(2000-08-08) August 8, 2000 (age 23) San Antonio, Texas, U.S.
Listed height
6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Listed weight
185 lb (84 kg)
Career information
High school
East Central (San Antonio, Texas)
College
Baylor (2018–2022)
WNBA draft
2022: 1st round, 2nd overall pick
Selected by the Indiana Fever
Career history
2022–present
Indiana Fever
2023–present
Galatasaray
Career highlights and awards
WNBA All-Rookie Team (2022)
NCAA champion (2019)
Wade Trophy (2021)
Honda Sports Award (2021)
Katrina McClain Award (2021)
First-team All-American – AP, WBCA, ESPN (2021)
Second-team All-American – USBWA (2021)
Big 12 Player of the Year (2021)
2× First-team All-Big 12 (2020, 2021)
McDonald's All-American (2018)
Medals
Women's basketball
Representing United States
FIBA Americas U18 Championship
2018 Mexico City
Team
NaLyssa Smith (born August 8, 2000) is an American professional basketball player for the Indiana Fever of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She played college basketball for Baylor, winning the NCAA Division I Championship in 2019 and the Wade Trophy in 2021.[1] She was drafted second overall by the Fever in the 2022 WNBA draft.
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for the Los Angeles Lakers, graduated from Earl Warren High School. NaLyssaSmith, power forward for the Indiana Fever, winner of the Wade Trophy for...
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