Anna Smith

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Position:
Outside Hitter
Class:
Senior
High School:
Mendon HS
Hometown:
Mendon, Mich.

*Updated December 6, 2024

CAREER HONORS
CAA Rookie of the Week (Oct. 4, 2021) ... 2024 CAA Spring Commissioner's High Honor Roll ... 2024 CAA Champion

SENIOR (2024)
Played in 29 matches, with four starts … Played in 96 sets, averaging 0.46 blocks, 0.69 digs, 0.06 assists, and 2.20 points … Totaled 184 kills, 44 blocks, 66 digs, 6 assists, 211.5 points, and had a 0.170 hitting percentage … Third on team with 1.93 kills per set ... Recorded a kill in 28 matches … Recorded season-high 13 kills on Nov. 16 against Northeastern … Reached 33^rd career game with 10-plus kills on Sept. 1 against Cleveland State … Reached 700^th career kill on Oct. 4 against Stony Brook … Recorded career-high seven blocks on Aug. 30 against Western Carolina … Recorded season-high two assists in Oct. 5 against Stony Brook … Recorded season-high eight digs on Oct. 5 against Stony Brook

JUNIOR (2023)
Appeared in all 30 matches with 11 starts ... Record 10-plus kills in 17 matches ... Had a season-high 18 kills at William & Mary (Sept. 17) and 35 in two matches versus the Tribe ... Had a career-best 2.77 kills per set and a .204 attack percentage ... Recorded 10-plus kills in 17 matches including a five-game stretch Oct. 28 through Nov. 11 ... Recorded 500th career kill at Delaware (Oct. 1) ... Season best eight digs versus Elon (Oct. 22) ... Recorded 100th career block at Hamption (Nov. 11)

SOPHOMORE (2022)
Appeared in 25 matches with 24 starts ... Ranked second on the team in kills (227) and third in kills per set (2.52) ... Averaged 1.92 digs and 0.50 blocks per set ... Reached double figures in kills in nine matches ... Recorded two double-doubles ... Opened the season with 12 kills and a career-high 17 digs against Fresno State (Aug. 26) ... Put down a season-high 16 kills against Coastal Carolina (Sept. 13) ... Hit .345 with 14 kills and three blocks against UNCG (Sept. 17) ... Finished with 14 kills and a .313 hitting percentage in a sweep at UNCW (Sept. 25) ... Had nine kills and a season-high six blocks against Northeastern (Oct. 15) ... Posted a double-double with 11 kills and 12 digs at Elon (Oct. 22).

FRESHMAN (2021)
Appeared in 18 matches with 12 starts ... Averaged 1.81 kills and 0.81 digs per set ... Recorded four kills on eight swings against Indiana State (Aug. 28) ... Put down 13 kills – including eight in the first set – in a 3-1 win at JMU (Sept. 25) ... Accounted for 10 kills at JMU (Sept. 26) ... Tied for the team-high with nine kills in a sweep at William & Mary (Oct. 2) ... Exploded for a match-high 19 kills – all in the final three sets – while hitting .375 in a 3-1 win at William & Mary (Oct. 3) ... Also dropped in a season-high three service aces in the 3-1 win at William & Mary ... Named CAA Rookie of the Week (Oct. 4) ... Recorded 10 kills with season-highs of seven digs and four blocks against Hofstra (Oct. 17).

HIGH SCHOOL & CLUB
Four-year starter at Mendon High School in Mendon, Mich. ... Finished her career with 2,217 kills, 828 digs and 398 service aces ... Finalist for 2020 Michigan Miss Volleyball Award ... Three-time All-State selection ... Two-time Division IV Player of the Year ... Four-time All-Region honoree ... Four-time All-Conference selection ... Holds Mendon career records for kills and aces ... Member of back-to-back state championship squads in 2018 and 2019 ... Honors student ... Played club for Far Out Volleyball Club ... AAU All-American and AAU Academic All-American with Far Out.

PERSONAL
Full name is Anna Claire Smith ... Celebrates her birthday on March 18 ... Daughter of Michael and Kimberly Smith ... Has one brother, Chase, and two sisters, Kaley and Isabella ... Her father Michael played baseball at Glen Oaks Community College ... Her sister Kaley played volleyball at Western Michigan ... Studying for Master of Communications ... Honors student ... Also recruited by Dayton, Northern Illinois, UNCW, Southern Illinois, Valparaiso and Bucknell.