AS A REDSHIRT JUNIOR (2022-23): Conference Carolinas Academic All-Conference … Conference Carolinas Presidential Honor Roll … CSC Academic All-District … 2
nd Team All-Conference … Saw action in 28 games logging 25 starts … Averaged 29.5 minutes per game … Shot 43.4 percent from the field and averaged 12.2 points per game … Connected on 33.3 percent of attempts from the perimeter and made good on 78.4 percent of her free throw attempts … Finished the season with a team-best 49 steals … Averaged 4.6 rebounds per game … Scored in every contest she played in and logged double-figure scoring 17 times … Scored 20 or more points twice, including a season-best and career-high 26 points at King on Dec. 15 … Nearly registered a triple-double against Southern Wesleyan on Feb. 1 with 17 points, nine rebounds and seven assists.
AS A REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE (2021-22): Conference Carolinas Academic All-Conference … Conference Carolinas Presidential Honor Roll … Conference Carolinas Defensive Player of the Week … Saw action in all 29 games this season logging 28 starts … Averaged 29.7 minutes, 11.1 points, 3.8 rebounds, 2.7 assists, 1.7 steals per game … Connected on 45.3 percent of shots from the field, as well as an impressive 86.0 percent from the free throw line … Recorded a 27-for-87 clip from the 3-point line … Finished the season with the best free throw percentage in Conference Carolinas, and ranked 26
th in Division II for free throw percentage … Scored in double-figures 18 different times, including two games scoring 20 points or more … Also added three blocks on the season.
AS A SOPHOMORE (2020-21): Peach Belt Conference Team of Academic Distinction ... Played in 13 games and recorded 12 starts … Tallied 308 total minutes of action … Averaged 5.0 points, 3.2 rebounds, 2.0 assists and 0.8 steals per game … Scored a season-best 17 points against Flagler … Registered 65 points and 10 steals for the season.
AS A FRESHMAN (2019-20): Played in 26 games (9 starts) and logged 444 minutes of action ... Averaged 5.3 points, 2.6 points, and 1.2 assists per game ... Registered 17 blocks ... Pulled down 67 rebounds and dished out 32 assists ... Scored in double-digit figures on five different occasions.
HIGH SCHOOL: Prepped at Whitewater High School for coach Rashad Muhyee ... A two-time all-region selection ... Averaged 22.7 points, 6.5 rebounds, 3.9 assists and 3.3 steals per game as a senior and helped lead the Wildcats to 13 victories and a state tournament bid ... Scored 20 or more points in 13 outings during the most recent campaign and, along the way, became the school's all-time leading scorer with 1,387 career points and was named offensive player of the year ... Registered 16.0 points, 4.6 rebounds, 3.5 assists and 2.6 steals as a junior on the way to claiming the first of two all-county nods as well.
PERSONAL: The daughter of Rica and Craig Smith has an older brother, Devin. Smith currently maintains a 3.9 cumulative grade point average at Whitewater High School where she is a member of the National Honor Society and National English Honor Society. She is expecting to major in exercise physiology at UNCP.
| CAREER HIGHS AT UNCP (Updated: 3/17/2024) |
| Points |
26 at King (12/15/22) |
| FG |
8, twice - last vs. Francis Marion (11/30/22) |
| FGA |
15 vs. Francis Marion (11/30/22) |
| 3FG |
4, three times - last vs. Lees-McRae (1/20/24) |
| 3FGA |
8 at Francis Marion (1/26/22) |
| FT |
12 vs. Catawba (12/19/22) |
| FTA |
14, twice - last vs. Catawba (12/19/22) |
| Rebounds |
9, twice - last vs. Southern Wesleyan (2/1/23) |
| Assists |
8, twice - last vs. Barton (2/8/23) |
| Steals |
6, three times - last vs. Chowan (2/15/23) |
| Blocks |
1, 10 times - last at Chowan (1/11/23) |
| Turnovers |
5, seven times - last vs. Chowan (2/15/23) |
| Minutes |
39 at Chowan (1/11/23) |
| Double-Figure Points |
48 times |
| Double-Figure Rebounds |
None |
| Double-Doubles |
None |
| 20+ Points |
4 times |
| 7+ Rebounds |
13 times |
| 5+ Assists |
6 times |
| 5+ Steals |
4 times |
