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2020-21 Women's Swimming & Diving Roster

Sam Smith

  • Event Freestyle/Backstroke/Butterfly
  • Class SR
  • Height 5-11
  • Hometown Parker, Colo.
  • Previous School Regis Jesuit

Biography

All-Conference Honors
100 free (2020)
200 free relay (2021, 2020, 2019)
400 free relay (2020, 2019)
200 medley relay (2020)
400 medley relay (2020)

Top Times:
50 free 23.15 2/20/2020
100 free 50.14 2/22/2020
200 free 1:58.77 12/14/2018
100 back 55.36 11/22/2019
100 breast 1:13.35 2/9/2019
100 fly 57.47 11/16/2018
200 IM 2:14.95 2/3/2018

Honors and Awards
American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team (2021, 2020, 2019, 2018)

Prior to SMU: Lettered four years under Nick Frasersmith at Regis Jesuit and competed for Denver Swim Academy under Frasersmith as well … Awarded MVP honors all four seasons at Regis Jesuit … Was All-State and All-City and received her team’s Iron Woman Award … Earned NISCA Automatic All-America honors as part of a 400 free relay all four seasons and earned automatic consideration in the 100 free in 2017 … Team won the 2014 5A High School State Championship, earned runner-up honors in 2015 and 2016 and was 4th in 2017 … Individually was 5th in the 100 free (2016) and 6th in the 50 free (2017) … Was part of State Champion 400 free relays in 2015 and 2017 and runner-up 200 medley (2016) and 200 free (2017) relays … Served as team captain.

Personal: Daughter of Tori and John Smith … Has one brother, Clark, and one sister, Meagan … Mother (1983-87), father (1981-84) and brother (2013-17) swam at the University of Texas … Graduated Magna Cum Laude (4.0 or higher) and earned Highest Honors freshman-junior year … Chose SMU for its great facilities that will help in education and swimming, as well as the beautiful campus and city of Dallas.

Historical Player Information

  • 2017-18FR

    Freestyle/Backstroke/Butterfly
    5'11"
  • 2018-19SO

    Freestyle/Backstroke/Butterfly
    5'11"
  • 2019-20JR

    Freestyle/Backstroke/Butterfly
    5'11"
  • 2020-21SR

    Freestyle/Backstroke/Butterfly
    5'11"