Samford University Athletics

2015 (junior): Concluded the year ranked seventh in the Southern Conference with six goals scored . . . ranked 10^th in the league with 0.30 goals per game . . . earned significant playing time in all 20 of the team’s matches . . . logged 825 minutes of game action . . . finished the season with six goals and two assists for a total of 14 points . . . concluded the year ranked second on the team in goals scored (6), third in both points (14) and game-winning goals (2), fourth in shots (32) and fifth on the squad in both shots on goal (11) and assists (2) . . . played a huge role in the Bulldogs’ offensive attack that led the SoCon in goals (44), assists (43) and points (131) . . .  scored Samford’s game-winning goal against UNCG in a key SoCon showdown held Oct. 11 . . . registered the Bulldogs’ individual game-high in goals (2 vs. VMI) . . . started the team’s last three matches of the season against Western Carolina, VMI and Mercer . . . scored the game-winning goal in Samford’s 1-0 home victory against Wofford . . . rattled off 32 shot attempts, 11 of which proved to be on-goal . . . turned in a season-high 89 minutes of playing time against Mercer on Nov. 6, in the semifinal round of the SoCon Tournament . . . earned her third varsity letter.
 
2014 (sophomore): Scored goals against Kennesaw State (Sept. 21) and The Citadel (Nov. 1), while earning playing time in 14 of the team’s 22 matches . . . finished the season with two goals scored and four total points . . . attempted 10 shots on the year with nine coming on-goal for a team-best .900 shots-on-goal percentage . . . played a critical role in the Bulldogs’ potent offensive attack that finished third in the SoCon in both assists (41) and corner kicks (117) . . . a valuable member of Samford’s record-setting offense that accomplished single-season school records in goals (45), assists (41) and points (131) . . . accumulated a season-high 37 minutes of game action at VMI on Oct. 10 . . . earned her second varsity letter.
 
2013 (freshman): Earned playing time in 11 of the team’s 21 matches and started in games against Francis Marion (Oct. 20), Elon (Oct. 27) and Appalachian State in the opening round of the SoCon Tournament (Nov. 3) . . . scored a key goal and added an assist against Chattanooga on Oct. 30 . . . also added a pivotal assist at Kennesaw State in her first career match on Sept. 17 . . . finished the season with four points, which ranked eighth on the team . . . rattled off 21 shot attempts with five being on-goal . . . fired off seven shots against Chattanooga on Oct. 30, and scored the first goal of her promising young career . . . logged a total of 413 minutes of playing time . . . tallied a career-high 87 minutes of game action versus Francis Marion on Oct. 20 . . . earned her first varsity letter.
 
High School: Starred at Briarwood Christian High School where she tallied a remarkable 41 goals and 20 assists in the spring of her senior season . . .  in 2012, the Birmingham native earned NSCAA All-America honors and was named the association’s Player of the Year in Alabama . . . garnered NSCAA All-South Region accolades and was named the Most Valuable Player of the 2012 All-Star Game . . . the 2012 team captain and MVP at BCHS . . . finished her 2012 campaign with a jaw-dropping 35 goals and 26 assists . . . led BCHS to the Alabama State championship as a true freshman in 2010 and finished the season with 21 goals and 10 assists . . . named the MVP of the 2010 state championship game by the AHSAA . . . received Birmingham All-Metro Tournament honors and was named the Shelby County Player of the Year in 2010 . . . competed for the prestigious Birmingham United Soccer Association club team and was named a Player-to-Watch by Top Drawer Soccer . . . also rated as a 4-star recruit by the organization and her club team was named the 11^th-ranked squad in the South Region . . . proved to be a four-year participant in the Alabama Olympic Developmental Program and a Region Camp selection in both 2009 and 2010 . . . tallied a 4.4 grade-point average in Honors and AP courses . . . member of both the National Honor Society and Mu Alpha Theta . . . also received the Presidential Service Award in both 2009-10 and 2012-13.
 
Personal: Born Feb. 14, 1995 . . . parents are Deanna and Scott Smeltzer . . . her dad was a wrestler at Penn State School of Science and Technology . . . her mother played tennis at Virginia Tech . . . majoring in exercise science.