Personal
High School: Gilbert
Major: Athletic Training
Parents: Steven and Georgia Smith
Family: Oldest of five children, younger sister played high school volleyball and younger brothers wrestle and play football
Hobbies: Playing the piano, watching and playing all sports, wave running and fishing
Favorite Book: Stephanie
Favorite Foods: Italian and Mexican
Non Sports Heroes: Mother and grandmother because, "they are great examples of the kind of mother and wife I want to be."
Sports Hero: Michael Jordan
Biggest Sport Thrill: Winning the 1995 Arizona State volleyball championship
Favorite Parts of the Game: Blocking an overpass and the dump
Chose BYU Because: "I loved the campus, team, weather, coaches and religious atmosphere."
Before BYU
High School: 1993 Honorable Mention All-East Valley Conference ... 1994 and 1995 First Team All-Conference ... 1994 First Team 5A All-State 1995 First Team 4A All-State ... 1994 and 1995 Arizona Republic First Team All-State ... 1995 4A Player of the Year ... led team to 1995 4A State Championship ... 1995 team ranked third in Student Sports Magazine.. Club: Led East Valley Juniors team to the 1993, 1994 and 1995 Arizona State 18-under championship and a third-place finish in the 1995 Junior Nationals. Honors: Third team Mizuno/USA Today All-America ... first team Student Sports All-America ... named to Volleyball Monthly "Fab 50" recruits list ... first team Junior National All-America.
Stats
Year GP K E A Pct SA SE RE BS BA TB BE Dig Ast 1996 123 114 24 270 .333 16 50 1 7 68 75 22 246 1470 1997 113 82 15 232 .289 25 32 2 5 53 58 33 214 1578 1998 115 129 35 319 .295 24 22 1 5 67 72 22 220 1502 Total 351 325 74 821 .306 65 104 4 17 188 205 77 680 4550 Career MATCH HIGHS
Split setting duties in the first three matches before taking over in early September ... averaged 11.95 assists per game ... recorded career-best 69 assists in WAC championship match against Hawai'i ... WAC Player of the Week, First Team All-WAC Mountain Division and WAC Mountain Division Freshman of the Year ... All-Tournament Team of the WAC championship tournament.
Named to the All-Tournament Teams of the State Farm/NACWAA Preview Classic and the BYU/Mizuno Classic ... finished first in the WAC and sixth nationally in assists per game with 13.96 ... set a new personal-best of 84 assists and tied career-best with 15 digs against Texas A&M in the NCAA East Regional ... First Team All-WAC Mountain Division and WAC Championship All-Tournament Team.
Named to the All-Tournament Teams of the UMass/Phoenix Invitational and the BYU/Mizuno Classic ... named to the All-Tournament team for the WAC Championship Tournament ... named 2nd Team AVCA All-American ... named 1st Team All-WAC Pacific Division ... named to the CoSIDA All-Region VII Team ... became second all-time in assists at BYU (4,550) ... averaged 13.06 assists per game and ended the season with 1,502 total assists ... played in every game for the Cougars ... set a BYU single-match record for assists in a match with 89 vs. Hawai`i in the WAC Championship match ... had over 50 assists in a match six times.