at Michigan State.