Wofford College Athletics

2008-09

Made her mark in doubles during the spring season…Teamed with Haley Baird to tie for the team high in doubles victories with six playing mostly at the No. 2 position… Duo knocked off non-conference foes Presbyterian and Emory… Had league wins over Western Carolina, Davidson, Georgia Southern and Appalachian State… Three match win streak from March 25-March 30 was longest for any duo on team… Picked up two singles wins playing through injuy all season. Played the majority of the time at the No. 3 and 4 spot… Took down non-conference opponent Presbyterian and SoCon foe Western Carolina.

2007-08

Set a career high with 11 singles victories, one shy of the team lead ... played primarily at the No. 3 position, but also saw action in one match at the No. 2 slot and two contests at the No. 4 position ... clinched Wofford victories at Gardner-Webb and in Southern Conference play at Western Carolina ... opened the campaign by winning four straight and eight of her first nine matches ... her win at Gardner-Webb in the season opener went to three sets ... also won conference three-set tilts against Appalachian State and at Western Carolina ... saw action in four doubles matches, three with Haley Baird ... pair won the season-opening contest against Gardner-Webb at the No. 3 slot ... earned a No. 1 doubles win with Merry Ellen Henry against North Carolina A&T ... posted a 3-1 mark at the USC Upstate Invitational during the fall tournament campaign ... recorded triumphs against her opponents from James Madison and Pittsburgh during the Residence Inn North Wolfpack Invitational.
Ended the year with wins in five of her final six matches, including the final 
two ... earned a 5-2 record at the No. 5 singles position, including three triumphs in Southern Conference action ... collected league victories over her opponents from Western Carolina, Chattanooga and Appalachian State ... also defeated her Western Carolina foe again during the opening round Terriers’ win at the Southern Conference Tournament ... garnered five doubles victories, including four with Lauren Prickett at the No. 3 slot ... pairing was 2-0 in SoCon play ... duo also won its final three contests of the campaign ... tandem was victorious in both of its Southern Conference Tournament matches. Selected to the Pennsylvania all-star team all four years ... was one-half of the state doubles runner-up duo in 2003 and 2005 ... tandem placed third in 2002 and 2004 ... her last doubles match of her senior year was at the state championship ... a four-time Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic League doubles champion ... finished as the 2005 section two 3-A singles runner-up ... played No. 1 singles for her high school in 2004 and 2005 ... was the No. 2 singles player in 2002 and 2003 ... a four-year varsity letterwinner ... ranked No. 198 nationally ... also ranked as high as No. 7 in Pennsylvania and No. 10 in the USTA Middlestates Girls 18s ... has won several USTA tournaments ... was the champion at the 2005 Ethel Sergent Clark Smith Amateur Tennis Tournament and 2005 Girls’ 18 Level 5+ Tournament in Media, Pa. ... reached the round of 64 at the 2005 Copper Bowl Junior Tennis Championship in Tucson, Ariz. ... presented with four student-athlete awards ... received four Pennsylvania Senatorial Letters of Recognition for demonstrating academics, athletic and leadership excellence, along with one Pennsylvania Senatorial Meritorious Award for excellence in academics and athletics from State Senator Jane C. Orie ... selected as one of the top 100 outstanding scholar athletes in Western Pennsylvania by the YMCA Scholar Athlete Award Program in 2006 ... garnered the President’s Award for Educational Achievement in 2002 and 2004 ... won four Distinguished National Achievement Awards for the American Association of Teachers of German (AATG) National German Exam ... was one of eight level II students from her high school to place in the 90th percentile in 2004 for the AATG ... graduated with honors ... received numerous Extra Effort Awards at her high school and High School Scholastic Achievement Awards for honor roll status ... member of the Key Club and various volunteer groups ... worked as a teacher’s assistant with second graders and CCD classes ... related to world triathlete champion Karen Smyers.

2006-07

High School

Personal

Born May 3, 1987, at Grand Forks Air Force Base, N.D. ... daughter of Ken and Rita Smyers ... majoring in finance and German.