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Vanessa Smith

Position:
Guard
Height:
6-1
Class:
Junior
High School:
Hathaway Brown School
Hometown:
Twinsburg, Ohio

Senior Year (2016-17): Senior Captain … Did not miss a game this season, making 25 starts … Finishes her career with a program-record 121 games played, 862 points on 46.5 percent shooting, 450 rebounds, 139 assists and 95 steals … Averaged 7.8 points, 4.6 rebounds, 1.3 assists and .86 steals per game this season … Began the season with consecutive games with five rebounds … Recorded a double-double with 11 points and 10 rebounds at Delaware (Nov. 22) … Consecutive contests with 10+ points vs. Lafayette (Dec. 7) and at Fordham (Dec. 10) … Missed just one shot on six tries vs. Wagner, finishing with 12 points (Dec. 21) … Registered 12 points at Lipscomb (Dec. 31) … Snagged 11 points on 4-of-5 shooting vs. Yale (Jan. 14) … Was perfect from the field (5-of-5) for 11 points and six rebounds … Had 10 points and five caroms at Columbia (Feb. 11) … Magnificent vs. Columbia, going 7-of-8 for 15 points vs. Columbia (Feb. 24) … Grabbed seven offensive rebounds, just missing a double-double, with 10 points and nine rebounds at Dartmouth (Mar. 4) … Finished her collegiate career with a 11-point, six-rebound, three-assist performance vs. Villanova in the first round of the WNIT (Mar. 17).

Junior Year (2015-16): Appeared in all 29 games, making 28 starts ... Back-to-back six rebound outings to begin the season (Nov. 13-15) ... Registered 11 points at Seton Hall (Nov. 19) on a career-high 7-of-12 from the free throw line ... Career-best four steals vs. Michigan (Dec. 6) ... Finished one rebound shy of a double-double, scoring 11 points vs. Pittsburgh (Dec. 12) ... Four straight games of double-figures in scoring (Dec. 20-Jan.9) ... Had 10 points, seven rebounds at Penn (Jan. 9) ... Grabbed five offensive rebounds and 11 points at Brown (Feb. 20) ... Put up 12 points, seven rebounds at Cornell (Feb. 27) ... Scored 12 points vs. Penn (Mar. 8) ... Tallied six points, three rebounds and two assists vs. No. 23 West Virginia in the first round of the NCAA Tournament (Mar. 18).

Sophomore Year (2014-15): Appeared in all 30 games for the Tigers ... netted 11 points, knocking down 7-of-10 free throws against Wake Forest on Nov. 27 ... had 11 points against Charlotte on Nov. 29 ... had 10 points on 5-of-6 shooting against Delaware on Dec. 16 ... finished with 10 points and eight rebounds versus Monmouth on Dec. 21 ... scored a career-high 19 points and pulled down a personal-best 11 rebounds against Hampton on Jan. 5 ... scored 14 points and had five rebounds against Harvard on Jan. 30 ... posted nine points and nine rebounds versus Harvard on Feb. 21 ... dished out a career-high five assists at Columbia on Mar. 7 ... scored 10 points off the bench in regular season finale against Penn on Mar. 10 … had 11 points on 4-of-6 shooting in an NCAA First Round win over Green Bay … poured in 15 points on 6-of-9 shooting in the second round against Maryland on Mar. 23.

Freshman Year (2013-14): Made her career debut off the bench, tallying seven points, a rebound and a steal at Rutgers on Nov. 10 ... scored in double figures for the first time in her career with 11 points (5-for-8) and six boards against Marist on Nov. 17 ... Had a season-high 17 points, going 6-for-10 from the field and 5-for-7 from the stripe at Portland State on Nov. 30 ... was a perfect 3-for-3 from the floor and 4-for-4 from the free throw line to finish with 10 points versus Delaware on Dec. 15 ... tallied a career-high 10 rebounds in 19 minutes against Alabama on Dec. 28 ... scored 11 points, going 4-for-8 from field and 3-for-4 from the line with five rebounds at Virginia on Dec. 29 ... tallied nine points after going a perfect 7-of-7 from the charity stripe in 13 minutes at Penn on Jan. 11.

Before Princeton: A four-year Division II state champion, letterwinner and starter, two-time team captain ... 2013 McDonalds All-America nominee ... Ohio Girls Division II Player of the Year and first-team selection ... Sun Press MVP ... as a junior, was named the 2012 District Player of the Year.

Personal: Majoring in anthropology with a certificate in Latin American studies.

Season	GP-GS	Min	FG	FG%	3FG	3FG%	FT	FT%	O	D	Tot	Avg.	PF	A	TO	Blk	Stl	Pts	Avg
2013-14	30-0	397	52-125	.416	4-15	.267	44-71	.620	30	47	77	2.6	46	16	29	12	17	152	5.1
2014-15	32-0	596	94-164	.573	1-6	.167	51-86	.593	47	65	112	3.5	45	43	47	18	24	240	7.5
2015-16	29-28	728	82-197	.416	0-3	.000	73-104	.702	48	76	124	4.3	72	41	58	12	28	237	8.1
2016-17	30-25	719	88-193	.456	1-3	.333	56-79	.709	54	83	137	4.6	53	39	61	12	26	233	7.8
Career	121-53	2440	316-679	.465	6-27	.222	224-340	.659	179	271	450	3.7	216	139	195	54	95	862	7.1

	Career Highs
Points	19, at Hampton (1/5/15)
FG	7, 2x, MR - vs. Columbia (2/24/17)
FG Attempted	13, at Fordham (12/10/16)
3FG Made	2, at Binghamton (12/11/13)
3FG Attempted	4, 2x MR at Binghamton (12/11/13)
FT Made	7, 3x MR - at Seton Hall (11/19/15)
FT Attempted	12, at Seton Hall (11/19/15)
Rebounds	11, at Hampton (1/5/15)
Assists	5, 2x MR - vs. Seattle (11/28/15)
Blocks	2, 7x - MR - at Georgia Tech (12/29/16)
Steals	4, 2x - MR - at Brown (2/18/17)