Brooke Smith (basketball)

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Brooke Smith
Personal information
Born (1984-04-30) April 30, 1984 (age 40)
San Anselmo, California
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Listed weight195 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
Stats at WNBA.com
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Medals
Women's Basketball
Representing Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
World University Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2005 Izmir, Turkey Team Competition

Brooke Smith (born April 30, 1984) is a professional basketball player most recently in the WNBA.

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High school

Born 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

Smith 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

Source [2]

Legend
  GPGames 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
2002–03 Duke 25 85 53.1 65.4 2.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 3.4
2003–04StanfordSat due to NCAA transfer rules
2004–05 Stanford 35465 61.067.7 5.5 1.9 0.9 1.3 13.3
2005–06 Stanford 34 58457.6 77.9 7.5 3.1 1.1 1.417.2
2006–07 Stanford 34 471 50.4 21.682.67.63.51.31.1 13.9
Career Combined 128 1605 55.9 20.5 75.2 6.0 2.4 0.9 1.1 12.5

USA Basketball

Smith 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

She 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

  1. "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.
  2. "Women's Basketball Player stats". NCAA. Retrieved October 25, 2015.
  3. "Twenty-Second World University Games – 2005". USA Basketball. Archived from the original on September 7, 2015. Retrieved October 13, 2015.
  4. "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.
  5. 1 2 "Brooke Smith". November 16, 2007. Retrieved November 16, 2007.

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