Honors

• 2015 Winter Academic All-Big Ten

Senior 2014-15

• Awarded the Coutsiders Illini Spirit Award following the season for the selfless mindset she showed during team workouts despite being sidelined by injury for the season

Junior - 2013-14

• Played in 25 games on the season, starting 16
• Averaged 7.0 points, 2.8 assists, 2.7 rebounds and 1.7 steals per game in 26.8 minutes per game
• Led the team & ranked 15th in the Big Ten in assists (2.8 per game)
• Ranked 10th in the Big Ten in steals (1.7 spg) in all games and tied for eighth in conference play (1.6)
• Hit three treys vs. No. 14 Penn State (Jan. 9), giving her three three-pointers in back-to-back games for the first time in her career
• Hit three three-pointers against Wisconsin, equaling her total number of treys from 2012-13
• Had a season-high 15 points on 6-of-16 shooting against Wisconsin (Jan. 3)
• Broke out vs. UT Martin (Dec. 21) with 11 points and season highs in rebounds (seven) and assists (nine), with the nine assists being a team season high
• Produced a season-high four steals twice: against Purdue (Jan. 27) and against Seton Hall (Dec. 9)
• Missed the first five games of the season with a foot injury, returning against Arizona State in the Cancun Challenge (Nov. 28).

Sophomore - 2012-13

• Started all 33 games at point guard, averaging 34.4 minutes per game
• Averaged 6.4 points, a team-high 5.1 assists, 2.4 rebounds and 1.9 steals per game
• Ranked fourth in the Big Ten and 39th nationally in assists per game (5.1)
• Ranked 11th in the Big Ten in steals per game (1.9) and eighth in assist-to-turnover ratio (1.2:1)
• Her 168 assists ranked third in a season in school history
• Had four or more assists in 22 of 33 games
• Led or shared the team lead in assists in 25 of 33 games
• Illinois was 12-4 when she had a positive assist-to-turnover ratio
• Her 14 assists against Wake Forest (Nov. 29) were tied for the third-most in the nation in 2012-13 and her 13 assists against Cleveland State (Nov. 18) were tied for the fourth-most
• Those also were the third and fourth highest single-game assist totals in a game in school history, respectively
• Scored 15 points on 4-of-8 shooting and 7-of-10 from the free-throw line against Tulsa on Nov. 23
• Scored a career-high 17 points on 7-of-15 shooting against Colorado on Dec. 1
• Grabbed a career-high nine rebounds at Memphis on Dec. 9
• Recorded a career-high six steals at Northwestern on Jan. 10
• Posted nine assists against Minnesota on Feb. 10, her career high for a Big Ten game

Freshman - 2011-12

• Saw time in 19 games, averaging 5.6 minutes of action per contest
• Scored her first collegiate points against South Carolina on Nov. 11, converting a pair of free throw attempts
• Played eight minutes against Alabama A&M on Dec. 28, going 2-for-3 from the field to score four points as a reserve point guard
• Hit her only shot against Minnesota while playing only one minute on Feb. 2
• Saw 10 minutes against Wisconsin on Feb. 26, earning two steals, an assist and a rebound as part of the one-point victory
• Concluded the season with 12 minutes of action at the Big Ten Tournament, scoring two points while grabbing a rebound and dishing out one assist against Michigan in the first round on March 1.

High School

• Ranked the No. 22 point guard in the nation by ESPN HoopGurlz
• McDonald’s AllAmerica nominee
• Named first-team All-Long Island by Newsday after averaging 12 points, six rebounds, 4.8 assists and 3.9 steals per game in 2009-10 and repeated that honor in 2010-11
• 2011 Miss New York Basketball runner-up
• Named MVP of the 2010 New York State Federation Class AA tournament
• Led team to two Nassau Suffolk Catholic High School Athletic Association (NSCHSAA) championships
• Named second Team All-Long Island in 2009 and is a two-time All-Catholic League selection
• Member of the 2008 CHSAA AA New York state championship team, a team that was ranked No. 13 in the nation by USA Today
• Participated in the Metro Classic, Rose Classic and Nike Swoosh All-Star games
• Played on the same club team, Exodus, as fellow Illini Nia Oden
• Selected for Town of Islip Academic/Athletic Achievement Award in 2009 and 2010
• Was an all-conference performer in track
• Chose Illinois over Florida State, George Washington, Middle Tennessee State and South Carolina

Personal

• Born on Dec. 23, 1993
• Daughter of Anthony and Leslie Smith
• Majoring in community health rehabilitation studies
• Plans to be an anesthesiologist
• Her mother and both grandmothers are natives of Trinidad
• Mother, Leslie, is one of 12 children
• Cousin, Angela Smith, ran track in college, while cousins, Andrew and Michael Smith, played college football
• Cites Diana Taurasi as her favorite athlete because of Taurasi’s passion and heart for the game
• Enjoys playing the piano, singing and dancing
• Participated in the Big Brother/Big Sister program