NaLyssa Smith – Women’s Basketball

2020-21 (JUNIOR)                                                                                                        
Had one of the most deck single-season performances in Baylor women ’ s basketball history … Named an All-American by five different entities, including four first-team selections ( AP, WBCA, Wooden, ESPN.com ) and one second-team excerpt ( USBWA ) … Earned the WBCA ’ s National Player of the Year award by taking dwelling the Wade Trophy … First-ever Baylor actor to win the WBCA/Naismith Katrina McClain Award, honoring the nation ’ randomness circus tent power advancing … Earned the Collegiate Women ’ randomness Sports Awards Honda Sport Award for women ’ s basketball … Named the Collegiate Women ’ south Sports Awards Honda Cup Award finalist for all sports … Named to the NCAA Riverwalk Region All-Tournament Team after averaging 17.8 points and 7.5 rebounds per contest while shooting 69.6 percentage from the floor in four games … Named the Big 12 Championship ’ s Most Outstanding Player after averaging 18.7 points and 8.0 rebounds over three games en route to Baylor ’ s 11th Big 12 Tournament title … Named Big 12 Player of the year by the league ’ mho coaches and the Waco Tribune-Herald … Named First-Team All-Big 12 by the coaches and the Waco Tribune-Herald … Played in and started in all 31 games as a junior … Averaged a team-best 18.0 and 8.9 rebounds per game … Second on the team in minutes per game at 30.6 … Shot a team-best 56.1 percentage from the floor … Led Baylor with a 79.2 percent-shooting campaign from the free-throw lineage … Ranked in the crown 25 in the NCAA in the peak six offensive categories … She ranked 21st in the nation in double-doubles ( 13 ), 12th in field goals made ( 217 ), 15th in discipline goal percentage ( .561 ), 24th in the nation in free-throw attempts ( 154 ), 21st in free-throws made ( 122 ) and 16th in total points ( 559 ) … 54-4 as a starter for Baylor and 28-3 as a junior … Had 12 games with at least 20 points and tied a career-high with 30 points in precisely 21 minutes vs. Northwestern State ( Dec. 18 ) … Had 29 games in double-figure score and 14 games with double-digit rebounds … Matched a career-high with 15 rebounds in the season undoer vs. Central Arkansas ( Nov. 25 ) to accompany 25 points … Scored 21 points and had 14 rebounds in Kansas City, Mo. on March 14 to help Baylor take home the Big 12 Championship title over West Virginia … Scored 18 and 15 points, respectively, in first and second-round NCAA Tournament games with Jackson State and Virginia Tech … Tied an NCAA Regional record and was second in the Baylor commemorate books for most shots made without a miss in an NCAA Sweet 16 winnings over Michigan ( March 27 ) … Hit 11-of-11 shots vs. the Wolverines in the overtime conflict and finished with 24 points … Scored 14 points and had 13 rebounds in an Elite 8 loss to UConn, March 29.

2019-20 (SOPHOMORE)                                                                                                
Broke out as an lowerclassman star for the Lady Bears as a sophomore starting in 27 of 28 games played … Named to both the WBCA and Associated Press All-America teams as an honorable-mention excerpt … Named All-Big 12 First team by both the league ’ s coaches and the Waco Tribune-Herald … Named All-Texas First Team and Texas Sophomore of the year by Dave Campbell ’ s Texas Basketball … Earned a spot on the 2020 Naismith Trophy Midseason Team along with teammate Lauren Cox, who would go on to be a finalist … Her first Big 12 musician of the Week award came Nov. 11 after tallying 42 points and 27 rebounds over the first two games of the temper vs. New Hampshire and Grambling State before her performance at UConn ( 20p, 12r ) and vs. Oklahoma State ( 30p, 15r ) gave her the prize by herself Jan. 13 … Led Baylor in scoring average at 14.3 points, and she scored in double figures in 21 of 28 games … Put up career-highs in both points ( 30 ) and rebounds ( 15 ) vs. Oklahoma State at home Jan. 12 … Dropped 20 points and 12 rebounds in a road win over No. 1 UConn on ESPN Jan. 9 … Led Baylor with 11 double-doubles on the season, including six vs. Big 12 competition … Had 12 games with double-figure rebounds … Ranked 12th in the state and first gear in the Big 12 with a .586 field finish share … Tied for the educate ’ s fifth-highest field goals made without a miss vs. Lamar Nov. 21, when she connected on all eight attempts … Cracked Baylor ’ s career Top 10 in plain goal share at .565 clip, which ranked fifth at season ’ randomness end … Her 225 rebounds in the COVID-19 shortened season was one-ninth best among Baylor sophomores all-time … Went above the 20-point mark eight times in the season … Second on the team in rebounds per game at 8.0 … Ranked second on the team in free-throw percentage at a .746 clip.

2018-19 (FRESHMAN)                                                                                                   
merely Baylor newcomer to play in all 38 games, starting in one and averaging 15.3 minutes per contest … Named Big 12 6th Woman of the year by the Waco-Tribune Herald … Averaged 8.4 points and 5.1 rebounds as a cub while shooting 54.3 percentage from the floor … Named Big 12 co-Freshman of the Week Nov. 12 after averaging 15.7 points and 10.0 rebounds per game in her foremost three collegiate games … Debuted with 10 points and nine rebounds vs. Nicholls ( Nov. 6 ) and followed with her first college double-double vs. St. Francis ( Nov. 8 ) when she scored a season-high 21 points to go with 10 rebounds … Added a double-double on a nationally-televised game vs. Arizona State ( Nov. 11 ) on the road where she grabbed 16 points and 11 rebounds to help lead the Lady Bears back from down 14 points to beat the No. 23-ranked Sun Devils … Scored in double figures 7 times … Tied a season-high with 11 rebounds vs. Oklahoma State ( March 2 ) … Scored 14 points and grabbed seven rounds in the quarterfinals of the Big 12 tournament to help beat Texas Tech ( March 9 ) … Recorded a double-double in the beginning round of the NCAA Tournament with 14 points and 10 rebounds ( March 23 ) … Averaged 8.5 points and 5.0 rebounds in six NCAA Tournament games … Came up clasp in the NCAA title game vs. Notre Dame ( April 7 ) scoring 14 points on 7-of-9 shooting including, four-straight buckets after she replaced an hurt Lauren Cox with 1:22 left in the third quarter.

INTANGIBLES                                                                                                              
Selected to the 2019 USA Basketball Women ’ s U19 National Team but withdrew due to injury concerns … Selected to the 12-member 2018 USA Basketball Women ’ s U18 National Team and helped the USA to a Gold Medal win over Canada. Smith averaged 11.0 points and 6.2 rebounds per contest in six games at the FIBA World Championships.

HIGH SCHOOL                                                                                                              
2018 McDonald ’ s All-American… 2018 Naismith Trophy National High School All-American first team selection… 2018 Jordan Brand Classic All-American… One of five players named to the 2018 SLAM Magazine All-American squad… 2018 Morgan Wootten Girls High School Player of the Year Award nominee… Semifinalist for 2018 Naismith Trophy Girls High School Player of the Year… One of 20 players named to the ALL-USA Preseason Girls Basketball Team leading up to her elder season… Averaged 23.4 points, 13.7 rebounds and 3.4 blocks per game as a senior at East Central High School… Received second team All-America and Super Team honors after averaging 23.2 points, 17.5 rebounds and 5.0 blocks per contest as a junior… Ranked No. 13 overall and No. 4 at her position by ESPN Hoopgurlz… Five-star recruit.

PERSONAL                                                                                                                   
Daughter of Rodney and Nikki Smith… Majoring in Mass Communications… Chose Baylor over South Carolina, Ohio State and Louisville … Brother, Rodney Smith, played collegiate soccer at St. Mary ’ sulfur ( Kan. ) and the University of Houston at Victoria … Majoring in Communications Studies with aspirations to play professional basketball.