2005-06: Played in 28 games, starting 23 forthe Bulldogs … Nearly averaged a double-double on the year,netting 11.1 points per contest and 9.9 rebounds per game …Led the team in field goals made, free throws made, rebounds, andpoints … Shattered her own school records for rebounds in agame when she pulled down 23 against Wofford, including 11 on theoffensive glass … Notched a 20-rebound performance in the72-60 win over Belmont … Totaled 12 games in which shereached double figures for rebounding … Had 15 double-digitscoring games, including the last six of the season … Had aseason-high 19 points in five games … Recorded 10double-doubles on the year, including the last three games.
2004-05: Returned to action after missing the2003-04 season and started 24 of 27 games while playing in all 27… Led GWU with 134 field goals, a .511% clip from the fieldand 282 total boards … Finished second on the roster with345 points and 16 blocked shots … Also ranked favorably innumerous categories for A-Sun games only, showing up in the top 15in the conference in five statistical areas … Led the leaguewith 4.6 offensive rebounds per game and was third with 10.7 totalrebounds per contest … Ranked fourth by shooting 49% fromthe floor and was also fourth in the league with 6.1 defensiveboards per game … Averaged 13.0 points per game in A-Suncompetition, good for 13th-best in the conference … Was oneof just three players in the Atlantic Sun to average adouble-double for the entire season, with 12.8 points and 10.4rebounds per game … Racked up 12 double-doubles for the‘Dogs … Had double figure points on 17 occasions andalso cracked double figures in rebounds a total of 17 times… Lit up High Point (1/17) for 12 of 16 shooting whileposting a new career-high of 27 points … Also setsingle-game career highs with four assists against UCLA (11/21) andfour steals against NC A&T (12/22) … Her 345 points, 282rebounds, 33 steals and 25 assists were all new personal bests fora season … Named the Team’s Most Outstanding Player… Named to the North Carolina Collegiate Sports InformationAssociation All-State Second Team.
2002-03: Played in just 17 games due to nagginginjuries, starting 10 … Atlantic Sun Conference All-FreshmenTeam selection … Averaged a double-double on the season with12.2 points and 10.0 rebounds per contest … Scored 208 totalpoints and hauled in 170 rebounds … Led the team in reboundsand was second in points per game … Blocked a team-high 22shots … Easily paced the team in field goal percentage,connecting on 79-of-148 shots (.534) … Scored in doublefigures in each of her first five career games … Grabbed atleast 10 rebounds in nine games … Pulled down a career-best22 (11 offensive) against Mercer on Feb. 6, missing the schoolrecord by just three … Blocked five shots at Campbell onJan. 11.
High School: Played at Bessemer City (N.C.)High School under coach Calvin Albright … Averaged 26 pointsand 18 rebounds per game her senior year … Career high of 40points … Team Most Valuable Player and all-conference,sophomore, junior and senior years … Gaston Gazette Playerof the Year as a senior … Conference Player of the Year,junior and senior years … First Runner-Up for Miss NorthCarolina Basketball, senior year … Gaston Observer Player ofthe Year as a senior … High School Athlete of the Year,junior year … Best Offensive Award, sophomore, junior andsenior years.
Personal: Shameka Rachell Smith was bornSeptember 16, 1984 in Gastonia, N.C. ... Majoring in psychology… Daughter of Christopher and Cynthia Smith … Has adaughter, Zoey Ward, born Dec. 25, 2003.
Favorite Bible Verse: Blessed is the man whodoes not walk in the counsel of the wicked or stand in the way ofsinners or sit in the seat of mockers. But his delight is in thelaw of the Lord, and on His law he meditates day and night. He islike a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit inseason and whose leaf does not wither. Whatever he does prospers.Psalms 1:1-3.
