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Senior
Hometown
Hamilton,
New Zealand
Last School
Mellville High School
Roster Years
2018-2024
Personal
- Parents are Phillip and Loanna Smiler
- Has three brothers and one sister
- Played with her sister on Single A national championship team
- Also served as the student body president at Melville HS in 2017
- Also plays piano and sax
- Loves Polynesian dancing
- Human Resource Management major, working on master's degree in biology
- Twitter: @KayleeSmiler | Instagram: @kaylee_smiler | TikTok: @kaylee_smiler
Before BYU
- Four-year letterwinner in basketball
- Three-time Team MVP 2015, 2016 and 2017
- Named to Tournament Team in 2017
- Team placed fourth at National Competition in 2017
- Played on the Waikato U19 and U23 Club Team
- Team finished first at U19 National Competition in 2017
- Team finished first at U23 National Competition
- Named to U19 Tournament Team in 2017
- Played four different sports in high school
BYU Hall of Fame
Freshman Year
2019-2020
- Saw action in a total of 27 games averaging 1.8 points and 1.6 rebounds while averaging nearly 10 minutes of playing time
- Out of the 27 games, 17 were conference matchups
- In first collegiate game, she played one minute at Washington State on Nov. 9
- Her season totals include a total of 48 points, 35 rebounds, 21 assists, three blocks and seven steals
- Had season bests in points with 19 at SMC on Jan. 18; in rebounds with six at SMC; in assists with three vs. SCU on Jan. 25
- Tallied one game with 10+points (19 at SMC) and had three assists in two games
Sophmore Year
2021-2022
- Played in 22 games
- Averaged 2.5 points, 1.1 rebounds and 1.0 assists in 12.2 minutes per game
- Shot 39.6 percent from the field
- Season-high 7 points at Santa Clara
- Totaled 21 assists, including three against Pepperdine and LMU
- Made 10 of 32 from behind the arc
Junior Year
2022-2023
- Started 28 games for the Cougars while appearing in 30 of 32 total games in 2022-23
- Scored 7.2 points per game on 44.7 percent shooting, going 46.7 percent from behind the arc to lead BYU
- Recorded 27 blocks and 22 steals during her junior campaign
Senior Year
2023-2024
Graduate Year
Redshirt Year
Redshirt
Medical Redshirt Year
Sophomore
2020-2021
- Played in a total of 24 games on the season, averaging 16.3 minutes per contest
- Posted the second-highest 3-point percentage on the team (.392), knocking down 20 of her 51 attempts from distance
- Averaged 3.1 points, 1.0 assists, 1.0 rebounds and 0.7 steals per game
- Scored a season-best nine points twice, versus Montana State on Dec. 10 and at Loyola Marymount on Jan. 7
- Dished out a season-high four assists twice, against Pepperdine on Feb. 4 and at Pacific on Feb. 11
- Ranked eighth in the WCC in assist/turnover ratio (1.6)
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