2025-26 / AS A SOPHOMORE
• Appeared in all 30 games with 14 starts
• Averaged 8.0 points and 3.3 rebounds per game, while shooting 35% from the field
• Connected on 33 3-pointers with 30 coming in Big Ten play
• Finished second on the team in scoring in Big Ten play with 10.9 points, while going 39% from the floor
• Posted nine games in double figures, including a season-high 20 points twice against Wisconsin (Jan. 8) and Oregon (Feb. 25)
2024-25 / AS A FRESHMAN (AT UNC GREENSBORO)
• Named SoCon Freshman of the Year, marking the first time a freshman from UNCG has won the league’s Freshman of the Year honor
• Awarded the SoCon Sixth Woman of the Year
• Earned ScCon First Team and All-Freshman Team honors
• Appeared in 32 games with four starts
• Averaged 10.9 points, 3.9 rebounds, 1.0 steals and 1.0 assists in 24.4 minutes of action
• Shot 36.2% from the field and 32.7% from behind the arc
• One of eight freshmen nationally last year to average better than 10.5 points, 3.5 rebounds and 1.0 assists, while knocking down 50 or more triples
• Scored in double digits 21 times
• Recorded eight games with three or more three-pointers
• Dropped 21 points on 8-of-13 shooting and converted 4-of-6 threes vs. App State (Nov. 16)
• Named SoCon Player of the Week (Dec. 24) after leading the Spartans with 19 points and five rebounds at Wake Forest (Dec. 20)
• Scored a career-high 22 points with five threes against Samford (Feb.1)
PREP
• Attended Milton High School in in Milton, Ga.
• Ended her senior year by appearing in 28 games
• Averaged 25.1 points, 8.2 rebounds and 3.8 steals per game
• Led the team to a 26-3 overall record in the 2023-24 season
PERSONAL
• Full Name: Nya Smith
• Hometown: Roswell, Ga.
• Major: Kinesiology
• Parents: Rachaud and Kristina Smith
• Rachaud played linebacker at UCF from 1997-00, helping the then-Golden Knights to a then-program record nine wins as an FBS member in 1998
• Kristina played tennis at the University of Miami
• Sibling: Amare