Samantha Smith

Class: Senior Hometown: Los Angeles, Calif. High School: City of Angels School

Height: 5-11 Experience: 3V

SMITH'S CAREER RECORD

Smith Features
» Smith Ready To Make Impact In Senior Year (UW Daily; Feb. 3, 2012)
» At The Net With Samantha Smith (GoHuskies.com; Mar. 25, 2010)
» Meet The Newcomers: Samantha Smith (GoHuskies.com; Oct. 13, 2008)

2010-11 (Junior): For the third year in a row, she started every dual match as the Huskies qualified for the NCAA Championships once again ... played every match at the No. 3 singles spot for the Huskies, coming up with a number of big wins ... had one of the biggest wins of the year in the dual against 16th-ranked Texas, when she beat Amanda Craddock, 6-3, 2-6, 7-6 (5) to tie the score at 3-3 as UW went on to get the upset win ... also clinched a crucial 4-3 Husky victory over Sacramento State, beating Maria Meliuk, 7-5, 6-4 ... went 10-12 overall in dual singles matches and 17-18 for the season, her 17 total wins ranking third on the team ... defeated Welma Luus of Maryland, 2-6, 6-1, 6-3 in Washington's NCAA first round victory over the Terrapins ... back-to-back wins over Julia Metzger of Oregon and Ksenia Googe of Washington State in Pac-10 play ... won her Pac-10 Championships main draw opener, rallying to beat Hannah James of Arizona State, 2-6, 7-6 (5), 6-3 ... played well in the Pac-10 round of 16 against 18th-ranked Nicole Gibbs of Stanford, falling 7-6 (4), 6-2 ... defeated 65th-ranked Alicia Aguilar of San Diego State, 6-2, 1-6, 6-4, to win the SDSU Fall Classic Silver Draw in the fall, having also beaten players from Kansas and LMU ... also had a ranked win at the Michigan Invitational, beating 116th-ranked Maria Sorbello, 6-4, 4-6, 6-2 ... ranked third on the team in doubles wins as well, going 15-21 overall and 9-14 in dual play ... late in the season, moved up to the No. 1 doubles spot to team with Venise Chan, and the two went 5-3 together at the top spot ... with Chan, earned the clinching win at No. 1 doubles in the NCAA first round against Maryland, beating Luus and Belzunce, 8-6 ... got the key doubles point clincher against Arizona in an eventual 4-3 win, beating Marks and Landsman, 9-8 (7-1) ... nearly pulled off an upset of third-ranked Juricova and Andersson of Cal, the Pac-10 Doubles Team of the Year, falling 8-6 in Berkeley ... also went 3-5 at No. 2 doubles with Andjela Nemcevic, including an 8-5 victory over Scharle and Veldman of Florida State as UW clinched the point and went on to upset the Seminoles, 4-3 ... named Pac-10 All-Academic honorable mention.

2009-10 (Sophomore): Started every match for the Huskies including both NCAA Championships matches ... posted a 16-16 record overall and was 10-9 in dual matches, though was 10-5 at No. 4 or No. 5 singles and 0-4 at No. 3 ... won several critical dual matches during the season, including a comeback 4-6, 6-4, 6-1 win over Saari-Bystrom of South Carolina in UW's 4-3 win over the 16th-ranked Gamecocks ... posted a 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 win over Sierra Ellison at No. 5 singles as UW beat San Diego State, 5-2 ... helped UW to a 4-3 win over Sacramento State, defeating Clarisse Baca, 7-5, 6-4 ... came back from a set down to beat Ariane Masschelein, 2-6, 6-2, 6-2 at No. 4 singles as the Huskies beat Arizona, 5-2 ... won her No. 5 singles match against Paige Miles of Utah in UW's 4-0 win in the first round of the NCAA Championships ... had a seven-match win streak from Jan. 30 to Mar. 5 during which she had four wins coming back from one set down ... won her first round match at the Pac-10 Championships Invite, defeating Arizona's Debora Castany in straight sets but had to withdraw in the second round ... defeated Miami's Claudia Wasilewski 6-3, 7-6 at the Michigan Invitational ... was 21-14 overall in dual matches, going 9-9 in dual play, mostly with Venise Chan at No. 2 doubles where they were 8-6 ... had dual wins with Chan over Arizona and Oregon in Pac-10 play ... had a strong fall in doubles, going 6-1 with Lina Xu, winning the St. Mary's White division and reaching the round of 16 at ITA Northwest Regionals before having to withdraw ... also teamed with Joyce Ardies in the fall, going 3-0 to win the top doubles flight at the SDSU Fall Classic, defeating SDSU's Ellison sisters in the final, 8-5.

2008-09 (Freshman): Started every singles match during first season, going 26-11, the third-most wins on the team ... was 16-9 in dual matches, and 13-6 at her usual No. 4 singles spot ... finished the year especially strong, winning seven of her last eight matches ... was a 6-0, 6-0 winner over Milana Yusupov of San Diego State in the first round of the NCAA team tourney, then upset 68th-ranked Alison Ramos of USC, 6-1, 6-2 in the second round, helping the Huskies score the 4-3 upset ... the win over Ramos was her first over a ranked opponent ... got off to a fantastic start, leading the team in the fall with a 9-1 record and winning her first four duals to go 13-1 overall ... won SMC Invite Flight B in first college play, beating Ashley Pane of Santa Clara, 6-0, 6-0 in the final ... also won the SDSU Fall Classic B Flight, needing to beat teammates Aleksandra Malovic and Joyce Ardies in the semis and final ... was 3-5 in Pac-10 duals, with wins over Oregon, Washington State, and a 6-4, 6-4 win over Ariane Masschelein at Arizona that helped UW secure a 4-3 win ... played in the Pac-10 Championships main draw, defeating WSU's Aleksandra Cekic in the first round before falling to eventual finalist Natasha Marks of Arizona ... was 19-13 overall in doubles, ending the season teamed with Lina Xu at the No. 3 spot where they went 7-3 ... also went 4-4 at No. 2 doubles with Joyce Ardies and 2-2 at No. 3 with Aleksandra Krsljanin ... was 4-2 with Aleksandra Malovic in the fall, reaching the round of 16 at West Regionals.

High School and Personal: Born in Los Angeles ... parents are Sandra and David Smith ... has one older brother, Matthew, and one younger brother, Tevin ... one of the top-ranked American juniors at every age level ... ranked among the Top-25 junior players nationally for five years in 12, 14, and 16 age groups ... tennisrecruiting.net ranked her as the No. 25 recruit in the class of 2008 ... a finalist in her 18-under sectional in 2007 ... ranked No. 1 in Southern California 14-under in 2002 ... reached finals of Winter Supernationals in Arizona in 2002 ... won every Southern California junior tournament in 2004 ... made CIF finals in 2004 competing for Los Angeles Center for Enriched Studies.