2005 (Junior): Played 67 games in 18 matches, including 13 starts, switching from setter duties a year before to right side... Captured FIU’s lone weekly individual honor of the season, and first in two years, after being named the Sun Belt Conference’s Defensive Player of the Week on Nov. 14... Tied career-high with 18 digs against Arkansas State (11/11) and averaged 4.00 digs and 1.25 blocks per game as FIU completed its first weekend sweep of the SBC’s two Arkansas schools en route to being selected for the honor... Despite missing 10 matches, still led the team in blocks per game (0.97), while her 65 total blocks was tied for second... Also tied for fourth in digs per game (2.12) and was fifth in kills per game (1.63)... In addition to playing right side for most of the season, started three games as setter and dished out a team season-high 64 assists in a 3-2 win at Louisiana-Lafayette (10/2)... Had three double-doubles on the year along with seven double-digit dig and a pair of double-digit kill performances... Her 11-kill, 18-dig showing against Florida Atlantic (8/27) was her first kill/dig double-double of her career... Also totaled five-or-more blocks in five matches... Season-high seven blocks against Birmingham Southern (9/3) ranked third on the team, while her six blocks against Stetson (8/26), Morehead State (9/3) and Arkansas State (11/11) were tied for fourth... Season-high .476 hitting percentage (12-2-21) against Morehead State (9/3) was the second most efficient FIU attacking performance of the season... Posted a career-high 12 kills against Morehead State (9/3).

2004 (Sophomore): Played 87 games in 24 matches as the team’s primary setter... Led team with 776 assists, the 10^th-highest single-season total in program history... Recorded nine double-doubles over the course of the season... Notched a career-high 65 assists (tied for fifth-highest in Sun Belt for 2004 season) along with three blocks in 3-2 conference win over Denver (10/22),  her seventh match with 45-or-more assists... Registered first-career double-double with 32 assists and 10 digs to go along with five blocks and five kills at a .333 clip against Arizona State (9/3)... Had a career-high 17 digs against New Hampshire (9/4)... Named to the FIU Wyndham Hotels Invtiational All-Tournament Team after setting a then-career and team season-high 55 assists, to go along with 14 digs, in the win against Southeastern Louisiana (9/11)... Had first double-digit kill match of her career with 10 along with 37 assists against South Alabama (10/3) for her sixth double-double... Ended the season with a 28-assist, 13-dig double-double against UALR (11/14).

2003 (Freshman): Did not play due to a wrist injury.

Prior to FIU: Named all-state honorable mention and First-Team All-Suncoast Conference her senior year... Four-year letterwinner at Seminole... Played in the Pinellas County senior all-star match... Earned team MVP and coach’s award as a senior... Named MVP of the 2002 Keswick Invitational... Selected North County All-Conference in 2001... Played on the Pinellas Heat Elite club team... Also ran track for Seminole.

Personal: Born June 29, 1985, in Seminole, Fla... Daughter of Dan and Delores Smith... Has one sister, Danyielle, who played volleyball at Florida Atlantic from 1999-02... Hobbies include beach volleyball and ballet... Dean’s List student majoring in sports management.

Career Statistics

Year      GP    K     K/G    E     TA     Pct.   A      A/G    SA   SA/G  D      D/G    BS   BA    BLK   B/G   BE

2004      87     77    0.89    47    241    .124   776   8.92   17    0.20    172   1.98    5      40     45      0.52   6

2005      67     109  1.63    58    283    .180   183   2.73   10    0.15    142   2.12    4      61     65      0.97   2

Total     154   186  1.21    105  524    .155   959   6.23   27    0.18    314   2.04    9      101   110    0.71   8

Career Highs

Kills: 12 (Morehead State, 9/3/05)

Attack Percentage (Min. 8 kills): .538 (North Texas, 10/23/05)

Assists: 65 (Denver, 10/22/04)

Service Aces: 2 (six times, last vs. Louisiana-Lafayette, 10/2/05)

Blocks: 7 (Birmingham Southern, 9/3/05)

   Block Solos: 2 (Morehead State, 9/3/05)

   Block Assists: 7 (Birmingham Southern, 9/3/05)