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11 Alanna Smith

  • Position
    Forward
  • Height
    6-3
  • Class
    Freshman
  • Highschool
    Wesley College
  • Hometown
    Melbourne, Australia

Biography

In The News
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Career Statistics and Single-Game Highs

As a Freshman (2015-16) | Game-by-Game Stats

  • Played in 34 games and averaged 11.8 minutes per outing
  • Put up averages of 5.4 points, 2.4 rebounds and 0.7 blocks per game
  • Scored in double figures six times
  • 10th in Stanford freshman history in blocks (24)
  • Had nine points on 4-of-6 shooting in 14 minutes of Stanford's NCAA Tournament-opening win over San Francisco (3/19)
  • Scored eight points each in wins at Colorado (2/19) and Utah (2/21)
  • Had a career-high four blocks and seven points in a win against Arizona (2/12)
  • Scored all seven of her points in the third quarter at No. 20 UCLA (1/24)
  • Scored 16, including making 4-of-5 from 3-point range, in the Pac-12 opener at Arizona (1/2)
  • Appeared in all 12 nonconference games and averaged 7.5 points on 49 percent shooting in 13.9 minutes to go along with 3.0 rebounds
  • Pulled down a career-high seven rebounds against Chattanooga (12/28)
  • Scored 14 points in 17 minutes on 6-of-11 shooting in a win over CSUB (12/22)
  • Reached double figures in scoring for the fourth time this season in a win over Cornell (12/19), going 6-of-8 from the line
  • Exploded for a career-high 22 points on 6-of-8 shooting from behind the arc in 21 minutes of a win against Dayton (11/28) at the Gulf Coast Showcase
  • Grabbed six rebounds against Santa Clara (11/23)
  • One of four Cardinal players in double-figures in a win over No. 22 George Washington (11/21)
  • Scored 13 points on 6-of-11 shooting in her collegiate debut at UC Davis (11/13)
  • Highest scoring output for a Cardinal freshman in a season opener since Amber Orrange had 14 at Texas on Nov. 11, 2011

Basketball Australia

  • Participated in the 2015 Women’s Olympic (Opals) Training Camp in Gosford, New South Wales
  • Has represented her country in three international tournaments around the globe
  • Led Australia to a third-place finish and was named to the All-Star Five at the FIBA U19 Women’s World Championship in Chekhov, Russia in July 2015
    • Paced Australia’s Under-19 Gems squad in points, rebounds, blocks and steals while playing 22.3 minutes per game
    • Tied for 12th in the entire tournament in points per game (12.6), tied for 15th in rebounds (7.0), tied for third in blocks (2.7) and tied for 23rd in steals (1.3)
    • Made 33-of-76 attempts from the floor in seven games and finished 22nd at the event in field goal percentage (.434)
  • Led all competitors in scoring at the FIBA Oceania U18 Championship for Women, averaging 21.0 points on 65.2 percent shooting to go along with 7.2 rebounds
  • Represented her country at the 2012 FIBA U17 World Championship for Women in Amsterdam, averaging 5.6 points and 5.0 rebounds per game

Prior to Stanford

  • A 2014 graduate of Wesley College in Melbourne, Australia
  • 2014 vice captain
  • 2014 The Associated Public Schools (APS) Premiership Team
  • 2014 Wesley Women’s Basketball MVP
  • Also played volleyball
  • Five-star recruit and rated fourth among international players according to Prospects Nation
  • The 17th-ranked forward in the class of 2015 by ESPN HoopGurlz
  • Played for the Nunawading Spectres Juniors from 2009-13
  • Was on the Nunawading Spectres South East Australian Basketball League (SEABL) team in 2014
    • Averaged 12.3 points and 5.9 rebounds in 18 minutes of action per game and shot over 50 percent from the floor
  • Moved to the Centre of Excellence SEABL team in 2015 and was highly efficient, averaging 9.9 points per game on 57 percent shooting
  • In February 2015 propelled her Victoria team to an undefeated record at the 2015 U20 Australian Junior Championships
    • Posted averages of 19.8 points and 9.1 rebounds on 50 percent shooting en route to MVP honors

Personal

  • Born in Tasmania, Australia
  • The first international recruit in Stanford women’s basketball history
  • Daughter of Simone and Darren Smith
  • Father had a 12-year professional career in Australia, playing for four teams in the National Basketball League (NBL)
  • Uncle, Jason Smith, played collegiately at California Lutheran University and captained the Australia men’s national team, known as the Boomers, at the 2000 and 2004 Olympics
  • Aunt, Jo Straatsma, played in the Women’s National Basketball League (WNBL) in Australia for the Islanders in Tasmania and won a championship in 1991
  • Planning to major in human biology and going into sports psychology
  • Held a prefect position in high school in 2014
  • Volunteered for Red Dust Role Models, a charity that delivers health promotion programs to remote indigenous Australian communities

Statistics

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