Sa'Myah Smith

Position:
Forward
Height:
6-2
Class:
Fifth Year
High School:
DeSoto High School
Prev School:
Virginia/LSU
Hometown:
Texarkana, Texas

SENIOR (2025-26 AT VIRGINIA)
Katrina McClain Award preseason watch list … poured in 18 points and eight rebounds against Howard (Dec. 10) … scored nine points and matched a career-high 15 rebounds against SMU (Dec. 29) … recorded 14 points and 10 rebounds in a win over Clemson (Jan. 1) … tallied 11 points and four rebounds at California (Feb. 12) … scored nine points and three rebounds in a win at No. 8 Louisville (Feb. 22).

JUNIOR (2024-25 AT LSU)
Played in 36 games with 28 starts, averaging 6.6 points and 6.4 rebounds per game … recorded five double-doubles, including two 20-point double-doubles in the NCAA Tournament second round and Sweet 16 … led LSU with 51 blocks, recording 3+ blocks in five games … 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 six assists in LSU’s NCAA Tournament second-round win over Florida State, adding 20 points and 12 rebounds.

SOPHOMORE (2023-24 AT LSU) — LSU
Started six of seven games before suffering a torn ACL in the first quarter against Niagara at the Cayman Islands Classic … averaged 11.7 points and 7.6 rebounds with 11 blocked shots … scored 21 points against both Queens and Mississippi Valley State … grabbed 11 rebounds twice, including a 21-point, 11-rebound double-double against Mississippi Valley State … received a medical redshirt to regain a year of eligibility.

FRESHMAN (2022-23 AT LSU) — LSU
SEC All-Freshman Team … played in all 36 games as LSU’s first forward off the bench … started two games … averaged 4.6 points and 4.0 rebounds per game … recorded 38 blocks … posted her lone double-double in her collegiate debut against Bellarmine with 12 points and 11 rebounds … played productive minutes in LSU’s national championship win over Iowa with starters in foul trouble … recorded two points, two rebounds and a momentum-changing block in the championship game that led to a fast-break bucket.

HIGH SCHOOL
Considered the top player out of Dallas in her class … ranked No. 57 nationally and No. 1 in Dallas by ESPN … led DeSoto to back-to-back Texas Class 6A state championships as a junior and senior … one of 10 players nominated for the Dave Campbell’s Miss Texas Basketball Player of the Year Award … named Dallas Morning News Player of the Year in 2022 … scored 10 points and grabbed 14 rebounds in the 2021 state championship game to earn MVP honors … invited to the 2022 USA Basketball U18 National Team Trials.

USA BASKETBALL
Invited to the 2022 USA Basketball U18 National Team Trials.