2018-19 Women's Basketball Roster
Biography
2018-19 Season:
Named Southland Conference Player of the Year, the first Cardinal to earn this award since 2010… Earned her fourth straight Southland Conference Defensive Player of the Year honor and is the only SLC player to earn it four straight years… Was named AP Honorable Mention All-American… Led the nation with 192 steals, which set the NCAA single-season steals mark… Led the nation in steals per game averaging 6.2… Finished her career with 648 steals, the most steals in an NCAA Career, which was set on Feb. 27… Set school record with five triple-doubles, which was the second most in the NCAA… Became the second player in NCAA history to score 1,000 points, collect 500 rebounds, dish out 500 assists and have 500 steals in a career… Scored her 1,000th point of her career on Nov. 15 against Mississippi State…. Set the LU career assists mark on Feb. 16 against Sam Houston and finished her career with 711 assists… Named SLC Player of the Week, seven times... First-Team selection on the Southland Conference All-Academic Team.
2017-18 SEASON:
Named Southland Conference Defensive Player of the Year for an unprecedented third straight season … First-team All-Southland Conference … Led nation with 191 steals, equaling the NCAA single-season record ... Averaged 6.37 steals per game to lead the nation ... Ended the season with 456 career steals, a Southland Conference record ... Averaged 12.1 ppg overall and 12.0 ppg in conference play ... Led Southland Conference in assists (199), assists per game (6.6), steals (191), steals per game (6.37) and assist/turnover ratio (2.2) ... Set school record with four triple-doubles ... Had nine double-doubles ...First-team selection on Southland Conference All-Academic Team.
2016-17 SEASON:
Named Southland Conference Defensive Player of the Year for the second straight season … Second-team All-Southland Conference … Led nation in steals (142) and steals per game (4.73) … Her 142 steals set LU and Southland Conference records … Led Southland Conference in assists (194), assists per game (6.5) and assist-turnover ratio (2.23) … Averaged 8.9 points and 5.5 rebounds per game … Had nine steals on two occasions ... Posted three double-doubles ... Named to Southland Conference Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll.
2015-16 SEASON:
Named Southland Conference Defensive Player of the Year, becoming the first freshman (men’s or women’s hoops) to earn the award … Earned honorable-mention all-conference status … Finished second in the nation in steals, averaging 3.97 per game … Had at least one steal in every game … Led LU with 121 assists … Second in the Southland Conference with 1,084 minutes played … Scored in double figures 17 times ... Named to Southland Conference Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll.
PRIOR TO LAMAR UNIVERSITY:
Averaged 12 points, nine rebounds and nine assists per game as a senior at DeSoto High School … Earned first-team all-district honors as a senior … Named an academic all-district performer … Two-time Defensive Player of the Year … Played summer basketball for Cy-Fair Dallas ... Ranked as the 403rd-best prospect nationally, and 33rd in Texas, by All Star Girls Report.
PERSONAL:
Born Dec. 16, 1997, in Dallas, Texas … Daughter of Stephen Smith and Felicia Barrs … Comes from an athletic family … Her mother played basketball at North Texas, while her father played football at the University of Memphis … Her brother, Devin Smith, played football at the University of Wisconsin and for the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League … Enjoys music and coaching … Majoring in corporate communication at Lamar University.
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