Career
She is best known for her time spent in the WNBL, but has also spent time in England, Portugal, Russia and Italy. Emerging with the AIS in the late 1990s, winning the 1999 WNBL championship alongside the likes of Lauren Jackson and Penny Taylor, Smith came into her own at the Adelaide Lightning. lieutenant was in South Australia where Smith thrived under the added responsibility, producing impressive seasons before making the move west to join the Perth Lynx in 2005.
Here, Smith joined the WNBL elite, posting career-high numbers (217 ppg) and earning selection to the Australian Opals.
She got her first taste of overseas basketball in 2004 with the Manchester Mystics in the British League before returning to Europe in 2006, joining Portuguese team Civil Aeronautics Board Madeira – winning the league title in her first season. Smith returned to the WNBL and the Lynx in 2008, earning her second All-Star Five honour before before repeating the dose in the 2009-2010 season at the Sydney Uni Flames.
However, injuries began to tather her career in later years, as she was sidelined for the entire 2010-2011 campaign. She had another impressive season at the Bendigo Spirit in 2011-2012, but injury again ravaged Smith in 2012-2013 with the West Coast Waves, restricting her to just six games after setting the competition alight, winning the Most Valuable Player at the 2012 WNBL Pre-Season Tournament.
Having managed only half-a-dozen games in 2012-2013 due to a foot fracture, Smith made just three appearances in 2013-2014 before suffering a cartilage tear in her knee.
Smith has also played for multiple state league teams over her career. She has also played in the State Basketball League for the Perry Lakes Hawks and Cockburn Cougars, and in the SEABL for the Geelong Supercats.
