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2016-17 Women's Basketball Roster

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Haley Smith 2016-17 Headshot
Jersey Number 22

Haley Smith

  • Position:
    Guard/Forward
  • Height:
    6-1
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Sammamish, Wash.
  • High School:
    Skyline
  • 2014-15 Academic All-Pac-12 honorable mention
  • 2014-15 CU’s Crystal Ford-Adams Scholar-Athlete Award
  • 2015-16 CU Female Athlete of the Week (Feb. 1)
  • 2015-16 Academic All-Pac-12 honorable mention
  • 2015-16 CU’s Ceal Barry Pride Award
  • 2016-17 CU Female Athlete of the Week (Jan. 3)
  • 2016-17 CU’s Lisa Van Goor Rebounding Award
  • 2016-17 CU’s Crystal Ford-Adams Scholar-Athlete Award
  • 2016-17 CU’s Ceal Barry Pride Award
  • 2016-17 Academic All-Pac-12 second team
  • 2016-17 honorable mention all-Pac-12 (coaches)
  • 2016-17 honorable mention Pac-12 Defensive Team (coaches)

Career: Smith finished her career as the 15th player in CU history with over 1,000 points and 500 rebounds. Her final total of 1,102 points ranks 25th all-time at CU and her 631 rebounds are 16th. She also ranks sixth in 3-point percentage (.387), seventh in games started (114) and seventh in games played (127). She finished her career with four double-doubles and scored in double figures 46 times and had 10+ rebounds eight times.

2016-17 (Senior): Smith was named honorable mention all-Pac-12 and also named honorable mention Pac-12 All-Defensive Team, starting all 33 games and averaging 11.2 points, 6.4 Rebounds, 1.9 steals and 1.2 assists. She shot 40.8 percent from the floor and 39.2 percent from the outside. For the season, she totaled 368 points, 212 rebounds, 64 steals, 39 assists and a team-high 18 blocked shots. Smith scored in double figures 18 times and topped 20 points six times. Over the final seven games, she averaged 17.9 points. She also had 10 or more rebounds five times, including two double-doubles. Smith was key in a win over No. 15/19 Kentucky on Nov. 19 with 18 points and eight rebounds. She had 26 points on 10-of-17 shooting, tying a career-high with four blocked shots in a win over SMU on Nov. 26 in the championship game of the Omni Classic. She had a career-high 13 rebounds and scored eight points in a win over Colorado State on Dec. 8. In CU’s second game of Pac-12 play, she scored a career-high 31 points and hit 5-of-7 3-pointers and 8-of-8 free throws at No. 10 UCLA on Jan. 1. She just missed a double-double with 12 points and nine rebounds in a win over Arizona on Jan. 6. Smith helped the Buffs to a win over Washington State on Feb. 3 with 10 points and 13 rebounds. On Senior Day in her final regular-season home game of her career on Feb. 19, she had 23 points and 11 rebounds, topping 1,000 points for her career in a win over Oregon. Smith scored 21 points in the first round of the Pac-12 Tournament on 8-of-10 shooting, making all four of her 3-point attempts against Washington State. She had 21 points and six rebounds in an overtime win over South Dakota State in the second round of the WNIT and wrapped up her career with 25 points on 9-of-15 shooting and adding seven rebounds at Iowa on March 23 in the third round of the postseason. Smith also had 10 rebounds at Oregon State and 11 against Washington during the season.

2015-16 (Junior): The Buffs’ captain started 29 of 30 games and enjoyed her most productive season yet sporting the black and gold uniform. Smith averaged a personal-best 10.7 points, 5.7 rebounds and 1.5 assists. She was Colorado’s most accurate shooter, recording a .459 field goal percentage (135-for-294) and also posted the best 3-point field goal percentage at .400 (14-of-35) while ranking second in rebounding and third in scoring. She posted at least 10 points in 16 games, highlighted by 24 points against California (2/21) when she tied a career-high with 24 points on a personal best 11 made field goals (11-for-18). Smith led the Buffs in scoring eight times, including three consecutive games against Oregon State (1/24), UCLA (1/29) and USC (1/31). She also led the Buffs in rebounding in 12 games. Smith was also one of the Buffs’ top players during Pac-12 play, where she averaged 11.3 points and 5.9 rebounds. Overall, she finished the season ranked 28th in the conference in scoring and 19th in rebounding. In league games, Smith ranked tied for 21st in scoring and 15th in rebounding.

2014-15 (Sophomore): Started all 32 games on the wing averaging 9.5 points and 5.4 rebounds per game. Smith led Colorado and ranked ninth in the Pac-12 in field goal percentage (.472). She hit 88 percent from the line (51-of-58) but fell just below the minimum number of attempts to be ranked on the league leaderboard. That number was good enough though for the ninth best single-season mark in team history (minimum 50 attempts). Smith was a perfect 11-for-11 from the free throw line in the home win over Utah (1/14). Both numbers represent career highs for Smith with the 11 free throws made tying for the team season high along with Jen Reese (11-of-13) and Lexy Kresl (11-of-16). Smith's 11-for-11 outing also ties for Colorado's fourth best single game performance for free throws made without a miss. That outing was part of a larger four game stretch where she made 20 straight free throws. Smith made 91.9 percent (34-of-37) from the foul line against Pac-12 opponents. She recorded her first career double-double in the overtime win over San Jose State (12/5) with 24 points and 12 rebounds. Those were career-best numbers as was her 10-of-14 performance from the field. Smith scored in double-digits in 13 games, including a Pac-12 high 19 points in the home loss to UCLA (1/11). She had 16 points against USC in the first round of the Pac-12 Tournament, hitting 6-of-10 from the field and a perfect 4-of-4 from the free throw line. Smith averaged 10.7 points on 57 percent shooting during the Pac-12 Tournament. She was third on the team in rebounding, grabbing at least five rebounds in 24 of 32 games.

2013-14 (Freshman): Averaged 3.5 points, 2.3 rebounds and just over one assist as a first year Buffalo. She was thrust into a starting role during the early part of the Pac-12 Conference season, once junior Jasmine Sborov was lost for the season with a foot injury. Smith started the final 20 games of the season and saw her numbers increase to 4.9 points, 3.1 rebounds and 1.3 assists in that role. Her all-around game picked up piece-by-piece as the season went along. Her first career start came against defending Pac-12 champion and No. 4 ranked Stanford (1/12), and while her numbers were minimal, two points in 17 minutes, Smith began a foundation to build on. One week later, in front of her home town team, she grabbed seven rebounds and made her first career 3-pointer at Washington (1/19). She just missed a double-double by scoring eight points and grabbing a personal-best eight rebounds in the home win over Utah (2/2). Smith registered career numbers in the home win over UCLA (2/28), scoring 11 points on 5-of-10 shooting and matched her personal best with eight rebounds. Smith averaged 6.6 points over five postseason games. She put on a gutsy performance in the Pac-12 Tournament quarterfinal loss to No. 4/3 Stanford (3/7). Battling flu-like symptoms, she recorded her second career double-digit game with 10 points, hitting 5-of-7 from the field, along with three rebounds and a pair of assists in 20 minutes.

High School: Smith is a 2013 graduate of Skyline High School. She averaged 12 points and nine rebounds, guiding the Spartans to a 20-7 record and a spot in the 2013 Washington 4A Girls State Tournament quarterfinals. Smith was named KingCo 4A MVP, earned second team all-state and was named to the Seattle Times All-Star team. She was a Washington Gatorade Player of the Year nominee and participated in the Washington 4A vs. 3A All-Star Game and the Washington vs. Oregon All-Star Game. As a junior, she averaged right around seven points, five rebounds, two assists and two steals per game. Smith was an All-KingCo 4A Second Team selection as a sophomore, averaging eight points and six rebounds. She had a successful club career playing with the Tree of Hope program which won the 2012 Fila Sixty-Four Tournament title. ESPN.com's HoopGurlz listed her as the top prospect in the state of Washington and the 20th ranked wing in the nation. Along with her four-year basketball career, Smith lettered three times in cross country and twice in track & field.

Academics: Smith is majoring in Mechanical Engineering with a focus on Biomedical Engineering at Colorado and has a Chancellor’s Achievement Scholarship. She was named second team Academic All-Pac-12 as a senior and earned honorable mention as a sophomore and junior. Smith was named to the Dean’s List for the 2014 Spring term. In high school she was a National Achievement Scholarship finalist and a National Qualifier in Washington’s DECA competition. She also won CU’s Crystal Ford-Adams Scholar-Athlete Award twice in her career (as a sophomore and as a senior).

Personal: Born Haley Smith on June 17, 1995, in Sammamish, Wash., she is the daughter of David and Judy Smith. She has one younger brother, Hugh, who is a freshman at Washington. Smith lists the biggest moment of her high school career as being named the 2013 KingCo MVP and going to the state tournament. After college she would like to become a biomedical engineer. In high school she went on a two week trip with 20 other biology students and a teacher from her school to Ecuador where the class went to the Santa Lucia Cloud Forest and helped researchers study mammals, birds, and carbon levels of trees in the Andes.