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Sa'Myah Smith

Forward
Position
6'2''
Height
Redshirt Junior
Class
Texarkana, Texas
Hometown
DeSoto
High School
LSU
Previous School
@_sa.myahh_
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Sa'Myah Smith - Women's Basketball - Virginia Cavaliers

2025 (at LSU)
• Played in 36 games with 28 starts, averaging 6.6 points and 6.4 rebounds per game
• Recorded five double-doubles during the season, including two 20-point double-doubles in the second-round of the NCAA Tournament and the Sweet 16
• Led LSU with 51 blocks during the season… Had 3+ blocks in five game
• Tied a career-high with 21 points in LSU’s Sweet 16 win over NC State
• Grabbed a career-high 15 rebounds in LSU’s win over Washington at the Baha Mar Pink Flamingo Championship
• Set a career-high with 6 assists in LSU’s second-round win over FSU in the NCAA Tournament, also adding 20 points and 12 rebounds.

2024 (at LSU)
• Suffered a torn ACL seven games into the season in the first quarter against Niagara at the Cayman Island Classic, starting six games
• Averaged 11.7 points and 7.6 rebounds with 11 total blocked shots
• Scored 21 points twice against Queens and MVSU
• Grabbed 11 rebounds in two games, including a 21 point, 11 rebound double-double against MVSU
• Received a medical redshirt to gain her year of eligibility back.

2023 (at LSU)
• SEC All-Freshman team
• Played in all 36 games for the Tigers as LSU’s first forward off the bench
• Started two games during her freshman season
• Averaged 4.6 points and 4.0 rebounds during the year
• Showed the potential to become an elite defender in the paint with 38 blocks throughout the season
• Recorded her lone double-double of her freshman season in her college debut against Bellarmine with 12 points and 11 rebounds
• Played productive minutes in the National Championship against Iowa with starters in foul trouble
• Along with scoring two points and grabbing two rebounds in the championship, Smith’s lone block swung the momentum in LSU’s direction and led to a fast-break bucket

High School
• Considered the top player out of Dallas in her class
• Considered the No. 57 player in the country and No. 1 player in Dallas by ESPN
• Led DeSoto to back-to-back Texas Class 6A State Championships during her junior and senior seasons
• Was one of ten players nominated for Dave Campbell’s Miss Texas Basketball Player of the Year Award
• Named the Dallas Morning New Player of the Year in 2022
• Scored 10 points and grabbed 14 rebounds during the 2021 State Championship Game to earn MVP honors
• Invited to the 2022 U18 USA Basketball National Team Trials