Brooke Smith (born April 30, 1984) is a professional basketball player most recently in the WNBA.
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| Born | April 30, 1984 San Anselmo, California | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | American | ||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 195 lb (88 kg) | ||||||||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||||||||
| High school | Marin Catholic (Kentfield, California) | ||||||||||||||
| College | Duke (2002–2003) Stanford (2004–2007) | ||||||||||||||
| WNBA draft | 2007: 2nd round, 23rd overall pick | ||||||||||||||
| Selected by the Minnesota Lynx | |||||||||||||||
| Position | Center | ||||||||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||||||||
| 2008–2010 | Phoenix Mercury | ||||||||||||||
| Career highlights and awards | |||||||||||||||
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| Stats at WNBA.com | |||||||||||||||
| Stats at Basketball Reference | |||||||||||||||
Medals
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High school
editBorn in San Anselmo, California, Smith played for Marin Catholic High School in Kentfield, California, where she was named a WBCA All-American. She participated in the 2002 WBCA High School All-America Game where she scored eight points.[1]
College
editSmith played her freshman year in college at Duke University in 2002–03. After sitting out a year, she played three years at Stanford and graduated in 2007. Following her collegiate career, she was selected 23rd overall in the 2007 WNBA draft by the Minnesota Lynx, but was released on April 26. On April 29, the Connecticut Sun signed Smith, only to waive her on May 11.
Duke and Stanford statistics
editSource[2]
| GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game |
| FG% | Field goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field goal percentage | FT% | Free throw percentage |
| RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game |
| BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game | Bold | Career high |
| Year | Team | GP | Points | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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| 2002–03 | Duke | 25 | 85 | 53.1 | – | 65.4 | 2.5 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 3.4 |
| 2003–04 | Stanford | Sat due to NCAA transfer rules | |||||||||
| 2004–05 | Stanford | 35 | 465 | 61.0 | – | 67.7 | 5.5 | 1.9 | 0.9 | 1.3 | 13.3 |
| 2005–06 | Stanford | 34 | 584 | 57.6 | – | 77.9 | 7.5 | 3.1 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 17.2 |
| 2006–07 | Stanford | 34 | 471 | 50.4 | 21.6 | 82.6 | 7.6 | 3.5 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 13.9 |
| Career | Combined | 128 | 1605 | 55.9 | 20.5 | 75.2 | 6.0 | 2.4 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 12.5 |
USA Basketball
editSmith was a member of the team representing the USA at the 2005 World University Games Team in Izmir, Turkey. Smith averaged 5.0 points per game while helping the team to a 7–0 record, resulting in a gold medal at the event. Smith connected on 19 of her 24 shot attempts for a 79% shot percentage.[3]
Professional
editShe played for Virtus Viterbo in the Italian A-1 League for the 2007–08 season.,[4] Her 2007–2008 stats: Gescom Viterbo (ITA-A1,1T): 32 games: 14.6ppg, Reb-2(10.3rpg), 2.7spg, FGP: 52.0%, FT: 72.2%[5]
Smith has played with the Phoenix Mercury since the 2008 season, winning the championship in 2009.
For two seasons she played with the Italian team Pool Comense. In her second season (2009–2010), she led the team in shooting with 17.53 points per game and was Italian A1 League Center of the year and league "First Team".[5] In 2010–2011, Smith is playing for the current Italian title defending champions Cras Basket Taranto, replacing Rebekkah Brunson.
Notes
edit- ^ "WBCA High School All-America Game Box Scores". Women's Basketball Coaches Association. Archived from the original on July 15, 2014. Retrieved 29 Jun 2014.
- ^ "Women's Basketball Player stats". NCAA. Retrieved October 25, 2015.
- ^ "Twenty-Second World University Games – 2005". USA Basketball. Archived from the original on September 7, 2015. Retrieved October 13, 2015.
- ^ "Italian job: Brooke Smith hooks up with top-level pro team". November 16, 2007. Archived from the original on December 24, 2013. Retrieved November 16, 2007.
- ^ a b "Brooke Smith". November 16, 2007. Retrieved November 16, 2007.