Holy Cross Athletics

CAREER HONORS:
2019 Turnpike Trophy MVP (2/16)
ESPN SportsCenter Top 10 Plays – No. 8 play (2/23/19)
Patriot League Academic Honor Roll (2018-19, 2019-20)

AS A SENIOR IN 2019-20:

• Started in all 30 games.
• Averaged 6.4 points, 4.8 assists and 3.5 rebounds per game.
• Led Patriot League with 144 assists.
• Opened season with 12 points, seven rebounds and seven assists at Illinois (11/9).
• Had eight points and nine assists at Brown (12/1).
• Tallied a career-high 25 points at Rhode Island (12/4).
• Recorded 17 points and five assists at Stetson (12/30).
• Had nine assists vs. American (1/18).
• Scored 11 points at Lafayette (2/15).
• Recorded nine assists at American (2/29).
• Named to Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.
• Season concluded on March 12 due to COVID-19.

AS A JUNIOR IN 2018-19:

• Started in all 31 of the Crusaders’ contests.
• Averaged 6.9 points per game and 2.9 rebounds per game.
• Led the team with 118 assists, ranking second in the Patriot League.
• Had a season high of eight assists against Colgate (1/3), and seven assists against Loyola (1/12).
• Record 12 points in Turnpike Trophy win vs. BU (1/19).
• Had a season high of 15 points against Loyola while shooting 4-for-4 from 3-point range (2/9).
• Named Turnpike Trophy MVP after scoring 12 points in win at BU (2/16).
• Hit game-winning 3-pointer with 0.7 seconds remaining in victory over Bucknell, earning the No. 8 play on SportsCenter’s Top 10 plays (2/23).
• Had 13 points, five rebounds and five assists in win at Colgate (3/2).
• Named to Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.

AS A SOPHOMORE IN 2017-18:

• Appeared in all 31 games while starting 16 times on the season.
• Averaged 5.0 points per game with 1.3 rebounds per contest.
• Posted 75 assists with 15 steals.
• Shot 39.7 percent (50-for-126) from the field and 41 percent (34-for-83) from 3-point range.
• Notched a season-high 13 points on two occasions at Brown (11/29) and against Dartmouth (12/20).
• Added a season-high eight assists against Lafayette (1/2).

AS A FRESHMAN IN 2016-17:

• Appeared in all 30 games with nine starts.
• Averaged 4.4 points per game while posting 58 assists and 16 steals.
• Posted four points on a pair of field goals against Manhattan (11/11).
• Scored 12 points with a team-high six assists and three steals against Bryant (11/14).
• Led Holy Cross with six assists and added five points against Dartmouth (11/23).
• Scored 14 points and added three assists against Yale (11/27).
• Scored seven points while earning three rebounds against Vermont (11/30).
• Scored seven points and added four assists against UMass (12/18).
• Tied for the team lead with a pair of assists at Arizona State (12/21).
• Led the Crusaders with four assists at Bucknell (1/8).
• Led Holy Cross with 16 points against American (2/18).

BEFORE HOLY CROSS:

• Played four seasons of varsity basketball at High Point Regional High School in Sussex, N.J. under head coach Chris Dexter.
• Captained team as a junior and senior.
• Helped lead team to four consecutive NJAC conference championships.
• Named the Mugs Media Player of the Year as a junior.
• Earned first team All-Conference and All-Area accolades and third team All-West Jersey laurels during 2014-15 season.
• Also played two seasons of varsity field hockey at High Point.
• Played club basketball for United AAU under head coach Jimmy Ostanewski.
• Captained club team in 2015.
• Named Gym Rat Challenge MVP when club team won tournament championship in 2014.
• Member of National and Foreign Language Honor Societies.
• Named to school’s honor roll every year.

PERSONAL:

• Daughter of Thomas Smith and Nancy Hallam-Smith.
• Has two sisters (Taylor and Darby).
• Father played basketball at Lycoming College.
• Mother captained both field hockey and lacrosse teams at Amherst College and was named the Scholar-Athlete of the Class of 1984.
• Taylor played four seasons of basketball at Amherst (Class of 2015).
• Darby played field hockey at Connecticut (Class of 2017).
• Majoring in accounting.