DeShawn Harris-Smith (born August 10, 2004) is an American college basketball player for the Georgetown Hoyas of the Big East Conference. He previously played for the Maryland Terrapins.
Harris-Smith grew up in Arlington, Virginia and attended Paul VI Catholic High School. He averaged 14.4 points, 7.8 rebounds, 4.5 assists and 2.2 steals per game as a junior. Harris-Smith was named the Virginia Gatorade Player of the Year and the Washington Catholic Athletic Conference Player of the Year after averaging 17.8 points, 8.0 rebounds, 7.0 assists, and 2.6 steals per game as a senior.
Harris-Smith was rated a four-star recruit and committed to play college basketball at Maryland over offers from Villanova, Indiana, Xavier, and Penn State.
Harris-Smith enrolled at the University of Maryland in July 2023 to take part in summer practices. He started at shooting guard in the Terrapins' season-opening 68âÂÂ53 win over Mount St. Mary's and scored 12 points with four rebounds, two steals, and two assists. Harris-Smith became the first true freshman to start a season opener for Maryland since Aaron Wiggins and Jalen Smith had done so in 2018. Harris-Smith was named to the Big Ten Conference All-Freshman team at the end of the season after averaging 7.3 points, 4.3 rebounds, and 2.2 assists per game.
At the conclusion of Harris-Smith's sophomore season, he entered the transfer portal and transferred to Georgetown University. He recorded the first double-double of his collegiate career in his first appearance for the Hoyas, a win over the Japanese team in the 2025 GLOBL JAM exhibition tournament.
In December 2025 it was announced that Harris-Smith was taking a leave of absence from the Hoyas for personal reasons. He had previously appeared in six games for the team.
|- | style="text-align:left;"| 2023âÂÂ24 | style="text-align:left;"| Maryland | 33 || 30 || 29.5 || .368 || .202 || .580 || 4.3 || 2.2 || .9 || .1 || 7.3 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2024âÂÂ25 | style="text-align:left;"| Maryland | 36 || 4 || 15.3 || .395 || .200 || .500 || 2.4 || 1.0 || .4 || 0 || 2.5 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 2025âÂÂ26 | style="text-align:left;"| Georgetown | 6 || 0 || 16.7 || .600 || .000 || .700 || 2.5 || .5 || .7 || 0 || 5.2 |- class="sortbottom" | style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career || 75 || 34 || 21.7 || .388 || .198 || .570 || 3.2 || 1.5 || .7 || .1 || 4.8